Bahrain
Bahrain wins the Digital Startup Hub of the Year Award
Enterprise Agility Awards 2019 named Bahrain the winner of the “Digital Startup Hub of the Year” award which recognises the highly active community of entrepreneurs across the Middle East.
Bahrain to setup fast-track process for global startups
The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) – the investment promotion agency for the Kingdom of Bahrain in partnership with Web Summit – announced a fast-track setup process for startups globa...
Aion Digital partners with Daon
Bahrain’s leading FinTech platforms, Aion Digital, announced its partnership with an global leader in biometric identity technology vendor, Daon.
Bahrain’s SINC in sync with investors to raise US$250,000
SINC, a Bahrain based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) mobile platform that simplifies the management of a mobile workforce by operating timesheets, location tracking, staff scheduling, and job tracking, ...
Bahrain leads the female founded startups in the world
Bahrain is one of the top 10 startup ecosystems with the largest share of female founders, according to the 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER), launched at the recent TNW conference in Amster...
Beehive launches a debt-based crowdfunding platform
The Economic Development Board of Bahrain (EDB) and Beehive announced the launch of Beehive, a debt-based crowdfunding platform, in Bahrain which will open up new funding avenues for SMEs and help dri...
Digital innovations boost Middle East’s startup market
As the Middle East and North Africa’s startup market nears USD 650 million, global social entrepreneurship organization Ashoka, global technology company SAP, and members of the World Economic Forum’s...
Bahrain Development Bank raises $100m for startups
Bahrain Development Bank (BDB) announces that the Al Waha Fund of Funds has successfully closed its US $100m fundraising round, making it the first active venture capital fund of funds in the region.
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development to Finance 26 Strategic Projects in Bahrain
A technical delegation from Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) visited the Kingdom of Bahrain to review the progress of the development projects financed by the Fund in the country. The projects ar...