Wamda

U.A.E

Dubai’s Jabbar Internet Group leads $1 million Pre-Series A in India’s Arzooo

Source: MenaBytes Jabbar Internet Group, one of the leading Dubai-based tech investors founded by the co-founders of Souq and Maktoob...

tech store India

U.A.E

Dubai-based Tenderd raises $5.8 million in seed fund

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based heavy equipment rental marketplace for the construction industry has raised $5.8 million in what...

heavy equipment seed

Egypt

Cairo-based Orcas raises $500,000 Pre-Series A

Source: MenaBytes Orcas, a Cairo-based online marketplace for babysitters and tutors has raised $500,000 in Pre-Series A funding round...

Investment pre-Series A babysitters

U.A.E

CE-Ventures Leads $11 Million Series A Round in India's FreshToHome

CE-Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of UAE-based diversified global business, Crescent Enterprises, announced that it has...

Fresh food ecommerce

U.A.E

UAE-based Foloosi raises pre-seed fund

Foloosi, a UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from angel fund investor...

seed fund Fintech

U.A.E

Dubai-based Oliv expands to Singapore

Source: MenaBytes Oliv, a Dubai-based youth career platform has expanded to Singapore, the startup announced last month. The...

Expansion news uae

Bahrain

The Stories Studio secures $70,000

Source: Startup MGZN The Stories Studio, one of the graduates from Flat6Labs Bahrain’s First Cycle has officially...

Investment Funding storytelling

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures co-leads $6 million investment in US blockchain startup

Source: MenaBytes Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, the corporate VC arm of Saudi Aramco, has co-led $6 million Series A of Houston-based...

energy Investment Blockchain

Egypt

Egypt’s Mintrics is raising a $500k funding round earmarked for US expansion

Source: VentureBurn Egyptian social video analytics platform Mintrics is currently busy closing a $500 000 investment fund and...

Vidéo Analytics Expansion

U.A.E

Careem acquires Abu Dhabi's Cyacle bike-share company

Source: The National Careem has acquired UAE-based bike-sharing company Cyacle for an undisclosed sum as the ride-hailing company makes...

cycling acquisition bike-sharing

Jordan

Jordan’s Mawdoo3 closes Series B with $23.5 million

Source: MenaBytes Amman-based Mawdoo3 has raised $10 million in fresh funds to close its Series B with $23.5 million, the startup...

arabic content Q&A

Saudi Arabia

UAE and Saudi-based Trukkin raises $3.5 million

Saudi Arabia and UAE-based logistics firm Trukkin has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by investors from the AL-Namlah Family...

Long-haul trucks Investment

Jordan

Jordan’s DigitaSport raises seed funding

Source: Startup MGZN Oasis500, one of the leading investment companies and business accelerators based in Jordan announces a seed round...

digital Sports news

Egypt

Cairo-based Yumamia raises $1.5 million Pre-Series A

Source: MENABytes Cairo-based foodtech startup Yumamia has raised $1.5 million as its Pre-Series A, the startup announced today, saying...

foodtech Expansion Investment

Jordan

Jordan Introduces its first Agritech Accelerator HASSAD

Source: Arabnet Since the early days of plant and animal domestication, agriculture has progressed enormously, enabled by rapid...

Agriculture Technology accelerator

Jordan

Jordanian edtech startup Little Thinking Minds raises $500,000 to close its Series A with ~$1.8 million

Source: MenaBytes Amman-based edtech startup Little Thinking Minds has raised another $500,000 to close its Series A with $1.765...

EdTech Investment children

Egypt

Egypt's XPay raises $250,000 in pre-seed

Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based fintech startup XPay has raised $250,000 in pre-seed funding from two angel investors, the startup...

Fintech cairo

Saudi Arabia

Saudi's Resal raises $800,000

Source: MENAbytes Jeddah-based gifting ecommerce platform Resal has raised $800,000 in its Pre-Series A funding, the startup announced...

E-commerce pre-Series A

U.A.E

Majid Al Futtaim acquires Wadi.com

Source: MenaBytes As reported by MENAbytes last month, Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim has acquired the Saudi online grocery...

Acquisitions grocery E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Cabinet approves the residency permit for skilled expatriates, investors

Source: Alarabiya Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet approved on Tuesday the special residency permit for entrepreneurs, investors, and...

residence permit investors

Saudi Arabia

KAUST’s Red Sea Farms closes $1.9m investment

Source: Arab Net Red Sea Farms, an agriculture technology spinout company from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology...

WATER irrigation food

Saudi Arabia

Careem starts bus service from Jeddah to Makkah

Source: The National Careem, the Dubai ride-hailing platform that was bought by Uber for $3.1 billion (Dh11.39bn), has launched...

ride hailing bus

Tunisia

Tunisia’s InstaDeep raises $7 million in Series A funding

Source: Disrupt Africa Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) startup InstaDeep has raised US$7 million in Series A funding from...

news Investment AI

Egypt

Cairo-based ArqamFC gets acquired by UK’s StatsBomb

Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based sports data startup ArqamFC has been acquired by English football analytics company StatsBomb, the...

football Statistics acquisition

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