November 24, 2022
Global Markets Put a Local Spin on Black Friday Sales
On the international stage, Thanksgiving is up there with baseball and the star-spangled banner as among the most instantly recognizable emblems of Americana by which the world identifies the United...
August 18, 2022
UAE Attracts $700M in H1 2022 Investment, Maintains Position as...
One of the biggest Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has cemented its position as the leading destination for venture capital investment in the...
July 08, 2022
UAE Government Employees Offered Year Paid Leave to Start Businesses
In a move to encourage entrepreneurialism in the country, government-employed citizens of the United Arab Emirates will now be able to take up to a year’s leave to start their...
June 28, 2022
Is Amazon Looking to Take Out Noon in the Middle...
Amazon is on the move again. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the global tech giant is acting with a growing boldness to expand its eCommerce footprint in...
June 16, 2021
Global Investment Heats Up In Southeast Asia, Middle East
A blockbuster number of companies might go public in Thailand in 2021, CNBC reported. Ken Fong, head of equity capital market research for Asia-Pacific at Dealogic, told CNBC that the...
June 17, 2020
Amazon’s Saudi Arabia eCommerce Site Debuts
A conflict between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman didn’t derail the eCommerce giant’s launch of its new website in Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported. The...
February 09, 2020
Saudi VC Firm Hires Google Exec To Grow Tech Unicorns
Saudi Arabia’s STV, one of the country’s largest venture capital firms, has enlisted the help of a Google employee, Ivan Jakovljevic, with the hope of boosting their startups into unicorns. A...
June 18, 2019
GuestReady Gets $6M To Boost Sharing Economy Host Efforts
GuestReady Group, a startup that helps hosts on Airbnb and other similar sites, revealed that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Abramovich-backed Impulse VC...
June 17, 2019
Arzooo Raises $1M To Expand In India
B2B eCommerce platform Arzooo has raised $1 million (around Rs 6.95 crore) in a pre-Series A round of funding. The funding was led by the United Arab Emirates-based Jabbar Internet...