Wamda

Regional

Arab youth drive e-commerce growth

The youth of the Arab world are becoming far more comfortable with making purchases online, with 71 per cent of those aged 18-24 across the...

Youth Arab youth E-commerce

U.A.E

Dubai-based Searchie raises $2 million

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based recruitment platform Searchie has raised $2 million in seed funding led by two family offices who have...

Investment news Dubai

U.A.E

Dubai-based Jump The Q secures a Pre-seed funding round

Source: Magniit Jump the Q, a Dubai based tech startup has successfully secured a pre-seed funding round of an undisclosed amount from...

pre-Seed Funding tech

Jordan

Mejuri raises $23 million Series B

Source: MenaBytes Toronto-based direct-to-consumer jewelry startup Mejuri has raised $23 million in Series B led by New Enterprise...

Investment jewelry series B

Saudi Arabia

Foodics closes bridge round

Source: MenaBytes Foodics, a Saudi startup that provides cloud-based point of sale solutions to food and beverage businesses...

f&b Bridge round

Bahrain

Property Finder acquires Bahrain Property World

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based Property Finder’s shopping spree of regional property websites doesn’t seem to be ending...

Acqusition property

Bahrain

Inagrab secures funding from Faith Capital

Source: StartUp Bahrain The Bahraini startup, Inagrab, a company with a vision to help as many businesses scale using innovative...

kuwait Seed funding

Egypt

MerQ closes its seed funding round

Egypt-based artificial intelligence (AI) company MerQ has closed its seed financing round from Ahmed Kamal Selim, a financial investor,...

chatbot AI Investment

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based Haseel raises investment

Source: Menabytes Riyadh-based mobile-only fresh fruits and vegetables ecommerce platform Haseel has raised an undisclosed sum of...

E-commerce Investment Fruits

U.A.E

BECO Capital invests in Shedul's Series B

Source: Menabytes Shedul, a London-headquartered salon and spa booking platform that has a big presence in the region through one its...

Investment Booking Dubai

U.A.E

UAE’s Bayut acquires real estate portal Lamudi

Source: The National UAE property listings and research company Bayut acquired Lamudi, a rival portal owned by Middle East Internet...

acquisition Real-estate tech

U.A.E

YaLLa Esports secures seed funding

Source: Startup MGZN YaLLa Esports, an esports organisation in the MENA region, has completed and secured a seed funding round from...

esports Funding Invesmtment

Regional

Property Finder set to Acquire JRD Group

Source: Benzinga Middle East real estate classifieds website Property Finder has signed an agreement to acquire its competitor JRD...

properties Acqusition

U.A.E

AWOK.com closes US$30 million series A funding

Source: Zawya The UAE mass market e-commerce platform AWOK.com- has closed its first external round of financing to pursue its...

E-commerce Funding Series A

U.A.E

ProTenders raises $3 million in pre-series A

Dubai-based ProTenders, a construction intelligence and procurement company, has secured $3 million in its pre-Series A funding, led by a...

pre-Series A fund Investment

U.A.E

Oliv raises $2 million in Series A

Oliv, the UAE-based careers platform connecting employers with young talent, has closed $2 million Series A funding round led by the...

Investment Funding round

Egypt

ArabyAds secures $6.5 million from Equitrust

ArabyAds, a performance marketing company, has raised $6.5 million in its Series A round from investment arm of Choueiri group Equitrust,...

Invesmtment Funding Marketing

Egypt

Uber partners up with Egypt’s peer-to-peer car sharing platform Dryve

Source: Startup MGZN Egypt’s peer-to-peer car sharing platform Dryve, announces it partnership with Uber Egypt, allowing...

Investment car Rental

Regional

Seedstars announces $100m fund to invest in African tech startups

Source: Ventureburn Emerging markets startup competition Seedstars yesterday announced it would launch a $100-million...

fund Investment africa

Regional

Property Finder becomes largest shareholder in Turkish real estate portal

Source: The National Property Finder increased its stake in Turkish property marketing website Zingat to almost 40 per cent from 17 per...

Expansion Stake Investment

Egypt

Egypt’s Brimore raises $800,000 in seed fund

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based direct-selling distribution platform Brimore has raised $800,000 in a seed funding round, the startup...

Distribution manufacturing Investment

Turkey

Turkey-based Prisync acquires Spotlite

Prisync, a provider of competitor price tracking in the e-commerce market has acquired its Australia-based competitor Spotlite. The...

E-commerce Prices Tracker

Egypt

Egyptian e-sports company GBarena raises seed funding

Source: Menabytes Giza-based esports and gaming community GBarena has raised seed funding from HIMangel, the startup announced today....

E-sports Investment

U.A.E

UAE's The Modist secures investment from Farfetch and Nicola Bulgari

Source: Harper's Bazaar Luxury e-tailers The Modist, who already counts Vaultier7 and Chalhoub Group as investors, has...

modest fashion E-commerce

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