Bahrain

News and Trends

Al Waha Fund Of Funds And Hambro Perks Launch A Fintech Venture Studio In Manama

HP Spring Studios is expected significantly enhance the region's fintech ecosystem, as well as improve the way people save, send, lend, manage, and invest their money.

Entrepreneurs

How Crowdfunding Can Finance The Future In Bahrain (And Beyond)

While North America and Europe still dominate the global crowdfunding market, the Gulf region's key financial players recognize its growing importance.

Entrepreneurs

We Got Funded: Bahrain Foodtech Startup Calo Raises US$13.5 Million In Seed Funding Round

Its new funding will be used to fuel Calo's expansion into the GCC, recruit talent in different areas, and invest more resources in executing its product roadmap.

Entrepreneurs

Brinc MENA's Spring 2021 Demo Day Showcases Sustainable Tech Solutions

Its seventh cohort consists of four companies in the field of insurtech, medtech, Industry 4.0, and traveltech.

Growth Strategies

Survey: Tell Us How The COVID-19 Crisis Has Impacted You As A MENA Fintech Startup

We want to get a feel for how the COVID-19 crisis impacted your fintech business in the Middle East--this survey should take just five minutes of your time.

Finance

Bahrain's Rain Management Aims To Increase Crypto Assets Adoption After Raising US$6 Million In Series A Funding

With an aim to expand through the Middle East and work with diverse regulators, the co-founders hope to further their vision of mass adoption of crypto assets in the region.

Growth Strategies

2020, The Year That Was: Abdulla Almoayed, Founder And CEO, Tarabut Gateway

Given his enterprise's focus, Almoayed likens the accelerated digital adoption the region saw in 2020 as having been a wake-up call for businesses and industries that had ignored this shift in the past.

Growth Strategies

Go Big Or Go Home: More Middle Eastern Boldness Is Needed To Break "The Scale-Up Ceiling"

VCs investing in the region have been right to be cautious so far, but now it's time for them to show a little Middle Eastern boldness of their own.

Growth Strategies

Bahrain: A Fintech Frontier Calling For Pioneers

Catalyzed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, something more radical than even the unprecedented consumer uptake of financial technologies is taking place in the GCC fintech space.

Entrepreneurs

Healthtech Startup Doctori Emerges To Offer Telemedicine Solutions In Bahrain

The app allows patients to speak to doctors via video consultations for non-urgent medical advice, get lab tests delivered, and receive prescriptions as well.

Growth Strategies

Connecting The Dots: The Pros And Cons Of Virtual Due Diligence

"In many ways, for the VC world, the pandemic is business as usual. Innovation never sleeps, and neither does the money that funds it."

News and Trends

Arab Youth Center Announces Inaugural Youth Hackathon To Combat Challenges Related To The COVID-19 Crisis In Arab Societies

The contest is to be held over a three-week period from May 12 to May 31 and encourages Arab youth to provide technically innovative and implementable solutions to the current challenges.

Technology

What Does It Mean To Be Truly Digital? A Global Crisis Exposes The Cracks

Economies hitherto almost entirely reliant on a single commodity are now boasting burgeoning and increasingly thriving tech ecosystems. But in many ways, we are still behind the curve.

Technology

The Advent Of Digital Asset Regulations In The GCC Is Good For The Region's Startup Landscape

While some might view regulations as a hindrance to innovation and creativity, in many cases, it actually supports entrepreneurs and startups to be able to innovate, create, and market their products and solutions in a legally and regulatory supportive environment.