All posts tagged "United Arab Emirates"
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2.6KInvestmentsDubai-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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2.9KInvestmentsMajid 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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2.6KInvestmentsDubai-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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881NewsUber comes back to Abu Dhabi after over two years of absence
Uber has announced that it is resuming its services in UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi, after being absent from the city for over...
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912InvestmentsIndian 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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1.1KEcosystemMindshift 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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2.0KNewsGoogle Pay is now available in UAE
Google’s payment service Google Pay is now available in UAE, the company has announced today, reported Arabian Business. The launch comes one...
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1.3KEcommerceNoon 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,...
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960AdviceFounders should perform due diligence on investors and potential acquirers, says JadoPado founder Omar Kassim
Omar Kassim, the founder of JadoPado, an ecommerce platform that was acquired by Noon last year, has said that the founders in...
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1.0KPodcastMENAbytes Podcast: Building and exiting an ecommerce marketplace in MENA with Omar Kassim
We started experimenting with a podcast earlier this year when we launched a weekly series where we used to share some of...