Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Lendo, Quantic launch $200 million SME financing programme in Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Lendo has partnered with Austria-based Quantic Financial Solutions on an institutional capital programme of up to SAR750...

Lendo Quantic Financial Solutions

Saudi Arabia

Saudi proptech Rize secures $50 million facility from Jadwa Investment

Saudi proptech Rize has secured a SAR187.5 million ($50 million) asset-backed Murabaha facility from Jadwa Investment to finance its...

Rize Proptech Jadwa Investment

Saudi Arabia

Tarabut secures $50 million to deepen Saudi embedded finance push

Bahrain-founded fintech infrastructure company Tarabut has secured $50 million (SAR187 million) in strategic financing from Riyad Bank,...

Tarabut Tarabut Gateway

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech barq closes $329.5 million Series A

Saudi fintech barq has closed a $329.5 million Series A round at a $1.85 billion valuation, with participation from Noon Investments,...

BARQ Fintech Noon Investments

Saudi Arabia

BRKZ secures $31 million to scale AI-powered construction procurement

Saudi Arabia-based construction technology startup BRKZ has secured $31 million in new capital, comprising a $13 million Series B equity...

BRKZ contech Wa'ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Tabby hits $6.5 billion valuation after $233 million Series F

Saudi Arabia-headquartered fintech Tabby has raised $233 million in a Series F equity round at a $6.5 billion valuation, led by existing...

Tabby Blue Pool Capital BNPL

Saudi Arabia

What stood out at LEAP 2026

An article by Abdullah Al Jaafari, CEO and Founder of Resquad AI Somewhere on the second day in Riyadh, I stopped photographing the...

LEAP 26

Saudi Arabia

STV’s Emerging Tech & AI Fund secures backing from Arcapita

Saudi venture capital firm STV has secured an investment from global alternative investment manager Arcapita for its Emerging Tech &...

STV Arcapita Tech & AI Fund

Saudi Arabia

Carly secures investment from Pinnacle to support next phase of growth

Saudi Arabia’s Pinnacle Growth & Secondary Fund has invested in Carly, a Saudi automotive commerce platform, through a...

Pinnacle Capital Carly

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AI startup Gaia secures $1.5 million to scale enterprise platform

Saudi Arabia-based enterprise AI startup Gaia has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Seed round led by Seedra Ventures. Founded in 2026 by...

Gaia Seedra Ventures

Saudi Arabia

PayTabs strikes $100 million+ deal for Amazon Payment Services MENA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech PayTabs Group has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ operations in the Middle East and North...

paytabs Amazon Payment Services

Saudi Arabia

Velents enters Bahrain through strategic partnership with stc Bahrain

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Velents has expanded into Bahrain through a strategic partnership with stc Bahrain, signed on the...

Velents AI STC

Saudi Arabia

Salla acquires Saudi payments company Paylink

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform Salla has acquired Saudi fintech Paylink as part of its strategy to expand its financial services...

Paylink Salla

Saudi Arabia

Saudi autotech Syarah raises $12 million from Impact46

Saudi Arabia-based autotech startup Syarah has raised $12 million in a new funding round from Impact46 to expand its online marketplace...

Syarah Impact46

Saudi Arabia

Rwaj raises $1.2 million to scale live shopping marketplace

Saudi Arabia-based live shopping startup Rwaj has raised $1.2 million (SAR 4.5 million) in a pre-Seed funding round to scale its social...

Rwaj

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AQAR plans up to $480,000 strategic investment in Syria’s Doushesh

Saudi Arabia-based real estate platform AQAR has signed a memorandum of understanding with Syrian classifieds company Doushesh for a...

Doushesh aqar

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Nayla lands $18 million to expand micro-business financing

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nayla has secured approximately $18 million in a pre-Series A round, comprising a mix of equity and debt...

Nayla Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Sirdab raises $10 million Series A to expand across GCC

Saudi Arabia-based logistics startup Sirdab has raised $10 million (SAR 37.5 million) in Series A funding, co-led by PIF-backed digital...

Sirdab Logistics BECO Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi FlyAkeed secures $25.15 million to scale enterprise travel platform

Saudi Arabia-based corporate traveltech platform FlyAkeed has secured SAR 94.3 million ($25.15 million) in growth funding, combining an...

FlyAkeed traveltech Sanabil Investments

Saudi Arabia

OmniOps, HPE sign MoU at LEAP to advance sovereign AI solutions

Press release: OmniOps, Saudi Arabia's sovereign AI infrastructure technology company, today announced at LEAP the signing of a...

OmniOps HPE

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Remedium secures $1.5 million to expand sustainability accounting

Saudi Arabia-based climatetech startup Remedium has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Seed round led by Kaltaire Investments. Founded in...

Remedium Climatetech Kaltaire Investments

Saudi Arabia

Arabic.AI secures strategic investment from HUMAIN

Arabic.AI has secured a strategic investment from Saudi Arabia-based HUMAIN, a PIF company, as part of a partnership to expand Arabic...

Humain Arabic AI Tarjama

Saudi Arabia

Aajil Capital secures CMA licence for investment management in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based Aajil Capital, a sister firm to industrial financing platform Aajil, has received a Capital Market Authority (CMA)...

Aajil Capital

Saudi Arabia

LEAP 2026 opens in Riyadh for its fifth edition

LEAP 2026 opens in Riyadh on 31 August for its fifth edition, bringing together global technology companies, investors, founders and...

LEAP 26

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