Mawdoo3.com (‘Mawdoo3’), the world’s most visited Arabic website with more than 45 million unique users per month, has completed a US $13.5 million Series B round. The raise was led by UK-based Kingsway, with participation from US-based Endure Capital. The investment will allow Mawdoo3 to expand its content and AI technology as it seeks to further its mission of enriching the Arabic language online: only over 1% of web content is in Arabic while more than 5% of the world’s population, some 420 million people, speak the language. Currently the website, which was founded in Jordan by a Amman-based duo Mohammad Jaber and Rami Qawasmi, serves 45 million unique users monthly. It has nearly 150,000 articles online covering a wide-range of topics, ranging from lifestyle, health, education and food. The site continues to grow, with the equivalent of two novels published on the platform every day. In March, the company announced its plans to launch ‘Salma’, an Arabic version of Siri and Alexa, which will be deployed to answer factoid questions from Mawdoo3’s platform, thus adding a new channel for consuming Arabic content. Salma will be used as an Arabic…
‘Hey Salma’: World’s Largest Arabic Online Platform Raises $13.5 Million
July 30, 2018
