Saudi’s Salla raises $8.5 million funding in Series A from STV
Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce Salla, on Tuesday raised SAR32 million ($8.5 million) Series A round led by STV.
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Former interim CTO at LAFFAZ. A full-stack developer, possessing 6+ years of experience in working closely with tech startups in India and UAE.
Egypt’s Wuilt bags $535K seed funding to expand to KSA
Egypt-based Wuilt, a SaaS Arabic website builder, on Tuesday, raised $535K seed funding from DAAL VC, MENA Tech Fund, & Flat6Labs Cairo.
FrontRow, Bengaluru’s edtech bags $3.2 Mn from Lightspeed, Elevation, and Deepika Padukone
Bengaluru's edtech FrontRow, on Wednesday, raised $3.2 million from Lightspeed, Elevation Capital, & Deepika Padukone.
South Indian actress Kajal Aggarwal picks 15% stake in OKIE Gaming
South Indian actress Kajal Aggarwal, on Monday, acquired a 15 percent stake in OKIE Gaming, a Mumbai-based gaming platform.
Hubilo, virtual event startup bags $4.5M seed funding from Lightspeed
San Francisco-based Hubilo, a global virtual events platform, on Monday raised $4.5 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners.
5 Super Tips to Crack Digital Marketing Interview
How to crack Digital Marketing interview, is a question asked by job seekers and fresh graduates to hop on to their career. Here are the tips.
Bollywood superstar Katrina Kaif invests in beauty e-commerce retailer Nykaa
Bollywood star Katrina Kaif has invested an undisclosed amount in the Mumbai-based cosmetics and beauty retailer Nykaa.
Exclusive Interview: Sameer Nath, Co-founder of Meekd.com, a new global search engine
It is our immense pleasure to be presenting this conversation with the Sameer Nath, Co-founder & Head of Programming at Meekd.com
50 MENA startups made it to Forbes Middle East, 8 Women-led startups
Here's to the the proud moment for the MENA startup ecosystem, the "Middle East's 50 Most-Funded Startups 2020" list is here.
Delhi’s EkAnek raises $5.4 Mn funding from UAE’s Alpha Wave Incubation
Delhi-based EkAnek on Monday raised $5.4 million (around INR 40 crore) in a Series A1 round led by UAE's Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) Fund
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Featuring the top startup news and stories from MENA and India published on LAFFAZ from 31 August to 06 September, 2020.
Tanzania’s SSC Capital teams up with Halal Angels Network to tap African market
Halal Angels Network is among the first to penetrate the $5 trillion Halal consumer market has teamed up SSC Capital of Tanzania