Wamda

Jordan

Jordan’s Kitchefy raises $350,000 pre-Seed round

Jordan-based cloud kitchen Kitchefy, has raised a $350,000 pre-Seed round, led by the Oasis 500 fund, the Beyond Capital Fund, MyStartUp...

Kitchefy cloud kitchen Oasis 500

U.A.E

Fine Diner raises $150,000 in Seed round

UAE-based foodtech Fine Diner has raised $150,000 in Seed funding from angel investors. Founded in 2019 by Sami Elayan, Saed...

foodtech cloud kitchen

Saudi Arabia

Red Sea Farms raises additional $18.5 million to fuel expansion plans

Saudi Arabia-based agritech Red Sea Farms has raised an additional $18.5 million co-led by Wa’ed, the venture capital arm of Saudi...

Red Sea Farms agritech

U.A.E

The FoodTech Challenge

The FoodTech Challenge is a global competition that seeks to find the next wave of technology innovations that are on the cusp of...

The Foodtech Challenge

U.A.E

UAE’s foodtech Right Farm raises $2.8 million Seed round

UAE-based B2B e-grocery platform Right Farm has raised $2.8 million in its Seed funding round, led by DisruptAD and Enhance...

Right Farm foodtech DisruptAD

Saudi Arabia

Saudi foodtech Haseel closes $6.6 million Series A funding

Saudi Arabia-based footech Haseel has raised a $6.6 million Series A funding round led by Vision Ventures, with participation from Arzan...

Saudi Arabia Haseel

Egypt

Egypt’s ON Market raises $215,000 pre-Seed round

Egypt-based e-grocery marketplace ON Market has raised a $215,000 pre-Seed funding round from regional angel investors led by Yasser...

ON Market e-grocery

Egypt

Do cloud kitchens stand a chance in Egypt?

The meteoric rise of cloud kitchens in the UAE is beginning to permeate through to other parts of the Middle East. Across the region, new...

cloud kitchen Cloud kitchens

Saudi Arabia

Taker acquires Brisk Delivery

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech Taker, has fully acquired Brisk Delivery for an unknown amount. Founded in 2019 by Abdullah Alsaadi, Taker...

Saudi Arabia Taker Brisk

Egypt

Saudi Arabia’s Sary acquires Egypt’s Mowarrid

Saudi Arabia-based B2B e-commerce platform Sary has acquired Mowarrid, an Egypt-based B2B marketplace, for an undisclosed...

SARY Mowarrid E-commerce

Egypt

Careem invests in Egypt’s elmenus

Egypt-based food delivery app elmenus has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Careem. Founded in 2011 by Amir Allam, elmenus...

careem ElMenus

Egypt

FreshSource raises Seed round to cut food loss in Egypt

For Egypt, agriculture is one of its most critical sectors, accounting for more than 11 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) and 28...

FreshSource food waste agritech

U.A.E

YallaMarket raises $2.2 million bridge round

UAE-based quick-commerce startup YallaMarket has raised $2.2 million in a bridge round from Doha Tech Angels, Flyer One Ventures and...

YallaMarket q-commerce dark stores

Saudi Arabia

Saudi dark store Nana raises $50 million

Saudi Arabia-based dark store Nana has raised $50 million in a round led by FIM Partners and STV, bringing the total funding to $80...

Saudi Arabia Nana

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's cloud kitchen Creative+ raises $2 million

Press release: Creative+ Cloud Kitchen announced the closure of its first investment rounds worth more than $2 million, with the...

Creative+ cloud kitchen

Egypt

Egypt's foodtech 3attar raises Seed investment

Cairo-based foodtech startup 3attar has secured Seed investment from AUC Angels, UI Investment and a group of angel...

3attar foodtech AUC Angels

Iraq

TipTop's $5 million raise and Iraq's quick-commerce expansion

The continued pandemic-driven disruptions impacting the e-grocery segment have led to the emergence of q-commerce, a new vertical which has...

tiptop quick commerce q-commerce

Saudi Arabia

FOODICS acquires Jordan's POSRocket

Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup FOODICS has fully acquired the Jordan-based POS service provider POSRocket for an...

Foodics posrocket

Kuwait

Q-commerce startup Fiz raises $2.5 million in pre-Seed

Kuwait-based e-grocery delivery startup Fiz has raised a $2.5 million pre-seed round, led by the Taken Seat and Relish Venture Partners,...

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Regional

REEF to launch cloud kitchens across Mena

REEF Technologies, a US-based operator of delivery kitchens, logistics and proximity hubs, has announced plans to launch cloud kitchens...

Reef technology Cloud kitchens

Oman

Oman’s Akeed raises $2.5 million Series A round

Oman-based food delivery app Akeed Delivery has raised $2.5 million in a Series A round, backed by Phaze Ventures and IDO (Sovereign...

Akeed IDO Phaze Ventures

U.A.E

Careem enters quick-commerce space with launch of dark store grocery network

Careem is expanding its groceries offering by launching Careem Quik in the UAE, a quick-commerce e-grocery service enabled by a...

Careeem quick commerce e-grocery

Bahrain

Calo raises $13.5 million Seed round

Bahrain-based foodtech Calo has raised $13.5 million in its Seed funding round, co-led by Khwarizmi Ventures, Nuwa Capital, and...

Calo healthy food

U.A.E

GrubTech raises $13 million Series A round

UAE-based foodtech startup GrubTech has raised a $13 million Series A investment led by Addition, alongside BY Ventures and Hambro...

GrubTech foodtech

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