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Egypt

Amenli cashes in new investment of $2.3 million

Egypt-based insurtech broker Amenli has secured a new funding round of $2.3 million, led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and...

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech Kaso, has raised $10.5 million in a Seed funding round, from Dubai-based Spade Ventures, Saudi Arabia's...

U.A.E

UAE-based B2B fintech Alaan, has raised $4.5 million in a pre-Series A round, backed by Presight Capital, Y Combinator, and angel...

Sudan

Sudan-based fintech Bloom, has raised a $6.5 million Seed round from Visa, Y Combinator, US-based VCs Global Founders Capital (GFC) and...

U.A.E

UAE-based fintech Zywa has closed a $1 million pre-Seed round for its teen neobank, backed by Y Combinator alongside other investors...

Global

Y Combinator’s latest summer cohort contains the largest group of startups from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) in its...

Morocco

US-based Seed investor and accelerator Y Combinator has acquired 7 per cent of shares in Morocco-based B2B e-commerce startup Chari,...

Jordan

Even though digital talent is still scarce globally, and in the Middle East particularly, the fast-growing digital economy is leading an...

Lebanon

“Right now is a good time to be an entrepreneur… Ten years ago, if you said you’re an entrepreneur people thought you...