Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi VC Impact46 expands gaming portfolio with multi-studio investments

Impact46 invests over $6.6 million in five gaming studios—Fahy, NJD, Game Cooks, Starvania, and Alpaka—as part of its...

Impact46

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AI startup Deep.SA secures $1.2 million pre-seed

Press release: Deep.SA, a Saudi-based artificial intelligence startup, has successfully raised $1.2 million (SAR 4.5 million) in a...

Deep.SA Raed Ventures

Saudi Arabia

RIFD secures strategic investment from Antler

Saudi Arabia-based RIFD, a Shariah-compliant SME receivables securitisation platform, secured "strategic" investment from...

RIFD Antler

Saudi Arabia

Salasa closes $30 million Series B to leverage AI fulfilment capabilities

Saudi Arabia's e-commerce fulfilment company Salasa has raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Artal Capital, with...

Salasa Logistics Artal Capital

Saudi Arabia

Kamco Invest acquires a stake in Foodics

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech Foodics has raised an undisclosed investment from Kuwait's Kamco Invest for an unspecified...

Foodics Kamco Invest SAAS

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Flex League closes six-figure seed round

Saudi Arabia-based sportstech platform Flex League has closed a six-figure USD Seed round, led by The Professional Tennis Academy and...

Flex League Sportstech

Saudi Arabia

OmniOps launches Bunyan, Saudi Arabia’s first sovereign inference-as-a-service platform

Press release: OmniOps, Saudi Arabia's leading AI Infrastructure Technology provider, today announced the official launch of Bunyan...

OmniOps Bunyan

Saudi Arabia

Calo raises $39 million Series B extension to boost global growth

Calo, the Saudi Arabia-headquartered foodtech startup, secured $39 million in a Series B extension led by AlJazira Capital,...

Calo Aljazira Capital foodtech

Saudi Arabia

Sawt raises $1 million to transform voice-based customer service

Saudi Arabia-based voice AI startup Sawt has closed a $1 million pre-seed round led by T2 and STV’s newly launched AI...

Sawt AI STV

Saudi Arabia

Wittify.ai secures $1.5 million pre‑seed to upscale Arabic conversational AI

Saudi Arabia-based conversational AI startup Wittify.ai has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round from a syndicate of prominent Saudi...

Wittify.ai AI

Saudi Arabia

Saudi insurtech Yasmina closes $2 million Seed

Saudi Arabia-based Yasmina has raised $2 million in a seed round led by Scene Holding, with co-leadership participation from Access...

Yasmina Insurtech Scene Holding

Saudi Arabia

Lucidya secures $30 million in Series B, setting a MENA AI funding record

Saudi Arabia-based SaaS platform Lucidya has raised $30 million in a Series B round. The round was led by Impact46, with participation...

Lucidya SAAS Impact46

Saudi Arabia

Sukna Capital secures CMA approval to offer flexible, non-dilutive SME financing

Saudi Arabia-based VC Sukna Capital has received CMA approval to launch the Sukna Fund for Direct Financing (SFDF), an open-ended,...

Sukna Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Tarmeez Capital raises strategic round from Tali Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based sukuk fintech Tarmeez Capital has raised a strategic funding round led by Tali Ventures, the corporate VC arm of stc...

tali ventures STC Tarmeez Capital

Qatar

Jahez acquires 76.56% stake in Qatar’s Snoonu in $245 million deal

Saudi-listed Jahez Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 76.56% of Qatar’s Snoonu, a leading e-commerce and on-demand...

Jahez Snoonu

Saudi Arabia

Rekaz closes $5 million seed to expand AI-driven SMB platform

Saudi Arabia-based SaaS startup Rekaz has raised $5 million in seed funding to expand its operating system for service businesses. The...

Rekaz SAAS COTU Ventures

Saudi Arabia

TruKKer raises $15 million debt from Ruya Partners

Saudi Arabia-based digital freight network TruKKer has secured a $15 million private credit investment from Ruya Partners, through its...

Trukker freight Logistics

Saudi Arabia

Flawless lands $1.5 million pre-seed to expand its career mentorship platform

Saudi Arabia-based platform Flawless has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding, backed by unnamed angel investors focused on...

Flawless career

Saudi Arabia

Ninja raises $250 million, hits unicorn valuation ahead of planned IPO

Saudi Arabia-based q-commerce Ninja has raised $250 million in a funding round led by Riyad Capital, reaching a $1.5B...

Ninja q-commerce

Saudi Arabia

Jadwa leads $50 million investment in Saudi fueltech PetroApp

Jadwa Investment has led a $50 million investment in PetroApp, Saudi Arabia’s digital fuel and fleet management platform, via its...

Jadwa PetroApp

Saudi Arabia

STV backs Morni via its newly launched NICE fund

Saudi Arabia-based automotive services platform Morni has raised an investment from STV, via its newly launched $100...

Morni STV

Saudi Arabia

Darwinz AI closes $325,000 seed round to fuel regional growth

Saudi Arabia-based Darwinz AI (TheDar.AI) has raised $325,000 in a seed funding round, led by Flat6Labs KSA and Glint...

Darwinz AI Flat6Labs Glint Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Stride Ventures scales up in the GCC with strong focus on Saudi Arabia

Stride Ventures, a global venture debt firm, has announced the expansion of its operations in the Gulf Cooperation Council, with Saudi...

Stride Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Stitch raises $10 million seed to extend services to emerging markets

Saudi Arabia-based fintech infrastructure platform Stitch has raised a $10 million seed round from investors including Arbor Ventures,...

Stitch Arbor Ventures SVC

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