TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Recent research suggests that the e-commerce market in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt account for a combined $21.4 The revenue-based financing company for e-commerce platforms, which claims to be growing 300% quarter over quarter, also mentioned that it has partnered with tens of clients from Egypt and UAE in six months.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

According to the CEO, Dubai was the ideal market for launching Silkhaus because its infrastructure presents one of the most advanced setups for short-term rentals, embodies a progressive government regulation for proptech and welcomes varying demands from different consumer types.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The new round for the startup, which also counts the development arm of the American government among its backers, also saw participation from the government of Dubai and Iron Pillar. This is the largest check that the $250 million Smbhav Venture Fund has written so far.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Also, the startup offers full-stack solutions ranging from discovery, pricing and payments to compliance, government contracts, delivery and performance tracking. This is unlike a traditional influencer marketing agency or a creator discovery tool, where you typically find just a single source to pick.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

based VCs Global Founders Capital (GFC) and Goodwater Capital and UAE-based early-stage firm VentureSouq. We are committed to being a part of Sudan’s economic transformation by bringing our global expertise and capabilities to its government and private-sector partners.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 28, 2010

UAE residents also have one of the largest ecological footprints on our planet. Government policy: Rewarding citizens for their behavioral changes and better regulating toxic products. Where did the idea for Picky Polly come from? Using this behavior among residents as inspiration I felt compelled to do something about it.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

It’s very important that whenever you take a photo of someone [in the UAE] you have to be very careful to anonymize that immediately,” said Abentheuer. People capture footage and then anonymize it through Photoshop, but in the meantime the government might have confiscated their camera, and with that the compromising material.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

The Yozma Programme (Hebrew for “initiative”) from the government, in 1993, was seminal: It offered attractive tax incentives to foreign VCs in Israel and promised to double any investment with funds from the government. This came decades ahead of most western governments. billion (£7 billion), came from Jerusalem.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 28, 2022

First up, fintech startups Highnote and GiveCard said they are partnering to help nonprofits, shelters and governments issue prepaid debit cards to the “financially vulnerable” communities they serve. Truist acquires data governance platform from Zaloni. Anita Ramaswamy digs in here. Read more from Annie Njanja here.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2020

We were invited by a government entity to go to the Middle East to a sovereign fund, and the minute that we filed the Chapter 11 case and it became clear the financial issues, Faraday was uninvited,” Jia’s lawyer told a judge in December 2019. Jia says Faraday is still talking with investors in the Middle East, and governments in China.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

The UAE took in 46% of the total venture capital received in the Middle East and Africa in 2021, according to the country’s Ministry of Economy. In 2017, the UAE created an artificial intelligence ministry position, which it filled with H.E. TechCrunch: Is the UAE’s venture capital presence fairly new? were invested in the UAE.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The breach targeted several US government agencies and is believed to have been carried out by Russian nation-state hackers. Approximately 80 percent of those customers are located in the US, but Microsoft also identified victims in Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Spain, the UK, Israel, and the UAE. Investigations into the hack are ongoing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Following this growth, it is planning on expanding to Egypt and the UAE, while doubling down on Saudi Arabia, against the backdrop of $5 million pre-Series A funding it has raised, in a round led by Europe-based VC Speedinvest, which marked its debut into Saudi Arabia, and RAED Ventures, with participation from MENA focused VC firm Wamda Capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Vadym Synegin is a Ukrainian impact entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor in fintech and crypto projects with more than 15 years’ experience as an entrepreneur in Europe and the UAE. One of the main goals of the Ukrainian government is to increase the IT sector’s share of the country’s GDP from the current 4% to 10% by 2024.

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TechNode

MARCH 5, 2025

How Meituan navigates these tensions will shape its future and influence broader discussions on platform economy governance in China. After reaching the countrys nine largest cities and nearly half its population, Keeta is now considering entry into Kuwait and the UAE.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Elon Musk called on Thursday for the United States to “delete entire agencies” from the federal government as part of his push under President Donald Trump to radically cut spending and restructure its priorities. “I think we do need to delete entire agencies as opposed to leave a lot of them behind,” Musk said.

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