Lebanon Fabric Aid won the first edition of the ‘Get in the Ring Beirut’ competition Fabric Aid, a startup which enables underprivileged people to get decent clothing at affordable prices, won the first edition of the... Staff writer • 30 April, 2018 lebanon SmartEx Get in the Ring Beirut
Lebanon Could this 3D-printing startup remove one of the biggest construction costs in Dubai? I met two startups in less than two weeks working in innovating the construction industry. And this is only in Lebanon. One cannot... Reine Farhat • 29 April, 2018 Buildink 3d printing Construction
Lebanon Beirut Editors Lab Hackathon On 27-28 April 2018, the Global Editors Network (GEN) will gather some of the best media innovators from the region at Flat6Labs in Beirut... Wamda • 23 April, 2018 hackathon lebanon Media
Lebanon areeba debuts contactless biometric payment cards in the Middle East Gemalto, one of the world leaders in digital security, is supplying its Visa biometric contactless bank card to areeba, a Lebanese... Staff writer • 17 April, 2018 lebanon areeba biometric contactless bank cards
Lebanon Four years after Circular 331: The ecosystem needs more Seed Stage funds It was never the same for the Lebanese ecosystem after 2014. Banque du Liban’s (BDL) Circular 331 was meant to create the foundations... Rana Freifer • 08 April, 2018 lebanon BDL Circular 331
Lebanon Diabetes monitoring startup wins a $50,000 Seed Boost fund during Speed@BDD’s fifth Demo Day Spike, a mobile assistant that helps diabetics better manage their diabetes, won the second edition of Speed@BDD’s Seed Boost. The... Staff writer • 28 March, 2018 lebanon Speed@BDD Spike
Lebanon Lebanese online interior design platform Moodfit raised a $400K seed round Moodfit, one of the first online interior design platforms in the MENA region, closed a $400,000 seed investment round from Seeders... Staff writer • 13 March, 2018 MoodFit Seed funding MEVP
Lebanon Four winning teams at Jusoor’s fourth Entrepreneurship Competition for Syrian startups Four teams were awarded at Jusoor’s fourth annual entrepreneurship competition and bootcamp for Syrian startups in Beirut. The... Staff writer • 07 March, 2018 lebanon Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Lebanon Improving electricity and fake news detection through data #AUBWiDS2018 Data desert is a term often used to describe certain areas, whether unprivileged or not, where data is not regularly collected to form a... Reine Farhat • 07 March, 2018 aub Women in Data Science Data
Lebanon 5 new trends at ArabNet Beirut 2018 Lebanon is a small market that is often described in the news as an unstable country full of corruption and problems on all levels. While... Reine Farhat • 26 February, 2018 ArabNet Beirut Arabnet Diabetes
Lebanon AUB Stanford Women in Data Science Conference AUB Stanford Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference is a global conference organized in collaboration with Stanford ICME (Institute for... Wamda • 19 February, 2018 beirut WIDS STEM
Lebanon $48M MIC Ventures telco fund launched to boost ICT startups in Lebanon MIC Ventures, a $48 million telco fund initiated by MIC 1 and MIC 2, the two mobile operators in Lebanon managed by Touch and Alfa, was... Rana Freifer • 19 February, 2018 lebanon alfa touch
Lebanon cewas Startup Program - Lebanon [Call for Applications] Here is your chance to build your water, sanitation or waste idea into a business, with expert trainings, access to cash financing and... Wamda • 13 February, 2018 lebanon WATER Sustainability
Lebanon ArabNet Beirut 2018 The 9th edition of ArabNet Beirut 2018 will take place on February 20-22. The event will feature more than 80 speakers from the MENA region... Wamda • 10 February, 2018 Arabnet Innovation startups
Lebanon Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition 2018 Jusoor opened up registration for its fourth annual Entrepreneurship Competition this month. The competition is open for application... Wamda • 25 January, 2018 syria Entrepreneur jusoor
Lebanon Two winners at AUB’s Hult Prize competition The second edition in a row of the Hult Prize competition was held on campus at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The Hult Prize... Rami Deeb • 25 January, 2018 lebanon aub hult prize
Lebanon The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association launched The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (LVCPEA) was officially launched bringing together a number of major players... Staff writer • 18 January, 2018 lebanon VC The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association launched
Lebanon What does Beirut Digital District’s 15-year plan look like? [Wamda TV] Hosting a good number of VCs, accelerators, incubators and startups, Beirut Digital District (BDD), which was launched in 2012, has rapidly... Staff writer • 10 December, 2017 Beirut Digital District bdd
Lebanon Startup Weekend Bekaa - Ag | Food | Water Innovation Techstars Startup Weekend Bekaa is the place to look for a team, prototype and validate a business idea, and receive feedback from... Wamda • 30 November, 2017 lebanon Agriculture Innovation
Lebanon Customization is king in today’s perfect world In today’s world, the term ‘perfection’ is being replaced by ‘customization’. If a product isn’t... Reine Farhat • 29 November, 2017 3D manufacturing GENERICS
Lebanon Lebanon’s UK Tech Hub receives more funding and support Following the strong performance of the UK Lebanon Tech Hub (UKLTH) - a joint initiative by Lebanon’s Central Bank, Banque du Liban,... Staff writer • 27 November, 2017 UKLTH UK Lebanon Tech Hub British Embassy
Lebanon Nanotech is emerging in the MENA’s healthcare sector accentuating inventions and opportunities The global nanotechnology industry is expected to grow to reach almost $76 billion by 2020. But what is it exactly? Nanotechnology is... Rana Freifer • 20 November, 2017 lebanon healthtech Nanoskin
Lebanon When online payments exceed pay-on-delivery in Lebanon [Wamda TV] There is no doubt that the MENA is embracing a revolutionary retail transformation, and that tech is at the core of this shift in shopping... Rana Freifer • 19 November, 2017 209 Lebanese Wine ecommerce lebanon
Lebanon Lebanese private tutoring app Synkers raises seed funding from Phoenician Funds Synkers, a peer-to-peer private tutoring app, announced that it has recently closed its first seed funding with Phoenician Funds, following... Staff writer • 17 November, 2017 Synkers seed fund lebanon