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Egypt

Koinz raises $4.8 million seed funding

Egypt-based food ordering and restaurant aggregator platform Koinz, has raised a $4.8 million seed funding round, led by Tinder founder...

Koinz f&b seed round

U.A.E

Verofax raises $1.2 million seed round

UAE-based automation and traceability company Verofax, has raised a $1.2 million seed funding round from Trove Capital UK, with...

Blockchain automation Seed funding

Morocco

EMPG invests $10 million in Mubawab

Morocco-based real estate portal Mubawab has received a $10 million cash injection from parent company Emerging Markets Property Group...

mubaweb EMPG Real Estate

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Brinc, Tamkeen, Batelco invest in Turkey-based smart city startup AREYtech

Bahrain-based internet of things (IoT) and hardware accelerator Brinc Mena, Tamkeen Fund and Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco),...

AREYtech Brinc Mena tamkeen

U.A.E

Soul Artists raises $350,000 bridge round

UAE-based talent booking startup Soul Artists, has raised a $350,000 bridge funding round from Falak Investment Hub and Wasel. Launched...

Soul Artists Creative tech

U.A.E

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai graduates 11 startups

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai has announced the graduation of its third cohort of 11 startups. These startups included: UK-based...

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai acceleration Fintech

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $9 million Series A round in Singapore's Raena

Source: YourStory Raena, a startup that enables micro beauty entrepreneurs, said it will use the funding to grow its team from 15 to 100...

Alpha Wave RAENA Beauty startups

Egypt

RentUp raises six-figure investment for its AI-powered platform

Egypt-based property technology (proptech) company RentUp, has raised a six-figure pre-seed investment from Japanese private equity firm,...

RentUp Real Estate Proptech

Regional

Oryx Fund launches with first close of its fund to invest in Mena early-stage startups

UK-based international investment firm Hambro Perks has announced the launch and initial close of its Abu Dhabi-based $50 million VC fund,...

Oryx Fund Jada Fund of Funds Riyad TAQNIA Fund

Iraq

Orisdi raises six-figure bridge round

Iraq-based e-commerce platform Orisdi, has raised a six-figure bridge round led by Innovest Middle East VC, with participation from a group...

ecommerce Online shopping in Iraq Angels

Global

Kuwait’s UEC leads $4.1 million Series B round in India-based Eupheus

Source: Times of India Eupheus Learning, a Delhi based leading B2B edtech company has raised $4.1 million in Series B funding...

UEC EdTech Eupheus

U.A.E

Sprout raises $200,000 from FA Holding

Source: Zawya UAE start-up Sprout FZCO, a plant-based food business aimed at children, has received $200,000 in funding. The fresh...

Sprout.ae foodtech

Regional

500 Startups and Sanabil Investments launch accelerator

Global venture capital firm 500 Startups has partnered with Saudi Arabia-based Sanabil Investments, a financial investment company focused...

500 startups Sanabil Investments seed startups

U.A.E

North Ladder raises $5 million in Series A

UAE-based trading platform for second-hand luxury products and electronics North Ladder, has raised a $5 million Series A funding round led...

BECO Capital North Ladder Series A

Jordan

Engagesoft raises pre-Seed investment

Jordan-based employee engagement and retention SaaS platform Engagesoft, has raised a six-figure pre-Seed round from a group of angel...

Angel Investment Engagesoft

Saudi Arabia

Hazen.ai secures follow-on funding from Wa’ed

Saudi Arabia-based Hazen.ai, has received a follow-on investment from Wa’ed, the entrepreneurship arm of Aramco. The startup received...

Hazen.ai Traffic system Follow on funding

Global

KAUST invests $3.5 million in Estonia's Natufia Labs

Source: The Spoon Natufia Labs, the Estonia-based automated kitchen garden startup, announced today that it is relocating to Saudi...

KAUST Natufia Labs foodtech

Regional

BRINC MENA invests in Pakistan's Radical Growth Solutions

BRINC MENA, the food and agritech venture capital and accelerator firm has invested in Pakistan-based smart farming solutions...

agritech Brinc HASSAD

Saudi Arabia

Raqamyah raises $2.3 million investment

Saudi-based fintech peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, Raqamyah, has secured a $2.3 million investment round led by Impact46 with...

Fintech Investment Impact46

Jordan

Ibda3 startup accelerator selects 8 startups for its programme

Creative tech accelerator IBDA3, has announced its first group of eight Jordanian creative startup companies for its acceleration...

Ibda3 startup accelerator Creative technology

U.A.E

Wamda participates in FlexxPay’s $3 million pre-Series A round

Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has invested in Dubai-based Shari’a compliant employee benefit...

FlexxPay Employee benifit programmes HRtech

Saudi Arabia

Averos receives follow-on funding from Wa’ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based Averos, has secured a follow-up investment from Wa’ed Ventures, the entrepreneurship arm of oil giant...

Averos Follow on funding Wa'ed

U.A.E

Play:Date raises $100,000

The children-focused social network app Play:Date has secured $100,000 in funding from digital marketing agency, Boopin. Launched in...

Play:Date

Egypt

MAIN, GIZ launch set of free-standard legal documents for investors and early-stage founders

In partnership with the German Development Cooperation implemented by GIZ Egypt (GIZ), The Middle East Angel Investment Network (MAIN), led...

CairoAngles MAIN GIZ

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