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U.A.E

Astrolabs launches its second Dubai tech hub

Dubai’s tech startup hub AstroLabs, officially opened its second coworking space in the Emirate yesterday, more than doubling its...

Astrolabs AstroLabs Dubai

Global

500 Startups announces strategic investment from ADFG

Venture capital firm 500 Startups is announcing that ADFG, a global investment firm, has made a significant investment in 500. Through this...

500 startups ADFG

Saudi Arabia

The Misk Foundation and Bloomberg partner to boost the Saudi knowledge economy

The Misk Foundation and Bloomberg L.P., the global business and financial information leader, announced a partnership to enhance the...

Saudi Arabia Misk Foundation Bloomberg

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...

lebanon Speed@BDD Spike

Saudi Arabia

Saudi DokkanAfkar.com launches new ‘Designer Program’

DokkanAfkar.com, one of the first ecommerce websites in Saudi Arabia for creative products, announced the launch of its ‘Designer...

Saudi Arabia DokkanAfkar ecommerce

U.A.E

MAGNiTT raised a $1M Seed round

Dubai-based MAGNiTT.com, one of the largest investment data platforms for investors, entrepreneurs, and corporates in the Middle East,...

uae MAGNiTT Seed funding

U.A.E

STEP Start: Here’s what you should expect #STEP2018

Gathering over 6,000 people in Dubai, STEP Conference will host its fifth edition on March 28, 29 and will feature four main stages: STEP...

Step Conference 2018 STEP Start

Egypt

Blockchain-focused incubator to launch in Egypt this April

NU TechSpace is the first tech-focused incubator specialized in cognitive technologies in Egypt. It will be officially launching on April...

NU TechSpace Nile University Blockchain incubator

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...

uae usa Mubadala Investment Company

U.A.E

Goodness Cart, Dubai’s new healthy startup

Goodness Cart is a new ecommerce platform that launched today in Dubai to offer customers products across a range of categories including...

ecommerce

Egypt

Egyptian e-learning platform raises over $800,000 from UK and US angel investors

Knowledge Officer, an e-learning platform, raised £600,000 (US$ 833,500) from UK and US angel investors Ian Hurlock from Fox and...

Egypt uk Knowledge Officer

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...

MoodFit Seed funding MEVP

U.A.E

DIFC and MEVP sign agreement to strengthen regional technology venture capital ecosystem

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the leading international financial hubs in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia...

uae DIFC MEVP

U.A.E

Dubai-based certified car marketplace raises another $1M

CarSwitch.com, the UAE’s first marketplace for certified cars, has secured an additional $1 million investment led by Dubai Angel...

uae carswitch.com marketplace

Bahrain

400 international participants attended Follow the Leaders’ event in Bahrain

‘Follow the Leaders’ conference which took place in Bahrain, brought together 400 international entrepreneurs, angel investors,...

follow the leaders Bahrain Thinkers and Doers

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...

lebanon Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Digital Machines’ second hackathon is coming to the KSA

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Obekan Digital Solutions, and GE, are bringing the second edition of Saudi...

Saudi Arabia Predix GE

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...

ArabNet Beirut Arabnet Diabetes

U.A.E

Marketplace builder behind joigifts closes $1.5 M Seed Round

Dubai-based Enhance, a holding company that builds online marketplaces for the Middle East and Africa, has raised a Seed Round of $1.5...

uae Enhance joigifts

Saudi Arabia

Beauty ecommerce platform Golden Scent to expand following Series A funding round

Golden Scent, one of the leading Saudi beauty ecommerce platforms, plans on further growing the business after receiving a Series A funding...

ksa Golden Scent ecommerce

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...

lebanon alfa touch

Egypt

Region’s first science park to open in Egypt this May

The British University in Egypt, in cooperation with TusPark Holdings, China’s largest science park, will be launching the Science...

SIP British University in Egypt TusPark Holdings

U.A.E

Karaoke app Ghinwa closes a US $3 million funding round

Ghinwa, an in5-incubated Arabic karaoke and selfcast app, announced the close of a US$3 million funding round, which included 500...

Ghinwa Investment

U.A.E

Mumzworld secures its largest funding round to date

Mumzworld, one of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) leading ecommerce players dedicated to mothers, babies and children, today announced...

uae Mumzworld Wamda Capital

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