Wamda

Jordan

Decapolis raises $250,000 for its blockchain-powered food traceability platform

Jordan-based food safety and quality traceability platform Decapolis, has raised $250,000 from ISSF and Oasis500. The...

agritech Blockchain

Saudi Arabia

Red Sea Farms raises $10 million to expand across Saudi

Saudi Arabia-based agritech startup Red Sea Farms has received a $10 million investment fund from Wa’ed, the Future Investment...

agritech KAUST

U.A.E

Dubai launches Food Tech Valley

Source: The National Dubai has launched a major new food technology hub set to act as a "global destination" for...

foodtech

Regional

The startups tackling food waste in Mena

A third of all the food produced for human consumption is wasted every year around the world. That is roughly 1.3 billion tonnes of food...

food waste Sustainability

Saudi Arabia

Dailymealz raises $2 million in pre-Series A

Saudi Arabia-based food subscription startup, Dailymealz, has raised $2 million in a pre-Series A round led by Seedra Ventures and joined...

Dailymealz foodtech

U.A.E

Cloud kitchen operator iKcon raises $20 million in Series A

UAE-based cloud kitchen operator iKcon has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by regional investment groups including Mohamed...

cloud kitchen Series A

Regional

Restaurant reservations: Booking a path to recovery

For the Middle East, food is more than just a source of sustenance; it is an embodiment of the culture, the nexus of social gatherings and...

foodtech Eatapp Food delivery

U.A.E

Grubtech raises $3.4 million in pre-Series A

UAE-based foodtech startup Grubtech, has raised a $3.4 million pre-Series A investment from several regional family offices, a US-based...

foodtech GrubTech

U.A.E

Pure Harvest announces sukuk funding, raises $60 million this year

UAE-based, agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised $50 million in growth funding through a sukuk, an Islamic structured finance...

Pure Harvest Smart Farms agritech

Saudi Arabia

Savola Group establishes CVC arm with two investments

Saudi Arabia-based food and retail conglomerate Savola Group has established a corporate venture capital (CVC) arm and has completed two...

foodtech Last mile egrocery

Regional

BRINC MENA invests in Pakistan's Radical Growth Solutions

BRINC MENA, the food and agritech venture capital and accelerator firm has invested in Pakistan-based smart farming solutions...

agritech Brinc HASSAD

Regional

A look at Kitopi's three-year journey

When Kitopi launched in January 2018 in Dubai, few were familiar with the concept of cloud kitchens. Now, three years later, cloud kitchens...

Kitopi cloud kitchen

Regional

Kitch launches in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Cloud kitchen and store-front operator, Kitch, has officially launched in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, after privately raising $15...

Cloud kitchens Food & Beverage Investment

Bahrain

India’s FreshToHome receives funding from ADIO

India-based online fresh fish and poultry marketplace platform FreshToHome, has raised financial and non-financial incentives from the Abu...

FreshToHome ADIO Investcorp

Regional

The future of agritech in Mena

Across the Middle East, agriculture plays a pivotal role in transforming economies, alleviating poverty and fostering economic growth, but...

agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Regional

The unstoppable growth of e-grocery

E-grocery remains the fastest growing segment of e-commerce in the Middle East according to new research from RedSeer Consulting, growing...

e-grocery

Saudi Arabia

FOODICS launches micro-lending fund to support SMEs in F&B sector

Saudi Arabia-based food and beverages (F&B) retail and restaurant management platform FOODICS, has officially launched its micro...

Foodics f&b Micro-lending

Regional

The future of Agritech in Mena

Wamda is hosting an online panel discussion on Wednesday, November 4th at 3:00 PM (GMT+4), ''The future of Agritech in...

U.A.E

Restaurant chain to cloud kitchen: Man'oushe Street's evolution to kaykroo

Cloud kitchen and virtual brands operator kaykroo has launched today with 15 locations in the UAE following a $4 million pre-Series A...

cloud kitchen kaykroo

U.A.E

Sweetheart Kitchen CEO leads its €15 million Series C round

Dubai-based cloud kitchen operator Sweetheart Kitchen, today announced the raise of €15 million ($17.7 million) in Series C funding, a...

cloud kitchen Series C

Egypt

Foodics expands to Egypt and hopes to become micro-loan lender

Saudi Arabia-based food and beverages (F&B) retail and restaurant management platform Foodics, has expanded to Egypt. The...

Foodics f&b POS

U.A.E

InstaShop’s acquisition and the growing significance of e-grocery

There is always a sense of pride, excitement and relief when a startup in the Middle East exits for a high valuation; pride for the...

instashop Delivery Hero Exit

Regional

Delivery Hero acquires UAE-based InstaShop

UAE-based e-grocery startup InstaShop today announced that it has been acquired by Germany’s Delivery Hero in a deal worth $360...

Delivery Hero instashop acquisition

Regional

elGrocer: The lessons we learned in the era of Covid-19

Nader Amiri is the founder of UAE-based e-grocery startup elGrocer E-commerce is on everyone’s mind. There’s a lot being...

e-grocery elGrocer covid-19

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