Saudi Arabia Kaso raises $10.5 million Seed round Saudi Arabia-based foodtech Kaso, has raised $10.5 million in a Seed funding round, from Dubai-based Spade Ventures, Saudi Arabia's... News • 12 July, 2023 KASO Spade Ventures Y Combinator
U.A.E B2B fintech Alaan raises $4.5 million pre-Series A round UAE-based B2B fintech Alaan, has raised $4.5 million in a pre-Series A round, backed by Presight Capital, Y Combinator, and angel... News • 17 January, 2023 Alaan Presight Capital Y Combinator
Sudan Sudanese fintech Bloom raises $6.5 million Seed round Sudan-based fintech Bloom, has raised a $6.5 million Seed round from Visa, Y Combinator, US-based VCs Global Founders Capital (GFC) and... Nesma Abdel Azim • 20 July, 2022 Bloom Fintech Visa
U.A.E Zywa closes $1 million pre-Seed round backed by Y Combinator UAE-based fintech Zywa has closed a $1 million pre-Seed round for its teen neobank, backed by Y Combinator alongside other investors... News • 08 February, 2022 Zywa Y Combinator
Global Eight Mena startups selected for Y Combinator's summer cohort 2021 Y Combinator’s latest summer cohort contains the largest group of startups from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) in its... Dunya Hassanein • 08 July, 2021 Y Combinator
Morocco Y Combinator acquires 7 per cent of Morocco's B2B e-commerce startup Chari US-based Seed investor and accelerator Y Combinator has acquired 7 per cent of shares in Morocco-based B2B e-commerce startup Chari,... News • 06 July, 2021 Chari B2B e-commerce Y Combinator
Jordan Teaching coding will lead digital jobs, and this Jordanian startup is seizing this opportunity Even though digital talent is still scarce globally, and in the Middle East particularly, the fast-growing digital economy is leading an... Rana Freifer • 02 April, 2018 Jordan usa Y Combinator
Lebanon Launch Summit experts advise entrepreneurs to begin with solving local problems “Right now is a good time to be an entrepreneur… Ten years ago, if you said you’re an entrepreneur people thought you... Dana Ballout • 27 September, 2016 Launch Summit Altcity techstars