Drowzy, Furniture & Home accessories e-commerce startup, secured a six-figure seed investment. The round was led by strategic angel investors in the UAE, whom they met at STEP 2020 Dubai! The financing will be used to accelerate the growth, widen the catalogue […]

You might have seen that we launched STEP Anywhere taking place on August 24, 25, 26th– taking the STEP Conference experience online. Given the current situation and future outlook, we’re planning startup programming and pre-event community engagement to support where we can […]

Today’s announcement is the most excited I’ve been about an announcement in a while. You are going to experience a full-fledged STEP Conference online event this August for the first time. And we’re calling it ‘STEP Anywhere’.  As much as […]

Startups! We know that choosing your first Cloud platform might be tricky and often you think of your current state instead of your future state, and fail to consider what happens when you start gaining traction and scaling. We’ve put […]

With our 9th edition of STEP Conference, themed “the World in Dubai”, wrapped up, here’s a look at some of the key highlights/takeaways. What were your favorite moments? Over AED 600 million worth of funding deals were announced between companies, […]

Held in its 9th edition under the theme of “the World in Dubai”, STEP Conference, the leading technology festival for emerging markets, just concluded with over AED 600 million worth of funding deals announced between companies, regional and homegrown startups.  […]

Check out what STEP Start Cloud Partner, Microsoft, has in store for you at STEP 2020! Workshops: Get your Microsoft advantage today! Join Muhammad Nabil, Head of ISVs and Startups Strategy at the Microsoft Office on February 11th & 12th at 2pm for a comprehensive […]

STEP 2020 kicks off on February 11th and these are the apps and tools you need to step up your networking game and navigate smoothly through the event! 1. STEP Conference 2020 app The STEP Conference 2020 app is live on […]

Need a space to work at STEP? Do you have an urgent call to attend or an email to send across? Drop by at the Dtec booth, a pop-up coworking space for anyone who wishes to work while they attend […]

“I’m usually excited about pretty much everything at STEP Conference every year but I’m always overly excited about a few things. Here is my list of things that I’m “overly” excited about for STEP 2020:” – Ray Dargham Step Match […]

To take your startup to the next level, you’ll need external capital to really grow and scale. Once you’ve found investors, you’ll need to negotiate and complete the investment deal. Those investors probably have previous deal experience to draw on, […]

Startupnight, one of Europe’s largest startup event, is back in Dubai hosted by DubaiSME at STEP 2020! This year Startupnight is taking place on February 11th, 2020 (evening of the first day of STEP 2020) and kicks off at 5 PM. One of our […]

MENA Startup discovery platform, Magnitt, has released its H1 2019 MENA Venture Investment Report. The positive findings of the report indicate that the MENA region saw 238 investment deals worth a total of $471M in the first half of 2019. […]

PointCheckout, an online payment method for reward points and miles, has closed a seed round of $600,000 to allow users to pay with their reward points and miles online at over 1,000 leading online merchants across the MENA region. The […]

STEP Conference’s annual pitch competition brings together talents from all over the region to showcase their ideas to a panel of experts. STEP 2018 attracted inspiring startups from different industries such as health, fintech, adtech, and e-commerce. Here’s how it works- startups […]