U.A.E Majid Al Futtaim acquires Wadi.com Source: MenaBytes As reported by MENAbytes last month, Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim has acquired the Saudi online grocery... News • 16 May, 2019 Acquisitions grocery E-commerce
Egypt Quora announces first acquisition, Wael Ghonim’s Parlio Wael Ghonim during a TEDtalk in December 2015. Q&A site Quora announced today their acquisition of Parlio, a discussions platform.... Maya Rahal • 31 March, 2016 Quora Parlio Wael Ghonim
U.A.E Souq.com sells CashU Regional ecommerce site Souq.com has sold its online payment arm CashU. In what is known as a ‘management buyout’ the company was pur... Lucy Knight • 28 December, 2015 investments Online payments Genero Capital
U.A.E Al Ahli Group acquires US based social media company theAudience Oliver Luckett during an interview with TheWrap UAE based conglomerate Al Ahli Holding Group has acquired theAudience, a social-media and... Maya Rahal • 17 September, 2015 Al Ahli Holding Group al-ahli theaudience
U.A.E Payfort acquires White to build dead simple payment solutions to startups White Payment's Yazin Alrihayem (left) and Payfort's Omar Soudodi. (Image via PAYFORT) PAYFORT, announced today the... Maya Rahal • 29 June, 2015 White Payments Payfort online payment
Turkey Biggest tech exit in the region, Turkey’s Yemeksepeti acquired for $589M Delivery Hero, the Berlin-based billion-dollar food delivery service, has acquired Turkey’s Yemeksepeti for $589 million. Not only is this ... Lucy Knight • 05 May, 2015 Delivery Hero yemeksepeti Rocket Internet
Turkey Abraaj Group acquires 25% stake in Turkey's largest retailer The Abraaj Group has acquired a 25% stake in Hepsiburada.com, one of Turkey’s largest online retailers. The investment will allow H... Wamda • 23 February, 2015 Hepsiburada Abraaj Group turkey
Kuwait Rocket Internet acquires Kuwait’s Talabat for $170M, largest MENA tech acquisition since Maktoob Since Yahoo! acquired Maktoob in 2009 for $165 million the region has anticipated the next big exit. Today the German ecommerce... Lucy Knight • 11 February, 2015 talabat Food delivery Rocket Internet
Regional 7 notable investments and acquisitions of 2014 There’s nothing quite like a satisfying investment or acquisition to get the entrepreneurial juices flowing. Throughout 2014, Wamda r... Lucy Knight • 22 December, 2014 Roundup Acquisitions Investment
U.A.E Middle East Digital Group acquires Cobone.com to fill its ecommerce gap ExpatWoman.com team More than two years after being acquired by Tiger Global Management, Dubai-based daily... Maya Rahal • 08 December, 2014 ExpatWoman ME Digital Group cobone
Jordan Turkey's Yemeksepeti acquires a majority stake in Jordan's ifood.jo Yemeksepeti, a leading Turkish food ordering site based in Istanbul, has announced its acquisition of majority shares in the Jordanian... Lucy Knight • 12 November, 2014 ifood.jo Acquisitions Jordan
Majority stake in Diwanee acquired by Paris-based digital publishing company Webedia Diwanee, the Dubai-based digital media company, has announced its majority acquisition today by Webedia, a Paris-based digital publishing... Nina Curley • 19 March, 2014 Acquisitions
Hsoub neutralizes competition, acquires Moroccan digital marketplace Asnad After hitting the milestone of one billion ads served per month just a couple weeks ago, three year-old web solutions... Maya Rahal • 23 February, 2014 Customer Service Acquisitions E-commerce
Turkish m-commerce solutions company Pozitron acquired by UK's Monitise Despite Turkey’s economic struggles, good news is rolling in from its tech ecosystem. Pozitron, the mobile commerce technology company f... Nina Curley • 04 February, 2014 M-commerce Acquisitions E-commerce
U.A.E The story of Yahoo's acquisition of Maktoob [Case Study] This is the fourth post in our case study series, in partnership with the El Khazindar Business Research and Case... Wamda • 13 October, 2013 case study Acquisitions
U.A.E What’s next for Glowork after its $16 million acquisition by SAS Holding Glowork, the Saudi platform designed to connect women to jobs, has been acquired by SAS Holding, which invested 60 million SAR (US $16... Nina Curley • 12 September, 2013 Acquisitions Job Recruitment Women
How the Arab startup ecosystem grew in 2012 [Videographic] In the past year, the startup ecosystem in the Arab region took a leap forward, with several new launches, a few major acquisitions, and a ... Maya Rahal • 29 August, 2013 Acquisitions Investment
A look at Mediaquest’s acquisition of AME Info: is advertising alone a viable model? As various sites have reported, UAE news portal AME Info, along with sister site SME Info, have been acquired by Dubai-based media... Nina Curley • 10 June, 2013 Acquisitions Digital Media
Dubai's entrepreneurs reflect on MAKE Business Hub's acquisition by CeeCee Holding From its inception, MAKE Business Hub has been a co-working space built for startups. With artfully curved seating, electrical jacks next... Nina Curley • 23 May, 2013 MAKE Business Hub Coworking Spaces Acquisitions
What does Yahoo!'s acquisition of Tumblr mean for users? Yesterday, Yahoo! Inc. announced their $1.1 billion acquisition of microblogging platform Tumblr. Although the six-year-old... Aline Mayard • 21 May, 2013 Social Media Acquisitions
Tiger Global Takes Cobone Over from Jabbar UPDATE: We have confirmed that Cobone has closed down Abu Dhabi and its product line and thus laid off several employees in Dubai in what... Nina Curley • 10 March, 2013 Tiger Global Jabbar Daily Deals
Egypt How to Invest in Egypt: Tamkeen Takes a Holistic View There are quite a few people in the Egyptian investment community who talk without delivering results; not so... Omar Aysha • 06 March, 2013 Financial management Business Development Expansion
E-Commerce Site Taw9eel Acquires Kuwaiti Game Rental Startup Digumz This week, Kuwaiti game rental company Digumz.com was acquired by Kuwaiti platform Taw9eel.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites... Glen Dalakian II • 14 February, 2013 Acquisitions E-commerce Ecosystem
Dubai's Game Minion Acquired by Corona Labs in Silicon Valley Yesterday, Dubai-based mobile app development platform Game Minion was acquired by Corona Labs in Palo Alto, California. Combining to... Glen Dalakian II • 14 December, 2012 Acquisitions Developers Gaming
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