The Station Partners With The Largest Accelerator of Pre-seed Start-ups in The World (FI) The Station Foundation for Entrepreneurship and Founder Institute, the world's largest accelerator of pre-seed start-ups, have announced a partnership that will provide access to international experts and participation in one of the world's most well-known business accelerators for start-ups from The Station […]
UNICEF receives USD $1,4 million from the Government of Canada to support young people's transition to entrepreneurship and employment in Iraq The Government of Canada has contributed USD$1.4 million to UNICEF to support close to 1,500 young people in Iraq to generate educational and economic opportunities for inclusive development and participation for a 2-year period. […]
Orange Corners Innovation Fund signs an MoU with the National Bank of Iraq (NBI) to launch the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) program in Baghdad KAPITA, a leading private sector development company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Bank of Iraq (NBI) to launch the Orange Corner Innovation Fund (OCIF) in Baghdad. […]
By John Lee. The Station Foundation for Entrepreneurship has opened its fourth branch in Erbil, According to a press release from The Station, the opening marks a significant step forward in ensuring that Kurdistan's youth can contribute to the ecosystem's enhancement and build a connected network of entrepreneurs, creatives, and innovators who can reach across […]
The Takween Accelerator is looking for potential investors to attend our Investor Bootcamp Program. This program is designed to provide an investor training bootcamp to high potential individuals to increase their interest and skills in investing in tech startups within KRI and Iraq. The goal of this program is to increase the number of startup […]
Rabee Securities is hosting a 3-day event at the Iraq Pavilion at EXPO 2020 to showcase Iraq's top technology start-ups. From 7-9 March, presentations will be given by Iraq's most promising entrepreneurs and interested parties will have the opportunity to meet them one-on-one. The lineup of start-ups scheduled to attend include Miswag, Iraq's largest e-commerce […]
By John Lee. A ride-hailing app that was launched in Baghdad last month has reportedly closed the largest seed round in the tech history of Iraq. According to Wamda, Baly is backed by Germany's Rocket internet, and raised $10.5 million from Kingsway Capital, MSA Capital, Global Founders Capital, Vostok Ventures, Majid Al Futtaim and March […]
Five One Invest presented a very informative webinar this week on the state of investments in Iraq. The session hosted Laura Khudairi from Iraq Tech Ventures and Rawaz Rauf from Euphrates Ventures, who discussed the startup landscape, investment opportunities, and investor activity in Iraq.
An Iraqi team called "Spirit and Opportunity" is reportedly in the final of Huawei's Tech4Good Global competition. The entry uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) to monitor air pollution. A video of the presentation can be viewed below: (Sources: ITP, YouTube)
Five One Invest has announced its upcoming webinar - The State of Investments in Iraq. The session will host Laura Khudairi from Iraq Tech Ventures and Geoffrey Batt from Euphrates Ventures. It will tackle the startup landscape, investment opportunities, and investor activity in Iraq. Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 at 4 pm (Iraqi time) Click here to register
By John Lee. TipTop has announced a new investment of $5 million to expand its online food and grocery delivery service in Iraq. CEO and Founder Hassan Alsoud told readers on LinkedIn that the funding will be provided by Kurdistan-based mobile operator Korek. (Source: LinkedIn)
Big Future for Small Businesses: Exhibition by MOLSA and UNDP Welcomes Over 35 Entrepreneurs Over 35 small businesses from across Iraq have gathered at an exhibition in Baghdad. The event was a part of the joint efforts by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLSA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to […]
