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Jordan

Jordan’s DigitaSport raises seed funding

Source: Startup MGZN Oasis500, one of the leading investment companies and business accelerators based in Jordan announces a seed round...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup GetMuv raises $1.5 m to connect users with gyms and sports clubs

Source: Menabytes Jeddah-based fitness startup GetMuv has raised $1.5 million investment from Saudi Aramco’s venture capital arm,...

Investment fitness Sports

U.A.E

‘The Trip’ is bringing outdoor cycling indoors with VR

The hype around crossfit is only one example of the increasing need for alternative fitness. However, even this trendy new workout style...

VR The Trip Sports

Regional

MIT Media Lab and Wamda Workshop Abu Dhabi 2014: Hind Hobeika of Instabeat

The MIT Media Lab Abu Dhabi innovation workshop brought together design innovators, technologists, entrepreneurs, makers, thinkers, and...

MIT Innovation Sports

Bahrain

Bahraini startup streams success?

For 10 years Ali Mahmood was obsessed with amateur motorbike and go-kart racing. He wanted to take his love of the sports to another...

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Saudi Arabia

Swimming safely with sensors from the deserts of Arabia

Drowning is the third most common cause of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Ranking at 42 out of 192 is Saudi...

sensors Stars of Science Saudi Arabia

U.A.E

Skateboarding gets a wearable

Wearables, especially those for fitness and healthcare, are getting a lot of attention, from athletes looking to improve their performance...

Flip Technologies RideBlock wearable

Palestinian startup to tackle global fantasy football market with Ace Roster

With support from Silicon Valley, a Palestinian entrepreneur who built the first Arabic fantasy football platform, is hoping to...

arabreneur Sports Scaling

Online sports community Duplays launches new software platform, enters non-expat markets

If there's one thing Brian Sigafoos loves as much as sports, it's software. A 6'10" former professional basketball player, he's managed to...

abu dhabi playpass Dubai

Football e-commerce store launches in Dubai to offer fans more niche apparel

It's not hard to see a Barca jersey almost anywhere in the Arab world these days. But when it comes to finding more obscure jerseys, the...

Sports E-commerce

Meet the British entrepreneur teaching yoga to children in Bahrain

Kate Bartram-Brown, founder of Mini Me Yoga, brings an inventive approach to helping children become spiritually whole and grounded human...

Sports

Kuwaiti entrepreneur builds sports apparel startup in Britain

Who would have thought a British-educated dentist from Kuwait would open his own cheerleading apparel design startup? It...

Apparel Sports Innovation

Growing a hybrid online-offline business: Duplays from Dubai [Case Study]

Wamda is announcing the launch of a new case study series, in partnership with the El Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) at...

Dubai Sports

Launching a fishing startup in the Gulf

“I used to go fishing with my uncle, but once I graduated it was difficult without my own boat,” says Kuwaiti entrepreneur Abdullah Als...

Dubai Incubator Sports

Dubai entrepreneur serves up affordable golfing equipment in the Gulf

“I’m an avid golfer, a scratch golfer,” says Dubai-based entrepreneur Dean Cheesley. "But I also have an entrepreneurial streak." To bring ...

Sports E-commerce

The Arab World's Hottest Hardware Startup this Year? Instabeat Raises $11K in 5 Days

Lebanon

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Jordan’s DigitaSport raises seed funding

Saudi startup GetMuv raises $1.5 m to connect users with gyms and sports clubs

‘The Trip’ is bringing outdoor cycling indoors with VR

MIT Media Lab and Wamda Workshop Abu Dhabi 2014: Hind Hobeika of Instabeat

Bahraini startup streams success?

Swimming safely with sensors from the deserts of Arabia

Skateboarding gets a wearable

Palestinian startup to tackle global fantasy football market with Ace Roster

Online sports community Duplays launches new software platform, enters non-expat markets

Football e-commerce store launches in Dubai to offer fans more niche apparel

Meet the British entrepreneur teaching yoga to children in Bahrain

Kuwaiti entrepreneur builds sports apparel startup in Britain

Growing a hybrid online-offline business: Duplays from Dubai [Case Study]

Launching a fishing startup in the Gulf

Dubai entrepreneur serves up affordable golfing equipment in the Gulf

The Arab World's Hottest Hardware Startup this Year? Instabeat Raises $11K in 5 Days

Can Yahoo! Maktoob's New Football iOS App Compete?

Entrepreneur of the Week: Bedriye Hulya of b-fit in Turkey [Wamda TV]

Entrepreneur of the Week: Ravi Bhusari and Brian Sigafoos of Duplays [Wamda TV]

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