startUps Updates

By: Mubarak Alreshidi

STARTUPS UPDATES

We are dedicating this page to celebrate the achievements of Kuwaiti startups community and spotlight their big success stories .

Tabeeby Raises $770,000

Tabeeby is a Kuwaiti-based medical directory has successfully secured a US$770,000 from Ground One Ventures, a private investment company based out of United Kingdom. This investment will be used to enhance and develop Tabeeby’s platform and technical development which will serve their clients and potential users in the future.

Online Coffee Marketplace“COFE” raises $3.2 mil in Pre-Serie A

Another success story comes from the Kuwait App … COFE. For those who are unawar]e of COFE, COFE is simple a marketplace for café that delivers your cofe to your doorsteps or office. The minds behind it have secured an investment of $3.2 Mil in Pre-Series A. The round was led by Kuwait’s KISP Ventures with Lebanon’s Cedar Mundi, Oman’s Towell Holding International, Takamul Capital and Dividend Capital from Bahrain, and Nizar AlNusif Sons Holding and Arab Investment Company from Kuwait.

Nalbes raises $2 million for its Series B Round

Nalbes is an online fashion marketplace that is focusing on the GCC region has successfully secured a $2 million in its series B Round from undisclosed investors. Founded in early 2017 by Abdulaziz Alanzi & Bader Alanzi, Nalbes sells clothing, bags, shoes, and accessories for men, women, and kids, through its website and mobile apps.

Tabeeby is a channel that connects patients with medical care providers. It has been established back in the 2012 with the idea of being the first destination for patients to gain and have more medical exposure and understanding. Now, Tabeeby is a sort of a social network that has the medical care providers with over 5,000 registered doctors and specialist from various. Recently, Tabeeby has been through a funding round with $770k which indicates the impact of its network in the medical care filed

Ghaseel app

Ghaseel provides the users with a wide variety of vehicles wash providers. It is a marketplace for car wash providers in Kuwait that let the user pick the suitable service for his/her vehicle whether it was a car, motorcycle or even a boat. Ghaseel has shown a great potential with its partnership with many local service providers

Requeue App

Restaurants and cafes in Kuwait have a long waiting queue. Requeue came to solve that issue with its waiting list feature. It allows the user to register his/her name in the partnered restaurants and cafes instead of waiting for a long period of time. Requeue has been challenging itself to reach to larger audience and a larger segment choice of big restaurants as well as small business. The app is very simple to use and has a friendly user interface

Baims Educational App

Baims has taken over the mission to end the private tutoring sessions in Kuwait. With its online on-demand education videos, Baims has partnered with a number of tutors to provide online sessions for university courses from different colleges and majors. With 3 engineers on board, Baims has shown a great development over the years through updating the content and wining startups competitions. The application is very simple with a great and seamless user experience that is easy to use for all segments