Wamda

Saudi Arabia

rmz.ai raises $100,000 pre-seed from Beyond.xyz

rmz.ai, a Saudi generative AI platform, announced the completion of its $100,000 pre-seed funding round led by Beyond.xyz, a Saudi-based...

rmz.ai generative AI

Saudi Arabia

Logexa raises $2 million pre-Series A led by SEEDRA Ventures

Saudi-based logistics provider Logexa has concluded a $2 million pre-Series A funding round, led by SEEDRA Ventures and including...

Logexa Logistics Seedra Ventures

Saudi Arabia

PIF, Aramco join forces through HUMAIN to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s AI ambitions

PIF and Aramco signed a non-binding term sheet to combine their artificial intelligence (AI) assets and work jointly through HUMAIN, a...

Humain PIF Aramco

Saudi Arabia

Tabby completes secondary share sale at $4.5 billion valuation

Tabby, the Saudi Arabia-headquartered fintech, announced the completion of a secondary share sale by certain existing...

Tabby Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's BRKZ lands $30 million debt from Stride Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based contech BRKZ has secured up to $30 million in growth debt from Stride Ventures. The new facility will...

BRKZ Stride Ventures contech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi insurtech Najeeb.ai closes pre-seed round

Saudi Arabia-based insurtech Najeeb.ai has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round from local and regional angel investors. Founded in...

Najeeb.ai Insurtech

Saudi Arabia

Squadio nets $3 million to scale AI-powered remote tech hiring from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based HRtech Squadio has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round, backed by Wa’ed Ventures, 500 Sanabil MENA,...

Squadio HRtech Wa’ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia

HALA Capital launches as CMA-licensed private capital firm, expanding beyond ventures

Saudi Arabia-based HALA Capital, formerly HALA Ventures, has officially launched as a CMA-licensed private capital firm....

HALA Capital HALA Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Velents raises $1.5 million investment to propel launching Agent.sa

Saudi Arabia-based HRtech Velents.ai has raised $1.5 million from angel investors, including executives from Google and BCG. The funding...

Velents AI Velents HRtech

Saudi Arabia

Wa’ed Ventures leads $10 million pre-Series A in US-based Kure Cells

Wa’ed Ventures, the $500 million venture capital fund backed by Aramco, has led a $10 million Pre-Series A round in Kure Cells, a...

Wa'ed Ventures Kure Cells

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital backs Arsann with $26.7 million to power data-driven urban infrastructure

Saudi Arabia-based smart parking and mobility solutions provider Arsann has raised a $26.7 million investment from...

Arsann Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia

TabSense attracts $5 million backing from Jasoor Ventures

TabSense, a Saudi-based AI startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Jasoor Ventures to launch the first AI Agentic Point...

TabSense Jasoor Ventures POS

Saudi Arabia

Tamara obtains Central Bank of the UAE approval

Press release: Tamara has officially received a restricted finance licence from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). As a leading...

Tamara BNPL Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Qashio acquires Sanad Cash to accelerate Saudi expansion

UAE-based fintech Qashio, the UAE’s leading corporate spend management platform, announced the acquisition of Saudi Arabia’s...

Qashio Sanad Cash

Saudi Arabia

MoneyHash partners with Tabby to enable BNPL for merchants across MEA

Press release: MoneyHash, the first and leading payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, has partnered with Tabby,...

Tabby MoneyHash BNPL

Saudi Arabia

Astra Nova closes $48.3 million round to build AI-powered Web3 ecosystem

Astra Nova, a Saudi Arabia-based AI-driven Web3 startup, has raised $48.3 million to expand its suite of creator platforms and tokenised...

Astra Nova Web 3.0 Outlier Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Sanabil Venture Studio backs KLIQ with $2.25 million

KLIQ, a Saudi-based AI-powered influencer marketing platform, has raised $2.25 million in a seed funding round led by Sanabil...

Sanabil Venture Studio KLIQ

Saudi Arabia

Saudi healthtech Nuxera AI secures $2.5 million pre-seed

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Nuxera AI has secured $2.5 million in pre-seed investment from Sanabil Venture Studio by...

Nuxera AI Sanabil Venture Studio healthtech

Saudi Arabia

Engagesoft raises $3.5 million pre-Series A led by Silicon Badia

Saudi Arabia-based Engagesoft, an AI-powered employee engagement and organisational effectiveness platform, has raised $3.5 million in a...

Engagesoft silicon badia

Saudi Arabia

Tadawulcom closes $400,000 seed to advance proptech services in KSA

Saudi Arabia–based Tadawulcom Real Estate, a proptech SaaS platform, has raised $400,000 in a Seed round led by an angel...

Tadawulcom

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh to host Biban Forum 2025, attracting 140K visitors from 150+ countries

Monsha’at will host Biban Forum 2025 from November 5–8 at Riyadh Front Exhibition and Conference Center, under the theme...

Biban

Saudi Arabia

DOO lands $1.7 million funding to deepen AI adoption

Saudi Arabia-headquartered DOO, an AI-powered customer experience platform, has raised $1.7 million in funding led by Merak...

DOO Merak Capital Plus VC

Saudi Arabia

Sukna Capital, Partners for Growth launch $50 million lending initiative to back MENA tech growth

Saudi Arabia-based Sukna Capital has partnered with Partners for Growth (PFG) to launch a $50 million specialty lending initiative...

Sukna Capital Partners for Growth

Saudi Arabia

Sadq secures $1 million pre-Series A extension

Saudi Arabia-based Sadq has closed a $1 million pre-Series A extension led by Impact46. Founded in 2022 by Abdullah Allahuo and...

Sadq Impact46

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