Wamda

U.A.E

Pure Harvest announces sukuk funding, raises $60 million this year

UAE-based, agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised $50 million in growth funding through a sukuk, an Islamic structured finance...

Pure Harvest Smart Farms agritech

U.A.E

Dubai SME launches Tjaarz Business Incubation Centre

Source: WAM Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, announced the...

Dubai SME ecommerce Tjaarz Business Incubation Centre

Global

TechWadi ‘21: the virtual tech conference bridging Silicon Valley & the MENA region

TechWadi, the leading non-profit organization building bridges between Silicon Valley and the MENA region to support the growth and...

Regional

How Covid-19 unlocked the adoption of e-commerce in the Mena region

Wamda, in partnership with MIT Legatum Entrepreneurship Center, will be hosting an online panel to launch a report on ‘How...

Qatar

Joi Gifts looks to Series A round after raising $750,000 this year

UAE-based e-commerce gifting platform, Joi Gifts has expanded to Qatar, its eighth country after raising $750,000 in a pre-Series A funding...

joi gifts qatar doha

U.A.E

ADQ consolidates venture capital efforts under DisruptAD platform

Abu Dhabi-based investment firm ADQ, has consolidated its venture capital activities under a single global venture capital investment...

ADQ VC activities DisruptAD

U.A.E

baraka launches trading app after raising $1 million

UAE-based fintech baraka is launching its commission-free mobile trading platform following a $1 million pre-Seed funding round led by...

Fintech pre-Seed

U.A.E

Service My Car raises $10 million Seed round for expansion

UAE-based digital auto service and repair platform Service My Car, has raised $10 million from Oman-based Bahwan. Founded in 2018,...

Service My Car GCC seed round

U.A.E

Verofax raises $1.2 million seed round

UAE-based automation and traceability company Verofax, has raised a $1.2 million seed funding round from Trove Capital UK, with...

Blockchain automation Seed funding

U.A.E

Soul Artists raises $350,000 bridge round

UAE-based talent booking startup Soul Artists, has raised a $350,000 bridge funding round from Falak Investment Hub and Wasel. Launched...

Soul Artists Creative tech

U.A.E

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai graduates 11 startups

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai has announced the graduation of its third cohort of 11 startups. These startups included: UK-based...

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai acceleration Fintech

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $9 million Series A round in Singapore's Raena

Source: YourStory Raena, a startup that enables micro beauty entrepreneurs, said it will use the funding to grow its team from 15 to 100...

Alpha Wave RAENA Beauty startups

U.A.E

Sprout raises $200,000 from FA Holding

Source: Zawya UAE start-up Sprout FZCO, a plant-based food business aimed at children, has received $200,000 in funding. The fresh...

Sprout.ae foodtech

U.A.E

North Ladder raises $5 million in Series A

UAE-based trading platform for second-hand luxury products and electronics North Ladder, has raised a $5 million Series A funding round led...

BECO Capital North Ladder Series A

U.A.E

Sheraa launches startup studio S3

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) has launched the Sharjah Startup Studio (S3), the first government-backed startup studio in the...

startups accelerator Sheraa

U.A.E

XPLOR raises $3 million in Seed round

UAE-based construction and real estate startup XPLOR, has raised $3 million in a Seed funding round from Ayana...

Real Estate

U.A.E

Wamda participates in FlexxPay’s $3 million pre-Series A round

Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has invested in Dubai-based Shari’a compliant employee benefit...

FlexxPay Employee benifit programmes HRtech

U.A.E

Play:Date raises $100,000

The children-focused social network app Play:Date has secured $100,000 in funding from digital marketing agency, Boopin. Launched in...

Play:Date

U.A.E

Hub71 raises more than $50m for startups in two years

Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, Hub71, raised Dh185 million ($50.4m) in capital for its community of startups since its launch in...

entrepreneurship tech hub Hub71

U.A.E

UAE-based angel investors invest in India-based Siply's $1 million seed round

Source: YourStory Bengaluru-based micro-savings fintech platform, Siply, on Monday announced that it has raised $1 million in a...

Siply UAE angel investors

U.A.E

Creative Zone acquires stake in MySyara

Dubai-based business setup advisory firm Creative Zone, has revealed that it was one of the investors in MySyara's $650,000 investment...

MySyara automotive Creative Zone

U.A.E

ONE MOTO secures seven-figure investment

Electric motorcycle and e-bike startup ONE MOTO, has raised a bridge round, via crowdfunding platform Eureeca. The investment was led by...

mobility Electric vehicles One Moto

U.A.E

MySyara secures $650,000 in pre-Series A round

Dubai-based online automotive platform, MySyara, has secured a $650,000 pre-series A funding round. The investment was facilitated by JRC...

MySyara automotive Investment

U.A.E

STARZPLAY raises $25 million in debt financing

UAE-based subscription and on-demand video service (SVOD) STARZPLAY, has secured a $25 million debt financing round from Abu Dhabi-based...

STARZPLAY on-demand video service Ruya Partners

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