All posts tagged "Jordan"
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7.7KNewsUber lays off 400 marketing employees including many in UAE, Egypt, Jordan & Lebanon
Uber has laid off 400 employees from its global marketing team on Monday (July 29) in efforts to cut costs and streamline...
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3.3KEcosystemJordan’s Oasis500 launches second fund, now offers up to $100,000 in pre-seed funding to local creative and tech startups
Amman-based early-stage investor and accelerator Oasis500 has announced the launch of its second fund Oasis Venture II Fund. The fund has been...
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2.5KNewsCareem quietly expands its food delivery service ‘Careem Now’ to Jordan with Amman launch, Pakistan next
Careem has quietly expanded its food delivery service Careem Now to Jordan by launching in Amman (without any fanfare we must add),...
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3.1KInvestmentsJordan’s Faylasof raises $500,000 Pre-Series A for its online bookstore
Amman-based online bookstore Faylasof has raised $500,000 as Pre-Series A funding from Saudi-based Wise Ventures, the startup told MENAbytes today. The startup...
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3.9KNewsNetflix’s first Middle Eastern original series ‘Jinn’ premieres around the globe, receives backlash in Jordan for ‘immoral scenes’
Jinn, the first Middle East Original on Netflix has premiered globally on Thursday. The series that was announced early last year is...
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4.2KNewsGoogle Maps now shows speed cameras and speed limits in Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and over 30 other countries
Google Maps now shows speed limits and alerts users when they’re approaching speed cameras (including mobile speed cameras) in over 40 countries...
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2.8KInvestmentsJordanian edtech startup Little Thinking Minds raises $500,000 to close its Series A with ~$1.8 million
Amman-based edtech startup Little Thinking Minds has raised another $500,000 to close its Series A with $1.765 million, the startup announced today....
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3.3KNewsMeet the 14 startups from third batch of 500 Startups’ Series A Program ‘MENA Dojo’
500 Startups’ MENA-focused fund 500 Falcons that recently announced its oversubscribed final closing at $33 million, today has revealed the startups that...
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3.6KNewsUber launches taxi-hailing service ‘Uber Taxi’ in Jordan
Uber Jordan today has announced the launch of taxi-hailing service ‘Uber Taxi’ in the country. Jordan is the first country in the...
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3.8KInvestmentsMiddle East-focused Chinese ecommerce platform Fordeal raises tens of millions of dollars in Series C: report
Fordeal, a Chinese cross-border global ecommerce platform that’s focused on the Middle Eastern market has raised tens of millions of dollars in...