Wamda

Global

Tribal Credit renews $150 million debt facility to expand to Saudi Arabia

US-based fintech company, Tribal Credit, has renewed its $150 million debt facility from Partners for Growth (PFG), a global specialty...

Tribal credit

U.A.E

Integra Seven and Wamda release first of its kind "State of Tech Talent in Dubai" report

Demand for specialised tech talent in Dubai will likely exceed supply. Ninety per cent of tech companies have tech talent dispersed a...

talent tech talent Wamda Research Lab

U.A.E

UAE’s gifting marketplace Share the Love raises Seed funding

UAE-based gifting e-commerce platform, Share the Love, has raised a Seed round from a group of angel investors. Founded in 2020 by...

Share the Love

U.A.E

Mindshift Capital invests in US healthtech MDisrupt

UAE and US-based gender-lens VC fund Mindshift Capital has taken part in the $3 million Seed funding round of US healthtech MDisrupt,...

healthtech Mindshift Capital MDisrupt

Iraq

Iraqi e-commerce startup Orisdi secures bridge investment

Iraq-based e-commerce platform Orisdi, raised a six-figure bridge round of investment in August 2023, from Al Sharqiya TV Group and...

Orisdi E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

Cycls raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Cycls has raised $1 million in pre-Seed funding from angel investors. Founded in 2021 by Mohammed...

Cycls AI

Egypt

Egypt announces new startup regulations during Techne Summit in Alexandria

Over the past four days, Bibliotheca Alexandrina has embraced the 9th edition of Techne Summit, one of the main entrepreneurial annual...

Techne Summit ict ITIDA

U.A.E

UAE’s Zest Equity raises $3.8 million Seed led by MEVP

UAE-based fintech Zest Equity has raised $3.8 million in Seed funding, led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) with participation...

Zest Equity MEVP Fintech

U.A.E

Travel startup Dharma raises $4.7 million pre-Series A round

UAE-based travel management platform Dharma, has raised a $4.7 million pre-Series A funding round led by San Francisco-based...

Dharma Travel Convivialite Ventures

U.A.E

UAE’s App4Legal raises seven-figure funding round

UAE-based legaltech App4Legal, has raised a seven-figure funding round led by UAE-based Aditum Ventures. Founded in 2015 by Feras El...

App4Legal Legaltech Aditum Ventures

Egypt

Amenli raises $1 million equity funding round

Egypt-based insurtech Amenli, has closed a new $1 million equity funding round led by Alter Global with participation from Qatar...

Amenli Insurtech

Egypt

500 Global, ITIDA launch Scale Up Programme in Egypt

US-based VC firm 500 Global has launched Scale Up Programme in Egypt, in collaboration with The Egyptian Information Technology Industry...

500 Global ITIDA Scale UP Program

Regional

Mena startups raised $36 million in September 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $36 million in September across 36 deals, a 64 per cent drop in value month-on-month...

investments

Egypt

Acasia Ventures leads pre-Seed round in Senegal’s Lengo AI

Egypt-based VC firm Acasia Ventures has led a pre-Seed investment round in Senegal-based SaaS startup Lengo AI, co-led by Ventures...

Acasia Ventures Lengo AI AI

Jordan

Capifly raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Jordan-based fintech Capifly has raised a $1 million pre-Seed funding round from investors including Oasis500, BLDR Ventures, Joa...

Capifly Fintech

Palestine

TAP raises $1 million Seed round led by Wamda Capital

The Netherlands-based and Palestine-focused accelerator Talent Acceleration Platform (TAP) has closed a $1 million Seed round, led by...

Talent Acceleration Platform TAP Wamda Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Jisr closes $30 million Series A by Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia-based human resources platform Jisr, has closed a $30 million Series A round from Merak Capital. Founded in 2016 by...

Jisr HRtech Merak Capital

Egypt

Intella secures $3.4 million pre-Series A round led by HALA Ventures, Wa’ed

Saudi Arabia-headquartered Egyptian deeptech startup Intella, has closed a $3.4 million pre-Series A funding round, led by HALA Ventures...

Intella HALA Ventures Wa'ed Vnetures

Egypt

MoneyHash secures new investment from GitHub’s founder

US-headquartered Egyptian fintech MoneyHash, has secured new funding from Tom Preston-Werner, co-founder of GitHub, as part of an...

MoneyHash GitHub

U.A.E

BILRS raises pre-Seed investment from Haatch

UAE-based fintech BILRS has raised a pre-Seed investment from Haatch for an unknown amount. Founded in 2022 by Rupert Shaw, BILRS...

BILRS Haatch Fintech

U.A.E

ClearPier acquires UAE’s MQuest for $35 million

Canadian performance advertising company ClearPier has acquired UAE-based Media Quest Group (MQuest) for $35 million. Founded in...

ClearPier MQuest Advertising

Regional

P1 Ventures completes first close of second fund at $25 million

US-based and pan-African VC fund P1 Ventures has completed the first $25 million close of its second fund. Founded in 2020 by Mikael...

P1 Ventures VC fund

U.A.E

Cypherleak raises $750,000 Seed round

UAE-based cyber risk monitoring and scoring startup Cypherleak, has closed a $750,000 Seed round from investors based in Abu Dhabi,...

Cypherleak cyber security

U.A.E

Fanzword secures $1.2 million pre-Seed led by XVC Tech

UAE-based e-sports startup Fanzword has raised a $1.2 million pre-Seed round led by XVC Tech and other regional angel...

Fanzword XVC Tech

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