Startups
District 2020 signs a partnership with GCC to support start-ups across the region
District 2020 has signed a partnership with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that will see the two entities providing support to start-ups across the region through District 2020’s Scale2Dubai globa...
Top 50 AI startups with unicorn potential
Artificial intelligence (AI) startups are ushering in a new era of technology driven by innovations and grabbing the attention of investors worldwide. Against this backdrop, the Unicorn Prediction Mod...
Dream Games raises in $155M Series B funding
Turkey-based mobile games company, Dream Games has closed a $155M Series B round co-led by Index Ventures and Makers Fund, with participation from Balderton Capital, IVP and Kora. The largest Series B...
iWire raises $34 million in Series A funding round
iWire, a UAE-based Internet of Things (IoT) startup, has raised a $34 million Series A funding round, led by Noor Capital, with participation from Bpifrance.
Village Capital names 21 early-stage startups selected to take part in Sustainability MENA 2021
Village Capital, with the support of International Finance Corporation (IFC) today announced the 21 early-stage startups that were selected to take part in Sustainability MENA 2021, an investment-read...
500 Startups and Sanabil host demo day for batch 1 of Sanabil 500 MENA seed accelerator
500 Startups and Sanabil Investments will hold demo day on July 7th for the inaugural batch of the Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator. For the health and safety of participants and the community, the e...
DIFC grants Innovation Testing Licence to Mamo
Mamo, the UAE-based FinTech company, has been granted an Innovation Testing Licence to operate in or from Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the global financial centre and leading FinTech h...
Derq partners with Motional to spearhead smart driverless technology
Dubai’s potential as a tech exporter has gone up a gear after former in5 start-up Derq and driverless technology pioneer Motional entered into an industry-first partnership to pilot autonomous vehicle...
SPC Free Zone signs a MoU with Saeed
Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone (SPC Free Zone) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to announce Sharjah Investors Services Centre (Saeed), operating under the Sharjah FDI Office (Invest i...