Wamda

Global

The rise and risk of private digital currencies

Monica Singer is the South Africa lead at ConsenSys, a US-based blockchain software technology company I am concerned that central banks...

digital currency ConsenSys

Global

THE LIST raises bridge round investment

Dubai-based luxury fashion and lifestyle platform THE LIST, has raised a bridge investment round from the ventures arm of media publishing...

The List Online shopping ecommerce

Global

Group 42 invests in US-based Beyond Limits

Source: Crunchbase Artificial intelligence company Beyond Limits has landed $133 million in its Series C round. The...

Beyond Limits AI Group 42

Global

UAE's Alpha Wave invests in India-based ClassPlus

Source: VCCircle Education-technology platform Classplus has raised a little over Rs 75 crore (around $10.2 million) at current exchange...

Alpha Waves EdTech ClassPLus

Global

Arab Bank invests in US-based Veem

Source: The fintech times Veem, the fast-growing global payments network built for businesses, recently announced the closing of a $31...

Ab Ventures Arab Bank Veem

Global

UAE's VentureSouq invests in UK-based Dendra systems

Source: DroneDJ Environmental company Dendra Systems has announced it has raised $10 million to rehabilitate and restore biodiverse...

VentureSouq Dendra Systems

Global

Endeavor closes third fund with Careem and Property Finder founders among LPs

Source: Endeavor Endeavor Catalyst announced the final closing of Fund III, a $134M venture capital fund through which it...

Endeavor Catalyst Fund careem Property finder

Global

UAE's Alpha Wave invests in India-based EkAnek Networks

Source: Yourstory Delhi-based EkAnek Networks announced on Monday it has raised Rs 40 crore in its Series A1 investment round. The...

Alpha Wave

Global

Fintech investments in EMEA rise to $4.6 billion in H1 2020

Investments in financial technology (fntech) in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) recorded $4.6 billion in the first half of 2020,...

Fintech EMEA

Global

Abu Dhabi's Alpha Wave invests in India-based SenseHawk

Source: VCCircle Solar software startup SenseHawk Inc. on Tuesday said it has raised $5.1 million (Rs 37 crore) in fresh capital as part...

SenseHawk software development Alpha Wave

Global

Abu Dhabi's Alpha Wave invests in Entropik Tech

Source: Live Mint Entropik Tech, an artificial intelligence-powered emotional intelligence platform, has raised $8 million (about Rs58.4...

Artificial intelligence

Global

Hikma Ventures invests in Canada’s Seamless MD

Hikma Venture, the venture arm of Jordan-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals, has participated in Canada-based Seamless MD’s $4 million...

Hikma Pharmaceutical Hikma Ventures

Global

KBW Ventures invests in Bond Pet Foods bridge round

KBW Ventures has invested in US-based Bond Pet Foods' bridge round marking the VC’s second investment in the biotechnology...

KBW Ventures foodtech

Egypt

DigiFi raises pre-seed funding

Egypt-based DigiFi Network has raised a pre-seed funding round from US-based Loyal VC. Founded by Ahmed Nassef and Mohamed Maher in...

Loyal VC DigiFi

Global

ADQ invests in India's Verloop.io

Source: CNBC Customer support automation platform Verloop.io, promoted by GrowthStory, has raised $5 million as a part of its Series A....

ADQ Verloop

Global

Mubadala Ventures invests in US-based Science 37

Source: SwfInstitute Los Angeles-based Science 37, Inc. is a clinical trials platform. Science 37 raised US$ 37 million in funding that...

Mubadala Ventures Science 37

Global

Waha Capital invests in Argentina-based Despegar

Source: WAM Waha Capital PJSC, a leading investment company in Abu Dhabi (ADX: WAHA), has announced an investment of AED 184 million...

Waha Capital Despegar covid-19

Global

Migrant labour and the true price of remittances

Mark Roden is the founder and chief executive of Ding The GCC is a part of the world that commands sheer amazement at the pace with...

Fintech remittances

Global

Sanabil Investments invests in US-based Atomwise

Source: Venture Beat Atomwise, a startup using AI to accelerate drug discovery, today secured $123 million in funding. A...

Sanabil Investments Atomwise Artificial intelligence

Global

Hub App raises pre-seed investment

Saudi Arabia-based angel investors have invested in Switzerland-headquartered startup The Hub App’s “six-figure” pre-seed...

the Hub App pre-Seed

Global

Mubadala invests in China's Xpeng Motors

Source: CNBC Chinese electric car maker Xpeng Motors has raised $400 million ahead of an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., two...

Mubadala Capital Xpeng Motors tesla

Global

NAR technologies acquired by US-based B3Bar Holdings

Beirut-based startup NAR Technologies, a portfolio company of Leap Ventures, has been acquired by US-based B3Bar. Founded by Charlie El...

Leap Ventures NAR technologies Speed accelerator

Global

Foundation Holdings invests in India's Toppr

Source: Vccircle Toppr Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs an eponymous ed-tech startup, has raised Rs 350 crore ($46 million) in its...

EdTech Toppr

Global

Lemonade Fashion raises pre-seed investment

Lebanese-US online peer-to-peer (P2P) fashion marketplace Lemonade Fashion, has raised pre-seed investment from Draper University Ventures...

Lemonade fashion peer-to-peer marketplace

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