Wamda

Regional

Ola raises $11 million in series J round

Source: LiveMint ANI Technologies-owned Cab aggregator Ola has raised $11 million in its ongoing Series J round from...

Lebanon

Ecomz raises $4 million series A

Source: MenaBytes Beirut-based ecommerce management platform Ecomz has raised $4 million in a Series A round led by local VC Cedar...

E-commerce series-A Investment

Regional

FlexxPay raises new funds

Source: GulfNews FlexxPay.com, a Dubai-based social impact start-up, announced it has raised funding from a group of individual and...

Start-up social impact Employment

Kuwait

Boutiqaat raises investment and doubles its valuation to $500 million

Source: MenaBytes Boutiqaat, the leading Kuwaiti beauty ecommerce startup has doubled its valuation to $500 million in eighteen months...

Valuation Investment E-commerce

Jordan

Faylasof raises $500,000 pre-Series A

Source: Menabytes Amman-based online bookstore Faylasof has raised $500,000 as Pre-Series A funding from Saudi-based Wise Ventures,...

e-books Venture Capital venture capital fund

Saudi Arabia

Dhad closes an investment round

Source: MenaBytes Dhad, a Saudi-based audiobook startup has raised investment in a round led by Raed Ventures, the startup...

audio content Investment

Egypt

WideBot closes pre-Series A round

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based Arabic chatbot building platform WideBot has raised six-figure (USD) Pre-Series A investment, the startups...

widebot Artificial intelligence chatbot

Saudi Arabia

Foodics raises $4 million pre-series B

Source: MenaBytes Foodics, a Saudi cloud-based point-of-sale system for F&B businesses has raised $4 million in fresh funds, the...

f&b saudi Pre-Series B

Saudi Arabia

Noon Academy raises $8.6 million

Source: MenaBytes Riyadh-based online learning platform Noon Academy has raised $8.6 million Series A co-led by Raed Ventures and Saudi...

Investment EdTech fund

Egypt

Elmenus secures investment from Foodora’s co-founder

Egypt-based food discovery and ordering platform Elmenus announced that it has secured investment from Julian Dames, co-founder of Foo...

food Discovery menu

U.A.E

Sprii closes $8.5 million in Series A

UAE-based e-commerce platform Sprii.com has raised a further $8.5 million in its Series A funding that it will use to accelerate its...

Moms E-commerce Series A

U.A.E

Hopi raises six-figure seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Hopi, a yet-to-be-launched Dubai-based direct-to-consumer subscription contact lens startup has raised seed funding...

contact lenses seed

Lebanon

BSynchro raises $1 million

Lebanon-based BSynchro Holding, an insurance technology company, has raised $1 million from its current shareholders Berytech Fund II and...

tech Insurance Software

Egypt

Swvl raises $42 million to expand to Africa

Source: Bloomberg Swvl, an Egyptian app for booking buses, has raised $42 million as it looks to expand into other parts of...

Booking buses online

Regional

Morocco-based Mubawab acquires Jumia House

Source: MenaBytes Mubawab, the leading real estate portal of Morocco that was acquired by Dubai-based Emerging Markets Property Group...

reak estate portal

U.A.E

Dubai-based Urent raises seed funding

Source: Arabian Business Dubai royal, Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has invested in Urent, a new online platform that aims to...

cars Rental Investment

U.A.E

London-headquartered GuestReady raises $6 million in series A

Source: MenaBytes GuestReady, a London-headquartered short-term rental management startup has raised $6 million in its Series A led by...

Expansion Investment Rental

U.A.E

UAE-based Zbooni raises 1.1 million

UAE-based Zbooni has closed its latest funding round of $1.1 million led by the Chalhoub Group and B&Y Venture Partners. It will use...

Investment Chat Technology

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based Averos raises Pre-series A round

Source: MAGNiTT Averos, a Saudi Arabian startup based out of Makkah, raised an undisclosed Pre-Series A funding round from Saudi...

Tracking Logistics Investment

Egypt

Cairo-based Eksab raises seed funding

Source: Enterprise Egyptian sports startup Eksab has raised a six-figure seed investment from 500 Startups and plans to use the...

E-sports Investment seed-fund

Turkey

Turkey-based Iyzico acquired for $165 million

Source: MenaBytes PayU, a Netherlands-headquartered online payment service provider, owned by South African internet and entertainment...

Fintech online PAYMENT

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

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