Wamda

U.A.E

China's Didi to set up joint venture in Abu Dhabi

Source: Arabian Business Didi Chuxing, a Beijing-based mobile transportation platform with 550 million users, on Monday signed an...

Expansion Transport venture

U.A.E

In conversation with Savitar Jagtiani of Twinning

Savitar Jagtiani has a lot of experience taking a traditional brick and mortar business online. The Landmark Group, one of the largest...

startup Retail E-commerce

Regional

The Intelak Incubator

Led by the Emirates Group, GE, and Dubai Tourism, Intelak supports the most promising startups in the industry to launch, grow and...

U.A.E

In conversation with Sahiqa Bennett of Searchie

Searchie uses artificial intelligence (AI) to determine a candidate’s suitability for a job. The technology monitors 361,000 factors...

recruitment Artificial intelligence

Regional

2019 Futurism Programme

The Futurism Programme, a 6-week, zero equity, accelerator programme in Dubai for the travel and tourism industry, aims to...

Regional

CLIX 2020

CLIX – the Climate Innovations Exchange, launched in 2018, supports the UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and...

U.A.E

In conversation with Kunal Kapoor of The Luxury Closet

The Luxury Closet (TLC) is an online store that sells pre-owned fashion items founded in Dubai in 2012 by Kunal Kapoor. The company...

E-commerce The Luxury Closet Entrepreneur

U.A.E

Sprii closes $8.5 million in Series A

UAE-based e-commerce platform Sprii.com has raised a further $8.5 million in its Series A funding that it will use to accelerate its...

Moms E-commerce Series A

U.A.E

Hopi raises six-figure seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Hopi, a yet-to-be-launched Dubai-based direct-to-consumer subscription contact lens startup has raised seed funding...

contact lenses seed

U.A.E

Shopping for groceries with El Grocer

The Middle East is no stranger to online food delivery. Apps like Zomato, Deliveroo and Talabat are found on almost every smartphone in the...

el grocer e-grocery Dubai

Regional

Morocco-based Mubawab acquires Jumia House

Source: MenaBytes Mubawab, the leading real estate portal of Morocco that was acquired by Dubai-based Emerging Markets Property Group...

reak estate portal

U.A.E

Dubai-based Urent raises seed funding

Source: Arabian Business Dubai royal, Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has invested in Urent, a new online platform that aims to...

cars Rental Investment

U.A.E

London-headquartered GuestReady raises $6 million in series A

Source: MenaBytes GuestReady, a London-headquartered short-term rental management startup has raised $6 million in its Series A led by...

Expansion Investment Rental

U.A.E

UAE-based Zbooni raises 1.1 million

UAE-based Zbooni has closed its latest funding round of $1.1 million led by the Chalhoub Group and B&Y Venture Partners. It will use...

Investment Chat Technology

Regional

The Dreamers 2019 Summer Camp | Technology, Space, and Entrepreneurship

Dreamers platform designed to build the workforce of the future and the next wave of entrepreneurs. STEP Group,...

U.A.E

Dubai’s Jabbar Internet Group leads $1 million Pre-Series A in India’s Arzooo

Source: MenaBytes Jabbar Internet Group, one of the leading Dubai-based tech investors founded by the co-founders of Souq and Maktoob...

tech store India

U.A.E

The fintech way of sending money abroad

The Gulf is the world’s biggest source of outbound remittances worldwide and fintech startups are vying to disrupt the...

Fintech remittance remittances

U.A.E

Dubai-based Tenderd raises $5.8 million in seed fund

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based heavy equipment rental marketplace for the construction industry has raised $5.8 million in what...

heavy equipment seed

U.A.E

CE-Ventures Leads $11 Million Series A Round in India's FreshToHome

CE-Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of UAE-based diversified global business, Crescent Enterprises, announced that it has...

Fresh food ecommerce

U.A.E

UAE-based Foloosi raises pre-seed fund

Foloosi, a UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from angel fund investor...

seed fund Fintech

U.A.E

Dubai-based Oliv expands to Singapore

Source: MenaBytes Oliv, a Dubai-based youth career platform has expanded to Singapore, the startup announced last month. The...

Expansion news uae

U.A.E

How do you grow tomatoes in the desert?

In the latest edition of our Food Technology podcast series, we spoke with Sky Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer at...

Agriculture agritech podcast

U.A.E

Careem acquires Abu Dhabi's Cyacle bike-share company

Source: The National Careem has acquired UAE-based bike-sharing company Cyacle for an undisclosed sum as the ride-hailing company makes...

cycling acquisition bike-sharing

U.A.E

In conversation with Maya Talih Khatoun of RIOT

The fashion industry is the second most polluting industry after oil and gas. The total greenhouse gas emissions from textile production...

Fashion Sustainability RIOT

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