Wamda

Lebanon

JGroup invests $15 million in Dubai-based FoxPush

Source: Khaleej times JGroup, a Lebanon-based holding company with a vast portfolio of subsidiaries across the Middle East, Europe,...

FoxPush JGroup Advertising

Lebanon

Synkers raises $1.8 million in pre-Series A

Lebanon-based educational technology (edtech) platform Synkers, has secured a $1.8 million pre-Series A funding round, led by Lama and...

EdTech tutoring Dubai Angel Investors

Lebanon

Berytech to invest in Lebanese green startups

Lebanon-based Berytech, in partnership with the EU-funded Green Impact MED Project (GIMED), has launched a green applied research and...

Green entrepreneurs Berytech

Lebanon

Geek Express raises $520,000 in pre Series-A

Geek Express, an edtech startup based in Lebanon and the UAE, has secured $520,000 in a pre-Series A round from National Talents, IM...

Geek Express EdTech

Lebanon

Can Lebanon's entrepreneurship ecosystem survive?

Beirut made headlines worldwide as a devastating explosion shook the Lebanese capital’s port area last week, resulting in an...

beirut

Global

NAR technologies acquired by US-based B3Bar Holdings

Beirut-based startup NAR Technologies, a portfolio company of Leap Ventures, has been acquired by US-based B3Bar. Founded by Charlie El...

Leap Ventures NAR technologies Speed accelerator

Lebanon

Nucleus Ventures launches programme to support Lebanon startups

Lebanon-based Nucleus Ventures has launched a seed programme to support early-stage Lebanese entrepreneurs. The Nucleus programme will...

Nucleus Ventures Lebanosse Enterprise and Employment Program

Global

Lemonade Fashion raises pre-seed investment

Lebanese-US online peer-to-peer (P2P) fashion marketplace Lemonade Fashion, has raised pre-seed investment from Draper University Ventures...

Lemonade fashion peer-to-peer marketplace

Lebanon

Band Industries raises $2.8 million Series A

Lebanon-based Band Industries has raised $2.8 million in a Series A round led by Cedar Mundi Ventures with participation from other...

Band Industries Roadie Tuner

Lebanon

ZoodMall secures $10 million in Series A

Source: Zawya ZoodMall, a Lebanese mobile application built to innovate the e-shopping experience, has secured $10 million in Series A...

ZoodMall E-shopping

Lebanon

Basma raises $1.2 million in seed funding

Beirut-based digital dental startup Basma has raised $1.2 million in a seed funding round led by B&Y Venture Partners and Cedar Mundi...

Seed funding dental startup

Lebanon

The trials of operating an e-commerce business in Lebanon

Philippe Abdeni is the chief operating officer at Bellamysworld, an e-commerce platform founded in 2003 in Lebanon for high-end luxury...

E-commerce Retail

Lebanon

What impact will the Lebanon protests have on its startups?

The Arab social contract was designed to placate the people – provide public sector jobs and free social services, and the...

beirut Lebanon Central Bank Circular 331

Lebanon

In conversation with Priscilla Elora Sharuk of Myki

Myki is a Beirut-based cyber security company that offers users an offline password manager through a mobile application. The app allows...

MyKi cyber security

Lebanon

Ecomz raises $4 million series A

Source: MenaBytes Beirut-based ecommerce management platform Ecomz has raised $4 million in a Series A round led by local VC Cedar...

E-commerce series-A Investment

Lebanon

BSynchro raises $1 million

Lebanon-based BSynchro Holding, an insurance technology company, has raised $1 million from its current shareholders Berytech Fund II and...

tech Insurance Software

Lebanon

In conversation with Elie Nasr of FOO

FOO started as a mobile app development company in 2009 in Lebanon. Founded by Elie Nasr and Ghady Rayess, the pair pivoted their business...

Foo Fintech b2b

Lebanon

The challenges facing Lebanon's fashion ecosystem

Christina Chehade is the managing director at Endeavor Lebanon Lebanese designers have been rising in the ranks, dominating...

Fashion fashion supply chain

Lebanon

Darwazah Startup Accelerate 2019

With a focus on achieving and sustaining globally recognized thought leadership in the areas of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship...

Lebanon

In conversation with Audrey Nakad of Lebanon's Synkers

Synkers is an online peer-to-peer education platform connecting private tutors with students. Founded in Lebanon by Audrey Nakad, Zeina...

EdTech ceo entrepreneurship

Lebanon

Speed raises new funding to improve future acceleration for startups

Source: Arabnet Speed, the Lebanese tech accelerator based out of the Beirut Digital District (BDD), has announced that it has raised...

accelerator Funding tech

Lebanon

MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition

MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pan Arab will be holding the final award ceremony and conference for the 12th edition of Arab Startup...

Lebanon

Feel22 raises Series A

Source: MENAbytes Lebanese beauty ecommerce startup has raised a Series A funding round, the startup announced in a statement...

ecommerce ecommerce middle east beauty products

Lebanon

Smart Beirut Summit

Beirut is entangled in controversy, suffering from waste collection and disposal issues, to political conflicts that spread beyond its...

Thought Leadership

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