Wamda

Lebanon

Pitch competition for Lebanese founders

LIFE, in partnership with MEVP, e& Capital, Wamda Capital, Access Bridge Ventures, Saudi Angel...

Lebanon

Lebanon’s IM Ventures launches second fund

Lebanon-based VC firm IM Ventures has launched a $12 million fund under the USAID Lebanon Investment Initiative (LII) to support...

IM Ventures Insure and Match Ventures USAID

Lebanon

eFlow: The Lebanese startup teaching courses on messenger

Online learning became a necessity during the lockdowns, and while many tools became readily available, the vast majority catered to those...

EdTech eFlow

Iraq

Lebanese delivery app toters raises $18 million Series B round

Lebanon-based super app toters, has raised $18 million in a Series B round from International Finance Corporation (IFC), March...

toters ifc

Egypt

LooliaCloset, SohatiCare expand to Egypt

Lebanon-based beauty e-commerce marketplaces SohatiCare and LooliaCloset announced the expansion of their services to the Egyptian...

LooliaCloset SohatiCare

Lebanon

JumpCloud acquires Lebanon-born MYKI

US-based cloud management platform JumpCloud has acquired the Lebanon-born cyber security company MYKI for an undisclosed...

JumpCloud MyKi

Lebanon

FabricAID raises $1.6 million with participation from Wamda

FabricAID, a Lebanon-based social enterpris,e has raised a $1.6 million Seed round from Wamda and Alfanar. Founded in 2017 by Omar...

circular economy Fabricaid

Lebanon

BY Venture Partners closes $50 million BY Fund II

Abu Dhabi and Beirut-based VC BY Venture Partners has closed its second fund, BY Fund II, valued at $50 million to be invested in...

BY Venture Partners BY Fund II VC

Iraq

Founder Institute launches accelerator programme for the Levant

US-based accelerator Founder Institute is launching its pre-seed startup accelerator in the Levant region, targeting entrepreneurs in...

Founder Institute Levant accelerator

Lebanon

BASMA raises $3 million Series A round to scale operations in Mena and GCC

Lebanon-founded direct-to-consumer (D2C) digital dental startup BASMA, has raised a $3 million Series A funding round, led by...

Basma digital healthcare Series A

Lebanon

Inspired acquires Ostaz, formerly known as Synkers

Global private school provider Inspired Education Group, has acquired Ostaz, formerly known as Synkers, an online tutoring platform founded...

EdTech Synkers Ostaz

Lebanon

Podeo raises Seed investment led by Razor Capital

Lebanon-based podcast platform, Podeo, has raised an undisclosed Seed investment round, led by Razor Capital with co-investments from...

Podeo podcast

Lebanon

Can Lebanon become the next global outsourcing hub?

This article was written by the team at B.O.T - Bridge. Outsource. Transform All eyes have been on Lebanon over the past year, but...

Outsourcing

Lebanon

Anghami raises investment from SHUAA Capital

Lebanon-based music streaming platform Anghami, has raised a fresh investment from UAE-based investment firm SHUAA Capital alongside other...

anghami Music streaming Shuaa Capital

Lebanon

Online education in Lebanon: Cementing existing inequalities

Laura Jardine Paterson is the head of communications at Codi in Lebanon The challenges faced by Lebanon in the past year have been...

Codi EdTech remote working

Lebanon

JGroup invests $15 million in Dubai-based FoxPush

Source: Khaleej times JGroup, a Lebanon-based holding company with a vast portfolio of subsidiaries across the Middle East, Europe,...

FoxPush JGroup Advertising

Lebanon

Synkers raises $1.8 million in pre-Series A

Lebanon-based educational technology (edtech) platform Synkers, has secured a $1.8 million pre-Series A funding round, led by Lama and...

EdTech tutoring Dubai Angel Investors

Lebanon

Berytech to invest in Lebanese green startups

Lebanon-based Berytech, in partnership with the EU-funded Green Impact MED Project (GIMED), has launched a green applied research and...

Green entrepreneurs Berytech

Lebanon

Geek Express raises $520,000 in pre Series-A

Geek Express, an edtech startup based in Lebanon and the UAE, has secured $520,000 in a pre-Series A round from National Talents, IM...

Geek Express EdTech

Lebanon

Can Lebanon's entrepreneurship ecosystem survive?

Beirut made headlines worldwide as a devastating explosion shook the Lebanese capital’s port area last week, resulting in an...

beirut

Global

NAR technologies acquired by US-based B3Bar Holdings

Beirut-based startup NAR Technologies, a portfolio company of Leap Ventures, has been acquired by US-based B3Bar. Founded by Charlie El...

Leap Ventures NAR technologies Speed accelerator

Lebanon

Nucleus Ventures launches programme to support Lebanon startups

Lebanon-based Nucleus Ventures has launched a seed programme to support early-stage Lebanese entrepreneurs. The Nucleus programme will...

Nucleus Ventures Lebanosse Enterprise and Employment Program

Global

Lemonade Fashion raises pre-seed investment

Lebanese-US online peer-to-peer (P2P) fashion marketplace Lemonade Fashion, has raised pre-seed investment from Draper University Ventures...

Lemonade fashion peer-to-peer marketplace

Lebanon

Band Industries raises $2.8 million Series A

Lebanon-based Band Industries has raised $2.8 million in a Series A round led by Cedar Mundi Ventures with participation from other...

Band Industries Roadie Tuner

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