Wamda

Lebanon

About Beirut’s middle-stage ecosystem and its multiple opportunities [Report]

The World Bank’s Tech startup ecosystem in finding and recommendations report, analyzed the tech startup ecosystem in Beirut, in an...

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Lebanon

Seedstars Beirut: Everyone wants to scale

“Lebanon is a great place to test ideas and launch startups. This relatively small market is better than others when it comes to the...

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Lebanon

Facebook Partner Developer Workshop

Beirut Digital District in collaboration with Facebook, invite you, your teams and your extended network of startups and entrepreneurs to...

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Lebanon

Slush GIA Beirut 2017

This year Bootcamp by AltCity will be hosting the Slush GIA Pitch competition 2017 at Beirut Digital District on September 6 from 5 pm to 8...

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Global

Startup Watch: Message from the Pharaohs, zombie startups, and indoor farming

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

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Lebanon

Mix N' Mentor Beirut 2017

The Lebanese startup ecosystem had witnessed a series of game-changing initiatives that promise to boost many of the country’s...

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Lebanon

Sixth edition of Mix N’ Mentor Beirut coming on September 8

There is a reason why Beirut is talked about so much in the startup world. While the city may not be as big as Cairo or Amman or as...

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Lebanon

The music revolution will not be live, it will be digital [Part1]

In the first piece of this two-part series, we will be looking at the business of online music in the MENA, what are the numbers,...

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Lebanon

How this entrepreneur wants to democratize mobile payment

Elise Moussa, the entrepreneur who’s behind Snapay, a mobile payment solution, didn’t start small, didn’t start at home....

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Lebanon

Endeavorize Lebanon

Endeavorize Lebanon will be gathering some of the region’s innovative leaders to share their journey disrupting industries, highlight...

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Lebanon

Pushing patents in Lebanon

For many innovators, a patent is a stamp of approval, a sign that a concept has passed the test of originality and viability. In Lebanon,...

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Bahrain

Tackling the region’s growing problem, diabetes

For years, Hussain Albar watched his mother suffer from diabetes. Each day, she would prick herself several times in order to log in a...

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Lebanon

Tripoli Startup Forum 2017

Tripoli Entrepreneurs Club is organizing Tripoli Startup Forum, the annual conference for North Lebanon startups and the entrepreneurship...

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Lebanon

Berytech and NGO to launch a Business Innovation Center in Lebanon

Berytech has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Michel Issa Foundation for Local Development (MIF), to develop a Business and...

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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...

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Lebanon

4 lessons from a rising Lebanese VC

When it comes to VCs on the Lebanese scene, Phoenician Funds is the new kid on the block. One year old now, it was cofounded by Jad...

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Lebanon

Branding & Customer Experience Workshops

‘Branding Workshop: let's dive deep & uncover what's your brand all about’ will be taking place on Thursday June 8...

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Lebanon

Lebanese automotive marketplace receives $1.8M seed fund

Lebanese automotive marketplace Seez have received $1.8 million in seed funding from B&Y, Phoenician Funds, and Wamda Capital. Seez...

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Lebanon

Region’s first shared electric scooter service launched in Lebanon

In a country where public transport has always been a hassle, and where traffic jams are a daily companion, an innovative approach to...

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Lebanon

The UK Lebanon Tech Hub accentuates R&D financing in Lebanon [Wamda TV]

Despite its vast intellectual and academic capital, Lebanon still falls behind developed countries in terms of research. Its gross...

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Lebanon

Lebanon’s digital industry: the battle of BDL circulars

This article is an extension of Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry piece, published here yesterday. On...

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Lebanon

Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry

In August 2014, Banque du Liban (the Central Bank of Lebanon, abbreviated as BDL) issued Circular 331 with the aim of injecting 400 million...

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Regional

The opportunity of an inclusive sharing economy in MENA

It’s 9am. A commuter leaves home heading for her office in the local tech business hub. After 30 seconds a car has arrived to take...

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Lebanon

Lebanon's Jaleesa awarded $40K by World Bank

Jaleesa, the Lebanon-based tech startup that connects families with a trusted babysitter, has secured a $40,000 equity-free contribution...

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