Wamda

U.A.E

Urent raises pre-Series A investment

UAE-based vehicle-sharing and car rental app Urent, has raised a seven-figure pre-series A funding round from an undisclosed serial...

Urent car rental

Regional

Startup Istanbul launches $10 million fund to invest in Mena-based startups

Istanbul-based event organiser and seed investor Startup Istanbul is raising a $10 million VC fund, targeting startups in the Middle East...

startup istanbul Seed funding MENA

Regional

GELLIFY to launch €20 million Mena fund

Italy’s GELLIFY, a B2B software startup focused accelerator and investor is launching a fund for the Middle East region in...

GELLIFY b2b

Regional

Mena startups raised $37 million in November

When Yahaal announced its Series A round, we expected investments to exceed $60 million in November, but a correction from the company...

Investment

Saudi Arabia

QVM raises seed funding

Saudi Arabia-based QVM has raised an undisclosed Seed round led by Awab Holding Company with additional participation from angel...

قطع غيار السيارات QMV

Egypt

LCP acquires minority stake in Dsquares

Source: WAYA Marking its first investment, LCP Fund II (LCP) announces today the acquisition of a significant minority...

LCP Dsquares customer loyalty

Global

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures invests in US-based Dragos

Source: TechCrunch Cybersecurity firm Dragos has raised $110 million in its Series C, almost triple the amount that it raised two...

Dragos cybersecurity Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures

Kuwait

eMushrif raises $2.3 million in Series A

Oman-based eMushrif has secured $2.3 million in a Series A funding round, led by IDO Investments, with participation from Phaze Ventures,...

eMushrif cMushrif IoT

Egypt

Source Beauty raises seed funding

Egypt-based beauty e-commerce platform Source Beauty has raised a six-figure seed funding round from Geneva-based ACE & Company and a...

SourceBeauty ecommerce middle east

Iraq

Teami raises investment from Iraqi Angel Investors Network

Iraq-based Teami has raised a five-figure investment round through the Iraqi Angel Investor Network, led by KAPITA, in addition to a...

KAPITA Teami CRM

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $40 million Series C round in India's Cuemath

Source: VCCircle Math learning startup Cuemath has raised $40 million (Rs 297 crore) in its Series C round of funding led by...

Alpha Wave EdTech

Saudi Arabia

tabby raises $23 million in Series A

UAE-founded Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) provider tabby has raised Series A financing round of $23 million in debt and equity led by...

Tabby Fintech

Egypt

Raya Holding to launch EGP 100 million fintech-focused fund

Source: WAYA Raya Holding announced that it will invest EGP 100 million to establish a direct investment fund specifically for...

Raya holding Fintech VC fund

Egypt

Zeal Rewards raises seed round

Egypt-based mobile payments and loyalty platform Zeal Rewards, has closed an undisclosed amount of seed funding. Founded in 2019 by Omar...

Zeal Rewards Loyalty Programs

Bahrain

India’s FreshToHome receives funding from ADIO

India-based online fresh fish and poultry marketplace platform FreshToHome, has raised financial and non-financial incentives from the Abu...

FreshToHome ADIO Investcorp

Global

Mubadala invests in UK-based MEL Science

Source: BusinessCloud MEL Science, a London-based, science-focused EdTech platform, today announces that it has secured $14m...

Mubadala Capital EdTech MEL Science

Pakistan

Former Souq executive invests in Pakistan's Clicky

Source: Daily times Lahore-based fashion e-commerce startup, Clicky, closed USD 700,000 in a Pre-Series A round of funding. Former...

Clicky fashion ecommerce souq

U.A.E

AHOY raises $2.2 million seed

UAE-based e-commerce logistics startup AHOY, has raised a $2.2 million seed round from a GCC-based corporate venture capital as well as...

AHOY logistic Ecomemrce and retail

Global

MiSK Foundation buys 33.3% of Japan’s SNK for SAR 813 million

Source: Argaam The Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (MiSK) acquired a 33.3% stake in SNK Corporation, a Japanese video game...

SNK Acqusition video games

Iraq

Tabib Baghdad raises seed round

Healthtech startup Tabib Baghdad, which connects patients to doctors for appointment bookings has raised a six-figure seed funding round...

healthtech

U.A.E

Amazon created 2,000 jobs in the UAE for White Friday

E-commerce retailers are scrambling to attract consumer attention during the annual month-long biggest sales event, White...

Amazon White Friday retail and ecommerce

Egypt

Eksab raises $500,000

Cairo-based daily fantasy sports platform Eksab, has raised $500,000 from 4DX Ventures. Launched in 2017, Eksab allows users to make...

Eksab daily fantasy sports

Saudi Arabia

Salla raises $8.5 million in Series A

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce Salla, has closed a SAR32 million ($8.5 million) Series A round led by STV, with participation from existing...

Salla Series A

U.A.E

Quiqup raises $5.5 million

UAE-based last-mile logistics delivery startup Quiqup, has raised over $5.5 million in a funding round led by Delivery Hero, with...

Quipup Logistics ecommerce

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