Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Matbakhi raises $2.3 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech startup Matbakhi, has raised a $2.3 million pre-Seed round led by Bugshan Investment Company along with an...

Matbakhi

Iraq

Iraq’s Alsaree3 Group receive seven-figure bridge round

Iraq-based Alsaree3 Group, closed a seven-figure bridge round in December 2022, raising its total funding to over $6.5...

Alsaree3 Zajel delivery app

U.A.E

UAE’s Revoltech among four winners of Global FoodTech Challenge

UAE-based foodtech Revoltech is among the winners of the 2022 FoodTech Challenge, receiving a portion of the $2 million prize money to...

Revoltech Global FoodTech Challenge foodtech

Bahrain

Bahraini foodtech OrderJet raises $125,000 from Hope Ventures

Bahrain-based foodtech OrderJet, has raised $125,000 from Hope Ventures, the investment arm of Hope Fund and producers of the Beban TV...

OrderJet Hope Ventures Beban

U.A.E

UAE foodtech Nourish raises $400,000 investment

UAE-based inflight meal booking platform Nourish, has raised a $400,000 investment round, led by investors from the US, Jordan, Saudi...

Nourish foodtech f&b

U.A.E

The venture builder helping female-led agritechs scale beyond the desert

The female share in the agricultural workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) hovers around 30 per cent, making the sector one...

agritech Dana Global

Oman

Omani cloud kitchen KitchenomiKs raises $1.7 million Seed round

Oman-based cloud kitchen operator KitchenomiKs has raised $1.7 million in its Seed round from angel investors. Founded in March 2022...

KitchenomiKs cloud kitchen foodtech

Saudi Arabia

Revival Lab leads $13.6 million round through United Investments partnership

Saudi Arabia-based venture builder Revival Lab, has signed an investment partnership worth SAR50 million ($13.6 million) with United...

Revival Lab Saudi Arabia cloud kitchen

Bahrain

Calo raises $13 million pre-Series A round

Bahrain-based foodtech Calo, has raised a $13 million pre-Series A round led by Nuwa Capital and STV. Other investors participating in...

Calo Nuwa capital foodtech

Egypt

Brito joins Egypt’s growing list of cloud kitchens after raising $1.25 million

For Egyptians, ordering food from a local restaurant is nothing novel. The country’s restaurant market is thought to be worth $17...

cloud kitchen Brito

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Jahez acquires The Chefz for $172.9 million

Saudi Arabia-based food delivery app Jahez has fully acquired The Chefz, a Saudi Arabia-based dessert delivery platform for $172.9...

Jahez The Chefz Food delivery

Saudi Arabia

Order raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based SaaS startup Order, has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed funding round, led by several angel investors. Founded in...

Order SAAS f&b

Morocco

The Moroccan startup helping grocers improve customer loyalty

Traditional grocery stores are a regular fixture of every neighborhood in Morocco. When compared to large supermarket chains and...

WafR

U.A.E

UAE’s Eat App raises $11 million Series B round

UAE-based restaurant reservations platform Eat App has closed an $11 million Series B round from MEVP, 500 Startups, Derayah VC, Dallah...

Eat App foodtech

Regional

Behind the scenes of the POSRocket acquisition

In January 2022, Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup Foodics announced it had acquired Jordan-based point of sale provider...

acquisition Exit posrocket

Egypt

Why is Grubtech shifting its focus to Egypt?

The foodtech space remains one of the most dynamic in the Middle East, thanks to the region’s insatiable appetite for food delivery...

GrubTech

Regional

Can restaurant payment startups survive the market slowdown and rise in food costs?

There is a popular chain of Italian restaurants in Europe that is owned and operated by a French company that kickstarted a revolution in...

foodtech ChatFood Eat App

Saudi Arabia

Barakah raises $300,000 pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based food delivery startup Barakah has secured $300,000 in a pre-Seed round from Alriyadah Investments. Founded in 2021...

Barakah Alriyadah Investments Food & Beverage

U.A.E

ChatFood raises $3 million bridge round led by Antler

UAE-based foodtech ChatFood, has announced a bridge round of $3 million led by Antler with a reserved amount for key strategic Saudi...

ChatFood Antler foodtech

U.A.E

Supy raises $8 million Seed round

UAE-based B2B food marketplace Supy, has raised $8 million in a Seed round led by BECO Capital with participation from Valia Ventures,...

Supy BECO Capital

U.A.E

Pure Harvest secures $180.5 million from global investors to fund expansion

UAE-based agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms, has raised $180.5 million in its latest growth funding round. Investors included Metric...

agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms

U.A.E

Careem acquires food delivery startup MUNCH:ON

UAE-based super app Careem has acquired food delivery subscription platform MUNCH:ON, as it looks to expand its offerings in the food...

Munch:On careem Food delivery

U.A.E

Pure Harvest Smart Farms acquires BayWa's interest in agritech venture

UAE-based agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms is forming an alliance with Al Dahra Group by acquiring BaWa’s controlling interest...

Pure Harvest Smart Farms agritech acquisition

U.A.E

KRUSH Brands raises $4.5 million for its virtual restaurant marketplace Locale

Locale, the UAE-based online marketplace for virtual restaurants built by cloud kitchen platform KRUSH Brands has raised $4.5 million...

foodtech cloud kitchen KRUSH Brands

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