Wamda

U.A.E

Mix N’ Mentor is returning to Dubai, MENA’s startup capital

Wamda’s flagship event, Mix N’ Mentor, is finally returning to the uncontested MENA capital for anyone with a startup and the gusto to thr...

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U.A.E

Sellanycar’s Saygin Yalcin: from student to business celebrity

If his YouTube channel is anything to go by, Saygin Yalcin, founder of used car marketplace Sellanycar.com, is not exactly a shy...

sellanycar Saygin Yalcin uae

U.A.E

Growth for service provider Mr Usta as they get more funding

Mr Usta secured a pre-Series A round of 2.75 million Emirati dirhams (US$750,000) this week. Investors include regional investors...

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U.A.E

Bayzat closes $3.6M Series A, seeks to reform UAE health insurance

Bayzat, a Dubai based technology company offering health insurance and HR solutions, has closed a $3.6 million Series A round led by BECO...

Bayzat BECO Capital Series A

U.A.E

UAE Ministry of Finance Festival of Innovation

The Ministry of Finance Festival of Innovation will be taking place on November 21-22 at The Annex (Burj Khalifa). The event will include...

Dubai Innovation entrepreneurship

U.A.E

China calls for Dubai 100 health tech backer

With its fast growing healthcare market and rapidly ageing population, China is proving to be a match for Dubai-based Dubai 100. The...

Dubai 100 china Healthcare

U.A.E

Challenge 22 Roadshow - UAE

Challenge 22 is an innovation competition administered by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy in Qatar. This competition aims...

challenge 22 Roadshow Innovation

U.A.E

Dubai food tech startup Lunch:on raises $500K seed

Lunch:on today announced the closing of a seed round of $500,000 led by Wamda Capital, with participation from Arzan VC, Dubai Angel...

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Global

Behind Gradberry’s rebirth: it's all about timing

“I don’t look like any other founder in the [Silicon] Valley. I wasn’t born and raised here,” Gradberry founder Iba...

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U.A.E

Mums are big business as Mini Exchange raises $3M

UAE startup Mini Exchange has closed a $3 million round with its original and new investors, according to Arabian Business. The startup...

Mini Exchange Mumzworld ecommerce

U.A.E

Education + tech = a whole new world

Education and technology are often a contested pairing because of the latter’s potential to either serve as an aid or, undesirably, a...

GITEX EdTech minecraft

U.A.E

Dubai’s El Grocer strengthens foothold with acquisition

El Grocer, a Dubai-based online grocery delivery app, has acquired one of its competitors, Quickshop.ae for an undisclosed...

Delivery el grocer

U.A.E

Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?

Carbon Works, a UAE-based startup, launched what they say is the world’s thinnest smartphone at Dubai’s GITEX Summit 2016 on...

carbon works Carbon fiber Telecommunication

U.A.E

Building Youth Owned Businesses (BYOB)

Building Youth Owned Businesses (BYOB) bootcamp is attempting to inspire children to think like entrepreneurs. The bootcamp enables...

children entrepreneurship Innovation

U.A.E

3D medical printing finds its footing in Dubai’s future

Launched in October 2015, Medativ is a Dubai-based 3D anatomical model printing company. The company name is a play on its products...

MEMakersGE Healthcare 3d printing

U.A.E

Innovation 4 Impact gets a divine win

Divine Connect, a US-based company building translation devices, won $20,000 at the Global Islamic Economy Summit’s Innovation 4...

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U.A.E

EFICA Gala Dinner 2016

The annual Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge and Awards (EFICA) return in 2016 for the 4th time to inspire and assist initiatives that...

Dubai entrepreneurship social enterprise

U.A.E

Has Falafel Games raised the largest round for a gaming startup in MENA?

Falafel Games, one of the first gaming studios to emerge in the Middle East, just closed a round of $2.6 million. The funding round was...

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U.A.E

A step in the ecotourism direction

This year Dubai and Abu Dhabi topped the list of most sustainable cities in MENA. On the global ranking list, however,...

MEMakersGE uae eco resort group

U.A.E

GITEX Technology Week 2016

This year's GITEX Technology Week aims to be bigger than ever, bringing designers, developers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and...

Icities Smart wearables 400 startups

U.A.E

Careem v Uber: the local kid is winning

Careem’s flexibility in dealing with governments may give it the edge it needs over Uber and upstarts such as Egypt’s...

careem Uber Ousta

U.A.E

Global Islamic Economy Summit 2016

The Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES) is the region’s premier forum on the Islamic economy. It brings together world-class...

Islamic economy entrepreneurship

U.A.E

Dubai attracts global tech elite to Future Accelerators program

Dubai officially launched its Future Accelerators program on Sunday, following a $275 million pledge in August to address seven global...

Dubai Future Accelerators Comae Technologies Hyperloop One

U.A.E

Sheraa Hub Launch

On October 5, 2016, Sheraa will be launching its new collaborative co-working space, Sheraa Hub, at the Library building in the...

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