Entrepreneurs
Holiday Planning Start-up WeAreHolidays Raises First Round of Funding
MakeMyTrip alumni founded and New Delhi based WeAreHolidays has raised a first round of funding led by Mumbai Angels with participation from Blume Venture Capital, Sachin Bhatia (Co-Founder, MakeMyTri...
Du Launches Office Connect Plan for SMEs
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) looking for a simple, easy and benefits-packed connectivity package need look no further than Office Connect, the new communications package tailored specifically t...
twofour54’s Creative Lab Community Opens #thelab
twofour54’s award-winning creative lab community celebrated the opening of #thelab, a new and exciting free space to bring their online community to life through socialising, seeking advice and ...
‘Touch’ Enables In-App Payments
In one of the first deployments in the region, ‘Touch’ users can now benefit from in-app operator billing. Mobile application fees will be added to the monthly bill for touch postpaid line...
Portal Focussing on Charitable Causes in the Middle East Launched
juuduu, an online platform dedicated to creating awareness to charitable causes in the Middle East, was launched today from within the UAE. juuduu is a new and unique concept to support various local ...
‘Candy Crush Saga’ Developer Inches Towards an IPO
The maker of the “Candy Crush Saga” games, King.com, has reportedly hired JPMorgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse Group AG and Bank of America Corp. to prepare for an initial public offering.
Nabbesh Launches Quest for Capital on Eureeca
Nabbesh, the Middle East’s first virtual skills marketplace launched its quest for capital on Eureeca, the first global crowd investing platform for small & medium businesses to source fundi...
20 Organisations Behind INJAZ Bahrain’s Success
INJAZ Bahrain, a leading non-profit organization focused on youth economic empowerment, recently held it last board meeting of the 2012/13 academic year at the Ritz Carlton to brief board members on t...
iMENA Holdings Invests in Desado.com
iMENA Holdings, an integrated and actively managed group of leading online businesses in the MENA region, announced an investment in Desado.com, the Middle East’s first online discovery destinat...