Wamda

Lebanon

Fabric Aid won the first edition of the ‘Get in the Ring Beirut’ competition

Fabric Aid, a startup which enables underprivileged people to get decent clothing at affordable prices, won the first edition of the...

lebanon SmartEx Get in the Ring Beirut

Egypt

Egyptian online fashion rental platform raises $1M from Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups

La Reina, an Egyptian online platform for rental couture, announced receiving $1 million in a Series A funding round led by Egypt’s...

Egypt La Reina Algebra Ventures

U.A.E

Hospitality veteran invests $4M in Dubai-based virtual hotel startup to drive its expansion plan

MaisonPrive, a ‘virtual hotel’ operator that offers luxury apartments and villas to business and leisure visitors to Dubai,...

uae Funding MaisonPrive

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala acquires minority stake in NY-based Phoenician Capital

Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Company acquired a minority stake in the general partner of Phoenician Capital, a New York-based...

uae Mubadala Investment Company acquisition

Regional

10 winning teams from 7 Arab countries at MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab’s 11th edition of the Arab Startup Competition

The MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) of the Pan Arab Region announced the winners of the 11th edition of the Arab Startup Competition. This...

MITEF Arab Startup Competition Oman

U.A.E

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies signs first commercial hyperloop system in the UAE

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) revealed the signing of an agreement with Aldar Properties, one of the leading real...

uae Hyperloop Transportation

Global

Voicera acquires Wrappup, launches new AI virtual assistant app

Voicera, a pioneer in the artificial intelligence and productivity space, acquired Wrappup, the company behind one of the most popular apps...

Voicera Wrappup AI

U.A.E

The Plug and Play ADGM program will kick off in Q3 2018

Plug and Play (PNP), one of the world’s largest global innovation platforms, and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International...

uae ADGM Plug and Play

Regional

Google launches online skill-building program for the MENA region

Google announced today the launch of ‘Maharat min Google’, a free digital skills-building program in Arabic, in an effort...

Google Skills

Lebanon

areeba debuts contactless biometric payment cards in the Middle East

Gemalto, one of the world leaders in digital security, is supplying its Visa biometric contactless bank card to areeba, a Lebanese...

lebanon areeba biometric contactless bank cards

Jordan

Jamalon to launch express personalized photo albums service in the Middle East in partnership with Taopix

Jamalon, the Middle East region’s largest online book store with a catalogue of over 10 million titles, announced a strategic...

Jordan uae Jamalon

Regional

Saudi Arabia calls for innovative startups to solve pressing social issues

The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MICT), Small Medium Enterprise Authority (SMEA), GE Digital, and Obeikan...

hackathon GE

Global

500 Startups announces strategic investment from ADFG

Venture capital firm 500 Startups is announcing that ADFG, a global investment firm, has made a significant investment in 500. Through this...

500 startups ADFG

Global

Insider launches Growth Management Platform and receives $11M Series B led by Sequoia

Insider recently announced the launch of its Growth Management Platform (GMP), which raised an $11 million Series B investment. Insider...

Insider Sequoia series B

Saudi Arabia

The Misk Foundation and Bloomberg partner to boost the Saudi knowledge economy

The Misk Foundation and Bloomberg L.P., the global business and financial information leader, announced a partnership to enhance the...

Saudi Arabia Misk Foundation Bloomberg

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...

lebanon Speed@BDD Spike

Saudi Arabia

Saudi DokkanAfkar.com launches new ‘Designer Program’

DokkanAfkar.com, one of the first ecommerce websites in Saudi Arabia for creative products, announced the launch of its ‘Designer...

Saudi Arabia DokkanAfkar ecommerce

U.A.E

MAGNiTT raised a $1M Seed round

Dubai-based MAGNiTT.com, one of the largest investment data platforms for investors, entrepreneurs, and corporates in the Middle East,...

uae MAGNiTT Seed funding

Egypt

Blockchain-focused incubator to launch in Egypt this April

NU TechSpace is the first tech-focused incubator specialized in cognitive technologies in Egypt. It will be officially launching on April...

NU TechSpace Nile University Blockchain incubator

U.A.E

Mubadala Investment Company participates in $15M Series A investment round in US airspace awareness firm

Fortem Technologies, an innovator in airspace awareness and intelligence, announced closing $15 million Series A funding round led by DCVC...

uae usa Mubadala Investment Company

U.A.E

Goodness Cart, Dubai’s new healthy startup

Goodness Cart is a new ecommerce platform that launched today in Dubai to offer customers products across a range of categories including...

ecommerce

Lebanon

Lebanese online interior design platform Moodfit raised a $400K seed round

Moodfit, one of the first online interior design platforms in the MENA region, closed a $400,000 seed investment round from Seeders...

MoodFit Seed funding MEVP

U.A.E

DIFC and MEVP sign agreement to strengthen regional technology venture capital ecosystem

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the leading international financial hubs in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia...

uae DIFC MEVP

U.A.E

Dubai-based certified car marketplace raises another $1M

CarSwitch.com, the UAE’s first marketplace for certified cars, has secured an additional $1 million investment led by Dubai Angel...

uae carswitch.com marketplace

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