Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Sary, ShopUp join forces to create "SILQ" fuelled by $110 million investment

Saudi Arabia-based B2B marketplace Sary has merged with Bangladesh's ShopUp to form SILQ Group, which is backed by $110 million in...

SARY ShopUp E-commerce

U.A.E

Rentify to empower UAE proptech scene with new $500,000 investment

UAE-based proptech and fintech Rentify has secured $500,000 in funding from unnamed investors. Founded in 2025 by...

Rentify Proptech Fintech

U.A.E

Tarjama's latest edition of Pronoia outperforms global players

Tarjama, an Arabic language technology company based in the UAE, has launched Pronoia V2, a state-of-the-art Large Language Model (LLM)...

Tarjama Pronoia AI

Egypt

Rabbit enters Saudi market, backed by major regional investors

Egypt-born quick commerce (q-commerce) startup Rabbit has extended its services to the Saudi market by establishing a regional HQ in...

Rabbit

Bahrain

Bahraini social commerce Sellou closes undisclosed seed round

Bahrain-based social commerce startup Sellou has raised a seed funding round for an undisclosed value at a $3 million...

Sellou social commerce

Egypt

Egypt's InfiniLink raises $10 million seed round

Egypt-based semiconductor startup InfiniLink has raised $10 million in a seed funding round from MediaTek, Sukna...

InfiniLink Sukna Ventures

U.A.E

Lumi AI secures $3.7 million in a seed round

UAE-based AI startup Lumi AI has closed a $3.7 million seed funding round, led by AgFunder, with participation from Forum Ventures, Abu...

Lumi Forum Ventures AI

U.A.E

Valeo Health raises $12 million Series B, bringing total investment to $20 million

UAE-based healthtech Valeo Health has raised $12 million in its Series B funding round, bringing total funding to date to $20...

Valeo Flintera healthtech

U.A.E

Warner Bros. invests $57 million in OSN+ for minority stake

UAE-based entertainment streaming platform OSN+, a subsidiary of OSN Group, has raised $57 million from Warner Bros Discovery for...

OSN+ Warner Bros.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Arabian Pay receives investment to expand BNPL offerings

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Arabian Pay has raised an undiscsloed investment as part of its Pre-Seed round from Al Bassami...

Arabian Pay Al Bassami Group Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Nayla Finance to boost operations in KSA with $4 million seed investment

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nayla Finance has secured $4 million in seed funding, led by Sanabil Venture Studio by...

Nayla Finance Sanabil Venture Studio Fintech

U.A.E

enza secures $6.75 million seed to further expand in Africa

UAE-based fintech enza has secured a $6.75 million seed equity round, co-led by Algebra Ventures and Quona Capital. Founded in 2023 by...

enzo Algebra Ventures Quona Capital

U.A.E

Nymcard closes $33 million Series B led by QED Investors

UAE-based fintech Nymcard has raised $33 miilion in series B funding round, led by QED Investors, and joined by...

NymCard QED Investors Fintech

U.A.E

ClearGrid emerges from stealth after closing $10 million dual round

UAE-based fintech ClearGrid has emerged from stealth after raising $10 million in a dual round, pre-seed and...

ClearGrid Fintech Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Yango Group launches $20 million venture fund

UAE-based tech ecosystem company Yango Group has launched Yango Ventures, a $20 million corporate venture fund designed to empower...

Yango Group Yango Ventures

U.A.E

COCA raises strategic investment to scale operations in the UAE

UAE-based non-custodial payments app COCA has raised an undisclosed investment from the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF)...

COCA

Egypt

Fawry partners with Contact to broaden BNPL services in Egypt

Press release: Fawry, Egypt's leading fintech company, has signed a strategic agreement with Contact Financial Holding,...

fawry Contact Financial Holding Fintech

U.A.E

KBW Ventures leads PlaysOut's $7 million Seed round

UAE-based gametech PlaysOut has raised $7 million in a seed funding round at a $70 million valuation from investors,...

PlaysOut KBW Ventures gametech

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in Palestine's MENA Analytics

Palestine-based analytics platform MENA Analytics has raised undisclosed funding from Ibtikar Fund. Founded in 2023 by Yousef...

Ibtikar Fund MENA Analytics

U.A.E

ORO Labs secures $1.5 million pre-seed, backed by 468 Capital

UAE-based ORO Labs, a tokenised gold platform, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round, led by 468 Capital, with...

ORO Labs 468 Capital

Tunisia

Tunisia's Juridoc.tn raises investment round to fuel Africa expansion

Tunisia-based regtech Juridoc.tn has raised an undisclosed investment round from Go Big Partners and 216 Capital...

Juridoc.tn regtech Go Big Partners

Egypt

Grinta acquires Citi Clinic aided by strategic investment from Beltone, Raed Ventures

Egypt-based pharma-marketplace startup Grinta has raised an undisclosed funding round from Beltone Venture Capital and Raed...

Grinta healthtech

U.A.E

Longetivy Wellness Hub secures $4 million to fuel GCC expansion

UAE-based wellness company Longetivy Wellness Hub has raised $4 million in funding from undisclosed investors. Founded in 2019 by...

Longevity Wellness Hub healthtech

U.A.E

Phoenix Venture completes second closing of its innovation fund

UAE-based VC firm Phoenix Venture Partners has announced the second close of its $50 million Phoenix Venture...

Phoenix Venture Partners

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