All posts tagged "Dubai"
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6.8KNewsCareem launches its delivery app Careem NOW, to invest $150 million in the new vertical, available initially in Dubai and Jeddah for food deliveries
Careem has announced the launch of its delivery app called Careem NOW today. The app will deliver everything from food to pharmaceuticals,...
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3.8KEcosystemWamda X: Serving founders or regaining relevance?
Wamda, an important actor in the MENA startup ecosystem, has had a relatively quiet year and I suspect the leadership team has...
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4.2KEcosystemUAE’s AstroLabs expands to Saudi, launches a coworking space in Riyadh
AstroLabs, a Dubai-based company that runs and manages two coworking spaces in the city is expanding to Saudi Arabia with the public...
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5.6KEcosystemWamda launches Wamda X, a pre-idea grant-based program to invest in entrepreneurs in MENA
Earlier this year, we had joked about launching Why Not Ventures, a fund to invest in pre-idea ‘startups’ of the region. Published as...
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8.8KInvestmentsDubai-based real estate classifieds website ‘Property Finder’ raises $120 million at a valuation close to $500 million
Dubai-based real estate classifieds website Property Finder has raised $120 million in a round led by General Atlantic, a New York-headquartered global...
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7.1KInvestmentsMajid Al Futtaim acquires UAE-based mobile wallet Beam
Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim, a regional conglomerate that owns and operates shopping malls, hotels, and many other businesses across Middle East (and...
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7.3KInvestmentsDubai-based travel startup HolidayMe raises $16 million Series C led by Gobi Partners, merges with Malaysia’s Tripfez
Dubai-based HolidayMe has raised $16 million Series C in a round led by China’s Gobi Partners and joined by India’s Accel Partners,...
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3.2KInvestmentsIndian healthcare crowdfunding platform Impact Guru receives investment from Abu-Dhabi based Shorooq, plans expansion to UAE
Indian healthcare crowdfunding platform Impact Guru has raised an investment from Shorooq Investments, the Abu-Dhabi based firm announced today. Some GCC-based angel...
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3.6KEcosystemMindshift Capital, Global Ventures and Flat6Labs pledge to invest $70 million in MENA-based women-founded startups by 2020
The Billion Dollar Fund, a recently launched consortium of venture funds that aims to tackle the gender funding gap for women-founded startups,...
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3.7KEcommerceNoon to go public in four to five years: Alabbar
Dubai-based ecommerce platform Noon plans to go public within four years, company’s chairman Mohamed Alabbar has told Arabian Business in an interview,...