Wamda

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

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

U.A.E

Airwallex commits $43 million to UAE expansion over five years

Global fintech company Airwallex plans to invest $43 million (AED158 million) in the UAE over the next five years, as part of its wider...

Airwallex Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Aramco Ventures backs Twin1 AI in $20 million seed round

Saudi Arabia's Aramco Ventures has co-led a $20 million seed round in US enterprise AI startup Twin1 AI, alongside Bessemer Venture...

Twin1 AI Aramco Ventures

U.A.E

Fasset hits $1 billion valuation after $68 million Series C

UAE-based fintech Fasset has raised $68 million in a Series C round led by Japan’s SBI Group and joined by Speedinvest, valuing...

Fasset SBI Group

Qatar

Qatar’s DineNORDER expands into Egypt

Qatar-based restaurant technology startup DineNORDER has expanded into Egypt as part of its wider regional growth strategy. Founded in...

DineNORDER foodtech SAAS

Saudi Arabia

Raff raises $1.7 million to bridge online brands with physical retail

Saudi Arabia-based retailtech startup Raff has raised $1.7 million in a pre-seed round led by Vision Ventures, with participation from...

Raff Vision ventures 500 Global

U.A.E

UAE’s Stellaria secures $6.8 million to scale geospatial AI platform

UAE-based AI and geospatial intelligence startup Stellaria, formerly known as Farmin, has raised $6.8 million (AED25 million) in a...

Stellaria geospatial

U.A.E

Swvl secures $13 million investment led by Sawiris-backed Coefficient

Dubai-headquartered mobility company Swvl has secured a $13 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) led by US investment firm...

Swvl Sawiris Coefficient

U.A.E

GMNSM raises $2 million for GCC and European expansion

UAE-based martial arts and holistic education company GMNSM has raised $2 million in funding from VEYRA Capital and a private...

GMNSM

U.A.E

Oro raises $3 million to scale AI-powered financial execution platform

UAE-based financial AI platform Oro has raised $3 million in a strategic funding round co-led by MH Ventures and Mapleblock Capital,...

M2M Capital Oro MH Ventures

U.A.E

Dubai’s growing role in the global digital economy

An article by Artem Shargin, a UAE-based entrepreneur and co-founder and chief operating officer of 0to8. In the digital economy,...

Global Digital Economy oped

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

Saudi Arabia

What I’ll be watching at LEAP 2026 — beyond billions and big announcements

An article by Abdullah Al Jaafari, CEO and Founder of Resquad AI At the end of this month, Riyadh will host the fifth edition of LEAP....

LEAP 26

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

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

Syria

Arada partners with Syrian Sovereign Fund on $7 billion joint venture project

UAE-based real estate developer Arada has entered Syria through a joint venture with the state-owned Syrian Sovereign Fund to develop a...

Arada Syrian Sovereign Fund

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

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in AI retention startup Churn Solution

Ibtikar Fund has made a Seed investment in Palestine-based Churn Solution, an AI-powered customer retention platform for...

Churn Solution Ibtikar Fund

Egypt

Jordan’s Abwaab acquires Egyptian edtech Eduact

Jordan-based edtech Abwaab has acquired the Egyptian education technology startup Eduact for an undisclosed amount, expanding its...

abwaab Eduact EdTech

Egypt

3C Coding School raises $3 million seed for Saudi expansion

Egypt-based edtech startup 3C Coding School has raised $3 million in a seed round led by MRG Economic Group, with participation from...

3C Coding School MRG Economic Group

U.A.E

Enhance raises $18.2 million in equity-debt round

GCC-based fitness technology company Enhance has raised $18.2 million in equity and venture debt, with Global Ventures participating in...

Enhance healthtech Stride Ventures

Bahrain

BitOasis names Jonathan Rigg CEO to lead next phase of growth

Press release: BitOasis, a CoinDCX company and one of the Middle East and North Africa's pioneer and leading regulated digital asset...

BitOasis

U.A.E

COFE Tech closes pre-IPO round at $178 million valuation

Kuwait-founded enterprise technology company COFE Tech, formerly COFE App, has closed a pre-IPO funding round at a $178 million...

COFE Wa'ed Ventures

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