The global payment company Stripe finally executed their expansion in the Middle East and was announced very recently. They’ve officially launched their platform in the UAE with their first office opening in the Dubai Internet City. The private beta of the company was already launched a couple of months...
Flat6Labs Bahrain has concluded its 6th Cycle, in which eight startups participated in a 4-month acceleration program and received a $32,000 investment fund each.
Flat6Labs Bahrain is the latest Tamkeen-backed startup accelerator whose mission is to promote and launch both local and international startups in Bahrain.
Through its massive, far-reaching channel...
It was announced that UAE-headquartered popular IoT startup iWire has managed to raise a $34M Series A funding round. The round was led by Noor Capital and was joined by Bpifrance. The startup has been building country-wide communication networks to improve and power a huge number of IoT solutions...
It was announced today that the popular Sydney-settled fintech platform Zip has procured Middle Eastern ‘buy now pay later’ platform Spotii for a venture worth $20M. The cash will be paid in Zip's shares, cash, or a bit of both. As a feature of the arrangement, Spotii investors will...
It was announced that the popular Egyptian-based logistic platform for eCommerce commercial center, Flextock raised a $3.25M Pre-Seed financing round. The round was held Foundation Ventures (Egypt), MSA Capital (China), CRE Venture Capital (South Africa), Alter Global (US), JIMCO – Jameel Investment Management Company (Saudi Arabia), B&Y Venture Partners...
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia and global investment platform Techstars have teamed up to launch the latest Riyadh Techstars Accelerator project. This particular accelerator program will help improving entrepreneurs and startups to help them innovate and grow their businesses in the MENA region. Their...
Start-ups in Iraq hardly get sufficient media coverage. As a result, only a few people know of their existence. Challenges like lack of basic infrastructure, payment solutions, and business registration complications make it difficult for start-ups to succeed. Even with these challenges, small businesses are evolving and maneuvering Iraq’s...
Announced today, Pakistani Lahore-based edtech Edkasa has raised about $320K in a pre-seed funding round. The round was closed a couple of months ago and it was led by i2i Ventures, but the announcement was made today instead. The round was joined by Zayn Capital, Walled City Co along...
16 of the top 100 companies in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) are led by extraordinary Women. Egypt had the majority closely followed by Saudi Arabia. Here are the 50 of the most Powerful Arab Women who are highly successful the business world in MENA primarily in the...
OpenSooq with its HQ in Jordan raised $24 million funding lead by Saudi Jordanian Investment Fund (SJIF), FJ Labs, and iMENA Group.
Open Sooq allows consumers and SME's to trade across a MENA level geography offering categories in prime sectors such as property, electronics, fashion, local crafts and interior decoration....
