Wamda

U.A.E

Maison Duffour raises $400,000

UAE-based e-commerce platform for gourmet food products Maison Duffour, has raised $400,000 from France and UAE-based angel investors,...

ecommerce Maison Duffor

Global

Alpha Wave invests $100 million in India-based Stanza Living

Source: BW Disrupt Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), a VC fund managed by Falcon Edge, has been investing at a steady pace. It has now...

Alpha Wave Stanza living Series D

U.A.E

Citron raises seven-figure pre-Series A round

Source: Gulf News A Dubai-based startup specialising in lunchboxes has packed a ‘seven-figure’ dollar investment from its...

Citron foodtech pre-Series A

U.A.E

Trade Capital raises Series A funding round

UAE-based fintech startup, Trade Capital Partners (TCP), has raised a Series A funding round, led by Modus Capital, with participation...

TradeCapital Fintech Series A

Global

Tradeling partners with China e-commerce platform JD.com

UAE-based business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce marketplace Tradeling, has teamed up with Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com, seeking to...

Tradeling B2B ecommerce

U.A.E

Mindshift Capital invests in US medtech startup

UAE-based Mindshift Capital has invested in the Series C raise of US-based OtoNexus Medical Technologies This marks the eight...

Mindshift Capital Fund medtech

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $10 million Series A round in Jakarta-based CoLearn

Source: VCCircle Indonesian edtech startup CoLearn has secured $10 million of Series A funding co-led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) and...

CoLearn EdTech Alpha Wave

U.A.E

Huspy raises Seed round

Dubai-based property technology (proptech) and digital brokerage startup Huspy has raised a Seed round led by VentureFriends, with...

Proptech seed

U.A.E

Carasti raises $3 million in pre-Series A

UAE-based car subscription platform, Carasti, has raised a $3 million pre-Series A funding round, led by Net Ventures with participation...

Carasti car subsciption

U.A.E

DAFZA launches pay-as-you-grow programme for startups in UAE

The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) has launched a pay-as-you-grow programme “Scality” for startups in the UAE,...

Scality DAFZA

U.A.E

Aldar launches second incubator programme

Abu Dhabi-based property developer Aldar launches second edition of its Manassah programme, a six-month entrepreneurship incubator...

Manassah Aldar uae

U.A.E

Smileneo raises $2 million in Seed investment

UAE-based healtech startup Smileneo has raised $2 million in a Seed round led by UK's Kingsway Capital alongside FJ Labs and other...

healthtech

U.A.E

uMore raises $120,000 from TheVentureCity

UAE-based healthtech startup uMore has raised $120,000 from TheVentureCity accelerator, an international venture acceleration programme...

uMore healthtech

U.A.E

DisruptAD, Flat6Labs launch $32.7 million Seed programme

DisruptAD, the newly-launched venture capital platform of Abu Dhabi-based investment firm ADQ, has teamed up with Cairo’s seed...

Flat6Labs Cairo DisruptAD

U.A.E

Wamda participates in Now Money's $7 million round

Wamda has participated in UAE-based NOW Money's $7 million funding round which was led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures. The round also...

now money financial inclusion

U.A.E

Cloud kitchen operator iKcon raises $20 million in Series A

UAE-based cloud kitchen operator iKcon has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by regional investment groups including Mohamed...

cloud kitchen Series A

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $400 million funding round in India's Dream Sports

Source: The Economic Times Dream Sports, the Indian sports technology company, which owns the leading fantasy sports platform...

Alpha Capital DreamSports Dream11

Global

UAE's ALFAHIM Group invests in Berlin-based Blacklane

Source: TechCrunch Blacklane — the Berlin startup that provides on-demand black-car chauffeur services in Berlin, London,...

AlFahim Group automotive sustainable mobility

U.A.E

Things to consider when setting up a legal entity in the UAE

Michael Kortbawi is a partner and Taronish Mistry is a paralegal at law firm BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP The early stages...

legal advice

Global

UAE's TCN International invests $10 million in India-based Zaara Biotech

Source: Business Line Zaara Biotech, a student biotech startup fostered under the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development...

Zaara Biotech TCN International foodtech

U.A.E

KLAIM raises $1 million in its Seed round

UAE-based fintech platform, KLAIM has raised $1 million in Seed investment from TechStars and a group of strategic regional investors,...

fin-tech SAAS uae

U.A.E

Grubtech raises $3.4 million in pre-Series A

UAE-based foodtech startup Grubtech, has raised a $3.4 million pre-Series A investment from several regional family offices, a US-based...

foodtech GrubTech

Bahrain

Dtec, OQAL sign MoU to develop startup ecosystem in GCC

Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabia-based OQAL Angel...

Oqal dtec GCC

U.A.E

Pure Harvest announces sukuk funding, raises $60 million this year

UAE-based, agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised $50 million in growth funding through a sukuk, an Islamic structured finance...

Pure Harvest Smart Farms agritech

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