Wamda

Bahrain

Bahrain's Tenmou invests in Unipal

Bahrain angel investor network Tenmou, has upped its investment in edtech UNIPAL with an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2020 by Ali...

Tenmou Unipal

Bahrain

Dallaspresso raises $212,000

Bahrain-based direct-to-consumer coffee and tea brand Dallaspresso, has raised $212,000 from Hope Ventures, the investment arm of Hope...

Bahrain

Lumofy receives $500,000 investment from Hope Ventures

Bahrain-based edtech Lumofy has raised $500,000 from Hope Ventures, alongside Saudi angel Investors, in addition to JEO Capital...

Lumofy Hope Ventures Beban

Bahrain

Savii expands to Bahrain following pre-Seed round

Savii, a UAE-based neobank for children, has launched its services in Bahrain after raising a pre-Seed round from angel investors in the...

Savii neobanks

Bahrain

Rain raises $110 million in Series B funding co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner Perkins

Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain, has raised $110 million in its Series B funding round co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner Perkins...

cryptocurrency rain

Bahrain

Al Waha Fund of Funds invests in VentureSouq's fintech-focused Fund

Bahrain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds has invested in VentureSouq’s fintech fund, an early-stage fund that aims to...

VentureSouq

Bahrain

Calo raises $13.5 million Seed round

Bahrain-based foodtech Calo has raised $13.5 million in its Seed funding round, co-led by Khwarizmi Ventures, Nuwa Capital, and...

Calo healthy food

Bahrain

Bahrain’s CoinMena secures $9.5 million Seed round

Bahrain-based crypto exchange CoinMena has raised $9.5 million in its first Seed funding round, from Beco Capital, Kenetic, Arab Bank...

CoinMena cryptocurrency

Bahrain

Tarabut Gateway raises $12 million pre-Series A led by Tiger Global

UAE-based open banking platform Tarabut Gateway has raised $12 million in a pre-Series A round led by Tiger Global, alongside new...

Fintech Open banking Tarabut Gateway

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Al Waha announces new investment in BY Venture Partners

Bahrain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds (Al Waha) has announced a new investment in Mena-based BY Venture Partners (BY) which is targeting...

Al Waha Fund of Funds BY Venture Partners Venture Capital

Bahrain

Faceki raises pre-Seed round from Nama Ventures

UAE-based digital biometrics platform Faceki has raised an undisclosed pre-Seed round from Nama Ventures. Founded in March 2020 by...

Nama Ventures

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Investcorp acquires British fintech MIR Limited

Bahrain-based Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP) has acquired all of the business and assets of UK-based fintech MIR Limited, for an...

Investcorp MIR Limited Fintech

Bahrain

Bahrain: Enabling the Arabic esports industry

This article is courtesy of Bahrain Economic Development Board The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region’s gaming industry is...

esports

Bahrain

UAE’s Shorooq Partners acquires Bahrain’s Autarky Capital

UAE-based venture capital firm Shorooq Partners has acquired Bahrain-based investment and advisory firm Autarky Capital for an...

Shorooq Partners Autarky Capital acquisition

Bahrain

Taajer raises $32,000 Seed round

Taajer, Bahrain-based B2B e-commerce connecting retailers to wholesalers, has raised a $32,000 Seed investment from Flat6labs Bahrain...

Taajer B2B ecommerce Flat6Labs

Bahrain

Doctori raises $500,000 Seed round

Bahrain-based healthtech startup Doctori, has raised a $500,000 Seed funding round led by a group of undisclosed investors. Founded in...

healthtech telehealth Doctori

Bahrain

Dtec, OQAL sign MoU to develop startup ecosystem in GCC

Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabia-based OQAL Angel...

Oqal dtec GCC

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Brinc, Tamkeen, Batelco invest in Turkey-based smart city startup AREYtech

Bahrain-based internet of things (IoT) and hardware accelerator Brinc Mena, Tamkeen Fund and Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco),...

AREYtech Brinc Mena tamkeen

Bahrain

Tarabut Gateway raises $13 million

Bahrain-based open banking platform Tarabut Gateway has closed a seed funding round of $13 million, hailed to be the largest fintech seed...

Tarabut Gateway Fintech Seed funding

Bahrain

Flat6Labs Bahrain distributes $250,000 among cohort winners

Flat6Labs Bahrain announced that eight startups have received $250,000 investment as part of its sixth cycle, which concluded after a...

Flat6Labs Investment accelerator

Bahrain

Al Zayani Investments Group launches a venture capital fund

Bahrain-based Al Zayani Investments Group has launched the Al Zayani venture capital (VC) fund, targeting local and regional...

Al Zayani Investments Group Bahraini ecosystem

Bahrain

Unipal raises six-figure seed round

Bahrain-based Unipal, has raised a six-figure seed round, led by Oqal with participation from other angel investors. The startup secured...

Unipal Tenmou Oqal

Bahrain

Gaming on the rise: Twitch Arabic video streams soar in 2020

As the Covid-19 pandemic forced millions to stay home for longer periods of time, the video game industry experienced an unpreceded growth...

Twitch video games Video Streaming

Bahrain

Rain secures $6 million Series A

Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain has raised $6 million in its Series A round of funding. The round was led by Middle East Venture...

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