Egypt Taager moves into China to fix sourcing bottlenecks for MENA sellers Egypt-born and Saudi Arabia-HQ social e-commerce platform Taager Taager has opened its first supply office in China to strengthen... News • 30 April, 2026 Taager
U.A.E Udora secures $10 million as it prepares Saudi market entry UAE-based gifting platform Udora has raised $10 million in a private funding round, according to Entrepreneur Middle East. Founded in... News • 29 April, 2026 Udora
Saudi Arabia BRKZ secures strategic investment from SIC Saudi Arabia-based contech BRKZ has secured a strategic investment from Saudi Industrial Investment Company, the investment arm of... News • 29 April, 2026 BRKZ contech Saudi Industrial Investment Company
Qatar Vodafone Qatar acquires Maktapp to expand into SME fintech Vodafone Qatar has acquired Maktapp through its subsidiary Infinity Fintech Ventures. The deal strengthens Vodafone’s push into... News • 29 April, 2026 maktapp vodafone Infinity Fintech Ventures
Saudi Arabia OmniOps partners with Grafana Labs to deliver sovereign observability in Saudi Arabia Press release: OmniOps, Saudi Arabia’s leading AI infrastructure technology provider, today announced its participation in the... News • 28 April, 2026 OmniOps Grafana Labs
Egypt Scale It Forward: A new initiative targets Egypt’s venture debt gap for scaleups GIZ Egypt and enpact have launched Scale It Forward, a programme to activate venture debt solutions in Egypt. The initiative targets... News • 27 April, 2026 GIZ Egypt Enpact
U.A.E Comfi expands across MENA after raising $65 million pre-Series A UAE-based fintech Comfi has raised $65 million in a pre-Series A round combining equity and debt to scale SME financing across... News • 27 April, 2026 Comfi Fintech Iliad Partners
Bahrain Lola closes $3 million seed to scale across GCC Bahrain-founded D2C foodtech platform Lola has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Vision Ventures. The round included... News • 27 April, 2026 Lola Plus VC Vision ventures
United States VAST Data closes Series F round at $30B valuation US-based AI infrastructure company VAST Data has raised approximately $1 billion in a Series F round, reaching a $30 billion... News • 22 April, 2026 Vast Data
Egypt iSchool moves beyond edtech with Rubikal acquisition Egypt-based edtech iSchool has acquired software engineering firm Rubikal to accelerate the development of AI-powered education... News • 22 April, 2026 iSchool Rubikal EdTech
Saudi Arabia Signit raises $15 million Series A led by Raed Ventures Saudi Arabia-based startup Signit has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-powered contract management... News • 22 April, 2026 Signit Raed Ventures STV
Regional Arabic.AI partners with HeyBreez to scale Arabic voice AI for enterprises UAE-based Arabic.AI has partnered with HeyBreez to deliver production-grade Arabic voice AI solutions for enterprises and... News • 22 April, 2026 Arabic AI HeyBreez
Oman FASCANO closes $10 million round to enhance F&B operations across the region Oman-based foodtech FASCANO has closed its third investment round at $10 million. The round included participation from His Highness... News • 21 April, 2026 Fascano Cyfr Capital Oman Future Fund
Regional Speedinvest launches MEA fund backed by Mubadala, QIA, and EIB Global Austria-based VC firm Speedinvest has launched its first flagship fund dedicated to the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The fund is... News • 21 April, 2026 Speedinvest QIA Mubadala
Egypt Egypt's Sinai.ai raises $1.45 million pre-seed to build interactive AI-native books Egypt-based startup Sinai.ai has raised $1.45 million in a pre-seed round, led by KAUST Innovation Ventures and DisrupTech... News • 21 April, 2026 Sinai.ai Maza Ventures KAUST Innovation Ventures
Jordan MENA gaming leader Tamatem acquires Turkey's Playable Factory Jordan-based gaming company Tamatem has fully acquired Playable Factory, a global playable ads platform. Founded in 2018 in Istanbul,... News • 21 April, 2026 Playable Factory tamatem
