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Bahrain

400 international participants attended Follow the Leaders’ event in Bahrain

‘Follow the Leaders’ conference which took place in Bahrain, brought together 400 international entrepreneurs, angel investors,...

follow the leaders Bahrain Thinkers and Doers

Lebanon

Four winning teams at Jusoor’s fourth Entrepreneurship Competition for Syrian startups

Four teams were awarded at Jusoor’s fourth annual entrepreneurship competition and bootcamp for Syrian startups in Beirut. The...

lebanon Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Digital Machines’ second hackathon is coming to the KSA

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Obekan Digital Solutions, and GE, are bringing the second edition of Saudi...

Saudi Arabia Predix GE

U.A.E

Marketplace builder behind joigifts closes $1.5 M Seed Round

Dubai-based Enhance, a holding company that builds online marketplaces for the Middle East and Africa, has raised a Seed Round of $1.5...

uae Enhance joigifts

Saudi Arabia

Beauty ecommerce platform Golden Scent to expand following Series A funding round

Golden Scent, one of the leading Saudi beauty ecommerce platforms, plans on further growing the business after receiving a Series A funding...

ksa Golden Scent ecommerce

Egypt

Region’s first science park to open in Egypt this May

The British University in Egypt, in cooperation with TusPark Holdings, China’s largest science park, will be launching the Science...

SIP British University in Egypt TusPark Holdings

Kuwait

Armada delivery solutions closes a pre-Series A round with Sharq Ventures

Armada Delivery Solutions, a tech logistics company, closed a pre-Series A round with Sharq Ventures. The company solves the last mile...

Armada Logistics Arzan VC

U.A.E

Karaoke app Ghinwa closes a US $3 million funding round

Ghinwa, an in5-incubated Arabic karaoke and selfcast app, announced the close of a US$3 million funding round, which included 500...

Ghinwa Investment

U.A.E

Mumzworld secures its largest funding round to date

Mumzworld, one of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) leading ecommerce players dedicated to mothers, babies and children, today announced...

uae Mumzworld Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Dubai Tourism & Commerce Marketing joins the Emirates Group and GE as a principal partner of Intelak

Intelak, one of the first industry and technology-focused incubators in the MENA region, announced that Dubai Tourism & Commerce...

uae Intelak incubation

Regional

Tamatem raises $ 2.5M to localize mobile games for the MENA market

Tamatem, one of the leading mobile games publisher in the Arabic speaking market, raised a $ 2.5 million Series A investment led...

Egypt

Cairo Angels and EG Bank launch MINT Incubator

Cairo Angels, Egypt’s first formal network of angel investors, announced the launch of MINT Incubator, an intensive, highly...

MINT Incubator Egypt cairo angels

Lebanon

Two winners at AUB’s Hult Prize competition

The second edition in a row of the Hult Prize competition was held on campus at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The Hult Prize...

lebanon aub hult prize

Lebanon

The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association launched

The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (LVCPEA) was officially launched bringing together a number of major players...

lebanon VC The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association launched

Saudi Arabia

Badir-incubated Saudi tech startups raised almost $13M in 2017

The technology startups incubated by Badir Program, one of the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology’s main initiatives,...

Badir ksa Investment

U.A.E

BitOasis update on the rise of digital assets and blockchain adoption in the UAE and GCC region

As adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology is on the rise worldwide, we at BitOasis are seeing an exponential increase in...

BitOasis Bitcoin Blockchain

U.A.E

International Blockchain Capital invests in Acumen Advertising

Dubai-based fintech group International Blockchain Capital (IBC) Group Limited bought into homegrown media brand Acumen Advertising as part...

Acumen International Blockchain Capital Fintech

Iraq

Careem debuts in Iraq

Careem, the region’s leading ride-hailing service in the MENA, Turkey and Pakistan, expanded its services into the Republic of Iraq,...

careem baghdad iraq

Regional

Ureed, a new editorial marketplace kicked off in the region

Ureed, a new digital editorial marketplace, is now officially open for businesses and freelancers across the Middle East. The platform aims...

Ureed Tarjama Nour Al Hassan

Regional

UAE-based live streaming app awards $60K for 11 competition winners

Swoo, a live streaming and broadcasting app, unveiled the winners of the finale of its month-long contest - Swooperstar 2017 - on...

SWOO Swooperstar Algorythma

Regional

Regional financial health startups get recognition and mentorship

MetLife Foundation and Village Capital ran the Middle East Financial Health Competition on December 19 in Dubai, where twelve Middle...

competition

U.A.E

Majid Al Futtaim and Image Nation Abu Dhabi participated in financing an LA-based VR startup

Dreamscape Immersive, the location-based VR startup backed by some of Hollywood's biggest players, announced closing a $30M Series B...

uae US VR

U.A.E

Innovation takes flight as Intelak startups innovate the aviation and travel sectors

The Intelak Aviation and Travel Incubator has recently celebrated the graduation of its second cohort from the three-month accelerator...

Intelak aviation

Saudi Arabia

The launch of four initiatives supporting the Saudi SME sector

Saudi Arabia’s Small and Medium Enterprises Authority announced today the launch of four initiatives to support and sustain the...

vision 2030 SMEA Funding

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