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Kuwait

Keno raises funding from JustClean

Dubai based Keno, a car-care on-demand application, raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Kuwait-based technology company...

Kuwait

Requeue closes $1.6 million in Series A

Kuwait-based Requeue, an application to manage restaurant queues, has raised $1.6 million in a Series A funding round. The startup will use...

Investment queues restaurants

Saudi Arabia

Riyad Bank launches new fintech fund

Source: Asharq Al-Awsat Riyad Bank has announced on Tuesday the launch of its Digital Partnership Program and its association with a...

Fintech fund ksa

Regional

W Ventures to invest $50 million in e-sports ecosystem

UAE-based W Ventures has announced that it will be investing $50 million, through its independent brand engagement partner RedPeg...

E-sports Investment Gaming

U.A.E

Repeat raises $2.5 million in Series A funding

Dubai-based Repeat, a smart loyalty platform for restaurants, has raised $2.5 million in a Series A funding round from several investors to...

Series A loyalty program

Lebanon

What impact will the Lebanon protests have on its startups?

The Arab social contract was designed to placate the people – provide public sector jobs and free social services, and the...

beirut Lebanon Central Bank Circular 331

Qatar

Meddy raises $2.5 million in series A funding

Doha-based Meddy, a doctor booking platform has raised a $2.5 million in Series A round to scale up its operations in the UAE. The...

Series A Doctor Booking

U.A.E

Bayzat raises $16 million in Series B funding

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based HR and insurance startup Bayzat has raised $16 million in a Series B round from Mubadala’s newly...

news Dubai Investment

Regional

Mubadala announces $250 million fund for Mena startups

Source: CNBC Abu Dhabi is doubling down on its push into the technology sector with a $250 million investment to support start-ups from...

fund MENA AbuDhabi

Bahrain

Al Waha invests in Beijing-based MSA Capital

Bahrain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds has announced an undisclosed amount of investment in Beijing-based MSA Capital in its first...

fund Bahrain china

Regional

Investcorp leads $11.2 million investment in Bewakoof

Source: Yourstory Global alternative asset manager Investcorp has led a $11.2 million investment in Mumbai-based...

Investment Fashion online

U.A.E

BulkWhiz raises multi-million Series A

Source: MENAbytes Dubai-based e-commerce grocery platform BulkWhiz has closed its Series A, the startup announced today in a...

E-commerce Series A Investment

Saudi Arabia

UnitX raises $2 million

Saudi-based UnitX, an artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing startup spin-out company from King Abdullah University of Science and...

Investment saudi AI

Egypt

RiseUp acquires StarterHub

Egypt-based RiseUp, the organiser of the biggest entrepreneurship summit in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), has acquired...

acquisition online platform

Egypt

Hive raises $400,000 in seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Hive, a Cairo-based ride-hailing platform for kids has raised $400,000 in seed funding, the startup...

seed fund ride hailing

Egypt

ExpandCart raises $150,000 in funding

Source: Disrupt Africa Egyptian e-commerce startup ExpandCart has secured US$150,000 in funding after being selected into the Hong...

fund accelerator E-commerce

Oman

Omani Society for Education Technology acquires Nadrus.com

Omani Society for Education Technology (OSET) has officially acquired Dubai-based online Arabic courses marketplace Nadrus.com for an...

Acquistion online courses

Kuwait

Cofe raises seven figure Series A funding

Source: finsmes Cofe App, a Kuwait-based coffee-centric marketplace app, raised a seven figure Series A funding. The exact amount of...

Coffee Series A Funding

Egypt

Sprint raises six-figure in seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based logistics startup Sprint has raised six-figure (USD) seed funding from an angel investor, the startup...

Egypt seed fund

U.A.E

Almentor raises $4.5 million in series A funding

Source: Startup MGZN Dubai-based e-learning platform almentor.net has announced that it closed a $4.5 million Series A investment round...

E-Learning Funding Series A

Jordan

arabot raises $1 million seed funding

Jordan-based artificial intelligence (AI) company arabot has raised a $1 million seed round led by Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF), with...

chatbot Artificial intelligence

U.A.E

BECO Capital closes second fund

Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital has closed its second fund at $100 million. The VC will continue investing in early...

Venture Capital venture capital fund BECO Capital

U.A.E

Dubai rolls out virtual business licences for global investors

Source: The National Dubai rolled out on Monday virtual commercial licences that allow investors from across the globe to establish...

news license Business

Egypt

PrintX raises $150,000

Source: Ventureburn PrintX, a Cairo-based online print shop, has raised $150 000 from Saudi angel investor Mohamed Elbazz. Tech...

news Investment Egypt

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