Wamda

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

Saudi Arabia

Lean closes Series B at $67.5 million, bringing total funding to $100 million

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Lean Technologies has secured $67.5 million in Series B funding round, led by General Catalyst, with...

Lean Technologies General Catalyst Fintech

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

Epik Foods secures $15.5 million to support expansion plans in KSA

UAE-based foodtech Epik Foods has secured $15.5 million in private capital funding from Ruya Private Capital I, LP, managed by Ruya...

Epik Foods foodtech Ruya Partners

U.A.E

EpiBone secures funding round led by Kendall Capital Partners

Press release: Hub71 startup, EpiBone, Inc., a leading regenerative medicine startup at the forefront of skeletal repair, announced the...

EpiBone

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund closes second fund at $25 million

Press release: Ibtikar Fund, a disruptive venture capital firm that invests in innovative companies founded by Palestinian entrepreneurs...

Ibtikar Fund

Saudi Arabia

Mush Social secures $1.2 million pre-Seed

Saudi Arabia-based Mush Social has secured $1.2 million in a pre-Seed round led by Nifal Consulting, with support from Nahr Al-Jazeera...

Mush Social Social App

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...

Brands.io AI

Kuwait

Arzan VC launches Revenya Capital to back MENA startups

Kuwait-based VC firm Arzan Venture Capital has partnered with Ahmad Takatkah to launch Revenya Capital, a revenue-based financing (RBF)...

Arzan VC Revenya Capital

Egypt

Teradix wins $140,000 grant from TAQADAM to fuel Saudi expansion

Egypt-based e-procurement solutions provider Teradix has been awarded a $140,000 grant from TAQADAM Accelerator programme at King...

Teradix TAQADAM Accelerator SAAS

Egypt

T-Vencubator announces Tafweela as inaugural venture-building project

Egypt-based VC-incubator T-Vencubator has announced the Egyptian fintech, Tafweela, as its inaugural venture-building project. Founded...

T-Vencubator Tafweela

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

Saudi Arabia

Ayen acquires Elmawkaa in a seven-figure deal

Saudi Arabia-based proptech Ayen has acquired the Egyptian contech Elmawkaa in a SAR seven-figure transaction that will see Ayen...

Ayen Elmawkaa Proptech

Saudi Arabia

BIM Ventures unite with SBI Holding to launch $200 million fund “BIM Capital”

Saudi Arabia-based venture studio firm BIM Ventures and Japan’s SBI Holding have launched BIM Capital, a joint venture designed to...

BIM Ventures SBI Holding BIM Capital

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

Saudi Arabia

$300 million Beta Lab Fund launches to back Saudi, Asian deeptech startups

Saudi fund and studio specialising in deeptech Beta Lab has kicked off with a capital of $300 million on the first day of the Future...

Beta Lab

Morocco

Morocco’s Cathedis raises $713,000 in investment

Morocco-based last-mile delivery startup Cathedis has raised $713,000 from Fond Capital Venture (FCV), the VC fund of BMCE Capital...

Cathedis Logistics

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

Egypt

Entlaq's new report highlights Egypt's agritech potential

Egypt’s agricultural exports are projected to hit $14 billion by 2030, according to Entlaq’s report titled “The...

Entlaq agritech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi proptech ARK closes $1 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based proptech ARKTECH has closed a $1 million pre-Seed investment round, led by Core Vision Investment. founded in 2023...

ARK Core Vision Proptech

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

Jordan

ISSF commits $5 million to Rua Growth Fund

Jordan-based Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) has invested $5 million in Rua Growth I LP to invest in Jordanian startups Rua...

ISSF Rua Growth Fund

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Nabt raises $1.5 million Seed led by Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech Nabt has closed a $1.5 million Seed investment round, led by Merak Capital with the participation of other...

Nabt agritech foodtech

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