Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE’s CE-Ventures Backs US$100 Million Round in American Nuclear St... Inc. Arabia spoke to Sudarshan Pareek, Senior Vice President of CE-Ventures, to understand the motivation for the firm's inroads into the nuclear energy domain.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff Kuwait’s Academy X, Backed by Talabat and CODED, Graduates New Cohort Academy X is a Kuwait-based initiative to empower women in tech and entrepreneurship.
News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Gaming Accelerator Exel by Merak Stages First Demo Day Inc. Arabia spoke with Faisal Sedrani, Head of Exel by Merak, to understand the accelerator’s mission to combine funding with holistic support that strengthens both founders and their companies.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Flat6Labs, Google For Startups Launch Nawah Pre-Accelerator In Pale... Launching October 19 this year, the four-month-long Nawah program aims to take Palestinian founders from idea to minimum viable product, offering mentorship, workshops, and investor access.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Applications Open For The 2025 Edition Of The UAE's Future 100 Init... The initiative, which is run by the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism and the Government Development and Future Office, aims to recognize 100 of the country's most innovative and fastest-growing companies in new economy sectors.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Riyadh To Host Global Fintech Leaders At Money20/20 Middle East Thi... This year’s edition of Money20/20 Middle East is being hosted by the Saudi Financial Sector Development Program, Saudi Central Bank, Capital Market Authority, and Saudi Insurance Authority, and co-organized by Fintech Saudi and Tahaluf.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Ascend Esports Launches UAE Tournament For Female Gamers The Valorant Female Tournament is open to all casual and semi-competitive female players looking to test their skills, connect with like-minded gamers, and level up their game.
News Inc.Arabia Staff 500 Global Launches Sustainable Innovation Program With An Accelera... With this new initiative, 500 Global is seeking to mobilize mission-aligned capital and support venture development across emerging ecosystems in the Global South.
News Inc.Arabia Staff F6 Group Debuts In Egypt As Flat6Labs Restructures, Launches F6 Ven... Under the new setup, F6 Ventures, a new launched seed-stage investment firm, and Flat6Labs—which has been operating for nearly 15 years—will become subsidiaries of the newly formed F6 Group.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi-Based Synervest Group Raises US$4 Million Series A Synervest Group founder Alexander Oelfke spoke to Inc. Arabia about the company’s vision for building the infrastructure layer of global finance.
News Inc.Arabia Staff 7awi Media Group Joins SYNC25 in Damascus, Reinforces Commitment to... 7awi Media Group Marks Strategic Engagement at SYNC25, Fostering Syria's Re-emerging Digital and Creative Economy
News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Salasa Closes US$30 Million Series B Round Founded by Hasan Alhazmi and Abdulmajeed Alyemni in Saudi Arabia in 2017, Salasa provides end-to-end solutions for e-commerce, including fulfillment, shipping, inventory management, bonded zones, last-mile delivery, and cross-border logistics.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Suplyd Raised US$2 Million Pre-Seed With the newly-acquired funding, the startup aims to move beyond distribution and develop a full-stack infrastructure to serve Egypt’s $10 billion hotel, restaurant, and catering (HORECA) supply chain.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Libya-Based Mataa Closes Seed Round From Angel Investors Founded by Ibrahim Shuwehdi in 2022, Mataa is a shopping app adopting a marketplace model, where it empowers Libyan merchants to access the country’s over six million internet users.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Wuilt Raises US$2 Million To Democratize E-Commerce Wuilt co-founder and CEO Ahmed Rostom spoke to Inc. Arabia about his company's mission to make e-commerce accessible to all.
Events Sponsored Content Inside WHX Tech: The Exclusive New Healthtech Event Everyone’s Talk... This September, WHX Tech arrives in Dubai with a clear mission: to bring together the leaders, innovators, and decision makers who are shaping what’s next in digital health.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Innovation Collective Obsession Unveils The Moonshot Ch... Obsession founder and CEO Mohamad Badr explains to Inc. Arabia how The Moonshot Challenge will empower founders to build bold, gamechanging businesses in the MENA.
News Inc.Arabia Staff REACH Middle East Launches To Back MENA Real Estate Tech Dubai Land Department (DLD), the real estate regulator for the emirate of Dubai, has partnered with US-based proptech investment fund Second Century Ventures to launch REACH Middle East
News Inc.Arabia Staff Wamda And Inc. Arabia Collaborate To Strengthen Startup Storytellin... The partnership reflects a shared commitment to inclusive storytelling and media access for founders, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem enablers across the Arab world.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Femtech Startup Ovasave Raises US$1.2 Million Pre-Seed Ovasave co-founders Torkia Mahloul and Majd Abu Zant talk to Inc. Arabia about how they are building a flexible, tech-enabled ecosystem to redefine how women across the MENA access fertility and hormonal care.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Sanabil Investments, LAUNCH Announce Founder University The program is designed to empower year-zero and year-one MENA-based early-stage founders to build scalable startups
News Inc.Arabia Staff Calo Raises US$39 Million Series B Extension To Boost Growth Calo co-founder and CEO Ahmed Al Rawi spoke to Inc. Arabia about the foodtech startup’s US$39 million Series B extension and its vision to personalize healthy eating.
News Inc.Arabia Staff The World Wide Web Turns 30 World Wide Web Day commemorates the revolutionary invention that has globally interconnected people, celebrating its groundbreaking impact.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff KSA Launches Taqatech Accelerator To Support Energy Startups The accelerator focuses on supporting ventures that contribute to economic diversification, local content development, and the localization of technology.
News Inc.Arabia Staff IFZA, Plug And Play Launch Scale360 Accelerator The initiative supports international startups entering the UAE and helps them build partnerships to expand across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Applications Open For Sheraa’s Sharjah Startup Studio (S3) Over a four-month journey, the program will bring together 20 startups driving innovation across Sheraa’s key focus areas: edtech, sustainability, advanced manufacturing, and the creative industries.
News Inc.Arabia Staff ADQ Snaps Up Majority Stake In Aramex The GCC-based logistics and supply chain operator Aramex will join ADQ’s transport and logistics cluster, helping drive multimodal connectivity and cement Abu Dhabi’s role as a rising global logistics and transport hub.
News Inc.Arabia Staff WE Convention 2025 To Bring Global Icons To Dubai Anna Wintour, Global Editorial Director, Vogue, and Candace Bushnell, author, Sex and the City, are among more than 100 speakers set to gather in Dubai for the WE Convention 2025 in November.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Mira Developments Backs New Property Play The US$3 million investment will support the launch and global expansion of a Dubai-based real estate investment platform founded by Nikita Protsenko that targets high-return deals for international investors.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Khaled Bin Alwaleed Backs Sports Innovation Pitch Contest Saudi Arabia’s Sports for All Federation (SFA), which is chaired by Prince Khaled, has partnered with global sportswear company ASICS to support sports innovation in KSA.
News Inc.Arabia Staff From Entrepreneur to Employee: A Step Back To Move Ahead Returning to a traditional job after running a business can feel like a step backward, but in many cases, it’s a strategic reset that opens unexpected doors.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Game On: The Arab Gamerz Awards 2025 Is Now Open For Entries An initiative by 7awi Media Group, Inc. Arabia, and Arab Gamerz, the event aims to honor individuals and institutions that are shaping the future of the region’s gaming ecosystem.
News Yara Sayed Here's How Endeavor Is Fueling Dubai’s Unicorn Ambitions Yana El Dirani, Head of MENA for Endeavor Catalyst, unpacks how its new Unicorn Builder Program is contributing to Dubai’s vision to create 30 global unicorns out of the Emirate.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Jahez, KIC Launch Kuwait's First Food Innovation Hackathon The hackathon unfolds across seven phases, guiding students, developers, and creatives from early-stage ideas to tech-driven solutions for challenges in the food delivery sector.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt’s Aria Ventures Launches US$1 Million Deep Tech Fund Dr. Amr Al-Awamry, founder and CEO of Aria Ventures, told Inc. Arabia that the fund aims to unlock the commercial potential of breakthrough technologies by backing high-impact deep tech founders from the earliest stages.