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Emirates Startup Roadshow to be held from 17 September
The Annual Investment Meeting in partnership with Bedayat by Sustainable City announced that the UAE Emirates Startup Roadshow will be held on 17th and 20th September, 2020. The 5 days roadshow is all...
Flat6Labs and OQAL collaborates to create more opportunities for MENA startups
Flat6Labs, the regional seed investment company and startup accelerator, has partnered up with OQAL, an Angel Investors Network in Saudi Arabia in order to further the growth of MENA’s startups throug...
eyewa gets pre-series B bridge funding from Nuwa Capital
eyewa, the largest eyewear e-commerce retailer in the GCC today announced that Nuwa Capital has joined Wamda Capital and EQ2 Ventures in the company’s pre-Series B bridge round taking the total ...
Dubai based cloud kitchen platform, iKcon raise $5 million
iKcon, the Dubai based cloud kitchen platform, has successfully secured $10 million of funding since inception, including a recently closed pre-series A round of $5 million led by Arzan VC, AlTouq Gro...
Over 600 start-ups apply for DIFC FinTech Hive’s latest accelerator programme
DIFC FinTech Hive, the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has attracted an unprecedented 620 global, regional and local applic...
Sheraa and CE-Ventures disburse AED 700,000 in equity-free grants to 11 startups
Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) and CE-Ventures have disbursed more than AED 700,000 in equity-free grants to 11 startups, offering them a lifeline to ensure they remain afloat as they naviga...
Egyptian Fintech, ElGameya secures six-figure Pre-Seed funding
Egyptian Fintech, ElGameya, secured a six-figure investment in a Pre-Seed funding led by AUC Angels, to support its growth plans in the ever-growing peer-to-peer lending space.
12 Fintechs selected for Finance Forward MENA 2020 accelerator
Village Capital today announced the twelve early-stage fintech startups selected to take part in Finance Forward MENA 2020. An accelerator, Finance Forward MENA will provide the startups with five wee...
Dubai-based startup Conektr raises $800K Pre-Series A funding round
Conektr, a Dubai-based digital lower trade, groceries, and HORECA marketplace platform has raised AED 3M ($800K) in a dual-tranche Pre-Series A round from Auris Investments, an investment vehicle co-s...