U.A.E Why are there so few Emirati entrepreneurs? Earlier this year Wamda published a report on the state of pre-seed startups in the Middle East and North Africa. What emerged from our... Wamda • 11 August, 2020 emiratis uae
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... News • 14 January, 2020 uae Data Acquistion
Regional Gitex: A show dominated by Saudi Arabia and the women of the UAE Some 100,000 people attend Gitex every year in what is the region’s biggest technology exhibition. Bringing together government,... Triska Hamid • 10 October, 2019 Women Saudi Arabia uae
Oman Omani Society for Education Technology acquires Nadrus.com Omani Society for Education Technology (OSET) has officially acquired Dubai-based online Arabic courses marketplace Nadrus.com for an... Yasmeen Nabil • 08 October, 2019 Acquistion online courses
U.A.E Melltoo raises pre-Series A from China’s Gobi Partners Dubai-based online marketplace Melltoo has announced an undisclosed pre-series A funding round co-led by China-based venture capital... Yasmeen Nabil • 30 September, 2019 E-commerce Funding ksa
U.A.E UAE's Masdar, UK government invest $86 million in green technology fund Source: Zawya Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) together with the UK government have invested £70 million ($86.48 million)... News • 12 September, 2019 Technology fund uae
U.A.E Dubai halts Uber X and Careem's Go ride options Source: The National Ride-hailing giant Uber and its UAE-based partner Careem have halted their cheapest ride options in Dubai,... News • 02 September, 2019 uae RTA careem
Regional Washmen raises $6.2 million Series B Source: Menabytes Washmen, a Dubai-based dry cleaning and laundry service has raised $6.2 million in its Series B round, the startup... News • 09 July, 2019 startup series B Washmen
U.A.E Dubai-based Oliv expands to Singapore Source: MenaBytes Oliv, a Dubai-based youth career platform has expanded to Singapore, the startup announced last month. The... News • 09 June, 2019 Expansion news uae
U.A.E Dubai South to invest $545m in new e-commerce zone Source: The National State-developer Dubai South said on Monday it aimed to spend Dh2 billion ($545 million) to build an e-commerce free... News • 06 February, 2019 E-commerce uae Free Trade
U.A.E Melltoo closes bridge round Dubai-based secondhand e-commerce platform Melltoo has closed a pre-series A round that it will use to expand its operational capacity... Wamda • 28 January, 2019 uae ecommerce secondhand
U.A.E Yawmi closes seed round Dubai-based food and beverage (F&B) e-commerce startup Yawmi, has closed a seed round from Shorooq Investments. The amount of... Wamda • 17 January, 2019 Delivery uae food
Saudi Arabia Maharah acquires a strategic stake in UAE's Bloovo Source: Entreprenuer Bloovo, one of UAE’s algorithm-based online recruitment platforms, has brought Saudi-based Maharah Human... News • 18 December, 2018 acquisition HR saudi
U.A.E VR in airports: Driving sales, beyond entertainment In early 2015, the Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways, in partnership with Samsung, brought Virtual Reality (VR) to its first-class... Rana Freifer • 31 May, 2018 uae Entertainment tech
U.A.E Workers’ safety and tracking device WakeCap raised $300K WakeCap, raised $300,000 from CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company), a construction group with projects across Middle East, Asia and... Staff writer • 30 May, 2018 uae WakeCap Investment
U.A.E $33B of lost remittances could be regained through the Blockchain, and this UAE startup is on it Fintech startups are continuously bringing innovative solutions to cater to the large unbanked population. According to the World... Rana Freifer • 09 May, 2018 uae Dinarii Cash Fintech
U.A.E Four startups from the travel and tourism industry won Intelak’s third cohort Four Dubai-based startups aiming at transforming the aviation, travel, and tourism industries graduated on April 30 from the... Staff writer • 01 May, 2018 uae Intelak GE
U.A.E Hospitality veteran invests $4M in Dubai-based virtual hotel startup to drive its expansion plan MaisonPrive, a ‘virtual hotel’ operator that offers luxury apartments and villas to business and leisure visitors to Dubai,... Rana Freifer • 26 April, 2018 uae Funding MaisonPrive
U.A.E Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala acquires minority stake in NY-based Phoenician Capital Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Company acquired a minority stake in the general partner of Phoenician Capital, a New York-based... Staff writer • 25 April, 2018 uae Mubadala Investment Company acquisition
U.A.E Endeavor Scale Up 2018 Scale-Up UAE is Endeavor UAE’s annual, scale-up focused conference, where some of the most promising entrepreneurs from the UAE and... Wamda • 23 April, 2018 uae Endeavor UAE SANAD
U.A.E Hyperloop Transportation Technologies signs first commercial hyperloop system in the UAE Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) revealed the signing of an agreement with Aldar Properties, one of the leading real... Staff writer • 19 April, 2018 uae Hyperloop Transportation
U.A.E The Plug and Play ADGM program will kick off in Q3 2018 Plug and Play (PNP), one of the world’s largest global innovation platforms, and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International... Rana Freifer • 18 April, 2018 uae ADGM Plug and Play
Jordan Jamalon to launch express personalized photo albums service in the Middle East in partnership with Taopix Jamalon, the Middle East region’s largest online book store with a catalogue of over 10 million titles, announced a strategic... Staff writer • 15 April, 2018 Jordan uae Jamalon
U.A.E AWS Summit Dubai 2018 Whether you are new to AWS, or an experienced user, AWS Summit Dubai will give you the inspiration and technical knowledge you need to get... Wamda • 13 April, 2018 AWS Amazon Web Services AWS Summit