Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Paytabs acquires Digital Pay

Saudi Arabia-based fintech PayTabs, will fully acquire compatriot point of sale (POS) provider Digital Pay, for an unknown...

paytabs Digital Pay

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Telecom Company commits additional $300 million to VC firm STV

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has committed an additional $300 million to Saudi venture capital firm STV, on top of an earlier investment...

STC STV Venture Capital

Global

Modus Capital acquires Agile Ventures

US-based Modus Capital has acquired Saudi Arabia-based startup venture builder Agile Ventures. The value of the transaction remains...

Modus Capital

Saudi Arabia

UAE's Seafood Souq secures $500,000 from FII

UAE-based Seafood Souq, has raised $500,000 from The Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute. The announcement was made at the...

Seafood Souq

Saudi Arabia

Thatek raises $532,000 for its self-development platform

Saudi Arabia-based self-development platform Thatek, has raised a SAR 2.2 million ($532,000) Seed round through local crowdfunding...

Thatek

Saudi Arabia

Tachyon raises $1.6 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based B2B logistics platform Tachyon, has raised a $1.6 million pre-Seed round from undisclosed investors. Founded in...

Tachyon Logistics

Saudi Arabia

Zid raises $50 million Series B round led by IMPACT46

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce enabler Zid, has raised $50 million in Series B funding, led by IMPACT46 with participation from new...

Zid Impact46 E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s anb invests in Cashee’s Series A round

Saudi Arabia-based bank anb has participated in UAE-based fintech Cashee’s Series A round. The amount invested was not...

Cashee ANB financial inclusion

Egypt

Glamera secures $1.3 million Seed round

Egypt-born SaaS startup Glamera, has raised a Seed round of $1.3 million, led by Riyadh Angels Investors (RAI), with participation from...

Glamera Riyadh Angels Investors E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

NearPay raises $3.6 million pre-Series A round

Saudi Arabia-based fintech NearPay has raised $3.6 million in a pre-Series A funding round, led by Vision Ventures with participation...

NearPay Softpos

Saudi Arabia

Unifonic launches accelerator programme in partnership with The Space

Saudi Arabia-based customer engagement platform Unifonic, has launched an accelerator programme called UnifonicX, in partnership with...

UnifonicX acceletator Unifonic

Saudi Arabia

Elevatus raises $10.5 million Series A round

Saud Arabia-based recruitment platform Elevatus has completed a $10.5 million Series A round, co-led by Global Ventures and Wa’ed...

Elevatus Global Ventures Wa’ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia

erad raises $2.4 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based fintech erad, has raised a $2.4 million pre-Seed funding round, backed by UAE-based Nuwa Capital and VentureSouq, as...

erad Nuwa capital VentureSouq

Saudi Arabia

TruKKer raises $100 million pre-IPO round

Saudi Arabia-based digital freight network TruKKer, has raised $100 million in a pre-IPO round, led by Bahraini investment firm...

Trukker Investcorp freight

Saudi Arabia

Aramco’s Wa’ed Ventures co-invests €13 million Series A round in OQ Technology

Luxembourg-based 5G satellite operator OQ Technology, has closed a €13 million Series A funding round co-led by Saudi...

Wa’ed Ventures Aramco OQ Technology

Saudi Arabia

Tamara raises $100 million Series B round

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Tamara has raised $100 million in a Series B equity round from investors including Sanabil Investments,...

Tamara BNPL

Regional

Mena to witness more than 45 unicorns by 2030, STV report

Mena is set to witness the birth of more than 45 unicorns in the next eight years, with an estimated total equity value to reach more...

STV Fintech Unicorn

Saudi Arabia

KABI acquires HR tech startup BLOOVO

Saudi Arabia-based human resources (HR) consultancy firm KABI Technologies, has acquired AI-powered recruitment solutions provider...

HR tech

Saudi Arabia

Barakah raises $300,000 pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based food delivery startup Barakah has secured $300,000 in a pre-Seed round from Alriyadah Investments. Founded in 2021...

Barakah Alriyadah Investments Food & Beverage

Egypt

Homzmart raises $23 million pre-Series B round

Egypt-based furniture and home supplies marketplace Homzmart, has raised a $23 million pre-Series B round from STV, Impact46, Outliers...

Homzmart

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s AlGooru raises $1.8 million Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based edtech AlGooru, has raised $1.8 million in a Seed round from RAZ Group, RZM Investment, 100 Ventures, RAY Investment,...

AlGooru EdTech RAZ Group

Saudi Arabia

SVC Invests in the first venture debt fund

Saudi Venture Capital (SVC) has invested in a venture debt fund managed by Partners for Growth. The fund focuses on offering...

SVC Saudi Arabia Partners for Growth (PFG)

Saudi Arabia

Nama Ventures invests in US-based IT startup Brev.dev

Saudi Arabia-based VC firm Nama Ventures has invested an unknown amount in US-based containers for development Brev.dev. Founded in...

Nama Ventures Brev.dev

Saudi Arabia

BIM Ventures launches $32 million BIM Investments II

Saudi Arabia-based VC venture studio BIM Ventures has announced the launch of its second VC fund “BIM Investments II” with a...

BIM Ventures BIM Investments II Venture Capital

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