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Headout raises $12M, plans to hire 150+ people as domestic travel rebounds

TechCrunch

A marketplace that let tourists make same-day bookings for tours, events and activities, the app expanded around the world after launching in 2015. The company announced today it has raised $12 million led by Glade Brook Capital, which has also invested in marketplaces like Airbnb, Meituan, Uber and Instacart. Then COVID-19 hit.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

In 2019 there was a 30% increase in startup funding and a 102% increase in M&A activity. By the end of last year, the annual Israeli Tech Review 2020 showed that Israeli tech firms had raised a record $9.93 By the end of last year, the annual Israeli Tech Review 2020 showed that Israeli tech firms had raised a record $9.93

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Gulf states using COVID-19 contact tracing apps as mass surveillance tools, report says

The Verge

The study analyzed a collection of contact tracing apps, which are designed to inform and monitor physical contact between people in the event someone contracts COVID-19, from 11 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, France, Iceland, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates.

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Quick-commerce startup YallaMarket eyes Saudi Arabia and Qatar next year after U.A.E expansion

TechCrunch

YallaMarket, a Dubai-based quick-commerce startup, is planning to expand within the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), and to enter Saudi Arabia and Qatar next year, to tap the appetite for speedy and convenient grocery shopping. million it has raised in the pre-seed round to fund expansion within the U.A.E.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We are committed to regularly raising the bar on the level of accessibility we can offer. In addition, we are active members of the DAISY Consortium, where we are able to contribute back code and other technical expertise so that all may benefit. Is Spanish more your bag?

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Abwaab raises $20M Series A led by BECO Capital to expand across MENA and Pakistan

TechCrunch

Jordan-based online learning platform Abwaab has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round (following a $5 million seed round in March of this year), making it one of the most funded edtech startups in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP), a region that encompasses 160 million students. Abwaab on tablet.

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African tech took center stage in 2021

TechCrunch

But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. African startups nearly raised $1.5 Predictions were made on how much the continent’s startups would raise in December. It wasn’t a bad year, though. billion and $2.8