Wamda

U.A.E

UAE’s App4Legal raises seven-figure funding round

UAE-based legaltech App4Legal, has raised a seven-figure funding round led by UAE-based Aditum Ventures. Founded in 2015 by Feras El...

App4Legal Legaltech Aditum Ventures

Egypt

Amenli raises $1 million equity funding round

Egypt-based insurtech Amenli, has closed a new $1 million equity funding round led by Alter Global with participation from Qatar...

Amenli Insurtech

Egypt

500 Global, ITIDA launch Scale Up Programme in Egypt

US-based VC firm 500 Global has launched Scale Up Programme in Egypt, in collaboration with The Egyptian Information Technology Industry...

500 Global ITIDA Scale UP Program

Regional

Mena startups raised $36 million in September 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $36 million in September across 36 deals, a 64 per cent drop in value month-on-month...

investments

Egypt

Acasia Ventures leads pre-Seed round in Senegal’s Lengo AI

Egypt-based VC firm Acasia Ventures has led a pre-Seed investment round in Senegal-based SaaS startup Lengo AI, co-led by Ventures...

Acasia Ventures Lengo AI AI

Jordan

Capifly raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Jordan-based fintech Capifly has raised a $1 million pre-Seed funding round from investors including Oasis500, BLDR Ventures, Joa...

Capifly Fintech

Palestine

TAP raises $1 million Seed round led by Wamda Capital

The Netherlands-based and Palestine-focused accelerator Talent Acceleration Platform (TAP) has closed a $1 million Seed round, led by...

Talent Acceleration Platform TAP Wamda Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Jisr closes $30 million Series A by Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia-based human resources platform Jisr, has closed a $30 million Series A round from Merak Capital. Founded in 2016 by...

Jisr HRtech Merak Capital

Egypt

Intella secures $3.4 million pre-Series A round led by HALA Ventures, Wa’ed

Saudi Arabia-headquartered Egyptian deeptech startup Intella, has closed a $3.4 million pre-Series A funding round, led by HALA Ventures...

Intella HALA Ventures Wa'ed Vnetures

Egypt

MoneyHash secures new investment from GitHub’s founder

US-headquartered Egyptian fintech MoneyHash, has secured new funding from Tom Preston-Werner, co-founder of GitHub, as part of an...

MoneyHash GitHub

U.A.E

BILRS raises pre-Seed investment from Haatch

UAE-based fintech BILRS has raised a pre-Seed investment from Haatch for an unknown amount. Founded in 2022 by Rupert Shaw, BILRS...

BILRS Haatch Fintech

U.A.E

ClearPier acquires UAE’s MQuest for $35 million

Canadian performance advertising company ClearPier has acquired UAE-based Media Quest Group (MQuest) for $35 million. Founded in...

ClearPier MQuest Advertising

Regional

P1 Ventures completes first close of second fund at $25 million

US-based and pan-African VC fund P1 Ventures has completed the first $25 million close of its second fund. Founded in 2020 by Mikael...

P1 Ventures VC fund

U.A.E

Cypherleak raises $750,000 Seed round

UAE-based cyber risk monitoring and scoring startup Cypherleak, has closed a $750,000 Seed round from investors based in Abu Dhabi,...

Cypherleak cyber security

U.A.E

Fanzword secures $1.2 million pre-Seed led by XVC Tech

UAE-based e-sports startup Fanzword has raised a $1.2 million pre-Seed round led by XVC Tech and other regional angel...

Fanzword XVC Tech

U.A.E

Zero Carbon Ventures closes $5 million Seed investment

UAE-based cleantech Zero Carbon Ventures has raised a $5 million Seed funding round, from Emirati businessman and member of Dubai's...

Zero Carbon Cleantech

U.A.E

Web3 startup Cultos Global secures new funding

UAE-based Web3 startup Cultos Global, has raised an undisclosed investment round from the founder and CEO of Boat Sameer Mehta, founder...

Cultos Global Web 3.0

U.A.E

The Surpluss becomes first Race to Zero accelerator in GCC

UAE-based online sustainability exchange, The Surpluss, has been officially designated as an accelerator by Race to Zero. Founded in...

The Surpluss Race to Zero

Egypt

USAID, ITIDA graduate third cohort of Startups Accelerator Programme

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has celebrated the graduation of 23 Egyptian startups from Cohort 3 of ita...

USAID Plug and Play ITIDA

Egypt

Dar Ventures and Acasia Group launch architecture, engineering, and construction incubator

Dar Ventures, the venture capital arm of design and engineering consultancy firm Dar Al-Handasah, has launched the "DARE"...

Dar Ventures Dar Al-Handasah Dere

U.A.E

Fuze closes $14 million Seed round

UAE-headquartered digital assets infrastructure provider Fuze, has raised a $14 million Seed round, led by Abu Dhabi-based Further...

Fuze Further Ventures

Jordan

Jordan’s DigiZag raises Series A funding

Jordan-based digital advertising and performance marketing startup DigiZag, has secured a seven-figure Series A funding round from the...

DigiZag Marketing SME Investment Fund

U.A.E

Archie to aid fintech startups through new regional accelerator

Archie, a new fintech accelerator in Dubai has officially launched to help fintech startups scale across Europe and Australia. The...

Archie Fintech accelerator

U.A.E

DIEZ launches innovations accelerator in partnership with MIT

Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to launch the MIT...

MIT

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