Egypt Yaoota raises $2.7M Series A from UAE's KBBO Yaoota cofounders Sherif ElRakabawy and Mohamed Ewis (Image via Rachel Williamson) Egyptian startup Yaoota has landed a $2.7 million... Rachel Williamson • 01 October, 2015 yaoota Series A Egypt
U.A.E UAE-based online property sites get Series A from iMENA Apartment hunting online - a growing sector for the Middle East. (Image via JustProperty.com) JRD Group, parent company to UAE-based sites... Lucy Knight • 31 August, 2015 online classifieds iMENA Group JustRentals.com
Egypt Egypt startups attract wave of foreign VCs Egyptian entrepreneurs are finally beginning to attract foreign investors, with jobs site Wuzzuf the latest to close a major Series A... Rachel Williamson • 27 August, 2015 piton capital vostok new ventures instabug
Jordan Jordan’s Mawdoo3 gets $1.5M in Series A funding The Mawdoo3 team in Amman, soon to grow. (Image via Mawdoo3) Mawdoo3, the Jordanian startup modelling itself on Wikipedia for Arabic... Lucy Knight • 19 August, 2015 EquiTrust Mawdoo3 lifestyle
Global Connecting the world, one car at a time Google’s driverless cars have been pootling staff around for nearly five years, but the man on the street is still waiting. What... Lucy Knight • 20 July, 2015 Dialexa Labs Vinli Connected Cars
U.A.E $11M Series A round from the US for Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr has successfully closed a Series A funding round worth $11 million. The not-insignificant sum was... Lucy Knight • 12 June, 2015 Mena360 Dhabi Holdings New Enterprise Associates
Lebanon Zoomaal founder shares tips from $330k Series A round The Zoomaal team at their offices in Beirut. After raising a seed round of $75,000 in Q3 of 2013 (from Wamda, MEVP, and Sawari Ventures),... Maya Rahal • 30 April, 2015 abdallah absi cairo angels zoomaal
Saudi Arabia HolidayME announce $4 million Series A round after launching last month HolidayME, a Dubai-based online customized travel startup launched just last month, has announced a $4 million Series A round from Al... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 22 January, 2015 al sanie group holidayme saudi
Jordan Wysada raises $5M+ Series A funding from Silicon Badia Wysada, an online luxury retailer of home goods, décor, and interior furnishings, which has been described as a One Kings Lane’s cl... Maya Rahal • 29 October, 2014 silicon badia wysada investement
Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment Qordoba, the multinational online localization company headquartered in Dubai, has announced a $1.5 million USD Series A fundraising round... Wamda • 30 January, 2014 fundraising Series A Qordoba
Instabeat raises Series A round from Wamda Capital, Jabbar Internet Group, and angel investors Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers, has secured a Series A round of investment from Wamda Capital, Jabbar Internet Group, and... Wamda • 02 January, 2014 Instabeat Series A
UrbanBuz announces Series A round of investment for its customized loyalty program Most of the time, when customers become loyal to a business, it’s not because they’ve been offered benefits via a loyalty card or shown up... Nina Curley • 10 December, 2013 Series A Loyalty Programs
Edfa3ly secures Series A investment from Tamkeen Capital, plans regional expansion Living in Egypt is hard. Even having a high disposable income brings its own difficulties because you see a plethora of enticing products... Omar Aysha • 12 August, 2013 Series A Investment Logistics