Wamda

Egypt

Crowd Analyzer acquires brand activation platform TaskSpotting

Wamda partner company Crowd Analyzer, a Dubai-based data intelligence provider and Arabic-focused social media monitoring platform has...

U.A.E

Venture creation, the new VC

Investment across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is becoming more sophisticated. The growth in the number of venture capital (VC)...

U.A.E

TIP Summit 2020

Technology Innovation Pioneers (TIP) is an initiative launched by The UAE Ministry of Economy and The Department of Economic...

U.A.E

Falcon Network and Tahseen Consulting invest in Bangladesh-based Jatri

Dubai-based Falcon Network and Tahseen Consulting have invested in the seed round for Bangladesh-based public transportation...

Mobile Apps public transport digital tracking

U.A.E

KBW Ventures invests in US-based Memphis Meats

UAE-based KBW Ventures, the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, son of Saudi Arabia billionaire Prince...

Meat food series B

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi Investment Office invests $16.3 million in several startups

Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) today announced AED 60 million of investment in the latest batch of startups and...

startups investments Innovation

U.A.E

Sarwa raises $8.4 million in Series A

Source: The National Sarwa, a Dubai-based low-cost robo-advisory platform, will open a second office in Abu Dhabi as part of a wider GCC...

Investment Series A Financial

U.A.E

Fodel raises seven-figure investment

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based last-mile delivery startup Fodel (which stands for Forward Delivery) has raised an investment from Dubai...

Last mile delivery Investment

U.A.E

Lorryz raises $1.4 million in seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based online freight marketplace Lorryz has raised $1.4 million in a seed round, it...

seed Funding freight

U.A.E

Shorooq Partners leads seed round for QuickBus

UAE-based Shorooq Partners has led the seed funding round for Kenya-based online marketplace ticketing system QuickBus. Shrooq...

bus Booking application

U.A.E

Wamda X second cohort launches with 13 promising startups

Wamda, the region's leading ecosystem enabler, has announced the list of fellows and startups joining the second cohort of its...

wamda x wamda

U.A.E

Dubai Council launches Dubai Future District and $272 million fund

Source: Mubasher Dubai is set to launch a new stock market and a AED 1 billion ($272,265,200) fund to support new-economy companies,...

Dubai future district

U.A.E

Group 42 acquires Bayanat

Source: Emirates News Agency Group 42, an Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud computing company, announced today that it...

uae Data Acquistion

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi invests in fintech blockchain start-up

Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has invested in Securrency, a US-based developer of blockchain-based financial and...

Fintech Blockchain Investment

U.A.E

Could EDGE boost R&D in the UAE?

Abu Dhabi is restructuring the UAE’s blossoming defence industry, placing many state-run companies within a single organisation and...

Research R&D

Regional

STEP Conference 2020

STEP Conference, the leading technology festival for emerging markets, has launched its 9th edition under the theme of “the World...

U.A.E

The Hub: The Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Environmentalism

GEMS World Academy Dubai (GWA), one of the leading IB+ schools, has been selected as the Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship...

U.A.E

StudioRepublik’s Big Weekend

A 2-day Festival to celebrate the opening of StudioRepublik is happening on January 10-11, 2020 from 9:00 AM - 5:00...

U.A.E

SpiderSilk raises $500,000

Source: MENAbytes Dubai-based cybersecurity startup SpiderSilk has raised $500,000 seed in a round led by Global Ventures, and joined by...

cyber security cybersecurity

U.A.E

noon cosies up to China

There are a few areas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi where self-driving vehicles branded with the noon logo, slowly drive along a pre-determined...

china E-commerce self-driving car

U.A.E

Mubadala leads investment in Glovo

Source: CNBC Spanish food delivery app Glovo has raised 150 million euros ($167 million) in a fresh round of funding to ramp up...

Mubadala Investment Company

U.A.E

JumpAdvisor raises seed investment

UAE-based JumpAdvisor recently raised a seed investment round from an angel investor, valuing the company at $400,000. JumpAdvisor is an...

seed investment

U.A.E

Adasat.com raises $350,000 in funding

Source: Laffaz Adasat.com is a new e-commerce platform based in Dubai that has recently raised $350,000 with the help of local...

contact lenses eye glasses sun glasses

Saudi Arabia

Wamda co-leads $3M Series A round in online floral marketplace Floranow

Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has co-led a $3 million Series A round with Global Ventures in...

Series A Floranow

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