Wamda

U.A.E

DIEZ launches innovations accelerator in partnership with MIT

Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to launch the MIT...

MIT

U.A.E

Thrift for Good wins $50,000 grant from She’s Next

UAE-based charity platform Thrift for Good has won a $50,000 grant from She’s Next programme, organised by Visa and First Bank of...

She's Next Thrift for Good

Saudi Arabia

SVC invests $5 million in VentureSouq’s fintech fund

UAE-based VentureSouq has raised $5 million from Saudi Venture Capital (SVC). The investment will go towards VentureSouq’s...

VentureSouq SVC Fintech

U.A.E

Archie to aid fintech startups through new regional accelerator

Archie, a new fintech accelerator in Dubai has officially launched to help fintech startups scale across Europe and Australia. The...

Archie Fintech accelerator

U.A.E

GAM3S.GG raises $2 million Seed round

UAE-based Web3 gaming platform GAM3S.GG, has closed a $2 million Seed funding round, led by Mechanism Capital with the participation...

GAM3S.GG Gaming

U.A.E

Pulsar Capital acquires controlling stake in TruDoc

Pulsar Capital has acquired a majority stake in UAE-based healthtech TruDoc. Founded in 2011 by Raouf Khalil, TruDoc is a telehealth...

TruDoc Pulsar Capital healthtech

U.A.E

myZoi raises$14 million, obtains regulatory licences

UAE-based fintech myZoi has raised $14 million from SC Ventures and SBI Holdings. Founded in 2022 by Christian Buchholz and Syed...

myZoi SC Ventures Fintech

U.A.E

UAE’s Lyvely raises Seed round from Cypher Capital

UAE-based Lyvely has raised a Seed round from early-stage VC firm, Cypher Capital. As part of the transaction, Bijan Alizadeh,...

Cypher Capital

U.A.E

Maly secures $1.6 million pre-Seed to speed up GCC expansion plans

UAE-based fintech MALY has raised $1.6 million in pre-Seed funding from a group of regional angel investors. Established in 2022 by Mo...

Maly Fintech

U.A.E

e& capital invests in AI startup Ikigai Labs

UAE-based VC firm e& capital, the VC arm of communication company e&, has participated in the $25 million Series A of the...

e& capital Ikigai Labs

U.A.E

BitOasis secures new investment from CoinDCX and Wamda Capital

UAE-based cryptocurrency exchange platform BitOasis has raised new investment from CoinDCX, India’s highest valued crypto...

Bit Oasis Cryptocurrencies crypto

U.A.E

e& capital invests $5 million in Maxbyte’s Series A round

UAE-based robotics solutions provider Maxbyte has raised a $5 million Series A from e& capital. Founded in 2016 by...

e& capital Maxbyte robotics

U.A.E

GPT-5 and beyond: trends, predictions and the impact on the future jobs market

Tarjama, as a leader in the Arabic language space in MENA, is hosting a leading expert in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) from DeepMind...

generative AI Tarjama

U.A.E

Generative AI Lumi raises first round of funding ahead of launch

UAE-based Lumi AI has closed its first round of funding from New York-based B2B SaaS investors Forum Ventures and UAE-based Annex...

Lumi

U.A.E

Dubai Generative AI Programmes

The Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DCAI) is inviting global AI startups and companies to participate in one of its two new...

U.A.E

Illuminati Capital raises $50 million to back Web3 startups

UAE-based crypto VC fund Illuminati Capital, has raised $50 million for a fund that aims to invest in early-stage blockchain and...

Illuminati Capital VC fund Web 3.0

U.A.E

Gingo Partners raises $350,000 from angel investors

UAE-based Gingo Partners has raised $350,000 for its investor outreach service and startup community platform. Founded earlier this...

VC Community

U.A.E

Mubadala leads $76 million in debt, equity funding for Nigeria’s Moove

UAE sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company has led a $76 million in equity and debt financing for Nigeria-based mobility fintech...

Mubadala Investment Company Moove mobility

U.A.E

Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai?

In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well...

deeptech XPANCEO Russia

U.A.E

LVL Wellbeing raises $10 million Series A round

UAE-based wellbeing platform LVL Wellbeing has raised a $10 million Series A funding round, led by MG Wellness Holding, a...

LVL Wellbeing Multiply Group

U.A.E

UDENZ closes $5 million Series A round

UAE-based healthtech UDENZ has raised a $5 million Series A funding round, backed by Hakim Capital Holding, Techcelerate Investments...

Udenz healthtech

U.A.E

UAE’s Wellx raises $2 million Seed to fund expansion

Wellx, a UAE-based wellness-focused platform with embedded insurance, has raised $2 million in a Seed funding round, led by Dubai Future...

Wellx Insurtech DFDF

U.A.E

Cafu: on the road to world domination

Few startups born in the Middle East have managed to expand outside of the region and scale across the world, but this is a mission that...

CAFU mobility

U.A.E

Tenderd raises investment from Aramco's Wa'ed

UAE-based construction tech startup Tenderd has raised an undisclosed funding round from Wa’ed Ventures, the VC arm of...

Tenderd Wa’ed Ventures Construction

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