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Others

Dubai

Yousif Almutawa

Kamal Hassan

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TURN8

TURN8 is a venture fund comprised of a growth accelerator program complemented by a follow-on investment fund.

Series C

what3words

Energy

The List

E-Commerce

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Fashion

Machine Learning

Mobile Apps

The List is a retail marketplace connecting the world of fashion through intelligent software.

Democrance

Finance

Insurance

Insurtech

Insurance Technology

Information Technology

Democrance is an insurance technology company that offers insurance and protection to the 99% uninsured population in the region.

AirGo Design

Transportation

Load-Me

Logistics

Automotive

The Middle East transportation industry mainly relies on close contacts and past experience to get business, this problem often limits the scope of their services to certain locations, routes, or customers. Running on the roads with an empty truck is not environmental at all.

www.Load-Me.com is matching trucks and loads in real time through itsonline portal. It is a dynamic and unique website in Middle East, a transportation service provider can find available load that matches the available type of truck in real time. This way they are helping carriers, brokers and shippers excel in the trucking industry.
This whole process is made easy with the help of a user friendly website which is clear and nice to browse. Transporters have to post a truck and its data, and matching freight owners will contact him directly, in the same way shippers can post loads and available transporters will contact them.

Pre-Series A

Melltoo

Internet

Mobile marketplace for buying and selling second hand things.

NEXT Future Transportation

Kashmi

Visage

AI/IoT

Pixelbug

Food Processing

Kanari

Business Intelligence

Customer Experience

Customer Service

Software

Helping organizations leap forward, through transformative experience insights and actionable analytics

PalleTech

IT & Communication

Crowdbabble

Software Dev/Test

Bridg

Mobile Payments

Digital Payment

Technology

An advanced consumer-to-merchant smartphone payment platform harnessing the power of bluetooth.

AngelLoop

Retail & Wholesale

Debt Financing

NextMart

Marketplace

NextMart allows people to shop online in the UAE from their local supermarkets.

Quest 2 Excel

Adgero

Ecoisme

Logistics & Storage

Legal Advice Middle East

Legal Tech

Small and Medium Businesses

Legal Advice Middle East is an AI-powered legal services marketplace connecting consumers and lawyers online.

SolidFace Technology

Mailburn

Gaming & E-Sports

Meetizer

Mobility

ZingoHub

Funding

Prattler

HeyDoc!

Healthcare

Paack

Mytriphoto

Social Media

Virtual Reality

Marketing

Advertising

Our Marketing Intelligence Platform automates, digitizes, and makes the content generation process (UGC) profitable through our smart 360VR photo booth. Delivering immersive experiences at events, activations, and long terms experiential marketing in tourism, museums, or venues.

MakersBuilders

Education

Fun Tech & STEM classes, events, workshops for next generation of innovators.

Foodiac

MedicSen

E-Learning

Presella

Handmade

KeepVision

Wellness

Fitness

KeepVision helps to detect poor eye sight of kids in early stage, as well as monitors of the overall health of childsren’s eyes by recording and monitoring several parameters and factors such as daily phone usage, ambient light condition, age, gender, pre-existing eye conditions, visual work/rest, etc, in a stealth manner, running in the background, while the child uses the smartphone/tablet

Paaltao

Casablanca

Airmote

Apps

Consumer Electronics

AIRMOTE is a customizable remote that creates hand movement shortcuts to your favorite actions on your smartphone.

InGlove

Junkbot Inc

Analytics

Robotics

Hardware

Junkbot is a Do It Yourself Robotic kit which help children make real life working robots from unwanted junk.

Ustad Mobile

Ustad Mobile is a robust open source mobile learning app that supports almost any device: smartphones, $30+ candybar phones, tablets and PCs. Create interactive learning content that works both online and offline with quizzes, text, images, audio, and video. Distribute content offline between devices with peer-to-peer sharing. Track usage time, learner progress and attendance.

Karma Snap

Collaboration

Crowdfunding

Mobile

Karma Snap is an online platform that connects NPOs, foundations, and corporations together to facilitate the creation of campaigns.

Swappaholics

Web Development

Swappaholics offers a swapping site that enables individuals, corporate organizations, and the general public to list, share, and swap various items in Africa.

909 Music

Music

Media & Entertainment

909 Music is a music producer and composer for media.

DreamNotes

DreamNotes is a mobile application that enables people to share their dreams with others online.

KinTrans

Mistbox

Finerd

Support & Management Services

Democrance, a Dubai-based microinsurance tech startup, raised $800,000 in seed funding. The round was led by Samih Toukan’s Jabbar Internet Group and London-based Eos Venture Partners, with participation from UAE’s Turn8, Saudi-based F-Horizon Group, Seedstars from Switzerland, and various angel investors. The funds will be used to enhance their technology platform, release additional pilots across the MENA region, and grow their team. Democrance aims to provide insurance access to 15 million low-income people in the MENA region by 2020.

Dubai-based microinsurance tech startup Democrance raises $800,000 in seed funding

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