Startups
El Grocer Snaps Up QuickShop.ae
As part of its continuous efforts to enhance its services to users, el Grocer has decided to acquire QUICKSHOP.ae and merge it into their rapidly growing platform. QUICKSHOP.ae is an instant live orde...
Movesouq Closes $3M Round
Home services marketplace Movesouq has closed a funding round of $3 million. The round was led by Addventure, an international VC out of Russia that focuses primarily on service marketplaces. In a sta...
How to Hire Interns for Your Startup?
Industries like fashion and finance are infamous for hiring interns. Can startups also benefit from hiring students? The answer is a resounding “yes,” whether you choose to offer internships for a few...
Wahidoon Takes First Place at Conclusion of Start Up Weekend Taif
King Abdulaziz City for Science and technology (KACST) concluded last month, the first Start Up Weekend Taif, which was part of the 10th Annual Souq Okaz that is organized every summer in the city of ...
Ousta Secures Its First Round of Funding
Ousta is an Egyptian ride hailing mobile application, and since its inception, 5 months ago, Ousta has been leading ride expansion in Egypt. The company has been able to maintain its exponential growt...
ArabMoji: A New Fun Emoji App for the Middle East
Millions of people around the world have been fascinated with avatars and stickers using them to communicate in texts in the office, in the dating world, and more. After Snapchat acquired Bitstrips fo...
Alt City and Techstars to Bring the First LAUNCH Summit to Lebanon
AltCity has joined forces with Berytech, Torch Academy, UNICEF, Smart ESA (and ESA), Al Mawarid Bank and a host of more than 40 regional tech influencers to introduce LAUNCH Summit, an earlystage sta...
Beirut-Based Myki Launches Authentication Solution at Techcrunch Disrupt
Take 5,000 plus attendees, a gigantic waterfront pier and some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and you get Techcrunch Disrupt San Francisco. The conference’s Startup Battlefield was one of the...
Mobility Sets the Stage for SMBs to Compete and Win
Author: Mohsin Shah, Channel Sales Manager at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company The explosion of smartphones and tablets is transforming the way we communicate, work and manage our personal ...