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Bahrain

Bahrain’s FinTech Bay, a new accelerator for startups

In February 2018, a new accelerator is set to officially kick off in Bahrain. The new facility will be focused on fintech startups in the...

Fintech accelerator Bahrain

Regional

Endeavor Jordan, Silicon Badia and the USAID launch a joint fund

A joint initiative between support organization Endeavor Jordan, venture firm Silicon Badia and the USAID, launched BeyondCapital, a new...

Endeavor USAID silicon badia

U.A.E

DIFC launches $100M fund to boost fintech

HE Essa Kazim, governor of The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced today during the inaugural of the Global Financial...

uae Fintech fund

Regional

TreasuryXpress closes a $5M funding round to boost its services

TreasuryXpress, a global provider for frictionless and on-demand treasury management solutions (TMS), announced that it has recently closed...

Treasuryxpress MEVP Funding

U.A.E

Team of payments veterans launch a cryptocurrency startup based on Ethereum

A team of payments veterans announced today the launch of a new cryptocurrency startup based on Ethereum: Verify, planning and ICO in...

Payfort Verify Bitcoin

Regional

New startups on the block: November

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. Dukan IT Saudi Arabia IT...

Startup List news

U.A.E

DAFZA launches first regional ecommerce free zone Dubai CommerCity

H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), launched 'Dubai CommerCity,' an...

DAFZA Dubai CommerCity uae

U.A.E

Marriott Hotels announces shortlist for TestBED programme in Middle East and Africa

After launching its TestBED programme in partnership with Wamda in the Middle East and Africa region for the first time in September this...

Marriott TestBED MEA Travel sector

Saudi Arabia

A ‘quattro’ of Mix N’ Mentors coming to Saudi Arabia

Wamda is organizing four rounds of its flagship event, Mix N’ Mentor, in Saudi during the last two months of the year. The...

Mix N' Mentor riyadh Badir

Tunisia

A new incubation space settles in Sousse, Tunisia

Faten Aissi, business developer, Khaireddine Fredj, an entrepreneur, and Daniel Doppler, a French startup mentor, created 777, an incubator...

Incubator régions hub

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi Global Market announces fintech innovation center and partnership with Plug and Play

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, announced two initiatives at the FinTech Abu Dhabi...

ADGM Fintech Plug and Play

U.A.E

Your iPhone 7 can feed 200 refugees

Melltoo, a no-meetup classifieds startup based in the UAE, launched this month “Impacter by Melltoo", an initiative to...

classified social enterprise melltoo

Bahrain

Bahrain’s football app Malaeb closes a seed round investment

Bahraini app Malaeb, which helps users match players and book a football field, has recently closed a seed round for an undisclosed amount,...

Malaeb Inspire Ventures Vision ventures

Saudi Arabia

SRMG acquires 51 percent stake in Saudi financial news service Argaam for $10M

The Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) has acquired a controlling stake (51 percent) in the Argaam Investment and Trading Company,...

Saudi Arabia Argam acquisition

U.A.E

Mastercard and Abu Dhabi Global Market collaborate to accelerate fintech ecosystem development

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial center, and Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd, a leading technology company in the...

uae ADGM MasterCard

Saudi Arabia

Home cleaning marketplace Matic raises $3 million

Matic, an online marketplace for cleaning services in the GCC, incubated by Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, has...

Matic MEVP Cleaning services

U.A.E

54 hours challenge to build 8 startups in Ras Al Khaimah

The first startup incubator in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) was inaugurated last Thursday at Julfar Towers, in the presence of H.E. Sheikh...

Ras Al Khaimah RAK Startup Weekend

U.A.E

Precinct Partners launches to provide patient capital to entrepreneurs

Precinct Partners Holding Limited (‘Precinct Partners’) has launched at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) to...

precinct partners fund patient capital

Jordan

Jordanian addressing startup raises $100K from GMS Ventures & Investments

NavCode is a Jordanian smart addressing app that contains user information such as name, phone number, building number and others. It...

NavCode Addressing VC

Kuwait

Fintech startup Ajar Online closes a second round of investment

Ajar Online, a Kuwait-based fintech startup that allows tenants to pay their rent online, via SMS and email, has recently closed...

Ajar Online Fintech Investment

U.A.E

Dubai Startup Hub launches program to facilitate partnerships between startups and corporations

Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has launched its Market Access program during the GITEX...

Dubai Startup Hub Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry GITEX2017

Global

Badir launches new program to attract global startups to KSA

Badir Program for Technology Incubators, a Saudi national program under King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), launched a...

news watch Badir

Global

Six winners, including 2 international startups at MAD Mentorpreneurs

Ten startups competed for awards worth four million Emirati Dirhams (US$ 1 million) during MAD Mentorpreneurs pitching competition, which...

MAD Talks MAD Mentorpreneurs startups

Regional

Altibbi raises $6.5M through MEVP, DASH Ventures, and other investors

Altibbi Ltd., one of the Middle East’s largest digital health platforms, announced a new round of funding amounting to $6.5 million....

AlTibbi MEVP DASH Ventures

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