Wamda

Tunisia

Anava invests $5 million in Titan Seed Fund I to support Tunisian startups

Tunisia’s Anava fund of funds, run by Smart Capital, has pledged a $5 million investment in the Titan Seed Fund I, which is...

Anava Titan Seed Fund I

Global

Dubizzle Group sells Lamudi property portals in Philippines and Indonesia to focus on Mena

UAE-based Dubizzle Group has announced the sale of its Lamudi property portals in the Philippines and Indonesia to Australia-based...

Dubizzle lamudi

U.A.E

Cleantech Olive Gaea raises $1 million investment

UAE-based cleantech Olive Gaea has secured $1 million in funding from Cornerstone Venture. Founded in 2021 by Vivek Tripathi, Olive...

Olive Gaea Cornerstone Venture Cleantech

Egypt

Egyptian edtech Crafty Workshop raises $400,000 Seed from EdVentures

Egypt-based edtech Crafty Workshop has secured $400,000 in a Seed funding round led by EdVentures. Founded in 2019 by Hadeer Shalaby...

Crafty Workshop EdVentures EdTech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Takadao raises $1.6 million pre-Seed led by Draper Associates

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Takadao has raised a $1.6 million pre-Seed round, led by Silicon Valley-based investor Tim Draper, along with...

Takadao Draper Associates Fintech

U.A.E

XPANCEO raises $40 million Seed to launch AR contact lenses

UAE-based deep tech startup XPANCEO, has raised a $40 million Seed round, led by Hong Kong-based Opportunity Ventures (Asia). Founded...

XPANCEO Deep-tech Opportunity Ventures

U.A.E

HUB71 to offer startups up to $204,000 with new Incentive Programme

Abu Dhabi's Hub71 has revamped its Incentive Programme to provide startups with up to $204,000 (AED750,000) in cash and in-kind...

Hub71 Incentive programme

Global

Tribal Credit renews $150 million debt facility to expand to Saudi Arabia

US-based fintech company, Tribal Credit, has renewed its $150 million debt facility from Partners for Growth (PFG), a global specialty...

Tribal credit

U.A.E

UAE’s gifting marketplace Share the Love raises Seed funding

UAE-based gifting e-commerce platform, Share the Love, has raised a Seed round from a group of angel investors. Founded in 2020 by...

Share the Love

U.A.E

Mindshift Capital invests in US healthtech MDisrupt

UAE and US-based gender-lens VC fund Mindshift Capital has taken part in the $3 million Seed funding round of US healthtech MDisrupt,...

healthtech Mindshift Capital MDisrupt

Iraq

Iraqi e-commerce startup Orisdi secures bridge investment

Iraq-based e-commerce platform Orisdi, raised a six-figure bridge round of investment in August 2023, from Al Sharqiya TV Group and...

Orisdi E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

Cycls raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Cycls has raised $1 million in pre-Seed funding from angel investors. Founded in 2021 by Mohammed...

Cycls AI

Egypt

Egypt announces new startup regulations during Techne Summit in Alexandria

Over the past four days, Bibliotheca Alexandrina has embraced the 9th edition of Techne Summit, one of the main entrepreneurial annual...

Techne Summit ict ITIDA

U.A.E

UAE’s Zest Equity raises $3.8 million Seed led by MEVP

UAE-based fintech Zest Equity has raised $3.8 million in Seed funding, led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) with participation...

Zest Equity MEVP Fintech

U.A.E

Travel startup Dharma raises $4.7 million pre-Series A round

UAE-based travel management platform Dharma, has raised a $4.7 million pre-Series A funding round led by San Francisco-based...

Dharma Travel Convivialite Ventures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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