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Kuwait Labor Law Compliance: 80+ Checks Companies Need to Keep Track Of

Coverage of the compliance checklist published by Ahlan Hamad.

2023, The Year That Was: Abdullah Al Mutawa

Transforming Food Delivery: Zero Commissions, 30-Minute Deliveries

A clip of the radio interview, posted by Cari. The full segment is not published.

قصة بيع وإغلاق تطبيق كاريدج | بودكاست سوالف بزنس

سوالف بزنس · مشهور الدبيان

The most widely heard account of the sale, and the fullest. Also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The figure given here matches مزمز and differs from both Al-Anba and MENAbytes.

As published: $180M

Abdullah Al Mutawa — Top Kuwaiti Entrepreneurs 2023

عبدالله المطوع — أبرز رواد الأعمال الكويتيين 2023

Abdullah Al Mutawa | GetCari

Archived copy. The publisher took the page down after April 2026; the Internet Archive capture is the only version still readable.

عبدالله المطوع: قصة بيع تطبيق كاريدج ودروس ريادة الأعمال

Arabic-language retrospective. Note the figure differs from both Al-Anba and MENAbytes.

As published: $180M

Food delivery app Cari ventures into the UAE

بعد نجاحه في كاريدج عبدالله المطوع يرجع لسوق المطاعم

بدر العيسى

The interview marking the launch of Cari.

Kuwait's Enabill raises $1.2 million Seed round

The round The Taken Seat participated in.

Tech Talk | The Taken Seat

Tech Talk · Mohammad Jaffar

The longest English-language interview on the record, and the only one that discusses The Taken Seat itself at length.

Richter Talk – S2 #018 Carriage Part 2 | كنت خائف من الفشل أمام المستثمرين

Richter Talk

Richter Talk – S2 #017 Carriage Part 1 | تعلمنا من أخطائنا في البحرين والسوق السعودي

Richter Talk

Returning to the programme three years on: what the Bahraini and Saudi markets taught them.

ندوة: المشاريع التكنولوجية في الكويت — تحديات وفرص

Panel on technology ventures in Kuwait, alongside Mohammed Jaffar of Faith Capital, Abdulwahab Al-Essa of Boutiqaat and Kuwait Financial Centre.

Can Kuwait's delivery heroes inspire startup stars?

International coverage placing Carriage at the centre of Kuwait's diversification story.

Digital Commerce Acquisition Spotlight: Interview w/ Carriage — ArabNet Kuwait 2017

ArabNet Kuwait 2017 · Rita Makhoul

Recorded on stage at ArabNet Kuwait 2017. ArabNet's written version of this interview is no longer online.

Richter Talk #10 كاريدج: مصيبة كل يوم

Richter Talk

Subtitled. Expansion and the operating problems that came with it.

Richter Talk #9 كيف انطلقت كاريدج بفلوس غيرة؟

Richter Talk

First of four appearances on the same Kuwaiti business programme, across two seasons.

رواد الأعمال | كاريدج.. انطلاقة جديدة في خدمات التوصيل

رواد الأعمال

Pan-Arab television. The programme walks through the idea, the founding round, the team and the platform itself.

تقديرات ببيع منصة كاريدج الكويتية بـ 200 مليون دولار… ومؤسسها عبدالله المطوع لـ«الأنباء»: هذه قصة نموها ونجاحها

Kuwaiti daily, the day after the announcement, with Abdullah Almutawa interviewed directly. The earliest public source for the total consideration including earn-outs; Delivery Hero's own filing gives the upfront half.

As published: $200M including earn-outs

Delivery Hero announces acquisition of Middle Eastern delivery service Carriage

The acquirer's own announcement. States Carriage was founded in March 2016 and acquired within fourteen months of operations, and names the four founders.

Delivery Hero acquires Kuwaiti startup Carriage to expand its Middle East operations

Kuwait's Carriage acquired by Delivery Hero

Prior to its IPO, Delivery Hero acquires the Middle Eastern delivery service Carriage

المطوع: انضمام «كاريدج» لـ«ديليفري هيرو» يعزّز انتشارها

EXCLUSIVE: Kuwait's Carriage was acquired for ~$100 million by Delivery Hero

Reports the upfront consideration. Delivery Hero's FY2017 annual report gives €84.8M, which is the same number.

As published: ~$100M

Startup Grind with Abdullah Al-Mutawa

Startup Grind Kuwait

Recorded at Sirdab Lab, eight months before the acquisition.

Carriage: A food-delivery app worth trying