Wamda

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

U.A.E

Floral marketplace Floranow closes its first funding round

Floranow, the region’s online B2B floral marketplace, successfully raised its first round of financing from Jabbar Internet Group,...

Floranow Wamda Capital Jabbar Internet Group

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

TruKKer raises $1.4M seed round led by Raed ventures

TruKKer, an on-demand truck aggregator startup, is preparing for large-scale expansion after witnessing 2000% growth in its first year of...

Trukker Investment

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

U.A.E

Digital grocery coupon platform raises $500K in second round of funding

Clip the Deal, a Dubai-based digital grocery coupon platform, raised $500,000 in their second round of funding, led by Dubai-based investor...

Clip the Deal Neelesh Bhatnagar NB Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Sakrobe announces including female mobile phone maintenance workers

Sakrobe, one of the first online services that connects maintenance service seekers and providers with a unique, easy to use interface...

Sakrobe

Lebanon

What does Beirut Digital District’s 15-year plan look like? [Wamda TV]

Hosting a good number of VCs, accelerators, incubators and startups, Beirut Digital District (BDD), which was launched in 2012, has rapidly...

Beirut Digital District bdd

Egypt

Announcing Launch of Udacity Connect and AUC Campus #RiseUp2017

Udacity is proud to partner with the American University in Cairo to launch Udacity Connect @ AUC Campus. This partnership is...

Udacity RiseUp 2017

Egypt

Launching PepsiCo Snacks Innovation Challenge at #RiseUp2017

PepsiCo is committed to encouraging healthy lifestyle, improving the availability of affordable nutrition and enhancing sustainable...

RiseUp 2017 Pepsico

Egypt

Nahdet Misr launches investment fund dedicated for edtech

Nahdet Misr Group, a publishing firm serving the education ecosystem since 1938, announces at #RiseUp2017 launching an...

Nahdet Misr Publishing House RiseUp 2017

Egypt

Elves closes $2mil seed round

Elves App, Inc. the 'Human First Siri’ that's swept the region by storm this year, announced the successful close of its...

Elvesapp RiseUp 2017

Egypt

Launching the Legal Clinic at #RiseUp2017

Levari law firm was established in 2012 specialising in corporate, commercial, banking and finance. Today Levari boosts a team of...

Levari RiseUp 2017

Egypt

FunRock officially launches Etihad Al Abtal, first mobile strategy game made for MENA

During the RiseUp Summit, FunRock, a Swedish-based mobile strategy games development company, has officially announced the global release...

RiseUp 2017 FunRock

Saudi Arabia

Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC) is the first private institute of higher education in Saudi...

MBSC RiseUp 2017

Egypt

MAGNiTT research reveals that the top 200 funded startups across MENA together raised over $2.1BN

During RiseUp Summit, the region’s leading event bringing MENA region entrepreneurs together at the heart of downtown Cairo,...

RiseUp 2017 MAGNiTT

Lebanon

Lebanon’s UK Tech Hub receives more funding and support

Following the strong performance of the UK Lebanon Tech Hub (UKLTH) - a joint initiative by Lebanon’s Central Bank, Banque du Liban,...

UKLTH UK Lebanon Tech Hub British Embassy

Regional

UAE’s maid-booking startup Justmop secures Series A funding

Maid-booking startup Justmop in the UAE has recently raised a Series A of funding, led by venture capital firm VentureFriends, along with...

Justmop fundraising Series A

U.A.E

Finalists announced for Marriott Hotels’ TestBED programme in Middle East & Africa

Marriott Hotels announced yesterday the three finalists for its TestBED programme, which launched in the Middle East and Africa region for...

Marriott Marriott TestBED MEA finalists

Regional

Eventtus raises $2 million, looks to adopt AI recognition at events

Event management startup Eventtus received US$ 2 million of investment from Egyptian VC Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups. It previously...

eventtus fundraising Scaling

Regional

Last chance to apply for the startAD Hardware Venture Launchpad

Finalists will be awarded a prototyping grant and be considered for investment by startAD startAD has issued a final call out for...

startAD

Saudi Arabia

Beauty ecommerce GlamBox gets acquired by a Saudi consortium of investors

Dubai-based GlamBox, a beauty online subscription platform, has recently been acquired by a Saudi consortium of investors. Neither the...

GlamBox acquisition Success Stories

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...

Synkers seed fund lebanon

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