Wamda

Regional

Eventtus secures investment to launch a virtual events platform

UAE-based Eventtus, has secured an investment round to launch a new digital events platform in response to the Covid-19 impact on the...

events Investment coronavirus

Global

Mubadala Capital invests in US-based Wellpay

Source: IBSintellegence California-based Wellpay, a FinTech platform provider for the healthcare industry, has also announced that...

Mubadala Capital Wellpay Fintech

Regional

Mena startups raise $277 million in Q1 2020

Source: Arabian Business Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region raised $277 million in the first three months of...

MAGNiTT Q1

U.A.E

HDC raises $350,000 in seed funding

UAE-based startup Hotel Data Cloud (HDC), has raised $350K in seed funding from both local and international investors, to help hotels...

HDC online booking covid-19

U.A.E

ADIO allocates $100 million to four agritech companies

Source: The National Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio) invested $100 million (Dh367m) to bring four agriculture technology companies to...

agritech Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio)

U.A.E

Mamo Pay raises $1.5 million

UAE-based Mamo Pay, a peer-to-peer payments app has raised $1.5 million in a round led by Global Founders Capital (GFC) with participation...

mamo pay Fintech

U.A.E

Sheraa awards Little Thinking Minds $100,000 grant

Source: Khaleej Times The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), has awarded its first Access Sharjah winner, 'Little...

Sheraa little thinking minds

U.A.E

Pure Harvest secures $100 million multi-stage commitment from Wafra

UAE-based Pure Harvest Smart Farms, an agriculture tech (agritech) startup, has raised $20.6 million in its Series A round, led by...

kuwait Pure Harvest Smart Farms Series A

U.A.E

The Modist ceases operations

Source: The National The Dubai-based luxury e-commerce platform announced the news on social media on April 2, citing the...

etailer TheModist covid-19

Saudi Arabia

SARY secures $6.6 million

Source: Reuters Saudi Arabia’s digital marketplace Sary, which connects small businesses with merchant wholesalers, has secured...

SARY ecommerce covid-19

Oman

OTF earmarks RO 1 million for project expansion

Source: ONA Oman Technology Fund (OTF) today allocated one million Omani Riyals for investment in expansion projects. The step comes in...

OTF Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik.

U.A.E

Cartlow closes first round of funding

Source:AMEinfo Cartlow, an e-commerce startup that is pushing the "re-commerce" sector in the country, has secured an...

Recommerce Cartlow

Saudi Arabia

Wamda invests in online grocery platform Nana's $18 million Series B round

Wamda has participated in Saudi Arabia-based Nana's $18 million Series B investment round. Investors in the round included Saudi...

Nana Direct Nana wamda

U.A.E

Rise raises investment from MEVP

Dubai-based financial technology (fintech) startup Rise, has raised an investment round led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) in...

Rise MEVP Fintech

Egypt

ElCoach raises six-figure seed

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based fitness startup El Coach has raised six-figure (USD) in seed funding, it told MENAbytes today,...

ElCoach 500 startups covid-19

Bahrain

Al Waha fund of funds invests in Lumia Capital

Bahrain-based Al Waha fund of funds has confirmed a "substantial" investment in San Francisco-based venture capital (VC) firm...

Waha Capital Bahrain Lumia Capital

Saudi Arabia

Quant secures pre-series A investment

Saudi Arabia-based Quant, a startup specialised in data science and artificial intelligence (AI), has secured $1.2 million in a pre-series...

Data Analytics Artificial intelligence

Jordan

Abwaab raises $2.4 million pre-seed

Jordan-based education technology (edtech) startup Abwaab has closed a $2.4 million pre-seed funding round, led by Adam Tech Ventures and...

Education online learning abwaab

U.A.E

Spartech Ventures invests in UK-based Intrro

Source: tech.eu Intrro, a London and Tbilisi-based HRtech startup, has raised $500,000 in financing led by 500 startups, a Silicon...

Investment HR

Egypt

Argineering Raises $400,000

Source: Waya Egyptian tech startup Argineering just raised $400,000, closing its seed round led by 500 Startups and Flat6Labs Cairo....

Flat6Labs arts

Egypt

Breadfast raises bridge round investment

Source: MENABytes Y Combinator-backed Egyptian fresh bread and grocery delivery platform Breadfast has raised a seven-figure (USD)...

Breadfast foodtech

Egypt

Khazna raises seed funding

Egypt-based financial technology (fintech) startup Khazna, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding round led by Algebra Ventures,...

Fintech Algebra Ventures

U.A.E

Mubadala invests in Waymo

The source: The National Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company joined a consortium that will invest $2.25 billion...

Mubadala Capital

U.A.E

TPConnects lands investment

Flight Center Travel Group(FCTG) is boosting its tech platform with the acquistion of a 22.47% stake in TPConnects...

TPConnects SAAS

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