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When the COVID-19 crisis struck, investors realized they needed to understand whether their portfolio and pipeline companies were ready to outlast the economic uncertainty created by the pandemic.

The online platform connects on-demand vetted gig workers with temporary job opportunities in different sectors, mostly in F&B, hospitality, e-commerce and logistics.

Live streaming and video mobile app 360VUZ has successfully raised US$5.8 million in a Series A round led by Shorooq Partners, along with KBW Ventures, Media Visions, Vision Ventures, Hala Ventures, 500 Startups and other global investors.

The founder of fintech startup NOW Money reflects on how the world of business will be reshaped for the coming years.

If you are worried about the outcome of this slowdown, there are some financial moves you can make to protect your position.

A key contributor to the national economy, support for the ecosystem remains central to driving the nation's global competitiveness, increasing non-oil GDP and advancing economic diversification.

The seed round is led by Global Ventures, and joined by FutureTech, Xische Ventures, and a couple of angel investors, one of whom is Careem co-founder Magnus Olsson.

The founder of Meddy, a GCC-based healthtech startup that helps patients find the best doctors and book appointments with them, shares his insights from the fundraising experience.

The DVN Beta program supports newly established, high potential VC funds across the globe.

Attracting funding bridges the gap between having a great idea and building a successful business.

Founded in 2015, Dawex today has 7,000 organizations from more than 20 industries relying on its proprietary Global Data Marketplace and Data Exchange Platform technology.

MENA investors share their pet peeves and main preferences on what they'd like to see in a pitch deck.

Huge gaps still exist in the Middle East and North Africa's startup funding ecosystem, but substantial recent exits and an improvement in the quality of pitches could be on the way to changing the status quo.

This injection of capital, inspiration, and experience into the ecosystem will have a long reaching effect on the region.

The Stockholm-based enterprise, which was founded in 2011 and is a listed company on NGM Nordic MTF, is expecting to launch its first campaign in Dubai in the second quarter of 2019.

It paves the way for the launch for their specialized Arabic machine translation engine, which will utilize AI and other tech products.

The report, titled Helping Startups Access Funding and published in collaboration with Roland Berger, was released during an event in the Entrepreneurship Advocacy series run by Dubai Startup Hub, the entrepreneurial support arm of Dubai Chamber, at its head office in March.

The investment will be used to "increase the reach of Arabic books across the globe," and scale its POD service.

Before you think about scaling your business, you have to make sure your business is sitting on a solid foundation and is ready to be scaled up.

On the sidelines of Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2018, Mona Ataya shared more details about her personal and work philosophy, and more.

In a bid to create the region's first "dragon" company, A15 has sold its stake in mobile payment startup TPAY to Helios Investment Partners.