Wamda

Saudi Arabia

NearMotion receives follow-on investment from Wa’ed

Saudi Arabia-based digital mapping and navigation startup NearMotion has received follow-on investment from Aramco’s...

Saudi Arabia

Riyad Bank launches new fintech fund

Source: Asharq Al-Awsat Riyad Bank has announced on Tuesday the launch of its Digital Partnership Program and its association with a...

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U.A.E

Melltoo raises pre-Series A from China’s Gobi Partners

Dubai-based online marketplace Melltoo has announced an undisclosed pre-series A funding round co-led by China-based venture capital...

E-commerce Funding ksa

Saudi Arabia

Careem starts bus service from Jeddah to Makkah

Source: The National Careem, the Dubai ride-hailing platform that was bought by Uber for $3.1 billion (Dh11.39bn), has launched...

ride hailing bus

Egypt

Egyptian software company raised $300K from Saudi investors

Entlaqa, a software company, raised a $300,000 funding from Salem ben Saleh Ba Wazier and Mohamed ben Saleh Ba Wazier, two KSA-based...

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Saudi Arabia

Beauty ecommerce platform Golden Scent to expand following Series A funding round

Golden Scent, one of the leading Saudi beauty ecommerce platforms, plans on further growing the business after receiving a Series A funding...

ksa Golden Scent ecommerce

Saudi Arabia

Ecommerce eyewear platform is betting on growing niche markets

The global eyewear market was valued at $109 billion in 2016 and is projected to exceed $170 billion by 2022. In the Middle East, a...

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Saudi Arabia

Badir-incubated Saudi tech startups raised almost $13M in 2017

The technology startups incubated by Badir Program, one of the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology’s main initiatives,...

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Saudi Arabia

ArabNet Riyadh 2017: Vast opportunities arise after Vision 2030

ArabNet Riyadh 2017 wrapped up its sixth edition on December 13. Held under the patronage of the Ministry of Communications and Information...

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Saudi Arabia

Arabnet Riyadh 2017

For the sixth year in a row, ArabNet Riyadh will be gathering Saudi Arabia’s government, largest corporations and 1600...

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Regional

Misk Global Forum 2017

Misk Global Forum is the flagship global platform of the Misk Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic foundation, aimed to...

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Saudi Arabia

A Saudi Arabian student succeeded in home-cooked food delivery orders

This year, online food orders in Saudi Arabia reached $644 million so far, and are expected to exceed $1 billion by 2019. After noting...

Mathaqi مذاقي Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

BIBAN Forum 2017: Funding is available, seek mentorship

Wamda organized its three-day Mix N’ Mentor event in Saudi Arabia, during the BIBAN Forum 2017, which ran from September 17 till 20,...

Saudi Arabia ksa Biban

Saudi Arabia

Saudi cloud-based POS startup Foodics closed a $4M funding round

Saudi Arabia's Foodics has closed a SAR 15 million ($4 million) investment round, led by Raed Ventures and Riyad Taqnia Fund (RTF) with...

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Regional

Uber and Arabiaweather announced a strategic partnership

The ride hailing app Uber announced a strategic partnership with Arabiaweather, a platform that provides weather products, services and...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s crowdshipping platform wants to be in everyone’s luggage

Saudi Entrepreneur Khaled Sehly was a pharmacist before he quit his job to become an entrepreneur. In March 2017, Sehly launched...

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Saudi Arabia

What I know about ecommerce in Saudi Arabia: Mazen AlDarrab

Saudi Arabia is one of the most promising ecommerce markets in the Arab region, despite the challenges that face the sector in the...

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Saudi Arabia

This Saudi entrepreneur wants to bring you the Serviis you need

According to data released in the WRL report, supporting organizations in the Kingdom, such as funds, coworking spaces, accelerators and...

Saudi Arabia ksa Serviis

Saudi Arabia

The lifecycle of an app: From an idea to a successful business [slideshow]

Daily app downloads have reached 50 million globally, out of which 95 percent get deleted within a month, according to the Digital...

Digital Leadership in Mobile Apps Innosoft Alsharqia Chamber

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi teaching platform attracts a million students

One year following the failure of an ecommerce platform they had launched due to the lack of market readiness, Saudi entrepreneurs Mohammed...

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Saudi Arabia

Endeavor Revive Sharqiya

Endeavor Saudi Arabia, in collaboration with Global shaper community, will be running their monthly event ‘Revive’ on August 19...

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Saudi Arabia

This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company

Fixing electronic devices such as phones and laptops is a field dominated by men, especially in the Arab world. However, a group of young...

Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile

Saudi Arabia

BIBAN 2017 SME Forum

The BIBAN 2017 SME Forum is a 4 day conference which will provide practical insights and delve deeper into how SMEs in Saudi Arabia can...

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Saudi Arabia

How Badir is accelerating entrepreneurship in the KSA

Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has come a long way. One of the main players in nurturing and...

Badir ksa

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