Company: Pi Slice Entrepreneur: Genny Ghanimeh Country: United Arab Emirates Industry: Microfinance Established in: March 2013 Many entrepreneurs can be accused of starting with their heads in the clouds, but …
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Lebanon lags behind much of the world when it comes to a favorable business environment, ranking 111th out of 189 economies in the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) 2014 ‘Doing Business’ …
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Maha Arayssi Rifai and Mohamad Arayssi were recently selected to join Endeavor’s network at the non-profit’s latest International Selection Panel in Dubai. The brother-sister duo founded the personal-care products company …
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FFA Private Bank will present local and regional investors an opportunity to invest in the Lebanese food and beverage (F&B) industry this Thursday. Lebanese restaurant chain Semsom is seeking to …
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Entrepreneur: Jean Nehme Country: United Kingdom Company: Touch Surgery Industry: Healthcare/Tech Founded: 2013 Funds raised in 2013: $1.5 million Number of employees: 15 Jean Nehme, a Lebanese expat living in …
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Over the course of the three-day ArabNet conference in Beirut, many startups got on stage for the daunting task of pitching their idea to a room full of investors, businesspeople, …
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According to stakeholders in Lebanon’s startup ecosystem, plans are in the making for a nation-wide accelerator. This could have a major effect – currently there are incubators for entrepreneurs operating …
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Mike Butcher is the editor-at-large of TechCrunch, the world’s largest online source for technology and startup news, while he is also invested in numerous educational initiatives in the UK that …
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As ArabNet kicks off it’s fifth conference in Beirut today, we assess the agenda which offers events for a wide variety of online business geeks. Here are our top trends to …
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Lebanese venture capital firms (VCs) could not be more pleased. Following Circular 331 passed last August by Banque du Liban (BDL), Lebanon’s central bank, to ‘de-risk’ commercial banks’ investments in …