Saudi Arabia Grintafy secures funding from Chiliz to speed up Web3 transition Saudi Arabia-based sportstech Grintafy has raised an undisclosed investment amount from Chiliz. Founded in 2019 by Majdi Allulu,... News • 12 March, 2024 Grintafy Sportstech Chiliz
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia deploys $120 million to boost gaming, esports industry Saudi Arabia’s National Development Fund (NDF) and the Social Development Bank (SDB) will jointly establish two venture capital... News • 06 March, 2024 National Development Fund Social Development Bank Gaming and Esports Financing Programme
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s Pd7 raises $1 million to fuel expansion Saudi Arabia-based sports startup Pala De 7 (Pd7) has raised SAR 3,750,000 ($1 million) in investment, led by Grintafy, AlTahan and... News • 14 December, 2023 Pala De 7 Pd7 Grintafy
Egypt Egypt’s InGame Sports raises pre-Seed round Egypt-based gaming platform InGame Sports, has raised over $1 million in cash, in-kind resources, and grants in a pre-Seed round led by... News • 25 September, 2022 InGame E-sports
Qatar Qatar’s Sponix Tech receives investment from UK’s Aser Ventures Qatar-based sportstech Sponix Tech, has received an unknown investment amount from UK-based Aser Ventures, the co-owner of Leeds United... News • 23 August, 2022 Sponix Tech Aser Ventures Qatar Sportstech
U.A.E UAE’s Augustus Media acquires CamPlus Sports UAE-based Augustus Media has acquired CamPlus Sports, the Dubai-based sports system integrator, that portrays live matches and on-demand... News • 31 May, 2022 Augustus Media CamPlus
Saudi Arabia Saudi Grintafy raises $2.1 million Bridge round Saudi Arabia-based e-sports platform Grintafy has raised a $2.1 million Bridge round with participation from Wa’ed, Alrashed Group... News • 16 February, 2022 Grintafy Saudi Arabia Sportstech
U.A.E Fitness app Fit On Click raises $1.5 million pre-Series A round UAE-based fitness startup Fit On Click has closed a $1.5 million pre-Series A funding round led by Arrow Capital. Founded in 2017, by... News • 11 January, 2022 Fit On Click ARROW CAPITAL
U.A.E Fitness app Fitlov raises $500,000 pre-Series A The UAE-based fitness app Fitlov has raised $500,000 in a pre-Series A fundraise through angel investment. Founded in February 2018 by... News • 20 October, 2021 Fitlov fitness
U.A.E Enhance Fitness app raises $3 million Series A Dubai-based fitness app Enhance Fitness has closed a $3 million Series A round from Global Ventures. Founded in 2018 by Tarek... News • 14 September, 2021 Enhance Fitness Sport
U.A.E StudioRepublik’s Big Weekend A 2-day Festival to celebrate the opening of StudioRepublik is happening on January 10-11, 2020 from 9:00 AM - 5:00... Wamda • 09 January, 2020
Jordan Jordan’s DigitaSport raises seed funding Source: Startup MGZN Oasis500, one of the leading investment companies and business accelerators based in Jordan announces a seed round... News • 23 May, 2019 digital Sports news
U.A.E ‘The Trip’ is bringing outdoor cycling indoors with VR The hype around crossfit is only one example of the increasing need for alternative fitness. However, even this trendy new workout style... Tala El Issa • 10 October, 2017 VR The Trip Sports
U.A.E Skateboarding gets a wearable Wearables, especially those for fitness and healthcare, are getting a lot of attention, from athletes looking to improve their performance... Pamela Kesrouani • 27 August, 2015 Flip Technologies RideBlock wearable
Jordan Amman dance studio is building a space for collaboration and social change "Everyone is a dancer by nature," claims Anas Nahleh, 23. Anas and his brother, Abdul Hadi Nahleh, 25, shared a passion for dancing for... Kristin Chase • 11 August, 2015 Jabal Al-Weibdeh Studio 8 amman
Egypt Egyptian startup aims to offer entrepreneurs a change of pace An innovative idea coupled with a business plan, a profit model, solid execution, all followed by a growth phase - these are the... Eman Mostafa • 15 June, 2015
U.A.E Under the hood of the HyperSport: the $3.4M Arab star of Furious 7 All images via W Motors' website. “This time it ain’t just about being fast,” growls Vin Diesel in the newly released, box office record b... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 19 April, 2015 w motors furious 7 fast & furious
300% growth demands expansion for Moroccan sports site Patience and passion can be worth more than fundraising or aggressive marketing; this is an often-repeated maxim that might sometimes be... Aline Mayard • 01 September, 2014 elbotola morocco
Run your startup like Algeria plays football Well, it didn’t happen. We didn’t win the World Cup. We didn’t even make it to the quarter finals. But we did accomplish something huge: we... Abdellah Mallek • 06 July, 2014 algeria Sport
Can this Bahraini couple's startup help fight childhood obesity in the Gulf? Yoga, Team Awesome, Muay Thai, Zumba, and Parkour all sound like classes you can take at a gym that combines fun with fitness. This is... Leena AlOlaimy • 13 February, 2014 child obesity obesity children
4 lessons from Fishfishme's successful investment round Some of you may already know that we just closed a $200,000 USD financing round from some angel investors Sim Whatley, Saif Alzarouni,... Abdullah Alshalabi • 11 February, 2014 Angel Investment Investment
Can Airbnb clone Agaztak boost tourism in Egypt? Not every entrepreneur is comfortable admitting that his startup is a local clone of an internationally successful business idea. But... Ahmed Gabr • 28 November, 2013 Egypt Travel
8 leading startups get connected with Silicon Valley at MENA Innovation DemoDay Despite the instabilities at home, Egyptian startups are gaining global recognition for their innovations lately; it’s not just that I... Akram Dweikat • 25 November, 2013 techwadi palinno disrupt
New meetup at Morocco's New Work Lab awards MySportner startup of the month The Moroccan co-working space New Work Lab has launched a new meetup called Pitch Lab, giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch... Saad Zabari • 28 November, 2013 pitch lab new work labs morocco