Wamda

Qatar

Meddy raises $2.5 million in series A funding

Doha-based Meddy, a doctor booking platform has raised a $2.5 million in Series A round to scale up its operations in the UAE. The...

Series A Doctor Booking

Regional

Regulatory environment biggest hurdle facing fintech startups

The Middle East’s financial technology (fintech) sector has become one of the fastest growing over the past five years, attracting...

Fintech ADGM abu dhabi

U.A.E

Bayzat raises $16 million in Series B funding

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based HR and insurance startup Bayzat has raised $16 million in a Series B round from Mubadala’s newly...

news Dubai Investment

Regional

Mubadala announces $250 million fund for Mena startups

Source: CNBC Abu Dhabi is doubling down on its push into the technology sector with a $250 million investment to support start-ups from...

fund MENA AbuDhabi

Bahrain

Al Waha invests in Beijing-based MSA Capital

Bahrain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds has announced an undisclosed amount of investment in Beijing-based MSA Capital in its first...

fund Bahrain china

Regional

Investcorp leads $11.2 million investment in Bewakoof

Source: Yourstory Global alternative asset manager Investcorp has led a $11.2 million investment in Mumbai-based...

Investment Fashion online

U.A.E

BulkWhiz raises multi-million Series A

Source: MENAbytes Dubai-based e-commerce grocery platform BulkWhiz has closed its Series A, the startup announced today in a...

E-commerce Series A Investment

Saudi Arabia

UnitX raises $2 million

Saudi-based UnitX, an artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing startup spin-out company from King Abdullah University of Science and...

Investment saudi AI

Egypt

RiseUp acquires StarterHub

Egypt-based RiseUp, the organiser of the biggest entrepreneurship summit in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), has acquired...

acquisition online platform

Egypt

Hive raises $400,000 in seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Hive, a Cairo-based ride-hailing platform for kids has raised $400,000 in seed funding, the startup...

seed fund ride hailing

Egypt

ExpandCart raises $150,000 in funding

Source: Disrupt Africa Egyptian e-commerce startup ExpandCart has secured US$150,000 in funding after being selected into the Hong...

fund accelerator E-commerce

Oman

Omani Society for Education Technology acquires Nadrus.com

Omani Society for Education Technology (OSET) has officially acquired Dubai-based online Arabic courses marketplace Nadrus.com for an...

Acquistion online courses

Kuwait

Cofe raises seven figure Series A funding

Source: finsmes Cofe App, a Kuwait-based coffee-centric marketplace app, raised a seven figure Series A funding. The exact amount of...

Coffee Series A Funding

Egypt

Sprint raises six-figure in seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based logistics startup Sprint has raised six-figure (USD) seed funding from an angel investor, the startup...

Egypt seed fund

U.A.E

Almentor raises $4.5 million in series A funding

Source: Startup MGZN Dubai-based e-learning platform almentor.net has announced that it closed a $4.5 million Series A investment round...

E-Learning Funding Series A

Global

VentureSouq invests in US gaming company Rune

Source: TechCrunch Rune, a company out of Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 class, wants to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help you...

VentureSouq

Jordan

arabot raises $1 million seed funding

Jordan-based artificial intelligence (AI) company arabot has raised a $1 million seed round led by Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF), with...

chatbot Artificial intelligence

U.A.E

Dubai launches e-commerce strategy

Source: Gulf News Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council,...

E-commerce Government Dubai

U.A.E

BECO Capital closes second fund

Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital has closed its second fund at $100 million. The VC will continue investing in early...

Venture Capital venture capital fund BECO Capital

U.A.E

Dubai rolls out virtual business licences for global investors

Source: The National Dubai rolled out on Monday virtual commercial licences that allow investors from across the globe to establish...

news license Business

Egypt

PrintX raises $150,000

Source: Ventureburn PrintX, a Cairo-based online print shop, has raised $150 000 from Saudi angel investor Mohamed Elbazz. Tech...

news Investment Egypt

Tunisia

International Finance Corporation invests $1 million in Flat6Labs Tunis

Source: MENAbytes International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group has announced that it is investing $1...

news fund tunisia

U.A.E

Melltoo raises pre-Series A from China’s Gobi Partners

Dubai-based online marketplace Melltoo has announced an undisclosed pre-series A funding round co-led by China-based venture capital...

E-commerce Funding ksa

Egypt

Glamera raises $250,000 seed

Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based beauty services booking platform Glamera has raised $250,000 in a seed round, the startup announced today...

seed seed investment bookings

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