Wamda

U.A.E

UAE-headquartered Premialab raises $220 million led by KKR

UAE-headquartered Premialab, a global provider of data, analytics, and risk management solutions for quantitative investing, has raised...

KKR Premialab

U.A.E

Relik raises seed round with backing from KBW Ventures

UAE-based Relik has closed a seed funding round with participation from KBW Ventures, Naatt Holding, Fort Holding, and Ayman...

Relik KBW Ventures

Egypt

Athar Accelerator, Plan International Egypt host Cairo AI Hackathon

Egypt's Athar Accelerator, in partnership with Plan International Egypt through the Ready for Tomorrow programme, concluded the...

Athar Accelerator Plan International Egypt

Regional

Propeller launches Kernel Camp, an 8-week deep-tech residency in Silicon Valley for MENA founders

Propeller has launched Kernel Camp, an eight-week AI infrastructure and deep-tech residency for early-stage founders from the MENA...

Propeller silicon valley

U.A.E

Noon raises $500 million from PIF-backed investors ahead of potential IPO

Saudi Arabia and UAE-headquartered noon has raised $500 million in fresh funding from backers including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign...

Noon PIF

Egypt

iVoiceUp secures investment from A15 to accelerate MENA expansion

Egypt-based iVoiceUp, an AI-powered ethics and whistleblowing case management platform, has closed an investment round led by A15 to...

iVoiceUp A15

Algeria

Algeria’s VOLZ raises $5 million in landmark funding round

Algeria-based traveltech VOLZ has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by a consortium of private investors...

Volz traveltech

U.A.E

Impact46 backs Hypemasters with $1 million investment

Impact46 has led a $1 million investment round in Hypemasters, with strong participation from GEM Capital. The funding will support...

Hypemasters Impact46

Kuwait

MASAHA App secures fresh seed backing at $1.5 million valuation

Trendle, the parent company of MASAHA, has closed its second Seed investment round at a valuation of $1.5 million. The...

MASAHA App

U.A.E

Qadi emerges from stealth after closing pre-seed round

UAE-based regtech Qadi has emerged from stealth after closing a pre-seed funding round led by Incubayt. Founded in 2025 by Mohamad...

Qadi Incubayt

Saudi Arabia

Saudi gametech Qwacks raises $480,000 pre-seed from Merak Capital

Qwacks, a Saudi gametech, has raised $480,000 in pre-seed funding from Merak Capital. Founded in 2024 by Anas Alsahli...

Merak Capital Qwacks

U.A.E

Byit secures $1.1 million funding to expand into KSA, deepen UAE operations

UAE-headquartered proptech Byit Capital has raised $1.1 million in strategic funding from A15, Beltone Holding, and a group of...

Byit Proptech

Bahrain

Paribu acquires CoinMENA in a transaction valued at up to $240 million

Paribu, Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform, has completed the country’s largest fintech transaction to date by...

Paribu CoinMena

Saudi Arabia

Taager enters Morocco with new Casablanca operations

Egypt-born and Saudi Arabia-HQ social e-commerce platform Taager has launched operations in Casablanca, marking its official entry...

Taager

Saudi Arabia

Nabt extends seed round with additional $3.4 million

Nabt, the Saudi agritech, has raised $3.4 million in a seed extension round, bringing total funding to $5 million. The round...

Nabt Merak Capital SHG Group

U.A.E

UAE's Reno raises $4 million in equity-debt round

UAE-based home renovation tech platform Reno has raised $4 million in equity and debt, led by Sanabil 500, Hub71,...

Reno Sanabil 500

Saudi Arabia

COGNNA secures $9.2 million Series A to accelerate global expansion

Saudi Arabia-based cybersecurity startup COGNNA raised $9.2 million in a Series A round led by Impact46, co-led by BNVT Capital, with...

COGNNA

U.A.E

Mubadala co-leads investment in South Korea's NanoH2O

UAE's Mubadala Investment Company, alongside Glenwood Private Equity and other co-investors, has invested in South Korean...

Mubadala NanoH2O

Egypt

Rology closes growth round to expand AI-powered teleradiology across MEA

Egypt-based healthtech Rology has closed a growth round with participation from Philips Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact...

Rology healthtech

Egypt

Paymob–RTG strike regional partnership to merge payments, AI development

Egypt-based fintech Paymob and Robusta Technology Group (RTG) have signed a strategic partnership to build an integrated digital...

Paymob Fintech Robusta Technology Group

U.A.E

UAE’s Funch raises $500,000 to scale AI-powered food subscription operations

UAE-based foodtech Funch has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by Angelspark, with participation from Mostafa Kandil (Swvl...

Funch foodtech

U.A.E

Mastiska closes $10 million seed to advance sovereign silicon for AI compute

UAE-based fabless semiconductor startup Mastiska has raised $10 million in a seed round backed mainly by GCC sovereign wealth funds to...

Mastiska

Saudi Arabia

Humanoid, QSS AI & Robotics unveil MENA’s first robotics showroom in Riyadh

Press release: Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company, launched the Middle East’s first dedicated humanoid robotics showroom...

Humanoid QSS AI & Robotics

Saudi Arabia

erad secures $125 million facility from Jefferies

Saudi Arabia–based embedded-finance platform erad has secured a $125 million scalable facility led by Jefferies, with...

erad Jefferies Channel Capital

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