Workshop, children, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Business Impact Hub Dubai at Souk Al Bahar, Downtown Dubai Building Youth Owned Businesses (BYOB) 05 November, 2016 – 12 November, 2016 Register Building Youth Owned Businesses (BYOB) bootcamp is attempting to inspire children to think like entrepreneurs. The bootcamp enables participating children to become thought leaders by testing their ideas in […]
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Did the world’s thinnest phone just launch at GITEX Dubai?
Carbon Works, a UAE-based startup, launched what they say is the world’s thinnest smartphone at Dubai’s GITEX Summit 2016 on Monday. Launched in media partnership with Etisalat, the phone is 4.6 mm thick, almost half of that of the iPhone 6s, and weighs 107 grams. “We had hundreds of people so excited to finally see […]
Dubai’s El Grocer strengthens foothold with acquisition
El Grocer, a Dubai-based online grocery delivery app, has acquired one of its competitors, Quickshop.ae for an undisclosed amount. Quickshop, also a real time order platform for grocery stores, was founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneurs Richard Chapman and Alan Colgan. They have over 5,000 registered users and more than 50 partner grocery stores across […]
Education + tech = a whole new world
Education and technology are often a contested pairing because of the latter’s potential to either serve as an aid or, undesirably, a distraction to the learner. In a talk at last week’s GITEX Tech Week, called ‘Enhanced Reality Technologies – Changing Education and Learning with AR & VR’, Tom Adams, chairman and cofounder of “spontaneous […]
Mums are big business as Mini Exchange raises $3M
UAE startup Mini Exchange has closed a $3 million round with its original and new investors, according to Arabian Business. The startup is an online marketplace for mothers and children, and comes after competitor Mumzworld closed a ‘multi-million dollar’ Series B round in February. The startup, founded by British expat in Dubai Sarah Jones in […]
Dubai food tech startup Lunch:on raises $500K seed
Lunch:on today announced the closing of a seed round of $500,000 led by Wamda Capital, with participation from Arzan VC, Dubai Angel Investors as well as angel investors, Signaling positive growth for the MENA food tech scene. Lunch:on was founded in September 2015 by former banker Mohammed Al Zaben and former Procter & Gamble consumer […]
Challenge 22 Roadshow – UAE
Challenge 22 Roadshow – UAE Source : Wamda.com
China calls for Dubai 100 health tech backer
With its fast growing healthcare market and rapidly ageing population, China is proving to be a match for Dubai-based Dubai 100. The pre-accelerator runs a 100-day program for early-stage health tech startups and the last stop on a list of activities this year was a program in Shanghai, following the graduation of its first six […]
UAE Ministry of Finance Festival of Innovation
UAE Ministry of Finance Festival of Innovation Source : Wamda.com
Bayzat closes $3.6M Series A, seeks to reform UAE health insurance
Bayzat, a Dubai based technology company offering health insurance and HR solutions, has closed a $3.6 million Series A round led by BECO Capital Other investors included Precinct Partners and several angels. Like many entrepreneurs, Bayzat CEO and cofounder Talal Bayaa launched the business in 2013 to solve a problem. But the problem with health […]