Wamda

Saudi Arabia

EdfaPay closes $5 million pre-Series A to fuel MENAP expansion

Saudi Arabia-based fintech EdfaPay has secured a $5 million pre-Series A funding round led by OmanTel Innovation Labs, with...

EdfaPay Omantel Innovation Labs Fintech

U.A.E

Shipfinex raises $1.5 million Seed to drive growth

UAE-based maritime fintech platform Shipfinex has secured $1.5 million in Seed funding, led by Gaurav Mehta, Chairman of Best Oasis...

Shipfinex Maritime fintech

Egypt

T-Vencubator announces Tafweela as inaugural venture-building project

Egypt-based VC-incubator T-Vencubator has announced the Egyptian fintech, Tafweela, as its inaugural venture-building project. Founded...

T-Vencubator Tafweela

Saudi Arabia

HALA Payments joins Saudi Unicorns Programme

Saudi Arabia-based fintech HALA Payments has been selected to join the Saudi Unicorns Programme. Through the Saudi Unicorns...

HALA Payments Fintech Saudi Unicorns Programme

Saudi Arabia

Saudi B2B fintech Mala secures $7 million pre-Seed

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Mala has closed a $7 million pre-Seed funding round, led by VentureSouq and Shorooq Partners, as well as M...

Mala Fintech Venture Souq

U.A.E

Abhi closes $15 million debt round led by Shorooq Partners

UAE-headquartered fintech Abhi has secured $15 million in debt financing led by Shorooq Partners and Amplify Growth...

Abhi Shorooq Partners Amplify Growth Partnership

Oman

Omani BNPL fintech QPay closes Seed round

Oman-based fintech QPay has closed a Seed round at an undisclosed value, led by Cyfr Capital. Founded in 2022 by Khalid...

Qpay Fintech BNPL

U.A.E

UAE’s OCTA raises $2.25 million pre-Seed

UAE-based fintech OCTA has closed a $2.25 million pre-Seed round. The round is co-led by Quona Capital and Sadu Capital, with...

Octa Fintech Sadu Capital

Egypt

Saudi q-commerce Nana acquires Rasseed app

Saudi Arabia-based dark store grocery delivery startup Nana has acquired Rasseed application for an undisclosed value. Founded in 2016...

Nana Raseedi

Kuwait

Kuwait’s Krti closes $1.5 million pre-Seed

Kuwait-based fintech Krti has closed a pre-Seed round of $1.5 million from Core Vision Investment under the Financial Academy Financial...

Krti Fintech Core Vision

Egypt

Egypt’s SETTLE secures $2 million pre-Seed

Egypt-based fintech SETTLE has raised a $2 million pre-Seed round, led by Shorooq Partners, with support from El Sewedy Capital Holding,...

SETTLE Fintech Shorooq Partners

Saudi Arabia

UmrahCash secures $500,000 investment from Adaverse

Saudi Arabia-based fintech for Umrah and Hajj UmrahCash has secured a $500,000 investment from Adaverse. Founded in 2024 by...

UmrahCash Adaverse

Egypt

Paymob secures an extra $22 million for Series B round

Egypt-based fintech Paymob has raised a $22 million Series B extension round, bringing the company’s total Series B funding to $72...

Paymob Fintech EBRD Venture Capital

U.A.E

FlapKap secures $34 million pre-Series A in a mix of debt and equity

UAE-based fintech FlapKap has raised $34 million in a pre-Series A funding round that included both debt and equity financing. The...

FlapKap Fintech BECO Capital

U.A.E

Tarabut acquires UK payments platform Vyne

UAE-based open banking platform Tarabut has acquired the London-based fintech Vyne. This acquisition bolsters Tarabut’s ability...

Tarabut Fintech Vyne

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Malaa secures $17.3 million Series A

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Malaa has closed a Series A funding round at $17.3 million, led by SNB Capital, with participation from...

Malaa Fintech SNB Capital

U.A.E

Ziina pockets $22 million in Series A round

UAE-based fintech Ziina has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round, led by US-based Altos Ventures, along with other investors...

Ziina Fintech Altos Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Tabby to acquire Saudi fintech Tweeq

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Tabby has announced finalising an acquisition deal of Tweeq, a Saudi-based digital wallet licensed by the...

Tabby Tweeq Fintech

Pakistan

Pakistan’s PostEx to expand into GCC after securing $7.3 million pre-Series A

Pakistan-based fintech PostEx has raised a $7.3 million pre-Series A funding round, led by Conjunction Capital, along with Dash...

PostEx Sanabil500

U.A.E

Yuze secures $30 million investment to fuel regional expansion

UAE-based fintech Yuze has raised $30 million in investment led by Osten Investments. Founded in 2022 by Rabih Sfeir, Yuze...

Yuze Fintech Osten Investments

Kuwait

Kuwait’s Kem secures $3 million investment from Tether

Kuwait-based fintech Kem has raised a $3 million investment from Tether, bringing the total investment Kem raised to date to $4.5...

Kem Fintech Tether

Egypt

Egyptian fintech Lucky ONE raises $3 million in convertible note

Egypt-based fintech Lucky ONE has raised $3 million in a convertible note from Lorax Capital Partners, KEM, DisrupTech Ventures and...

Lucky ONE Fintech Lorax Capital Partners

Egypt

Egypt’s Qardy secures seven-digit pre-Seed

Egypt-based fintech Qardy has raised a USD seven-figure pre-Seed round, invested by White Field Ventures, Vastly Valuable Ventures,...

Qardy Fintech White Field Ventures

Egypt

MNT-Halan acquires Tam Finans, extending its reach into Turkey

Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan has acquired Tam Finans, a Turkey-based commercial finance company in Turkey. Terms of the transaction were...

MNT-Halan

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