Global How Muzz lost a battle but won market share In the quest to innovate, disrupt and offer something new, startups can often agitate and annoy incumbent players. For Muslim-focused... Triska Hamid • 30 March, 2023 Muzz
Egypt Tactful AI: Tracing the pivots before the exit In 2016, Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed Elmasry moved to the UK, in hopes of building a local tech product with global know-how and impact.... Dunya Hassanein • 27 March, 2023 deeptech Tactful AI
Global KBW Ventures invests in Rebellyous Food’s $9.5 million round UAE-based KBW Ventures, founded by HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, has invested in a $9.5 million equity round for... News • 19 February, 2023 KBW Ventures
Global Finalrentals raises fresh funding Finalrentals, an online car rental company based out of Dubai with headquarters in Cardiff, has raised an undisclosed six-figure round... News • 31 January, 2023 Finalrentals
Global Wa’ed invests in PASQAL’s $108 million Series B Wa’ed Ventures, the Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Centre (Wa'ed), has invested in a $108 million Series B for French... News • 24 January, 2023 Wa'ed Vnetures
Global UAE’s Hotdesk acquires Spain-based YADO Hotdesk, a UAE-based workspace booking app, has acquired Spanish counterpart YADO for an unknown sum. Founded in 2019 by Mohamed... News • 24 January, 2023 hotdesk
Global NB Ventures invests in $1.2 million Seed round for India’s career-tech Suraasa UAE-based NB Ventures has invested in India-based career-tech Suraasa's $1.2 million Seed round, led by Inflection Point... News • 24 January, 2023 Suraasa NB Ventures
Global How influence is increasingly breeding entrepreneurship Baha Hamadi,is a board member of the Public Relations & Communications Association You may have noticed a new breed of... Thought Leadership • 23 January, 2023 influpreneur
Global One Moto raises $150 million to scale its last-mile delivery operations in the UK UAE-based electric mobility startup and last-mile delivery services provider One Moto, has raised $150 million from an undisclosed... News • 16 January, 2023 One Moto
Global How can investors use data science? Dmitry Kaminskiy is the general partner at Deep Knowledge Group, a UK-based consortium of commercial and non-profit organisations active in... Thought Leadership • 12 December, 2022 big data AI
Global KBW Ventures co-leads $12.3 million Series A round in US-based Black Sheep Foods UAE-based KBW Ventures, founded by HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, has co-led a $12.3 million Series A round for... News • 09 December, 2022 KBW Ventures
Global An essential guide to SAFEs A critical part of any startup’s journey is fundraising. This can be particularly challenging in the very early days of building your... Thought Leadership • 08 December, 2022 Clara
Egypt 500 Global opens an office in Egypt, partners with ITIDA to launch support programmes for local startups US-based venture capital firm 500 Global is set to open an office in Egypt and has recently partnered with Information Technology... News • 28 November, 2022 500 Global
Global SWVL slashes over 50 per cent of its workforce, shuts operations in Pakistan UAE-based mass mobility services provider, SWVL, has laid off over 50 per cent of its staff, in a recent round of layoffs conducted by... News • 28 November, 2022 Swvl
Global Social impact: The neglected child of crypto Following the collapse of US-based crypto exchange platform FTX, the future and stability of crypto has come into question once again.... Thought Leadership • 17 November, 2022 Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin Sustainability
Global Modus Capital acquires Agile Ventures US-based Modus Capital has acquired Saudi Arabia-based startup venture builder Agile Ventures. The value of the transaction remains... News • 25 October, 2022 Modus Capital
Global Startup advice: Creating a brand identity that resonates Lucy Bradley is the founder of Plug Communications There are so many aspects to consider when you are building a business; not... Thought Leadership • 24 October, 2022 Branding
Global Flowwow pushes ahead with Mena foray as Russian ecosystem collapses Startups in Russia have been facing a litmus test since the start of the war in Ukraine, with foreign direct investments drying up,... Dunya Hassanein • 17 October, 2022 Russia
Global Employee mental healthcare: digital tools or workplace culture? By Professor Paul Hopkinson, head of Edinburgh Business School, and the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University There is no... Thought Leadership • 10 October, 2022 mental health
Global oktopi acquires UK edtech Tutor House UAE-based edtech oktopi, has fully acquired UK-based tutoring platform Tutor House. Founded in 2021 by Emilie Thomas and Fadi Abbas,... News • 29 September, 2022 oktopi acquisition EdTech
Global LYVE acquires majority stake in Shopini World Abu Dhabi-based B2B logistics SaaS platform Lyve Global, has acquired a majority stake in Shopini World, a cross-border e-commerce... News • 13 September, 2022 Lyve
Egypt Egypt’s mental health startup Shezlong expands to South Africa Egypt-based healthtech startup Shezlong, has announced the expansion of its business to South Africa under the brand name of... News • 02 September, 2022 shezlong
Global SWVL announces $20 million private placement Dubai-based mobility and transport solutions provider SWVL, has signed an agreement with US-based institutional investors for the sale and... Dunya Hassanein • 11 August, 2022 Swvl
Global Community is king in Web3 – here’s what to know before building yours Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Despite the cryptocurrency market downturn, the general excitement about the... Thought Leadership • 08 August, 2022 Web 3.0