Iraq

Netherlands launches 2.6 million euro fund to support young Iraqi entrepreneurs

The Kingdom of the Netherlands signed an agreement with Iraq Venture Partners (IVP) to launch the Second Phase of the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) in Baghdad at a ceremony that was attended b...

Iraq’s Orisdi secures six-figure bridge round funding

Leading Iraqi e-commerce platform Orisdi has secured a significant six-figure bridge investment round supported by a consortium of investors, including Al Sharqiya TV Group, Iraq Venture Partners (IVP...

Winners of first Visa Everywhere Initiative Levant edition announced

Visa and the Central Bank of Jordan have announced the winners of the first Levant edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative, a global open innovation program and competition for fintech startups to p...

Iraqi fintech, Wayl secures $150,000 in pre-seed funding

Iraqi fintech, Wayl has successfully secured $150,000 in pre-seed funding from EQIQ Ventures. The funding will support the efforts of Wayl to empower social media merchants and freelancers in Iraq and...

24 startups join Flat6Labs’ StartMashreq Growth Track Program

Flat6Labs announced the selection of  24 startups for its StartMashreq Growth Track program from Jordan, Lebanon & Iraq. All these startups operate in diverse sectors such as fintech, healthtech, ...

Iraqi startup Midient raises $125,000 pre-seed from Flat6Labs

Flat6Labs, the Mena region’s leading Seed and early-stage venture capital firm, today signed the investment contract through their Jordan Seed Programme with Midient, a startup based in Erbil, i...

Flat6Labs launches StartMashreq entrepreneurship program for Levant region

Flat6Labs has announced the launch of its StartMashreq entrepreneurship program. The regional program is being implemented over a two-year period in partnership with the International Finance Corporat...

10 Middle Eastern startups selected to pitch at Amsterdam’s Ignite Conference

Startups Without Borders and SPARK have just concluded the semi-finals of the Startups on the Move Incubation program, where 10 startups from Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq qualified to travel to Amsterd...

IoT-Kids secure funding from Earthlink Telecommunications

Iraq-based edtech and children’s online learning portal for programming, IoT-Kids has successfully secured five-figure investment from the leading ISP provider in Iraq; Earthlink Telecommunications th...