Wamda

Iraq

Alsaree3 Group raises $3.2 million bridge round

Iraq-based food delivery app Alsaree3, and its sister company on-demand last-mile delivery platform Al Zajel, have raised another bridge...

Alsaree3 q-commerce

U.A.E

Travel brand as a service platform Dharma launches after raising $3.5 million

UAE-based travel brand as a service startup Dharma has raised $3.5 million led by Convivialite Ventures with additional backing from...

Dharma

Kuwait

Kuwait’s VO acquires Duwaween Game

Kuwait-based integrated youth platform for incubating young talent VO has acquired Kuwaitit games app Duwaween Games, with a post-money...

Duwaween Game VO

U.A.E

Fifteen startups graduate from Microsoft’s GrowthX Accelerator programme

Fifteen startups have graduated from the first cohort of the GrowthX Accelerator programme backed by Microsoft, in partnership with the...

GrowthX Accelerator microsoft ADIO

U.A.E

Gaming platform Zone raises $2.35 million

UAE-based gaming and decentralised finance (gamefi) ecosystem Zone, has raised $2.35 million, from DAO Maker, GSR, Altonomy,...

Zone GameFi

U.A.E

Fitness app Fit On Click raises $1.5 million pre-Series A round

UAE-based fitness startup Fit On Click has closed a $1.5 million pre-Series A funding round led by Arrow Capital. Founded in 2017, by...

Fit On Click ARROW CAPITAL

Lebanon

FabricAID raises $1.6 million with participation from Wamda

FabricAID, a Lebanon-based social enterpris,e has raised a $1.6 million Seed round from Wamda and Alfanar. Founded in 2017 by Omar...

circular economy Fabricaid

Saudi Arabia

Dawul raises $5 million in Seed round led by RAED Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based social trading platform Dawul has raised $5 million in a Seed round led by RAED Ventures with participation from...

Dawul Raed Ventures Seedra Ventures

Saudi Arabia

FOODICS acquires Jordan's POSRocket

Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup FOODICS has fully acquired the Jordan-based POS service provider POSRocket for an...

Foodics posrocket

Kuwait

Q-commerce startup Fiz raises $2.5 million in pre-Seed

Kuwait-based e-grocery delivery startup Fiz has raised a $2.5 million pre-seed round, led by the Taken Seat and Relish Venture Partners,...

kuwait FIZ

Regional

REEF to launch cloud kitchens across Mena

REEF Technologies, a US-based operator of delivery kitchens, logistics and proximity hubs, has announced plans to launch cloud kitchens...

Reef technology Cloud kitchens

Bahrain

Al Waha Fund of Funds invests in VentureSouq's fintech-focused Fund

Bahrain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds has invested in VentureSouq’s fintech fund, an early-stage fund that aims to...

VentureSouq

Saudi Arabia

Jahez lists on Nomu with market cap of $2.4 billion

Saudi Arabia-based food ordering platform Jahez has officially listed on Saudi Exchange’s Parallel Market (Nomu), with a market...

Jahez

U.A.E

Verofax raises $1.5 million in pre-Series A round

UAE-based blockchain provider Verofax Limited has raised $1.5 million in its pre-Series A round, led by Benson Oak Ventures, with 500...

Verofax Blockchain

Egypt

B2B e-commerce Gahez raises $2 million pre-Seed round

Egypt-based e-commerce Gahez has raised a $2 million pre-Seed round, led by Disruptech Ventures with participation from Egypt Ventures,...

Gahez Disruptech Ventures Fashion

Egypt

Three edtechs raise funding from EdVentures, ASRT

Egypt-based edtechs OBM Education, Super Fny and Crafty Workshop have raised fresh funding from EdVentures and The Academy of...

EdTech EdVentures

Jordan

Jafarshop raises funding from Nama Ventures

Jordan-based home improvement and gardening platform Jafarshop, has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Seed funding round...

Jaafar Shop Home gardening

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup Kleen raises $533,000 pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based laundry services provider Kleen has closed a SAR2 million ($533,000) a pre-Seed round with the participation of Share...

Kleen Share Investment

U.A.E

Nice to Meet You raises $1 million Seed

UAE-based digital authentication startup Nice to Meet You (NTMY), has raised a $1 million Seed round to hire new talent and...

Nice to Meet You Digital authentication startups

Kuwait

Dawrat expands to KSA

Kuwait-based edtech Dawrat has announced its expansion to Saudi Arabia. Dawrat, founded by Mohamed Al Srayea and Yousef Bonashi in...

Dawrat EdTech

Jordan

Jordan's edtech Hello World Kids raises pre-Series A round

Jordan-based Hello World Kids, an online coding tutoring platform, has raised an undisclosed pre-Series A funding round...

EdTech Hello World Kids

Egypt

Aumet acquires Egypt's Platform One

Jordan-born and US-headquartered B2B healthcare marketplace Aumet has acquired Egypt-based healthcare supply chain solutions startup...

Aumet Paltform one

U.A.E

Digital bank Zand set to launch after Dubai Bank acquisition

The shareholders of Zand, a digital bank that caters to retail and corporate clients, have acquired a majority stake in Dubai Bank...

neobanks Zand

Morocco

Agenz raises $540,000 Seed round

Morocco-based property valuation startup Agenz, has raised a $540,000 (DH5 million) Seed round from Azur Innovation Partners. Founded...

Proptech Agenz

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