Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi dark store Nana raises $50 million

Saudi Arabia-based dark store Nana has raised $50 million in a round led by FIM Partners and STV, bringing the total funding to $80...

Saudi Arabia Nana

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's cloud kitchen Creative+ raises $2 million

Press release: Creative+ Cloud Kitchen announced the closure of its first investment rounds worth more than $2 million, with the...

Creative+ cloud kitchen

Egypt

Egypt's foodtech 3attar raises Seed investment

Cairo-based foodtech startup 3attar has secured Seed investment from AUC Angels, UI Investment and a group of angel...

3attar foodtech AUC Angels

Iraq

TipTop's $5 million raise and Iraq's quick-commerce expansion

The continued pandemic-driven disruptions impacting the e-grocery segment have led to the emergence of q-commerce, a new vertical which has...

tiptop quick commerce q-commerce

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

Oman

Oman’s Akeed raises $2.5 million Series A round

Oman-based food delivery app Akeed Delivery has raised $2.5 million in a Series A round, backed by Phaze Ventures and IDO (Sovereign...

Akeed IDO Phaze Ventures

U.A.E

Careem enters quick-commerce space with launch of dark store grocery network

Careem is expanding its groceries offering by launching Careem Quik in the UAE, a quick-commerce e-grocery service enabled by a...

Careeem quick commerce e-grocery

Bahrain

Calo raises $13.5 million Seed round

Bahrain-based foodtech Calo has raised $13.5 million in its Seed funding round, co-led by Khwarizmi Ventures, Nuwa Capital, and...

Calo healthy food

U.A.E

GrubTech raises $13 million Series A round

UAE-based foodtech startup GrubTech has raised a $13 million Series A investment led by Addition, alongside BY Ventures and Hambro...

GrubTech foodtech

U.A.E

YallaMarket’s $2.3 million pre-Seed and the rapid rise of quick commerce

Motorbikes emblazoned with the logo of a food, grocery or last mile delivery company can be seen on almost every street in the UAE. Such...

YallaMarket quick commerce e-grocery

U.A.E

Foodlink raises $8 million in Series B funding round

UAE and India-based foodtech startup Foodlink, has raised $8 million in its Series B funding round, led by Arpit Khandelwal, the...

Foodlink foodtech

U.A.E

Etisalat acquires UAE-based elgrocer

Telecoms operator Etisalat has fully acquired UAE-based elgrocer, an e-grocery startup for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2015 by...

elGrocer etisalat e-grocery

U.A.E

Kitopi invests in five virtual restaurant groups in GCC

UAE-based cloud kitchen Kitopi, has invested an undisclosed sum in several regional virtual restaurant groups, including Cloud...

Kitopi cloud kitchen Leap Nation

Morocco

Chari: The next step in digitising the baqala

At almost every corner or block in a Middle East and North Africa (Mena) city stands a baqala, or small grocer, typically independent,...

Chari.ma

U.A.E

US' REEF acquires UAE cloud kitchen operator iKcon

North America’s largest cloud kitchen operator REEF Technology, has fully acquired UAE-based cloud kitchens platform iKcon, in...

cloud kitchen iKcon Reef technology

Egypt

Kuzlo closes pre-Seed round by Nama Ventures

Alexandria-based B2B marketplace Kuzlo has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in its pre-Seed round, led by Nama...

Nama Ventures Kuzlo

U.A.E

Pure Harvest raises $64.5 million from Korea's IMM Investment, enters JV with PlanTFarm

UAE-based agritech startup Pure Harvest Smart Farms has secured $64.5 million in growth capital from Korean private investment firm IMM...

agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Egypt

B2B marketplace Talabeyah raises seven-figure pre-Seed

Cairo-based B2B F&B platform Talabeyah has raised a seven-figure pre-Seed round from strategic angel investors. Founded in July...

Talabeyah b2b

Saudi Arabia

UAE-based cloud kitchen kaykroo expands operations into Saudi Arabia

UAE-based cloud kitchen kaykroo has expanded its services to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Launched in September 2020 by Jihad El-Eit and...

kaykroo foodtech cloud kitchen

Regional

Dark stores will create more collaborators than competitors

In the absence of physical shopping during last year’s lockdowns, demand for e-commerce soared, most notably in the grocery segment....

q-commerce quick commerce

Egypt

elmenus raises $10 million in pre-Series C round

Egypt-based food discovery and ordering platform elmenus has raised $10 million in pre-Series C, led by digital payments company Fawry,...

elmenues fawry

Pakistan

Pakistan's GrocerApp raises $5.2 million Series A from several Mena investors

Pakistan-based e-grocery startup GrocerApp has raised $5.2 million in a Series A round led by Hayaat Global with participation from...

e-grocery

Thought Leadership

All the information you need to navigate Mena's startup ecosystem

Thank you