Posts By MB Staff
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1.7KNewsNetflix announces Jinn, its first original series from Middle East, to be filmed in Jordan
Netflix, has announced Jinn, its first original series from Middle East. The Arabic series will be filmed in Jordan featuring Middle Eastern...
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1.9KNewsUS-based AR startup Magic Leap is in talks with Saudi Public Investment Fund to raise $400 million
US-based augmented reality startup Magic Leap that had raised almost $1.9 billion in funding before showing off any product until late last...
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2.2KNewsCareem Captain murdered in Pakistan, alleged killer who was a passenger has been arrested
Junaid Mustafa, a Careem Captain was killed in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Thursday morning. Junaid who had been driving with Careem for...
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2.1KNewsAbraaj Capital’s Arif Naqvi hands over control of the fund following reports of misuse of investor money
Arif Naqvi, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Abraaj Capital, one of the largest emerging-markets focused private equity firm has stepped...
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1.7KInvestmentsDubai-based Enhance raises $1.5 million in seed funding for its gifting platform ‘joi’
Dubai-based Enhance has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from Saudi VC iNet, 500 Startups Shorooq Investments, and some angel investors from...
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8.0KInvestmentsLebanese startup Fallound raises $125,000 in equity-free funding for its smart podcast aggregator
Beirut-based Fallound has raised $125,000 in funding, it announced yesterday. Most of the funding ($115,000) was equity-free and came when the startup...
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2.4KEcosystemLebanese telecom operators launch MIC Ventures, a $48 million fund to invest in country’s ICT startups
Lebanese telecom operators MIC 1 and MIC 2 (yes, that’s what they’re called – Mobile Interim Company 1 & 2) that are...
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5.4KNewsCareem acquires Dubai-based restaurant booking platform RoundMenu to expand into food delivery business
Careem has acquired Dubai-based restaurant discovery and booking platform RoundMenu, the company announced in a statement this morning. The acquisition is part...
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3.4KInvestmentsKuwaiti delivery startup Armada raises Pre-Series A investment, plans expansion to Saudi & Jordan
Kuwait-based delivery startup Armada Delivery Solutions has raised a ‘significant’ investment in a Pre-Series A round, led by Kuwaiti VC Sharq Ventures,...
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1.7KEcosystemSeedstars Summit to bring 65+ startups including many from MENA in Switzerland to compete for $1M investment
Seedstars traveled around the world last year to handpick 65+ startups that will now gather at its summit in Lausanne, Switzerland to...