Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (WE4F) MENA launches a unique new support program for Iraqi innovators promoting local, sustainable, and scalable solutions for challenges in the water, energy, and agriculture sectors. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is proud to announce the launch of the WE4F Iraqi Call for Innovations, to […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
Miswag, Iraq’s largest e-commerce marketplace, has raised over $1.6 million in the country’s first Pre-Series A round, on an undisclosed 8-digit valuation. The funding from this round will be deployed to expand the company’s commercial and technological arms to accelerate the company’s revenue growth fivefold by mid-2022. The funding closely follows its six-figure bridge round […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
Now, more than ever, the world needs entrepreneurs to rethink what’s possible. As a result, the Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that it is officially launching its newest chapter in Iraq under the Levant Program. While the Silicon-Valley based program has chapters in over 200 cities worldwide, early-stage […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
Since our last article on green entrepreneurship in Iraq, we wanted to introduce you to another three amazing green initiatives focused on sustainability in Iraq. Can you tell we’re fans? From advice on plant care to pollinating palm trees, these Iraqi projects are helping tackle the wider pollution and climate change crisis in the country […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
Iraq has been described as “one of the Arab region’s most vulnerable countries to climate change“. Environmental pollution caused by gas flaring and depleted uranium is one of the many contributing factors towards pollution. The implications of this are widespread – affecting generations through cancerous diseases or birth defects of newborns. The official statistics issued […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
Alsaree3 Group, consisting of Alsaree3 (food-delivery) and Al Zajel Express (last-mile delivery services), closed a seven-figure bridge round in late March 2021. Coordinated by Iraq Tech Ventures and Innovest ME, the round included prominent Iraqi investors such as Euphrates Advisors, Shwan Ibrahim Taha, Chairman of Rabee Securities, Rawaz Rauf of Hiwa Rauf Group, Bassam Falah, […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
In 2019, we highlighted some of the most influential women in Iraq’s tech scene. The women on this list inspired us as they broke through stereotypes and created a movement in their respective cities. This was in a country rated by a National Geographic study as the sixth worst place in the world to be […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
Orisdi, a leading e-commerce store in Iraq, has successfully raised a six-figure bridge round. The round was led by Innovest Middle East VC and a group of angel investors including Amar Shubar, Partner at Management Partners Consulting, and Omar Al-Handal, Managing director of Al Handal International Group. Orsidi was founded in February 2019 by Ahmed […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
The Iraqi Angel Investors Network (IAIN) announced its third facilitated investment into startups in Iraq. The members of the network; Amar Shubar and Jaafar Al Musawi, along with other co-investors, have made a six figure investment into Hi-Express. In addition, the investment was partially matched by $20,000 in grants from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
Teami has concluded its first investment round through the Iraqi Angel Investors Network. The company raised a five-figure round from a group of Iraqi investors including; Mohammed Al-Hakim, the General Manager of Careem in Iraq and Jordan; Iraq Tech Ventures; Ahmed Baqir and KAPITA. In addition, Teami secured $20,000 in grants from the Deutsche Gesellschaft […]Read More اقرأ المزيد
