Wamda

U.A.E

Zero Carbon Ventures closes $5 million Seed investment

UAE-based cleantech Zero Carbon Ventures has raised a $5 million Seed funding round, from Emirati businessman and member of Dubai's...

Zero Carbon Cleantech

U.A.E

Web3 startup Cultos Global secures new funding

UAE-based Web3 startup Cultos Global, has raised an undisclosed investment round from the founder and CEO of Boat Sameer Mehta, founder...

Cultos Global Web 3.0

U.A.E

The Surpluss becomes first Race to Zero accelerator in GCC

UAE-based online sustainability exchange, The Surpluss, has been officially designated as an accelerator by Race to Zero. Founded in...

The Surpluss Race to Zero

Egypt

USAID, ITIDA graduate third cohort of Startups Accelerator Programme

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has celebrated the graduation of 23 Egyptian startups from Cohort 3 of ita...

USAID Plug and Play ITIDA

Egypt

Dar Ventures and Acasia Group launch architecture, engineering, and construction incubator

Dar Ventures, the venture capital arm of design and engineering consultancy firm Dar Al-Handasah, has launched the "DARE"...

Dar Ventures Dar Al-Handasah Dere

U.A.E

Fuze closes $14 million Seed round

UAE-headquartered digital assets infrastructure provider Fuze, has raised a $14 million Seed round, led by Abu Dhabi-based Further...

Fuze Further Ventures

Jordan

Jordan’s DigiZag raises Series A funding

Jordan-based digital advertising and performance marketing startup DigiZag, has secured a seven-figure Series A funding round from the...

DigiZag Marketing SME Investment Fund

U.A.E

Archie to aid fintech startups through new regional accelerator

Archie, a new fintech accelerator in Dubai has officially launched to help fintech startups scale across Europe and Australia. The...

Archie Fintech accelerator

U.A.E

DIEZ launches innovations accelerator in partnership with MIT

Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to launch the MIT...

MIT

Saudi Arabia

Wa’ed Venture co-leads Mighty Buildings’ $52 million Series B round

Saudi Arabia’s Wa’ed Venture, the VC arm of Aramco, has co-led a $52 million Series B round in the US-based...

Wa'ed Vnetures Aramco Mighty Buildings

U.A.E

Thrift for Good wins $50,000 grant from She’s Next

UAE-based charity platform Thrift for Good has won a $50,000 grant from She’s Next programme, organised by Visa and First Bank of...

She's Next Thrift for Good

Saudi Arabia

SVC invests $5 million in VentureSouq’s fintech fund

UAE-based VentureSouq has raised $5 million from Saudi Venture Capital (SVC). The investment will go towards VentureSouq’s...

VentureSouq SVC Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Logistics startup Equiptal raises $1 million to fuel growth

Equiptal, a Saudi-Arabia-based logistics startup, has raised a $1 million pre-Seed round from Plug and Play Middle East and a group of...

Equiptal

Saudi Arabia

Barakah raises $1.5 million Seed round for its food waste solution

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech startup Barakah has raised a $1.5 million Seed round led by Hambro Perks Oryx Fund, with participation from...

Barakah

U.A.E

GAM3S.GG raises $2 million Seed round

UAE-based Web3 gaming platform GAM3S.GG, has closed a $2 million Seed funding round, led by Mechanism Capital with the participation...

GAM3S.GG Gaming

Regional

Flat6Labs launches StartMashreq Growth Track programme to nurture 24 startups

Egypt-based accelerator and VC Flat6Labs, has selected 24 startups from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq for its StartMashreq Growth Track...

Flat6Labs StartMashreq Growth Track

U.A.E

Pulsar Capital acquires controlling stake in TruDoc

Pulsar Capital has acquired a majority stake in UAE-based healthtech TruDoc. Founded in 2011 by Raouf Khalil, TruDoc is a telehealth...

TruDoc Pulsar Capital healthtech

U.A.E

myZoi raises$14 million, obtains regulatory licences

UAE-based fintech myZoi has raised $14 million from SC Ventures and SBI Holdings. Founded in 2022 by Christian Buchholz and Syed...

myZoi SC Ventures Fintech

Egypt

ariika raises Series A round from Beltone for 20 per cent stake

Egypt-based home décor e-commerce platform ariika has closed a Series A equity funding round, secured from Beltone Venture...

ariika Beltone E-commerce

Morocco

Moroccan edtech Smartprof raises investment from Fuze

Morocco-based edtech Smartprof has raised investment from Fuze. The amount raised was undisclosed. Founded in 2018 by Homza Faiz and...

SmartProf EdTech Fuze

Egypt

Egypt’s Sehatech raises $850,000 in funding

Egypt-based health insurtech Sehatech has raised a $850,000 round from A15 and Beltone Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Beltone Holding...

Sehatech Insurtech

Kuwait

Kuwaiti fintech Kem raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Kuwait-based fintech Kem has raised a $1 million pre-Seed round from a group of investors led by Maqamees Holdings. Founded in 2021 by...

Kem Fintech p2p

Egypt

HEDG raises six-figure pre-Seed round

Egypt-based fintech HEDG has raised a six-figure pre-Seed funding round from undisclosed investors based in Egypt and Saudi...

HEDG Fintech

U.A.E

UAE’s Lyvely raises Seed round from Cypher Capital

UAE-based Lyvely has raised a Seed round from early-stage VC firm, Cypher Capital. As part of the transaction, Bijan Alizadeh,...

Cypher Capital

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