Wamda

U.A.E

Shipfinex raises $1.5 million Seed to drive growth

UAE-based maritime fintech platform Shipfinex has secured $1.5 million in Seed funding, led by Gaurav Mehta, Chairman of Best Oasis...

Shipfinex Maritime fintech

U.A.E

Popcorn AI closes $500,000 pre-seed

UAE-based conversational commerce platform Popcorn AI has raised a $500,000 pre-seed funding round, with participation from Spring...

Popcorn AI AI E-commerce

U.A.E

Pemo raises $7 million pre-Series A, eyeing KSA expansion

UAE-based fintech Pemo has secured a $7 million pre-Series A funding round, co-led by Shorooq and Augmentum Fintech. Co-founded by...

Pemo Shorooq Augmentum Fintech

U.A.E

UnifyApps closes $20 million Series A led by Iconiq Growth

UAE-based SaaS solutions provider UnifyApps has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Iconiq Growth and joined by...

SAAS UnifyApps Iconiq Growth

U.A.E

Brands.io secures Seed financing to drive expansion

UAE-based AI startup Brands.io has secured a Seed funding round for an undisclosed value from unidentified investors. Founded in 2024 by...

Brands.io AI

U.A.E

Warburg AI secures $250,000 Seed funding

UAE-based AI startup Warburg AI has secured $250,000 in seed funding from undisclosed investors. Founded in 2024 by Ben Pfeffer,...

Warburg AI AI

U.A.E

Tarjama launches new feature "Pronoia" for Arabic AI translation

Tarjama, an Arabic language technology company based in the UAE, has revealed a new tool available on its platform named Pronoia, on the...

Tarjama Pronoia

U.A.E

NorthLadder completes $10 million Series B led by tali ventures

UAE-based device trade-in platform NorthLadder has closed its Series B at $10 million, led by stc Group’s tali ventures, Dutch...

NorthLadder tali ventures stc Group

U.A.E

GII adds $100 million to its capital to boost growth plans

UAE-based alternative investment company Gulf Islamic Investments (GII) has added an additional $100 million growth capital to the...

Gulf Islamic Investments GII

U.A.E

UAE’s proptech Prypco raises $10 million Seed round

UAE-based proptech Prypco has raised $10 million in a Seed funding round, led by Shorooq Partners, with participation from Apparel Group...

Prypco Shorooq Partners

U.A.E

invygo pursues profitability after raising $8 million Series A extension

Saudi Arabia-headquartered mobility startup invygo has raised an $8 million Series A extension provided by STV’s newly launched...

Invygo STV mobility

U.A.E

UAE’s Best Kept Shared acquires BAZAARA

UAE-based e-commerce platform Best Kept Shared has acquired the UAE’s peer-to-peer (P2P) fashion resale platform BAZAARA for an...

Bazaara Best Kept Shared Fashion

U.A.E

Abhi closes $15 million debt round led by Shorooq Partners

UAE-headquartered fintech Abhi has secured $15 million in debt financing led by Shorooq Partners and Amplify Growth...

Abhi Shorooq Partners Amplify Growth Partnership

U.A.E

PiP World secures $10 million Seed from Exinity

UAE-based Web3 gaming and edtech ecosystem PiP World has secured $10 million in Seed funding from Exinity. Founded in 2022 by Saad...

Web3 PiP World Exinity

U.A.E

4Partners secures $3.6 million to enhance regional expansion plans

UAE-HQ dropshipping service 4Partners has secured $3.6 million in a funding round from undisclosed investors. Founded in 2017 in...

4Partners Logistics

U.A.E

UAE’s OCTA raises $2.25 million pre-Seed

UAE-based fintech OCTA has closed a $2.25 million pre-Seed round. The round is co-led by Quona Capital and Sadu Capital, with...

Octa Fintech Sadu Capital

U.A.E

Agility Global invests in Global Ventures’ third fund

Singapore-based multi-business operator and long-term investor Agility Global has committed an unknown investment amount to Global...

Agility Global Global Ventures

U.A.E

Podeo closes $5.4 million Series A, eying global expansion

UAE-based podcast distribution platform Podeo has raised a Series A of $5.4 million, led by Oraseya Capital, with participation from...

Podeo podcast Oraseya Capital

U.A.E

UAE’s Coral closes a Seed round at $3 million

UAE-based climatetech Coral has closed a $3 million Seed round, led by a group of investors. Founded in 2022 by Juergen Hoebarth and...

Coral Climatetech

U.A.E

Plain Tiger raises undisclosed investment from COREangelsMEA

UAE-based B2B marketplace Plain Tiger has raised an investment from COREangelsMEA, a member of COREangels International, for an...

Plain Tiger COREangelsMEA E-commerce

U.A.E

Seez raises $4.2 million to fast-track US expansion plan

Seez, a UAE-based automotive SaaS startup, has raised $4.2 million from several international investors. Founded in 2015 by Tarek...

Seez SAAS

U.A.E

Hub71 welcomes 21 startups in cohort 15

Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, has welcomed 21 startups in Cohort 15, increasing the total number of ventures it supports...

Hub71

U.A.E

FlapKap secures $34 million pre-Series A in a mix of debt and equity

UAE-based fintech FlapKap has raised $34 million in a pre-Series A funding round that included both debt and equity financing. The...

FlapKap Fintech BECO Capital

U.A.E

Tarabut acquires UK payments platform Vyne

UAE-based open banking platform Tarabut has acquired the London-based fintech Vyne. This acquisition bolsters Tarabut’s ability...

Tarabut Fintech Vyne

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