Wamda

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Web 3.0

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