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Oman

Zameeli raises equity crowdfunding via Mamun platform

Oman-based platform Zameeli, which connects local freelancers with SMEs, has closed its equity crowdfunding via Omani fintech...

Zameeli Mamun Crowdfunding

U.A.E

e& enterprise acquires majority stake in Beehive

UAE-based “e& enterprise” has acquired a majority stake in the UAE’s crowdfunding platform Beehive, for a...

e& enterprise beehive Crowdfunding

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Lendo obtains SAMAs's crowdfunding licence

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Lendo, has obtained Saudi Central Bank’s (SAMA) licence to operate as a Shari'ah-compliant debt...

Lendo Crowdfunding

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based Funding Souq raises $2.5 million Seed

Saudi Arabia-based crowdfunding platform Funding Souq, has raised a $2.5 million Seed round with participation from angel investors...

Fintech Crowdfunding

Saudi Arabia

Carsharing app Sharik raises SAR2.5 million

Saudi Arabia-based peer-to-peer carsharing app Sharik, has successfully closed a SAR2.5 million ($666,000) financing round via...

Scopeer Crowdfunding carsharing

Saudi Arabia

Quix raises $800,000 for its drone-based delivery platform

Saudi Arabia-based logistics and on-demand delivery platform Quix, has raised SAR 3 million ($800,000) pre-launch from over...

Quix Crowdfunding delivery solutions

U.A.E

Udrive raises $1.3 million in ongoing Series A round

UAE-based car-rental platform Udrive has raised $1.3 million from 186 investors via crowdfunding platform, Eureeca. The investment is part...

udrive car rental Covid19

Bahrain

Bidayatech launches Mena’s first reward-based crowdfunding platform

Bahrain-based Bidayatech has launched a reward-based crowdfunding platform, in an attempt to address startup funding challenges. The...

Crowdfunding funding gap

U.A.E

Fruitful Day raises $817, 000 in funding

UAE-based fresh food delivery company Fruitful Day, has secured Dh3 million ($817,000) via equity crowdfunding platform,...

Fruitful Day Fresh food delivery Crowdfunding

Egypt

Argineering raises $200,000

Source: WAYA Argineering, the award-winning tech company, raised more than $200,000 through their Kickstarter campaign exceeding their...

Argineering Crowdfunding Flat6Labs Cairo

Regional

Crowdfunding: A way to bridge the credit gap

At first glance, the Middle East and in particular the GCC, seems like an ideal market for a robust crowdfunding economy. But the growth of...

Crowdfunding Investment liwwa

U.A.E

Enerwhere raises $940,000 through crowdfunding

Source: The National Dubai-based solar company Enerwhere raised Dh1 million ($940,000) in less than a week via a crowdfunding platform...

solar Crowdfunding beehive

U.A.E

Shorooq invests in India's Impact Guru

Source: MENAbytes Indian healthcare crowdfunding platform Impact Guru has raised an investment from Shorooq Investments, the Abu-Dhabi...

Crowdfunding abu dhabi India

Syria

Using tech to rebuild a hospital: the story of Dr. Rola Hallam

Many people hope to change the world but very few actually do. Rola Hallam is a British-Syrian doctor. She studied Medicine in 1997 at...

CanDo Crowdfunding Humanitarian Aid

Regional

What I Know about the right time to crowdinvest: Eureeca’s Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas, co-CEO and cofounder of equity crowdfunding platform Eureeca, has sat at both ends of the proverbial funding table. He has...

What I Know eureeca Chris Thomas

Global

Hey you, is there anybody out there listening [Part 2]

In the first part of this series, we looked at the business of online music in the Middle East. In this part, we will focus on the struggle...

Online music Crowdfunding zoomaal

Palestine

Palestine gets their first equity crowdfunding platform

Crowdpal, the first online equity crowdfunding platform purpose-built to support Palestinian entrepreneurship, launched its website today....

Crowdfunding statups entreprenership

Tunisia

How this Tunisian channeled fashion into a startup

When Arbia Smiti founded Carnet de Mode (Fashion Diary) in 2011, the crowdfunding platform captured the attention of the French media,...

startup Mode Fashion

Kuwait

What I know about successful crowdfunding: Saleh Altunaib

This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. Crowdfunding is an alternative form of funding that allows early entrepreneurs to finance...

Crowdfunding kuwait Nuwait

Global

Startup Watch: Another bad re-brand, giving that investment back and robots need emotions

The world of entrepreneurship news is ever growing and sometimes it’s hard to even know where to start when you want to catch up....

Startup Watch yahoo! iran

Egypt

Voxera beats roaming bill and VOIP ban

Voxera cofounder Amr El Gebaly arrived home after a holiday with his wife to a menu-like list of roaming charges on his phone bill. That...

Voxera data roaming charge VOIP ban

Lebanon

Crowdfunding products: pressure does not make perfect

One of the most painful examples of delayed promises of crowdfunding is Palestine-based Bold Knot, a great-looking bank-charger-cable on a...

Crowdfunding kickstarter zoomaal

Palestine

Crowdfunding as a business model? Taita Leila in Palestine says yes

The idea of crowdfunding a fashion line is a familiar concept to Western fashion brands but few use the technique as the only sales method...

Taita Leila palestine Fashion

Global

Startup Watch: Company rebellions, new MENA crowdfunding platforms, and why your hacker is not your fault

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on what they think is hottest industry,...

Startup Watch exiting Digital security

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