U.A.E Reef launches $10 million Web3 accelerator programme UAE-based defi blockchain startup Reef, has launched a $10 million accelerator programme for Web3 projects building on the Reef... News • 18 May, 2023 Web3
Egypt Mobile Masr raises $500,000 Seed round Egypt-based e-commerce platform Mobile Masr has raised a $500,000 Seed round from a group of angel investors based in the UAE and Qatar,... News • 15 February, 2023 MobileMasr
Saudi Arabia Saudi Tygo raises $1.8 million Seed round Saudi Arabia-based telecommunications services and marketing platform Tygo, has raised a $1.8 million Seed round, led by Jawla... News • 31 March, 2022 Tygo Telecommunication BIM Ventures
Bahrain Rain raises $110 million in Series B funding co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner Perkins Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain, has raised $110 million in its Series B funding round co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner Perkins... News • 18 January, 2022 cryptocurrency rain
Global Mubadala invests in TIER Source: Reuters SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2 has led a $250 million investment in Berlin-based e-scooter company Tier... News • 10 November, 2020 TIER micromobility e-scooter
U.A.E ArabyAds acquires AdFalcon Dubai-headquartered online advertising startups (adtech) ArabyAds, has acquired Dubai-based advertising and data platform... Wamda • 19 October, 2020 ArabyAds AdFalcon mobile advertising
Regional Careem cuts more than 500 jobs across all markets Source: The National Ride-hailing company Careem is shedding 31 per cent of its workforce to offset the impact of... News • 04 May, 2020 careem
U.A.E Shorooq Partners leads seed round for QuickBus UAE-based Shorooq Partners has led the seed funding round for Kenya-based online marketplace ticketing system QuickBus. Shrooq... Yasmeen Nabil • 16 January, 2020 bus Booking application
Global In conversation with Mark Roden of Ding Too often in the GCC, the needs of low-income labourers from emerging economies are overlooked by startups, who instead tend to target the... Triska Hamid • 03 October, 2019 Ireland expat Mobile
Regional Mobile drives online travel bookings Mobile is becoming one of the main ways that users in the Middle East are searching and booking their travel options according to a report... Triska Hamid • 17 September, 2019 Travel sector Travel travel tech
Saudi Arabia Zid raises $2 million pre-Series A Source: Menabytes Zid, a Riyadh-based Shopify-like e-commerce management startup that helps people (and businesses) set up their... News • 24 July, 2019 ecommerce Saudi Arabia Retail
Regional Wamda launches new programme for budding entrepreneurs Wamda today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind fellowship programme, Wamda X. The grant-based offering aims to attract promising... Wamda • 13 December, 2018 wamda Wamda Capital Wamda News
Regional Careem introduces credit transfer Careem has introduced peer-to-peer (P2P) prepaid credit transfers across all its markets. The closed-loop feature enables users to... News • 28 November, 2018 careem
Global Hands off my phone! Since the Wannacry ransomware attack in mid-May, talk of cyber security (and its deficiencies) has skyrocketed. Protecting our computers,... Lily Catherine Jabbour • 25 July, 2017 Phone cyber security privacy
Saudi Arabia Big opportunities for startups in KSA [Report] The number of entrepreneurship support organizations in the KSA, including funds, coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators, has nearly... Maya Rahal • 13 June, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Wamda Research Lab
Saudi Arabia Saudi delivery apps that could save you from Ramadan traffic Traffic in Saudi Arabia is an issue that gets worse every year, especially in Riyadh. With rising heat and fasting during the holy month of... Maya Rahal • 11 June, 2017 Mathaqi Marsool Tawseel
Egypt Voxera beats roaming bill and VOIP ban Voxera cofounder Amr El Gebaly arrived home after a holiday with his wife to a menu-like list of roaming charges on his phone bill. That... Radwa Rashad • 02 April, 2017 Voxera data roaming charge VOIP ban
Palestine Appmahal hopes for Middle Eastern chat app hit Palestinian startup Appmahal has launched a localized version of Whatsapp, and hopes this will provide the competitive edge it needs in a... Rafat Abushaban • 01 April, 2017 Siha Whatsapp WeChat
Egypt Tinder for business: Geomingle wants to send you on a ‘date’ Londoners have embraced the dating app with such passion that an Egyptian entrepreneur has built a spin off, which he hopes will have an... Eman El-Sherbiny • 20 February, 2017 GeoMingle tinder location-based networking
Jordan The food chain of mobile: how VoIPs are devouring telcos If you think maintaining your long distance relationship is a private matter, you are most certainly wrong; telcos and governments are... Tala El Issa • 21 February, 2017 Telecommunication VOIP OTT
Bahrain Middle East newspapers need to get with the digital plan We’re on our smart devices, all of the time. We know that. What we also know is that the majority of us are getting our news from... Abdulghani Kataya • 08 February, 2017 Digital Media Index Newspapers digital transformation
Egypt New startups on the block: February Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 31 January, 2017 new startups Jarra Carriage
Saudi Arabia What to expect at Arabnet Riyadh 2016 Arabnet Riyadh has proven to be one of the biggest forums in Saudi Arabia: in 2015 it gathered more than a 1,000 participants from all over... Abdulghani Kataya • 04 December, 2016 Saudi Arabia ksa riyadh
Saudi Arabia A Saudi startup invents VR glasses that could change books for ever By 2020, the global virtual reality (VR) market is projected to reach $150 billion. It is expected to reach its first billion this year... Abdulghani Kataya • 08 November, 2016 BeThere Saudi Arabia KAUST