Lebanon Four years after Circular 331: The ecosystem needs more Seed Stage funds It was never the same for the Lebanese ecosystem after 2014. Banque du Liban’s (BDL) Circular 331 was meant to create the foundations... Rana Freifer • 08 April, 2018 lebanon BDL Circular 331
Lebanon Diabetes monitoring startup wins a $50,000 Seed Boost fund during Speed@BDD’s fifth Demo Day Spike, a mobile assistant that helps diabetics better manage their diabetes, won the second edition of Speed@BDD’s Seed Boost. The... Staff writer • 28 March, 2018 lebanon Speed@BDD Spike
Lebanon Lebanese private tutoring app Synkers raises seed funding from Phoenician Funds Synkers, a peer-to-peer private tutoring app, announced that it has recently closed its first seed funding with Phoenician Funds, following... Staff writer • 17 November, 2017 Synkers seed fund lebanon
Lebanon Lebanese youth is entrepreneurship-driven, but needs more early-stage funding [Report] Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the insights of Jad Salame, managing partner of Phoenician Funds. The... Rana Freifer • 10 November, 2017 lebanon GEM UK Lebanon Tech Hub
Lebanon One lucky startup walks away with $50,000 from Speed@BDD’s fourth Demo Day Speed@BDD, a Beirut-based tech startup accelerator, concluded yesterday its fourth acceleration program with a Demo Day. The accelerator is... Staff writer • 07 July, 2017 Speed@BDD Startups competition accelerator
Lebanon Speed@BDD Demo Day IV Join Speed@BDD for Demo Day IV at the Four Seasons Hotel, Beirut on July 6, 2017. A number of local tech startups will be showcasing the... Wamda • 14 June, 2017 Speed@BDD Demo Day tech
Lebanon A first year anniversary and a trip to Silicon Valley “We’re witnessing a change of mindset, in the banks, the investors, the supporters. You can see the effect, and this has all... Lucy Knight • 13 July, 2016 Speed@BDD silicon valley
Lebanon Lebanese drones tackling forest fires, NAR In 2014, when fires started raging through Nicolas Zaatar’s home district of Baabda in Lebanon, an opportunity presented... Lucy Knight • 05 May, 2016 Next Automated Robots MEMakersGE NAR
Lebanon Circular 331: where has Lebanon's money gone? It is said that innovation is an entrepreneur’s best friend. But in Lebanon a strong second contender has to be the central... Sophie Rimington-Pounder • 27 April, 2016 Lebanon for Entrepreneurs Berytech Fund Startup Megaphone
Lebanon Applications open for Speed@BDD's Batch II acceleration program Do you have a technology startup idea and want to grow it into a successful business? Apply now to Speed@BDD’s Batch II acceleration pr... Wamda • 01 February, 2016 mentorships applications Speed@BDD
Lebanon Speed@BDD sends two startups off to Silicon Valley Two of Speed@BDD’s first six startups are off to Silicon Valley. The accelerator’s CEO Sami Abou Saab said Rational Pixels... Lucy Knight • 14 January, 2016 NAR Rational Pixels Speed@BDD
Lebanon Beirut gets new tech accelerator, Speed@BDD CEO Sami Abou Saab during a meeting at the Speed@BDD offices. (Images via Maya Rahal) Yesterday, a collection of Beirut’s entrepreneurial e... Maya Rahal • 31 July, 2015 Tech Accelerator Speed@BDD Beirut Digital District
Lebanon Applications now open for Speed@BDD's third acceleration program Speed@BDD is recruiting 10 aspiring startups for their upcoming acceleration program in September, where selected... Wamda • 01 June, 2016 application Speed@BDD beirut
Lebanon Speed@BDD Demo Day I Speed@BDD’s Demo Day is an event that will occur twice a year, during which graduating startups of the accelerator pitch their businesses t... Wamda • 05 January, 2016 Speed@BDD investors beirut