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Fintech Forward 2023 onboards Visa as its Platinum sponsor
The inaugural ‘Fintech Forward 2023’ (FF23), a three-day event taking place on October 10th-12th, 2023 in Bahrain Exhibition World announces global digital payments leader, Visa, as one of the esteeme...
ClearPier acquires Media Quest Group for $35M
ClearPier, one of the world’s leading performance advertising technology companies is acquiring UAE-based Media Quest Group (MQuest) for $35M. The deal is the latest in Clearpier’s strategic sequence ...
MIT expert empowers Sheraa startups
Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center held an enlightening roundtable event for a number of their growth stage founders, featuring the highly knowledgeable and experienced Imran Sayeed, a senior lecturer at...
Applications open for Academy for Women Entrepreneurs
In partnership with the United States Mission to the UAE, startAD, the Abu Dhabi-based accelerator powered by Tamkeen and anchored at NYU Abu Dhabi, has opened applications for the fourth edition of t...
P1 Ventures announces closure of second fund at $25 million
P1 Ventures, the Pan-African Seed VC fund combining local market knowledge, a global track record and AI to unlock the continent’s huge and largely untapped potential has completed the first $25 milli...
Ag-tech startup, LeafSpec to compete for $3 million in prizes
LeafSpec LLC, an ag-tech startup launched by a Purdue University researcher-entrepreneur has been named one of 20 international startups to compete for $3 million in total prize money during the Grow-...
London Business School reveals 10 innovators in MENA Startup Competition
The finalists for the second London Business School (LBS) MENA Startup Competition 2023 were announced today following a three-month rigorous and competitive selection process.
MENA raised $643M in late-stage funding in H1 2023
MAGNiTT releases the MENA Late-Stage Venture Funding Premium Report to shed light on challenges around late-stage funding in the region. Late-Stage is defined in this report as investments made into P...
Sheraa CEO, Najla Al Midfa wins Arab Woman Award for Entrepreneurship
Najla Al Midfa, CEO of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), received the coveted Arabian Business Arab Woman Award for Entrepreneurship. This prestigious award is a testament to Al Midfa̵...