Saudi Arabia Soum raises $18 million Series A round led by Jahez Saudi Arabia-based re-commerce marketplace Soum, has raised $18 million in Series A funding in a round led by Jahez, with... News • 20 December, 2023 Recommerce re-commerce Soum
Jordan Meet JAZARI, the deeptech company working to improve vehicle engines Electric vehicles are becoming more commonplace in many parts of the world, but traditional, petrol-powered cars still dominate and will... Dunya Hassanein • 29 December, 2022 AlJazari mobility deeptech
Regional Do robots create or destroy jobs? Eugene Kovalenko is the chief commercial officer of Rozum Robotics, the company behind the first robot cafe in the UAE. When it... Thought Leadership • 03 October, 2021 robotics
U.A.E Mindshift Capital invests in US medtech startup UAE-based Mindshift Capital has invested in the Series C raise of US-based OtoNexus Medical Technologies This marks the eight... News • 21 April, 2021 Mindshift Capital Fund medtech
Egypt AUC launches spinoff semiconductor startup The American University in Cairo (AUC) has launched its second spinoff company, Suitera, a semiconductor startup aiming to provide tools... News • 13 April, 2021 semiconductor AUC
U.A.E Smileneo raises $2 million in Seed investment UAE-based healtech startup Smileneo has raised $2 million in a Seed round led by UK's Kingsway Capital alongside FJ Labs and other... Triska Hamid • 07 April, 2021 healthtech
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... News • 24 June, 2020 Band Industries Roadie Tuner
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... Wamda • 07 January, 2020 china E-commerce self-driving car
Saudi Arabia In conversation with Abdullah Bahabri of Nota Nota Nota Nota creates bespoke perfumes through a custom-made 3D printer, which enables users to mix their own perfumes according to their own... Triska Hamid • 16 July, 2019 3d printing Saudi Arabia Fourth Industrial Revolution
Regional The Gulf embraces quantum power Quantum computing could herald a breakthrough for Middle East innovation and security, according to experts. A quantum computer would... Alicia Buller • 02 June, 2019 Computing R&D
U.A.E In conversation with Sky Kurtz of the UAE's Pure Harvest Pure Harvest Smart Farms is one of the first hydroponic farms in the Middle East region, growing tomatoes in a sensor-filled greenhouse. At... Triska Hamid • 23 January, 2019 hydroponics Agriculture agritech
Pakistan The Pakistani startup looking to print human organs As industries become more comfortable with 3D-printers, the next frontier for the technology goes beyond printing plastics to metals and... Triska Hamid • 22 January, 2019 3d printing 3d printer pakistan
Pakistan The robotic arms made in Pakistan In the final year of university, mechatronics engineering students Ovais Qureshi and Anas Niaz decided to build a “robotic prosthetic... Triska Hamid • 08 January, 2019 3d printing prosthetics sensors
Regional Contech: Improving the building site As Dubai wrapped up the Middle East’s largest construction exhibition - The Big 5 - last week, it became clear that new technologies... Matt Smith • 02 December, 2018 Construction WakeCap
U.A.E From rubbish to robot When Abdus Samad was a child, he would prise open electrical items at home to see the components inside and then put them back together. It... Triska Hamid • 20 November, 2018 robots robotics DIY
U.A.E WakeCap secures $1.6 million WakeCap, the UAE-based construction technology startup has closed $1.6 million in seed investment from a group of global investors... News • 11 November, 2018 Construction IoT Hardware
Tunisia For every human need comes a robot Robots may not rule the world (anytime soon) but they are gradually excelling at a number of human tasks such as helping human resources... Reine Farhat • 11 October, 2018 robots robotics AI
U.A.E Robots can help socialize autistic children and UAE’s Atlab is a practical example Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are both revolutionizing all industries, and healthcare has been at the core of their activities.... Rana Freifer • 07 June, 2018 Autism robotics Atlab
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
Regional Marriott Hotels embraces innovation in the Middle East & Africa, and completes its TestBED programme [Video] Marriott TestBED programme comes to an end after a successful 10-week acceleration journey. Thank you to the hundreds of start-ups that... Staff writer • 22 April, 2018 Marriott Hotels Marriott TestBED MEA
U.A.E Mubadala Investment Company participates in $15M Series A investment round in US airspace awareness firm Fortem Technologies, an innovator in airspace awareness and intelligence, announced closing $15 million Series A funding round led by DCVC... Staff writer • 25 March, 2018 uae usa Mubadala Investment Company
U.A.E Not a hardware, not a software, this startup looks to partner with CCC to improve construction efficiency Hassan Albalawi, the cofounder of on-site data tracking helmet WakeCap Technology, would like to believe he can digitize the construction... Reine Farhat • 20 March, 2018 WakeCap Hardware sensors
U.A.E What free licensing could mean for Dubai startups? A ‘free business license’ and other subsidized costs would be great to have for a startup, and it’s not as far-fetched as... Nader Sabry • 06 March, 2018 Hardware Startups Licensing Opinion
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