Wamda

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...

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

Iraq

EQIQ anchors $15 million round for InstaBank, Iraq’s next-generation digital bank

EQIQ, a UAE-based VC fund and venture builder, has invested $3 million in InstaBank (officially Al-Fawr Digital Bank) as part of a...

EQIQ Ventures InstaBank

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

Saudi Arabia

Stitch raises $10 million seed to extend services to emerging markets

Saudi Arabia-based fintech infrastructure platform Stitch has raised a $10 million seed round from investors including Arbor Ventures,...

Stitch Arbor Ventures SVC

U.A.E

Qashio closes $19.8 million round to accelerate expansion into Saudi Arabia

UAE-based fintech Qashio has raised $19.8 million in a mix of equity and non-equity funding, led by existing investor...

Qashio Fintech Rocketship

Qatar

Qatar’s PayLater receives strategic investment from LuLu AI

Qatar-based fintech PayLater has secured a "strategic" investment from LuLu Alternative Investments (LuLu AI), the...

LuLu AI PayLater Fintech

Egypt

COREangels launches $10 million fund to support MEA startups

COREangels MEA, in partnership with PTS Holdings and the Arab Academy, has launched a $10 million investment fund targeting early-stage...

COREangels

Saudi Arabia

BirdEye raises $586,000 to drive retail digital transformation in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based BirdEye has raised $586,000 in a pre-seed round from a private tech-focused fund. Launched in November...

BirdEye

Iraq

Toolmart secures seed funding to accelerate expansion plans

Iraq-based B2B e-commerce startup Toolmart has secured a seed funding round for an unknown amount, led by Plus VC and Oasis500,...

Toolmart Plus VC

U.A.E

Gainz closes pre-seed round to expand SME lending solutions

UAE-based fintech Gainz has closed a 7-figure USD pre-seed round, structured as a mix of equity and debt The round was led by Antler...

Gainz Antler Fintech

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