Wamda

U.A.E

KRISPR raises $600,000 pre-seed

UAE-based urban indoor vertical farming startup KRISPR, has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding from Dubai-based family office...

Vertical farming agritech

Oman

SIDF signs two investment agreements to support SMEs in Oman

Source: Times of Oman Shumookh Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) signed two investment agreements with a total value exceeding...

SIDF Oman smes

Saudi Arabia

SVC signs investment deal with venture capital fund

Source: Mubasher The Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC) has signed an investment deal with a venture capital fund licensed by the...

SVC venture capital fund

Global

Fincasa Ventures invests $50 million in US-based MediSponsor.Inc

Source: Zawya Fincasa Ventures, a UAE Based advisor to Multi-Royal-Family fund Houses has invested 50 million USD into MediSponsor.Inc -...

Fincasa Ventures MediSponser

Global

W3BCLOUD raises $20.5 million

W3BCLOUD, a joint venture between US-based Advanced Micro Devices and ConsenSys, announced today that it has completed its initial close of...

W3BCLOUD ethereum ConsenSys

U.A.E

Steppi raises $720,000

UAE-based Steppi, a corporate health and community engagement platform that encourages users to be more active by allowing them to...

health tech Steppi

U.A.E

KBW Ventures invests in TurtleTree Labs seed round

UAE-based KBW Ventures, the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, has participated in a...

KBW Ventures

Global

Mindshift Capital Fund invests in Singapore’s Shiok Meats

Source: Tech in Asia Singapore-based foodtech startup Shiok Meats said it has raised $3 million in a bridge funding round from...

Shiok Meats foodtech Mindshift Capital Fund

Lebanon

ZoodMall secures $10 million in Series A

Source: Zawya ZoodMall, a Lebanese mobile application built to innovate the e-shopping experience, has secured $10 million in Series A...

ZoodMall E-shopping

Lebanon

Band Industries raises $2.8 million Series A

Lebanon-based Band Industries has raised $2.8 million in a Series A round led by Cedar Mundi Ventures with participation from other...

Band Industries Roadie Tuner

Egypt

MoneyFellows raises $4 million in Series A

Egypt-based MoneyFellows, has secured a $4 million Series A investment from venture capital firms Partech and Sawari Ventures. Founded...

MoneyFellows Fintech ROSCA

Oman

OTF invests in Sana e-learning platform

Source: Times of Oman Oman Technology Fund announced investment in the Distance Learning Centre smart educational platform called...

elearning EdTech Oman Technology Fund

Global

PIF invest $1.5 billion in India's Jio Platforms

Source: Techcrunch Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, said on...

PIF Jio Platforms

Saudi Arabia

Noon Academy raises $13 million

Source: Reuters Noon Academy, an educational technology company in Saudi Arabia, has raised $13 million in a funding round led by...

Noon Academy STV

Jordan

Oasis500 invests in eight early stage startups

Jordan-based accelerator Oasis500 will be investing $100,000 in eight startups from its new cohort. These include AlHaq,...

Oasis 500

U.A.E

Clip the Deal raises seven figure Series A funding

Dubai-based digital grocery coupons and deals platform Clip the Deal, has raised a seven-figure Series A investment round led by Optiscape...

Clip the Deal ecommerce NB Ventures

Egypt

Kotobna acquires 40 per cent of Autograph

Egypt-based e-book platform Kotobna, has acquired 40 per cent of e-book merchandise Autograph, bringing its market value to $3...

Kotobna Autograph

Egypt

OTO Courses raises six-figure investment

Source: Afrikanheroes Egypt’s edtech OTO Courses, has raised a six-figure (USD) investment in the form of a bridge round from AUC...

OTO Courses EdTech

U.A.E

ADIO invests $5 million in Shorooq Partners’ Bedaya Fund

Source: WAM The Abu Dhabi Investment Office, ADIO, has invested in the Bedaya Fund to increase access to capital for promising startups...

ADIO Bedaya fund

Palestine

World Bank approves $15 million grant to support Palestinian IT sector

Source: DevDiscourse The World Bank has approved a US$15 million grant to improve sustainable economic opportunities for much...

IT sector world bank

Egypt

CVentures invests in US-based MagicCube

Source: CVentures MagicCube, the creator of the world’s only Software Trusted Execution Environment platform, today announced that...

MagicCube Cventures CIB

Egypt

Zedny launches with $1.2 million pre-seed investment

Source: WAYA Arabic learning platform Zedny launched today with a pre-seed investment of $1.2 million from angel investors....

Zedny Edutech

Egypt

Sakneen raises $150,000 in pre-seed funding

Source: Enterprise Egyptian homebuying online platform Sakneen has raised USD 150k in pre-seed funding from US...

Regional

Careem invests $50 million in super app

Careem announced the launch of its super app, combining all of its services like ride-hailing and food delivery onto one platform. The Uber...

careem super app

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