Startups
Edtech startup, Key2enable to represent UAE at CEATEC in Japan
Disability is one of the most substantial barriers to education worldwide, and Key2enable, led by Jose Rubinger, has made its mission to change this into an opportunity not only to include children wi...
Fresh Del Monte invests in Jordanian agritech Decapolis
Fresh Del Monte Produce, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated producers, distributors, and marketers of fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables invested a 39 percent stake in Decapolis, ...
Egyptian startup Plug’n’Grow leading the soilless farming in the MENA region
The Egypt-based startup, Plug’n’Grow is growing vegetable staples, such as lettuce and tomatoes, and using 90% less water, 40 to 60% less fertilizer and 96 % less land, while still achieving the same ...
Entrepreneurship World Cup reveals winners for UAE National Finals
Three UAE-based start-ups have won the UAE Final of the Entrepreneurship World Cup. Organised by Startupscale360 FZCO in partnership with in5 – an enabling platform by TECOM Group for start-ups in tec...
Grocart is all set to transform the grocery market
Grocart is a smart B2B wholesale marketplace, founded by Hussein Hosni (Co-Founder & CEO) and Nesma Zaghow (Co-Founder & COO) both of whom come from a pharmaceutical background.
Dubai-based FinTech startup launches new personal finance management app
Dubai-based FinTech Startup Crunch App Ltd. has announced today the launch of its mobile app ‘Crunch: Personal Finance’; a new personal finance management app that aims to empower individu...
Chalhoub group and Instagram support female entrepreneurs in the beauty startup space
The Greenhouse, Chalhoub Group’s space for innovation and entrepreneurship, and Instagram, continue supporting startups in the region with the second programme of the Beauty Lab that selected 5 ...
DIFC signs an agreement with Global Start-up Studio Network
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has signed an agreement with the Global Start-up Studio Network (GSSN), based in Denver, Colorado in the US, to advance the venture studio model.
Global startups secure funding and win big prize money at North Star during GITEX
Desolenator, a Dutch startup that develops solar powered water purification technology, was announced the winner of the Supernova Challenge at North Star, securing the top prize of $100,000, with 13 c...