Meet the Winners of Startups On the Move: Palestinian startup BlueFilter wins $10,000 in Amsterdam
The startup, based in Gaza, won the first prize of the Pitch Finals, hosted by Startups Without Borders, SPARK, and Google.org in Amsterdam. Eyiada, an AI-powered startup from Palestine won the second prize, and Lebanese startup Dooda Solutions won the People’s Choice Awards. By SWB Team Gaza-based startup BlueFilter won the first...
Gaza-based Startup AlRazi Wins $20,000 at the Boost Without Borders Competition
The startup, which offers a medical system to simplify and manage work in medical facilities, won the first prize in the competition, organized by Startups Without Borders in partnership with Meta. By SWB Team Startups Without Borders has just concluded the Boost Without Borders Finals in partnership with Meta, a pitch competition...
MENA EdTech Platform Emonovo (Formerly MARJ3) Raises Bridge Investment Round from Angel Investors and Flat6Labs
The platform, founded by Syrian entrepreneur Sami Al-Ahmad and Egyptian co-founders Abdo Sami and Ahmed Elgebaly, utilizes data to match youth in the MENA to the best-fit majors and universities worldwide. Egypt-based Emonovo (formerly MARJ3), the MENA region’s leading Ed-tech platform, has raised an undisclosed bridge round by...
Startups Without Borders Hosts First of its Kind Pitch Competition in Gaza
As the Boost Without Borders Program comes to an end, 10 startups from Gaza and the West Bank will pitch their ideas for up to $20,000 in cash prizes. The initiative, in partnership with Meta, included an Investment Readiness program for 50 startups. By SWB team Startups Without Borders is hosting the Boost Without Borders …...
Meet the 10 Middle Eastern Startups Heading to Pitch at Amsterdam’s Ignite for $10,000
The Startups on the Move Incubation program is coming to an end, as 10 finalist startups from Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq are heading to Amsterdam to pitch at the Ignite Conference. From Agri-tech disruptors to EdTech pioneers, these are the 10 startups taking off to pitch for $10,000. By SWB Team As the Startups on …...
The First Startups Without Borders Chapter Opens Up in Istanbul – with a BANG!
Startups Without Borders Istanbul, the first-ever Chapter run by independent communities of entrepreneurs, launched last July in the Turkish capital, with an event that gathered the movers and shakers of Turkey’s startup scene to talk about impact, investments, and re-imagining the future. By SWB Team The first-ever Startups...
Meet Alyona Mysko, the Ukrainian Entrepreneur Building the Future of Cloud-Based Financial Management
In 2019, a young Ukrainian Alyona Mysko founded FuelFinance in Kyiv, setting off to make startups’ finances efficient while saving SMBs from bankruptcy and unlocking trillions of dollars in GDP growth. Today, FuelFinance is being asked to manage over $250 million for clients along with, unfortunately, an ongoing war. By: Mattia Segni...
Startups Without Borders and SPARK to Host Event Series in Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq
The series of events will take place in Ramallah, Beirut and Erbil, as part of the Startups on the Move incubation program, created with support from Google.org. Startups Without Borders and SPARK are hosting the Startups On The Move Networking events, a series of ecosystem events happening in June to connect entrepreneurs from diverse...
Startups Without Borders Partners with WeMakeFuture to Offer International Startups Free Exhibition Space
From June 16-18, innovative startups have a chance to take part in the World Startup Fest, an event dedicated to startups and scaleups from all over the world taking place in the Rimini Expo Centre and online. Selected participants will get a free booth to exhibit their startups to some of the biggest Italian investors. …...
PODCAST: How a 20-Year-Old Entrepreneur Stood Up for Blue-Collar Workers in Dubai
Young social entrepreneur Spandana Palaypu founded ZoEasy in 2016, in an effort to make the employment systems in Dubai more transparent. In episode 33 of the Startups Without Borders podcast, Spandana tells the story behind ZoEasy and spills the beans on the tactics and mindset that allowed her to take seemingly impossible chances and...
Startup Africa Roadtrip Takes African Entrepreneurs on a Tour of the Italian Ecosystem
6 African startup teams were brought together for Startup Africa Roadshow’s ‘Startup Africa Day’ in Milan and Turin, where they listened to the pitch of 6 Ugandan and Kenyan entrepreneurial teams and presentations, all whilst making the most of a fantastic networking opportunity granted by the countless Italian startups, companies,...
PODCAST: How This Nigerian Entrepreneur Found Her Purpose 3,000 km Away from Home
In Episode 34 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, Jane Oma dives into the mindset that allowed her to overcome the challenges of moving to an entirely new part of the world. From almost falling into depression, having no way to communicate to locals, to becoming an advisor at the Geneva Business School and founding …...
Startups Without Borders and SPARK launch an Incubation Program with $10k in Cash Prizes and a Final Pitch in Amsterdam
The incubation program, created with support from Google.org, aims to support 130 entrepreneurs in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iraq. Ten semi-finalist startups will win a trip to pitch in Amsterdam during SPARK’s annual IGNITE conference for $10,000 in cash prizes. April 12th. Startups Without Borders is partnering with SPARK to launch...
Rome’s Luiss Business School Partners with Startups Without Borders to Offer STEM Scholarships for Women from Around the World
In an effort to foster inclusion and female-led tech startups, Startups Without Borders has partnered with Italian university Luiss Guido Carli University to provide scholarships for women in STEM sciences. By SWB Team Startups Without Borders has partnered with Italian university Luiss Guido Carli University, to provide...
PODCAST: 5 Things You Need to Know About the US Startup Visa
In episode 31 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, we speak to Tahmina Watson, the valiant lawyer who laid the foundations of the US Startup Visa, to unveil what are the intricacies, the requirements, and the barriers entrepreneurs face when applying for a Startup Visa. By Stephany Daal Tahmina Watson is an author, podcast host,...
