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Features Editor, Entrepreneur Middle East

Aalia Mehreen Ahmed is the Features Editor at Entrepreneur Middle East.

She is an MBA (Finance) graduate with past experience in the corporate sector. Ahmed is particularly keen on writing stories about people-centric leadership, female-owned startups, and entrepreneurs who've beaten significant odds to realize their goals.

In her role as Features Editor, she has interviewed the likes of Dr. Jane Goodall, Sania Mirza, KL Rahul, and Najwa Zebian.

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Entrepreneur Middle East’s Achieving Women 2022: Abbey Dean, Co-Founder, Bliss Flower Boutique

The New Zealand native has been running the homegrown UAE brand Bliss since 2008, when Dean's decision to become an entrepreneur was sparked by her love and passion for all things floral.

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Entrepreneur Middle East’s Achieving Women 2022: H.E. Alia Al Mazrouei, CEO, Khalifa Fund For Enterprise Development

A big part of Al Mazrouei's vision at KFED is also to align with the UAE's march towards gender equity, whose progress she has seen first-hand as an Emirati businesswoman.

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US-Based Celesta Capital Partners With Top Government Entities In Oman In A Bid To Grow The Nation’s Technology Ecosystem

As a global venture capital firm moving into Oman, Viswanathan believes Celesta Capital will be able to widen the reach of existing business opportunities within the Sultanate while also introducing new ones.

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Saleh Al-Afaliq’s Team-Centric Leadership Takes Saudi Arabia-Based Tamweel Aloula To Greater Heights

"We will continue in the digital path and develop more digital products and services as we aspire to be our customers first choice."

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Straight From The Source: Entrepreneurs, Here’s How Investors At LEAP 2023 Suggest You Should Pitch To Them

From ensuring that your conversation is to the point, to doing your homework on the investors you're interested in approaching, here's what five investors attending LEAP 2023 had to share.

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Weaving Sustainability Into Healthcare: Naam Jamshed, Head of Government Affairs and Policy EMEA – Emerging Markets, Johnson and Johnson

Jamshed believes the adoption of value-based healthcare services will benefit the sustainability of multiple healthcare ecosystem stakeholders.

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“We Got Funded!” UAE-Based Baraka’s US$20 Million Series A Round Marks Peter Thiel-Backed Valar Ventures’ First Middle East Investment

In addition to introducing features such as dividend reinvestment plans and extended hours trading, Baraka will also use the new capital to create access to local stock exchanges.

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With An Initial Investment of US$5 Million, Dubai-Based Knuru Capital Commits $30 Million In Funds For Dubai-Based Healthcare Fintech Startup Klaim

With hopes to scale its services across the UAE and introduce new features, Klaim is also looking to move into the B2C market.

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UAE-Based Tech Startup Alfii Launches With A Private Beta Program Aimed At Solving HR Issues For Small Businesses

By adopting a human approach to its operations, Alfii is on a mission to negate the many mundane and repetitive tasks that largely contribute to the inefficiencies of HR teams across the region.

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By Launching KitchenomiKs, Aankush Bhatia Is Using Over 25 Years Of Experience In F&B To Reimagine Oman’s Food Delivery Sector

The foodtech and cloud kitchen enterprise offers restaurants and food brands the opportunity to scale (without any capital investments) through turnkey delivery solutions that help with the preparation, distribution, and expansion of food concepts.

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Breaking Norms: How Joseph Achajian’s Lebanon-Based Menswear Brand Maison Du Mec Is Carving A Niche Of Its Own

"Our overriding compulsion at Maison du Mec is to exist as a comprehensive reference, rather than a mere fashion brand concerned with seasonal trends and ephemeral fads."

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UAE-Based Online Marketplace POPC Is Helping Independent Pop Culture Artists Showcase Their Work Year-Round

POPC provides artists with their own storefront and unique metalink that they can easily share across their online communities, giving them the opportunity to sell their work 365 days a year.

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Kuwait-Based KLC Virtual Restaurants Makes A Successful Entry Into Qatar Just As The Country Gets Set To Host FIFA World Cup 2022

With the opening of three virtual kitchens in 2022 already, and a fourth one slated for the first quarter of 2023, KLC Virtual Restaurants is on a mission to capitalize on an untapped online food delivery space in Qatar.

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“We Got Funded!” Egypt-Based Money Fellows Raises US$31 Million In Series B Funding Round To Foster Greater Financial Inclusion In The Country

By digitizing the concept of money circles, the startup aims to create opportunities within a largely untapped space in the fintech sector.

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“We Got Funded!” Cairo-Headquartered FlapKap Raises US$3.6 Million In A Seed Round To Realize Its Mission Of Empowering Underfunded SMBs In The MEA Region

As the e-commerce boom continues, FlapKap is seeking to ease the process of accessing capital for small and medium business owners without having to give up on equity or ownership.

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Dubai-Based Proptech Firm Stella Stays Is Reinventing How We Find Homes For Ourselves

By combining the best of hospitality and real estate, Stella Stays offers flexible terms of stay at its furnished rental units while also claiming to provide amenities that foster a sense of community.

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“We Got Funded!” Cairo-Headquartered Proptech Startup Partment Raises US$1.5 Million In Pre-Seed Round As It Gears Up To Scale Across The MENA Region

Partment is a digital platform that offers users the opportunity to co-own properties as their second homes.

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Startup Spotlight: Emirati Media Company Cino Trends Is On A Mission To Produce UAE-Made Animated Content

"What inspires us is the youth, since they are the main asset of all economies."

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Startup Spotlight: Brazilian Biotech Startup Biosolvit Leverages Circular Economy Techniques As It Makes Its Way To The UAE

Biosolvit is a Brazil-based biotechnology startup that uses "nature as a source of inspiration," and has engineered all its services to showcase some of the many benefits of the circular economy.

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Cairo-Based Goodspace Is Using The Art Of Dance To Build A Tight-Knit Community And A Successful Business

"Some people don't understand that just because we want to give back to the community does not mean that we don't want to be a successful business!"

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Questioning The Status Quo: Distilling Both Sides Of The Debate Between Office Work And Hybrid Work

Four founders of UAE-based startups share their stance on the Team Office versus Team Hybrid debate, and explain what has worked better for them.

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Startup Spotlight: Silicon Valley-Based Predictiv Is Bringing Its DNA Testing Expertise To The UAE

Conceptualized in July 2020, Predictiv was built with an approach wherein the platform "integrates your health history, your lifestyle, and your genes."

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Dtec’s Founder-Focused Startup Program SANDBOX Aims To Create A New Community Of Innovators In Dubai

"When we designed the program, we started primarily with one question: 'How can we best service and resource early-stage founders in a timely manner?'"

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“We Got Funded!” Abu Dhabi-Based Cloud Kitchen Platform The Cloud Raises US$10 Million In A Series A Round To Fuel Expansion Into The GCC And Europe

The Cloud was designed with a vision to become "the Airbnb of kitchens" by enabling the transformation of regular restaurant kitchens into artificial intelligence-powered cloud kitchens.

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Inaugural Crunchmoms Summit In Dubai From October 12-13, 2022 Is Set To Spark More Discussions About Female Inclusivity In The Middle East

Set to host a sequence of panel discussions, masterclasses, and networking sessions, among other activities, the summit's official theme is "Working the Dream."

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Startup Spotlight: Sharjah-Based Merlin Farms Is Addressing MENA’s Water Scarcity And Food Security Issues Through Aquaponics

Merlin Farms' farming technique is based on the concept of aquaponics -a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics- which can grow plants without soil by utilizing fish waste.

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Startup Spotlight: Dubai-Based Dukkan Aims To Provide Local Retail Stores With A Digital Edge

As a mobile application service that promises to deliver items from local stores within an hour in Dubai, Dukkan is aiming to give small and medium businesses in the Emirate a better head start in the online realm.

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“We Got Funded!” UAE-Based Produze Raises US$2.6 Million Seed Round To Bring The Power Of Technology To The Agriculture Industry

As a platform that serves to directly connect agricultural producers with retailers, Produze's mission is to digitize the agriculture and food sector's procurement operations within the Middle East.

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Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Frontier Is Enabling Easier Access To Space-Related Education

Launched with a vision to "push the frontiers of space science" in an interactive way, Frontier offers a hybrid gamified learning model, available in both Arabic and English.

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“We Got Funded!”: UAE-Based Dukkantek Secures US$10 Million In A Pre-Series A Funding Round To Further Its Mission Of Digitally Empowering SMEs In The MENA

UAE-based online store management platform Dukkantek has raised US$10 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital firm BECO Capital.

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Entrepreneur Middle East’s Achieving Women 2022: Abbey Dean, Co-Founder, Bliss Flower Boutique

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By Launching KitchenomiKs, Aankush Bhatia Is Using Over 25 Years Of Experience In F&B To Reimagine Oman’s Food Delivery Sector

Breaking Norms: How Joseph Achajian’s Lebanon-Based Menswear Brand Maison Du Mec Is Carving A Niche Of Its Own

UAE-Based Online Marketplace POPC Is Helping Independent Pop Culture Artists Showcase Their Work Year-Round

Kuwait-Based KLC Virtual Restaurants Makes A Successful Entry Into Qatar Just As The Country Gets Set To Host FIFA World Cup 2022

“We Got Funded!” Egypt-Based Money Fellows Raises US$31 Million In Series B Funding Round To Foster Greater Financial Inclusion In The Country

“We Got Funded!” Cairo-Headquartered FlapKap Raises US$3.6 Million In A Seed Round To Realize Its Mission Of Empowering Underfunded SMBs In The MEA Region

Dubai-Based Proptech Firm Stella Stays Is Reinventing How We Find Homes For Ourselves

“We Got Funded!” Cairo-Headquartered Proptech Startup Partment Raises US$1.5 Million In Pre-Seed Round As It Gears Up To Scale Across The MENA Region

Startup Spotlight: Emirati Media Company Cino Trends Is On A Mission To Produce UAE-Made Animated Content

Startup Spotlight: Brazilian Biotech Startup Biosolvit Leverages Circular Economy Techniques As It Makes Its Way To The UAE

Cairo-Based Goodspace Is Using The Art Of Dance To Build A Tight-Knit Community And A Successful Business

Questioning The Status Quo: Distilling Both Sides Of The Debate Between Office Work And Hybrid Work

Startup Spotlight: Silicon Valley-Based Predictiv Is Bringing Its DNA Testing Expertise To The UAE

Dtec’s Founder-Focused Startup Program SANDBOX Aims To Create A New Community Of Innovators In Dubai

“We Got Funded!” Abu Dhabi-Based Cloud Kitchen Platform The Cloud Raises US$10 Million In A Series A Round To Fuel Expansion Into The GCC And Europe

Inaugural Crunchmoms Summit In Dubai From October 12-13, 2022 Is Set To Spark More Discussions About Female Inclusivity In The Middle East

Startup Spotlight: Sharjah-Based Merlin Farms Is Addressing MENA’s Water Scarcity And Food Security Issues Through Aquaponics

Startup Spotlight: Dubai-Based Dukkan Aims To Provide Local Retail Stores With A Digital Edge

“We Got Funded!” UAE-Based Produze Raises US$2.6 Million Seed Round To Bring The Power Of Technology To The Agriculture Industry

Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Frontier Is Enabling Easier Access To Space-Related Education

“We Got Funded!”: UAE-Based Dukkantek Secures US$10 Million In A Pre-Series A Funding Round To Further Its Mission Of Digitally Empowering SMEs In The MENA

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