Startups

Autonomous Driving Startup Pony.ai Raises $112M

Pony.ai, a company that builds autonomous driving solutions, has closed a funding round of $112M. The Series A round was co-led by Morningside Venture Capital and Legend Capital. Seed round lead-inves...

Boxed Talking to Kroger to Get Acquired for $500 Million

New York-based Boxed, the startup for buying food and household items in bulk, is in talks to be acquired by Kroger for about $500 million.

Auto1 Secures $560M in Funding from SoftBank Vision Fund

German used-car dealing platform Auto1 said a 460 million euro ($561 million) financial infusion from Japan’s Softbank meant it was under no pressure to launch an initial public offering to fund...

An Online Shopping Destination for Mums: Sprii.com

My Startup World speaks to Sarah Jones, the Founder and CEO of Sprii.com about her entrepreneurial journey so far

Businessmentals Strengthens Support for Freelancers with Launch of 2018 Workshop Series

Starting this month, Businessmentals will be organizing a series of workshops designed to help freelancers answer some burning questions, develop new strategies for driving results and stay competitiv...

Chronext Raises $34 Million in Funding

There are quite a lot of providers that allow you to promote your used watches or just buy new watches however few have the funding battle chest of Chronext.

eyewa.com: Providing an Affordable Platform for Eyewear Shopping

Anass Boumediene and Mehdi Oudghiri, the Co-Founders of eyewa.com speak about the brand and their entrepreneurial journey thus far

Eyewa Raises $1.1 Million from UAE and KSA Investors

eyewa, the largest eyewear e-commerce specialist in the UAE and KSA, is seeing dramatic growth since launching in 2017.

Myths and Misconceptions Surrounding VAT

With the onset of the New Year, a five per cent levy on most goods and services was introduced in the UAE in the form of Value-Added Tax (VAT).