Wamda

U.A.E

UAE's Masdar, UK government invest $86 million in green technology fund

Source: Zawya Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) together with the UK government have invested £70 million ($86.48 million)...

Technology fund uae

Regional

Careem moves further into fintech

Careem now allows its users to recharge their mobile phone credit on its platform. The service is already available in Egypt, Pakistan...

Fintech wallet pay

Regional

Localized closes $1.2 million funding round

US-based Localized, a talent technology platform that connects university students and alumni with employers and industry experts in...

Investment talent tech

Egypt

Egypt to establish 7 technological parks with EGP 1 billion investments: ICT Minister

Source: Daily News Egypt Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, told Daily News Egypt that seven...

Egypt Technology parks

Regional

Afric'Up African Startups Summit 2019

Afric’Up – Africa Startup Summit in Tunis, will take place on 24th & 25th September, as 2019 marks the return...

U.A.E

Foloosi raises $500,000 in seed round

UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup Foloosi has raised $500,000 in seed funding from existing investor Rasheed Alfalasi along...

seed fund Fintech

Egypt

Doctoorum raises seed funding

Source: Trade Arabia Numu Capital, a Dubai-based venture capital firm, has announced its investment in Doctoorum - a curated...

seed fund Medical Tourism

Egypt

NowPay Raises $600,000 in seed funding

Source: Digital Boom Egyptian fintech startup, NowPay, said it’s closing a new undisclosed round after raising USD 600,000 in...

news Investment seed

Regional

Falcon Network invests $450,000 in six startups

Dubai-based Falcon Network, a group of emerging markets-focused angel investors, has completed six investments worth $450,000 in...

Investment network startups

Bahrain

SINC raises $250,000 in pre-seed funding

SINC, a Bahrain based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) mobile platform, has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Dubai Angel...

pre-Seed Investment Software

Egypt

Trolley raises $200,000 in seed fund

Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based grocery delivery platform Trolley has raised $200,000 as seed funding, the startup...

news seed fund

Jordan

Mecal raises funding

Amman-based Mecal, an e-commerce platform focused on men’s accessories has raised funding from Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund and...

Investment men's accessories

Pakistan

In conversation with Muneeb Maayr of Bykea

As one of the founders of Daraz, Pakistan’s biggest e-commerce platform, Muneeb Maayr is considered one of the country’s most...

Daraz ride-hailing pakistan

Regional

Onsi Sawiris leads investment on Canada's Drop

Source: Tech Crunch Commerce and marketing are radically changing these days. Consumers are increasingly looking for brands...

news Investment E-commerce

Kuwait

Kuwait Sovereign Wealth Fund leads round in Knotel

Source: Pitchbook Enterprise workspace provider Knotel has banked $400 million at an estimated $1 billion valuation in a round...

news investments fund

Egypt

E-Commerce Summit 2019

Egypt’s E-Commerce Summit returns this year to drive the growth of the e-commerce industry in Egypt and the MENA region....

Egypt

RiseUp acquires MENAbytes

Egypt-based RiseUp, the organiser of the Middle East and North Africa’s (Mena) largest startup and entrepreneurship summit, has...

news Acqusition publication

U.A.E

VentureSouq invests in Hong Kong's QFPay

Source: E27 QFPay, a QR code-based payment technology company headquartered in Hong Kong, has received US$20 million in fresh funding...

Investment PAYMENT Technology

Bahrain

Lamar Holding invests $1 million in Nigeria's TechAdvance

Source: VentureBurn Lagos-based payments infrastructure firm TechAdvance has secured $1-million in funding from...

Investment tech PAYMENT

Egypt

Chefaa closes a six figure seed funding round

Source: Disrupt Africa Egyptian e-health startup Chefaa has closed a six-figure US dollar seed funding round from Flat6Labs and 500...

Investment seed Médecine

Egypt

Fawry lists on Egyptian Exchange

Source: MENAbytes Egyptian electronic payments company Fawry, after months of hype, finally went public on The Egyptian...

fawry ipo IPOs

Pakistan

MEVP invests $2 million in Bykea

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based leading regional VC Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) today announced in a statement...

Investment bike ridehailing

U.A.E

Jollychic secures $65m from G42 Group

Source: Tech in Asia G42, which is behind several national strategic tech projects in the region, considered Jollychic’s potential...

E-commerce Investment startup

Egypt

Match group acquires Harmonica

Source: MenaBytes Match Group, the online dating giant with a market cap of over $20 billion that owns different dating websites...

Investment acquisition Egypt

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