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palm.hr raises $5m to transform HR tech and employee experiences in the region
Saudi Arabia based HR tech platform, palm.hr has announced the completion of a $5 million Pre-Series A round co-led by Speedinvest and RAED Ventures. With more than €1 billion AuM, Speedinvest is one ...
L’Occitane MENA and Chalhoub Group kickstarts their first retail-tech Accelerator Programme
L’Occitane MENA and Chalhoub Group kickstarted their first retail-tech Accelerator Programme, powered by The Greenhouse, Chalhoub Group’s space for innovation and entrepreneurship. The launch event to...
Saudi Arabia’s Plastus wins the LEAP Rocket Fuel Startup Pitch Challenge
Saudi Arabia’s Plastus, which produces 100 per cent biodegradable bioplastics through the fermentation of bacteria, scooped the US$250,000 main prize at this year’s LEAP Rocket Fuel Startup Pitch Chal...
Orange Egypt partners with Fawry
Orange Egypt has signed a partnership agreement with Fawry, the leading provider of e-payments and digital finance solutions in Egypt, to enhance digital payment services and expand the features of Or...
Saudi Arabia’s Falak Investment Hub to foster the MENA startup ecosystem
Keeping with their commitment to support entrepreneurs and providing a full stack of tools necessary for all stages of a start-ups journey, Saudi based Falak investment hub is a one stop shop for star...
Food Tech Startup connects commercial F&B suppliers to consumers
E-procurement platform Watermelon Market, introduces, Watermelon Home – a B2C marketplace app connecting consumers with food suppliers across the UAE previously only accessible to commercial operators...
KPMG launches Centre of Excellence for Metaverse
KPMG Saudi Arabia in partnership with Microsoft, Ericsson and Metakey announced the establishment of its Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Metaverse and Digital Twins. KPMG believes this new initiative w...
Tenable Ventures focuses on early-stage cybersecurity startups
Tenable has announced Tenable Ventures, a corporate investment program. Tenable Ventures will focus globally on early-stage startups developing novel capabilities that help customers discover, assess ...
More regional collaborations will led to startup performance
During an edifying session titled ‘Regional Efforts that Help Companies Scale-up,’ on the second day of the sixth Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF) 2023, panellists discussed investment opportunities and...