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Egypt

Roomz.rent raises pre-seed round led by Qora71

Egypt-based Roomz.rent has secured pre-seed funding led by Qora71 (Hub71 angel syndicate), with participation from additional regional...

Roomz.rent Qora71

U.A.E

MEVP joins AppliedAI's Series A round

UAE's MEVP has joined AppliedAI's $55 million Series A round, along with G42, Bessemer Venture Partners, and strategic partner...

AppliedAI MEVP

U.A.E

Related secures $8 million investment from Equivator

UAE-based loyalty and rewards company Related has secured an $8 million investment from Equivator, a Saudi alternative investment...

Equivator Related

Egypt

Aria Ventures launches $1 million fund to bolster deeptech investment in Egypt

Aria Ventures, an Egypt-based venture studio focused on building deeptech startups, has announced the launch of a $1 million (EGP...

Aria Ventures Deep-tech

Egypt

Nowlun raises additional $600,000 to close $2.3 million seed round

Egypt-based logistics startup Nowlun has raised $600,000 in a seed round extension led by Ingressive Capital, bringing total...

Logistics Nowlun Ingressive Capital

Egypt

Valu begins trading on EGX with Amazon as investor

Egyptian fintech Valu has officially begun trading on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). The listing was executed via an in-kind dividend...

valu Fintech BNPL

Algeria

Algerian startup Talenteo raises six-figure round backed by 216 Capital

Algeria-based HRTech Talenteo has raised an undisclosed investment from 216 Capital. Founded in 2022 by Tarik...

216 Capital Talenteo HRtech

U.A.E

SaturnX closes $3 million seed to expand Gulf–South Asia payment corridor

UAE-based infrastructure provider SaturnX has raised $3 million in seed funding, led by White Star Capital with participation from...

SaturnX White Star Capital

U.A.E

Sukna Fund provides $20 million credit facility to OCTA

UAE-based fintech Octa has raised $20 million in a credit facility from Sukna Fund for Direct Financing...

Octa Sukna Fund Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Darwinz AI closes $325,000 seed round to fuel regional growth

Saudi Arabia-based Darwinz AI (TheDar.AI) has raised $325,000 in a seed funding round, led by Flat6Labs KSA and Glint...

Darwinz AI Flat6Labs Glint Ventures

Egypt

Egypt’s Octane raises $5.2 million to digitize fleet payments across MENA

Egyptian fintech Octane has raised $5.2 million in a funding round led by Shorooq Partners, Algebra Ventures, and SC Holding. The...

Octane Algebra Ventures Fintech

U.A.E

AI-powered proptech Prop-AI secures $1.5 million pre-seed

UAE-based proptech Prop-AI has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round, led by Plus VC, with participation from Joa Capital,...

Prop-AI Plus VC Proptech

Regional

Egypt’s DisrupTech backs Nigerian agri-fintech Winich Farms

DisrupTech Ventures, an Egypt-based early-stage fintech fund, has made its first Sub-Saharan Africa investment by backing Winich Farms,...

Disruptech Winich Farms

Lebanon

XFOLIO closes $2 million seed backed by MEVP

French-Lebanese fintech XFOLIO has raised $2 million in Seed funding from Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP). Founded by Anis Rahal...

XFOLIO Fintech MEVP

Saudi Arabia

STV backs Morni via its newly launched NICE fund

Saudi Arabia-based automotive services platform Morni has raised an investment from STV, via its newly launched $100...

Morni STV

U.A.E

eVoost AI secures seed funding from Qora71

eVoost AI, an Abu Dhabi-based proptech founded in 2024 by Cristian Pastrana, raised seed funding from Qora71, marking the...

eVoost AI Qora71

U.A.E

UAE regtech Qanooni raises $2 million in pre-seed round

UAE-based regtech Qanooni has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by Village Global, Oryx Fund by Salica Investments, TA...

Qanooni regtech Village Global

U.A.E

CorroHealth invests in UAE's SANTECHTURE to advance AI-powered RCM

UAE-based healthtech SANTECHTURE has secured a "strategic" investment from US-based CorroHealth. Founded in 2019 by Anas...

CorroHealth SANTECHTURE

Tunisia

Tunisia's Kumulus Water closes $3.5 million seed round

Kumulus Water, a startup launched in 2021 between France and Tunisia, has raised $3.5 million in a seed round to scale its off-grid...

Kumulus Water Climatetech Plus VC

Saudi Arabia

Stride Ventures scales up in the GCC with strong focus on Saudi Arabia

Stride Ventures, a global venture debt firm, has announced the expansion of its operations in the Gulf Cooperation Council, with Saudi...

Stride Ventures

Qatar

Qatar’s ShipBee secures $235,000 pre-seed led by GrowthX

Doha-based logistics startup ShipBee has closed a $235,000 pre-seed round, led by Qatar-based GrowthX and supported by two angel...

ShipBee Logistics

U.A.E

Arab Fund invests in Shorooq’s Nahda Fund II to expand SME credit access in MENA

The UAE-based Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, through its Badir Fund for SMEs, has invested in Shorooq’s Nahda Fund...

Nahda Fund II Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development Shorooq

Regional

MENA startups raised $289 million in May 2025, led by Egypt

The startup ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) showed renewed momentum in May 2025, raising a total of $289 million...

Investment investments

U.A.E

Bloomspoon attracts $218,000 investment on Shark Tank

UAE-based greentech Bloomspoon has secured a $218,000 investment in exchange for 49% equity during Season 3 of Shark Tank...

Bloomspoon Shark Tank

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