HuffPost

“The company has raised $52 million in investment, including a $41 million series B round in May 2017. Prior to Fetchr, Joy founded Bonfaire, an e-commerce discovery platform for luxury footwear and accessories. Bonfaire was acquired in 2013 by fashion e-commerce giant Moda Operandi, owned by LVMH and Condé Nast.”

Arab News

“The Palestinian co-founder of Fetchr tops the list for securing the highest external funding — $52 million — for her pick up, delivery and logistics services start-up based in Dubai.”

Economy Plus

“Forbes Middle East: #1 Most Powerful Arab Women”

BBC Storyworks

“Do business women ever relax?”

MENABytes

“Report: Fetchr secures $41 million in Series B funding”

JW Intelligence

“Joy talks about her experience as a pioneer in bringing Silicon Valley to the Middle East, serving as a role model to women in the Arab world, and the challenges of working in emerging markets.”

Arabian Gazette

“Joy Ajlouny’s journey in the e-commerce industry is an atypical transition from fashion to logistics. Symbolically – and by societal narrative – it is also emblematic of a transition from a woman-dominated industry to that of a predominantly male one.”

Technology Leaders

“The both combined their experience which resulted in Fetchr becoming the first Silicon Valley funded app, raising a total of $11m in Series A funding – 50% came from Silicon Valley, 30% from the United Kingdom and 20% from the UAE. Fetchr’s success has not stopped there, this year it raised $41m in Series B funding round, from investors such as Majid Al Futtaim and New Enterprise Associates.”

Mirror Review

“The 20 Successful Businesswomen to Look For 2018”

Friday Magazine

“Says Joy Ajlouny, founder of Fetchr, who manages a workforce of 500 employees at the on-demand pick-up and delivery service in the UAE: ‘As a woman I can say it has been very tough for me; gender inequality is real.” 

CNN

”'Next desert unicorn' Fetchr aims to put GPS deliveries on the map…”

Forbes Middle East

“A Conversation With Fetch Co-FounderJoy Ajlouny”

Emirates Woman, Woman of the Year 2016 Nominee

It takes a special kind of entrepreneur to raise $11million for a start-up venture, but that’s exactly what Joy accomplished when she launched Fetchr, an Uber-like GPS-tracked parcel delivery app. “That’s my biggest achievement, not just as an Arab woman but as a woman period.

Entrepreneur Middle East

“With Fetchr Closing A US$41 Million Series B Round, Co-Founder Joy Ajlouny Turns The Tide For Female 'Treps Globally”

Forbes Middle East

“The Next Desert Unicorn Is A Startup Solving The Middle East's 'No Address' Delivery Problem”

The National

“Dubai phone app Fetchr delivered $11 million funding from Silicon Valley”

Newsweek Middle East

‘It is practically impossible to get Silicon Valley investors to fund a start-up in the Middle East, because they do not believe there is tech talent in this region, says Joy Ajlouny, co-founder of Fetchr, a Dubai-based tech company with an app that allows you to use your cell phone number as your address, “but we did it.”

Khaleej Times

“Fetchr, a start-up which has revolutionised the local shipping and logistics industry, is set to expand its presence in the region after gaining popularity in the UAE.”

Aetos Wire

“Fetchr, Eniverse and Skycart Join Forces in the Region’s First Ever Autonomous Drone Delivery Service”

Arab Woman

“Joy raised over 11 million dollars, making fetchr the Middle East’s first ever Silicon Valley-backed start up funded by a top venture capital firm.”

Images Retail ME

Dubai-based delivery app Fetchr – which tracks customers’ smartphones to determine their geolocation for package delivery – has announced the closing of a $41 million Series B funding round led by New Enterprise Associates.

Majid Al Futtaim was a key regional investor in the round; other investors including Nokia Growth Partners, Raed Ventures, Iliad Partners, BECO Capital, YBA Kanoo, Venture Souq and Swicorp.