News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based iMENA Group Raises US$135 Million Ahead Of Its IPO The new investment will allow iMENA to boost its ownership stakes in its three top-performing companies — OpenSooq, SellAnyCar, and Jeeny — while also supporting vertical and geographic expansion and enhancing collaboration across its platforms.
AI Everything Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai Future Foundation, Antler Renew Strategic Partnership The two entities are coming together to support emerging entrepreneurs and promising startups by offering early-stage funding, mentorship, and access to global markets.
News Inc.Arabia Staff GCC to Roll Out Unified Tourist Visa by Year's End This visa will allow travelers to explore many destinations within the GCC for over 30 days.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Lucidya To Be NextGen AI Summit 2025's AI-Powered CX Partner Lucidya is an AI-powered, fully-compliant unified customer experience platform (CXM) designed to support CX and marketing leaders in large enterprises, governments, and SMEs across the Arab world.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 Hits US$2.17 Billion in Startup Funding Hub71's 2024 Impact Report also revealed that its startups were able to generate revenue of $1.2 billion in 2024, up from $1 billion the year before.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Resolv Labs’ Ivan Kozlov On His Startup's US$10 Million Seed Ivan Kozlov, co-founder and CEO of Resolv Labs, views the investment as a key step in scaling the enterprise's yield-generating stablecoin protocol and expanding its presence in the growing MENA crypto market.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Manara Partners With AWS To Develop Cloud Talent In The MENA Manara co-founder Iliana Montauk expects the partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to empower local tech talent, driving innovation and growth across the MENA and beyond.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE's M42 Invests In UK-Based Biotech Juvenescence The partnership will support the development of a pipeline of AI-powered therapeutics to promote healthy longevity and improve treatments for serious diseases.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE's Sunset Hospitality Group Bags US$25 Million Investment Sunset Hospitality Group Chairman and Group CEO Antonio Gonzalez sees the investment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management as indicative of its confidence in the segment SHG operates in.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Arab National Bank Launches Fintech Accelerator In The KSA The program, launched in partnership with Plug and Play, is designed to fast-track the development of high-potential fintech startups and entrepreneurs in the Kingdom.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Visa Invests In North African Fintechs Konnect And PayTic The digital payments provider also announced a partnership with Morocco-based B2B platform Chari to advance the digitization of SMEs.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Your Story Matters: Publish and Shine with Jalees Today Join a vibrant community of storytellers across the Arab world — publish your content, grow your audience, and get discovered by leading media platforms.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Hong Kong-Based Encor Acquires UAE-Based Creative Zone Creative Zone Group CEO Lorenzo Jooris and Encor Group CEO Joe Wan expect the acquisition to unlock cross-border business opportunities that will propel long-term growth.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff US-Based Seesaw Acquires Jordan-Based Little Thinking Minds Seesaw’s Matt Given and Little Thinking Minds’ Rama Kayyali spoke to Inc. Arabia about how the acquisition shall make high-quality bilingual education more accessible to students across diverse school systems.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Art Dubai Returns To Madinat Jumeirah For Its 2025 Edition Among the headline commissions at Art Dubai 2025 are a new series of performances and site-specific interventions by Mexican artist Héctor Zamora, and a major digital installation by Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Dubizzle Group Acquires Property Monitor “As a trusted and respected brand in the UAE, Property Monitor complements our market-leading platforms, Bayut and Dubizzle," said Haider Ali Khan, CEO of Dubizzle Group.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Stakpak Wraps Up US$500,000 Pre-Seed Round We spoke with the co-founder and CEO of the Egypt-born, US-based DevOps startup about how the company is using artificial intelligence to power innovation in software development.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Bahrain’s Sellou Bags US$3 Million In Seed Funding Founder Salman Al Khalifa spoke to Inc. Arabia about how Sellou is facilitating the growth of video-first social commerce across the region.
News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA's Sary, Bangladesh's ShopUp Merge To Launch SILQ Group ShopUp co-founder and CEO Afeef Zaman (right) is now founder and CEO of SILQ Group, while Sary co-founder and CEO Mohammed Aldossary (left) is now CEO of SILQ Financial.
AI Everything Inc.Arabia Staff Rentify Secures US$500,000 To Scale In The UAE Inc. Arabia spoke to the UAE-based proptech and fintech startup’s co-founders to explore how Rentify is using AI to solve rental market gaps for both tenants and landlords.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Lumi AI Secures US$3.7 Million In Seed Round The funding will help expand its engineering and customer success teams, fast-track product development, and better support its expanding global client base managing complex supply chain data.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Valeo Health Pockets US$12 Million In Series B Funding Valeo COO Nadine Karadag spoke to Inc. Arabia about the factors behind the UAE-based healthtech company's growth as well as its plans to scale across the region.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Applications Now Open For Dubai Future Experts Program 2025 The two-level program aims to equip professionals across key government sectors in Dubai with the skills to anticipate and navigate future challenges.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Microsoft To Support Presight AI-Startup Accelerator Program Applications are now being invited for the UAE-based program, with the deadline for entries being April 10, 2025.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Warner Bros. Discovery Invests In OSN Streaming Ltd. OSN Group CEO Joe Kawkabani called the investment "a significant milestone in OSN’s growth journey."
News Inc.Arabia Staff QED Enters The GCC With NymCard’s US$33 Million Series B Inc. Arabia spoke with Gbenga Ajayi, Partner at QED Investors, about fintech trends, investment strategies, and the future of digital finance.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Yango Launches US$20 Million Fund With The MENA In Scope Inc. Arabia spoke with Yango Group’s Regional Head for the Middle East, Islam Abdul Karim, to discuss Yango Ventures’ plans to back early-stage startups across the MENA and beyond.
News Inc.Arabia Staff LEAP Forward’s Latest Edition Highlights KSA’s AI Ambitions LEAP Forward, LEAP’s official print and digital publication, is an exploration of the global tech landscape through the lens of Saudi Arabia.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai Land Department Begins Real Estate Tokenization Pilot This initiative makes Dubai Land Department the Middle East’s first real estate registry to tokenize property title deeds.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Motery Raises US$8 Million To Redefine Car Buying This investment will support the expansion of the Kuwait-based startup's services, and strengthen its role in online vehicle purchasing and financing.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi Inks Landmark Multi-Year Deal With Microsoft, G42 The agreement is set to help realize Abu Dhabi’s vision of becoming the world’s first fully AI-native government by 2027.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Lebanese Entrepreneurs Invited To LIFE's Dubai Pitch Night The event offers founders a unique chance to pitch their startups, gain invaluable mentorship, and connect with top investors ready to fuel their growth.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Alkremeya Launches Libya’s First B2B Grocery Platform Founded by Abdurrahman Ejdier and Fasih Ullah Ghafoor in 2023, the platform aims to improve the country’s supply chain by connecting retailers with importers and wholesalers, offering real-time product listings, pricing, and analytics.
News Inc.Arabia Staff True Gamers Launches eQueens Villa To Support Female Gaming The project aims to attract women eager to invest in high-end products and premium services, offering them mentorship from top global entrepreneurs and access to valuable resources.
News Inc.Arabia Staff SC Ventures And Visa Partner To Support SMEs In The MENA Through this partnership, the two entities are committed to equipping SMEs with the tools and resources to thrive, expand, and drive sustainable growth in the increasingly digital and interconnected global economy.