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Zero Carbon Ventures raises $5 million
Zero Carbon today announced the closing of its seed investment round of $5 million. This coincides with the appointment of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mana bin Khalifa Al Maktoum as strategic invest...
Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator’s second cohort selects 12 African startups
Flapmax announced today the twelve companies selected for the second cohort of the FAST Accelerator startup program, created in partnership with Microsoft to help strengthen and scale Africa’s d...
TOKO and Virtuzone to lunch crowd funding platform
TOKO FZE a leading innovator in the FinTech sector, born out of global law firm DLA Piper, announces a transformative strategic partnership with Virtuzone, a pioneer in business solutions and corporat...
UAE small businesses eye global expansion says Visa
Visa today revealed findings from the seventh edition of its Global Back to Business Study, which found that a majority of surveyed small and micro businesses (SMBs) plan to prioritize cross-border sa...
Venture capital fund, Varys Capital all set to enter GCC
Venture capital fund Varys Capital seeks to enter the GCC market, enabling institutional and qualified investors to penetrate the next digital era asset venture investment arena and leverage the firm’...
USAID supports entrepreneurship in Egypt
23 startups celebrated their graduation from Cohort 3 of Sultan Hussein Kamel Innovation Hub in Cairo, Egypt in the presence of the new USAID Mission Director in Egypt, Sean Jones, and USAID’s Chief I...
Kenyan startups invited to compete at Underdog Tech Award
inDrive introduced a new international prize, the Underdog Tech Award that is designed to honour the founders of the most promising tech startups outside of the well-established tech hubs and startup ...
Emirates Development Bank supports Emirati youth
Emirates Development Bank (EDB) is participating in Ru’ya – Careers UAE Redefined 2023, the UAE’s leading recruitment and training exhibition for Emirati youth, designed to expose jo...
Stalliongates Capital invest in women led startups
Stalliongates Capital partnered with 7 women Founders at the pre-seed and seed stage earlier this year in UAE and USA. The investment firm with its marketing arm Brandbeat Global, handheld these compa...