Palestine Rising from the rubble: Entrepreneurs in Gaza look to rebuild Rafat Abushaban is an author, speaker, and advocate for startups in fragile environments. He is the founder of Riable- an online platform... Rafat Abushaban • 30 May, 2021 Gaza
Palestine Struggles multiply for Palestine's startup ecosystem Since escalations unfolded in Palestine this month, Gaza-based tech hub and accelerator Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG), has been closely monitoring... Dunya Hassanein • 23 May, 2021 gaza sky geeks Gaza
Palestine The case for hiring Palestinian talent Anam Raheem is talent matching manager at Gaza Sky Geeks. Imagine a business opportunity that accelerates innovation and profit for a... Thought Leadership • 05 April, 2021 gaza sky geeks brain drain
Palestine Kenz closes pre-Series A funding round Palestine-based lingerie e-commerce startup Kenz has closed a six-figure pre-Series A funding round led by Ibtikar Fund with... News • 30 March, 2021 Start-up Kenz palestine
Jordan 360Moms raises fresh funds Jordan-based online parenting platform 360Moms, has raised investment from Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund and Jordan-based ISSF (Innovative... News • 07 September, 2020 360Moms online parenting ISSF
Palestine World Bank approves $15 million grant to support Palestinian IT sector Source: DevDiscourse The World Bank has approved a US$15 million grant to improve sustainable economic opportunities for much... News • 15 June, 2020 IT sector world bank
Palestine Ibtikar Fund invests in Tawazon Ibtikar Fund has announced a seed investment in the Palestine-based meditation app Tawazon. Tawazon, or “balance” in Arabic,... Dunya Hassanein • 29 April, 2020 Ibtikar Fund Meditation Tawazon
Palestine Liquid assets: Conserving Palestine’s water supplies In the Palestinian territories, severe water shortages have become an unfortunate norm – while Israelis living in nearby Jewish... Alicia Buller • 10 March, 2020 palestine IoT AI
Palestine Receet secures pre-series A investment Ramallah-based Receet, has secured a six-figure pre-series A investment round, led by Ibtikar Fund, with participation from Paltel... Dunya Hassanein • 04 March, 2020 Fintech Ibtikar Fund
Palestine Gamiphy raises six figure investment in pre-Series A Palestine-based user engagement and retention platform Gamiphy has raised its pre-Series A investment round led by Ibtikar Fund with... News • 28 January, 2020 Gamification engagment retention
Palestine Overcoming barriers of women-led entrepreneurship in Palestine Ghassan Amayra is the co-founder of Palestine-based MENACatalyst and Leila Farraj is the digital content strategist at... Thought Leadership • 02 December, 2019 palestine Palestinian Diaspora gaza sky geeks
Palestine Ibtikar Fund invests in Inggez Ibtikar Fund has announced its investment in Palestine-based Inggez, a mobile app offering on-demand access to gyms and fitness classes,... News • 25 November, 2019 fitness Health
Palestine THE FINTECH BOOTCAMP 2019 Arab Bank is launching the first Fintech Bootcamp for Palestinian entrepreneurs with ideas within the Fintech industry. The bootcamp... Wamda • 29 October, 2019
Jordan Mecal raises funding Amman-based Mecal, an e-commerce platform focused on men’s accessories has raised funding from Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund and... Yasmeen Nabil • 27 August, 2019 Investment men's accessories
Palestine In conversation with Ahmed Hashlamon of Mashvisor Mashvisor was founded by Peter Abualzolof and Mohammed Jebrini in 2014 with the aim of providing real estate investment data analysis to... Triska Hamid • 06 August, 2019 Mashvisor palestine
Palestine Is the Palestinian diaspora key to enabling local startups? Diyala Abdlrasul and Ghassan Taha Amayra are the co-founders of MENACatalyst The Palestinian plight is not a foreign... Thought Leadership • 18 July, 2019 Palestinian Diaspora palestine
Palestine In conversation with Christina Ganim of Kenz Christina Ganim founded Kenz with her colleague and friend Nicola Cuoco. The e-commerce website, founded in Palestine, sells underwear to... Triska Hamid • 28 March, 2019 Entrepreneur startup Women Entrepreneur
Palestine Ibtikar Fund invests in Receet Palestine’s Ibtikar Fund announced its investment in Receet, a mobile application that provides digital receipts in business... News • 25 March, 2019 fund Investment digital
Palestine Ibtikar Fund invests in Palestine's Safra Palestine’s Ibtikar Fund has announced a new investment in Safra, a Ramallah-based online travel platform for travel agents in the... Wamda • 23 January, 2019 travel tech palestine Ibtikar Fund
Palestine Entrepreneurship in Palestine: More than just a job For many startups in Palestine, entrepreneurship is not only a choice of employment, but a form of resistance. With restrictions faced by... Wamda • 13 November, 2018 Palestinian Diaspora Ecosystem
Palestine Gaza startup Vidmass raises pre-Seed from Ibtikar and Vision VC Vidmass, a Gaza-based startup specialising in online video creation, has raised a pre-seed round of investment from early-stage funds... Reine Farhat • 18 September, 2018 pre-Seed Investment Ibtikar VC
Palestine This is how Dawsat is reinventing the Middle Eastern diet Mas Watad graduated from Al-Quds University as a nutrition specialist in 2003 and decided that, rather than simply raising people’s... Rafat Abushaban • 08 August, 2017 palestine Dawsat healthy food
Palestine Palestinian startups carving their ways around barriers to success Running a startup in Palestine is no easy task. In addition to the fact that over 90 percent of startups anywhere fail, with financial... Rafat Abushaban • 17 July, 2017 palestine Startup ecosystem entrepreneurship
Palestine Connect Gaza looks to bring Palestinian startups into the regional ecosystem Digital entrepreneurship and innovation are becoming key focuses of many governments across the Middle East as they seek to reform their... Staff writer • 06 July, 2017 PICTI startups investments