Wamda

Regional

TruKKer raises $10 million venture debt from US-based Partners for Growth

UAE-based on-demand truck aggregator TruKKer, has raised a $10 million strategic venture debt from San Francisco-based specialty lending...

Trukker freight Logistics

Global

Spotii receives investment from Australia's Zip

UAE-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Spotii, has received a strategic investment from Australia-based BNPL company Zip. Zip,...

Buy now pay later Spotii Zip

Global

Calega Ventures invests in India-based Callify.ai

Source: YourStory Mumbai-based smart calling platform for working professionals Callify.ai on Tuesday said it has raised a seed funding...

Callify.ai Calega Ventures Seed funding

U.A.E

Is open banking the answer to boosting the UAE property market?

Michael Hunter is the co-founder of Holo Open banking is a term we have been hearing a lot over the past three years, since the...

Fintech Open banking

U.A.E

360VUZ raises bridge round investment

UAE-based Immersive video mobile app 360VUZ, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding as part of a bridge round from Knollwood,...

360vuz Bridge round

U.A.E

Alpha Wave invests in India's DealShare

Source: Laffaz India-based social commerce startup DealShare, on Tuesday announced that the company has raised $21 million in its...

Alpha Wave DealShare Series C

U.A.E

Capria invests in Global Ventures' second fund

Seattle-based global investment fund of funds Capria Ventures (Capria) has invested in UAE-based venture capital firm Global...

Capria Global Ventures

U.A.E

A cashless society in the UAE cannot happen without financial inclusion

Anouar Bourakkadi Idrissi is the CEO of Edenred UAE At the onset of 2020, implementation of the wide-scale lockdown and social...

Fintech financial inclusion cashless

U.A.E

Urent raises pre-Series A investment

UAE-based vehicle-sharing and car rental app Urent, has raised a seven-figure pre-series A funding round from an undisclosed serial...

Urent car rental

U.A.E

Facing new realities at Gitex 2020

Gitex is usually one of the biggest events that takes place in the Middle East region, typically attracting more than 100,000 delegates...

GITEX

Saudi Arabia

tabby raises $23 million in Series A

UAE-founded Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) provider tabby has raised Series A financing round of $23 million in debt and equity led by...

Tabby Fintech

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $40 million Series C round in India's Cuemath

Source: VCCircle Math learning startup Cuemath has raised $40 million (Rs 297 crore) in its Series C round of funding led by...

Alpha Wave EdTech

U.A.E

UAE's ecommerce platform Sprii goes into liquidation

Source: Arabian Business Sprii UAE, one of the biggest online shopping platforms “offering everything for mums in Dubai and the...

Sprii liquidation Ecomemrce and retail

Bahrain

India’s FreshToHome receives funding from ADIO

India-based online fresh fish and poultry marketplace platform FreshToHome, has raised financial and non-financial incentives from the Abu...

FreshToHome ADIO Investcorp

Global

Mubadala invests in UK-based MEL Science

Source: BusinessCloud MEL Science, a London-based, science-focused EdTech platform, today announces that it has secured $14m...

Mubadala Capital EdTech MEL Science

U.A.E

Outlining Sharjah's approach to entrepreneurship

Najla Al-Midfa is the CEO of Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) Entrepreneurship is essential to building a strong...

sharjah Sheraa

Kuwait

Boxit raises investment to continue its growth

UAE-headquartered on-demand storage company Boxit, has secured its second funding round led by Kuwait-based Alif Ba Holding, with...

Boxit self-storage

U.A.E

AHOY raises $2.2 million seed

UAE-based e-commerce logistics startup AHOY, has raised a $2.2 million seed round from a GCC-based corporate venture capital as well as...

AHOY logistic Ecomemrce and retail

U.A.E

Why successful companies view learning as a boardroom priority

Anthony Tattersall is the vice president of Europe Middle East and Africa at Coursera Business in the UAE has traditionally been...

online learning

U.A.E

Amazon created 2,000 jobs in the UAE for White Friday

E-commerce retailers are scrambling to attract consumer attention during the annual month-long biggest sales event, White...

Amazon White Friday retail and ecommerce

U.A.E

Quiqup raises $5.5 million

UAE-based last-mile logistics delivery startup Quiqup, has raised over $5.5 million in a funding round led by Delivery Hero, with...

Quipup Logistics ecommerce

U.A.E

You need to focus on the problem to succeed

Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai We entered 2020 like...

Advice

Global

Mubadala Capital leads $35 million investment round in Sweden's FirstVet

Source: Crunchbase Swedish startup FirstVet is expanding its on-demand video consultation platform in the United States after...

Mubadala Capital FirstVet

U.A.E

Fruitful Day raises $817, 000 in funding

UAE-based fresh food delivery company Fruitful Day, has secured Dh3 million ($817,000) via equity crowdfunding platform,...

Fruitful Day Fresh food delivery Crowdfunding

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