Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Governata raises $4 million Seed to support enterprise AI adoption

Saudi Arabia-based enterprise data governance and management startup Governata has raised $4 million in seed funding to scale its...

Governata

U.A.E

UAE's Islamic digital bank Mal raises $230 million

UAE-based fintech Mal has raised $230 million in a strategic investment round led by BlueFive Capital, with participation from...

BlueFive Capital Mal Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Madeed closes $400,000 to build data-driven preventive healthcare in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Madeed has raised $400,000 in a pre-seed round led by Vision Ventures, with participation from Saudi angel...

Madeed healthtech Vision ventures

Bahrain

Flooss secures $22 million Shorooq-backed credit facility

Flooss, a Bahrain-based Sharia-compliant fintech, has secured a $22 million credit facility structured by Shorooq, marking...

Flooss

Saudi Arabia

NEOM selects five Saudi studios for latest Level Up gaming accelerator

NEOM has selected five Saudi game studios for funding under its flagship Level Up, marking the programme’s largest cycle to date...

NEOM Level Up

Oman

eMushrif secures $7.5 million to accelerate regional expansion plans

Oman-based IoT school management solution eMushrif has raised $7.5 million in a funding round led by Jasoor Ventures, with participation...

eMushrif Phaze Ventures Jasoor Ventures

Regional

MENA startup funding ends 2025 at $171.5 million in December

Startup investment across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) softened in December 2025, with 44 startups raising $171.5 million,...

Investment investments

Syria

Syrian classifieds platform Doushesh closes pre-seed round

Syrian digital classifieds platform Doushesh has closed a pre-seed funding round, marking progress for the country’s nascent...

Doushesh

Saudi Arabia

Red Sea Global, Bunat VC launch Saudi-focused AI venture fund

Red Sea Global has partnered with Bunat Ventures Limited (Bunat VC) to launch a Saudi-focused AI venture fund, targeting early- and...

Bunat Ventures Red Sea Global

Saudi Arabia

Aamar raises $4 million+ seed round to modernise Saudi rental market

Saudi proptech startup Aamar has closed a Seed round exceeding $4 million, with participation from Aqar App, Razm Investment, Al Majdiah...

Aamar Proptech Razm Investment

U.A.E

VentureSouq leads $2 million seed investment in MilkStraw AI

UAE-HQ AI startup MilkStraw AI has raised $2 million in seed funding, led by VentureSouq with participation from Ibtikar Fund and M...

MilkStraw AI VentureSouq

Egypt

FitXpert secures seven-figure backing to scale fitness and nutrition SaaS platform

Egypt-based SaaS platform FitXpert has raised a seven-figure investment from Foras Investment under the 0107 Invest...

FitXpert SAAS

Egypt

Business For Teens secures six-figure pre-seed ahead of regional expansion

Egypt-based edtech "Business For Teens" has closed a six-figure pre-seed funding round led by a group of angel...

Business For Teens EdTech

Saudi Arabia

Ballurh secures investment from Falak Angels

Saudi B2B SaaS platform Ballurh has raised a strategic investment from Falak Angels Network. Founded in 2020 by Abdulelah...

Ballurh Falak Angels

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital backs DSShield with $54 million investment

Saudi Arabia-based cybersecurity company DSShield has raised a $54 million (SAR203 million) funding round from Merak...

DSShield Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Rewaa closes $45 million Series B

Saudi Arabia-based retail tech company Rewaa has closed a $45 million Series B round led by Wa’ed Ventures, Idrisi Ventures, and...

Rewaa Wa'ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Falak Angels invests in UNITS to reshape flexible warehousing in the region

Saudi Arabia-based logistics startup UNITS has received an undisclosed investment from Falak Angels Network Founded in 2023 by...

Falak Angels UNITS Logistics

Saudi Arabia

Newera.ai raises $2.1 million pre-seed to scale generative AI in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based Ai startup Newera.ai has raised $2.1 million (SAR 8m) in a pre-seed round led by Embark, with participation from...

Newera.ai

Egypt

Croptimus secures strategic investment from Venture X

Egypt-based agritech Croptimus has raised an undisclosed investment from Venture X. Founded in 2021 by Ahmed Hassanein and Abdelrahman...

Venture X Croptimus

U.A.E

Lucid Capital closes $2.5 million Seed round, led by Tharawat Holding

UAE-based fintech Lucid Capital has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round, led by Tharawat Holding, with participation...

Lucid Capital Tharawat Holding

Saudi Arabia

Q Fund backs AI startup QPioneers in first funding round

Saudi Arabia-based AI-powered startup QPioneers has raised its first funding round from Q Fund, the investment arm of Qewam...

QPioneers Q Fund

Egypt

Breadfast in talks with IFC for $13 million backing to expand q-commerce footprint

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a $13 million equity investment in Egypt’s Breadfast as the...

Breadfast ifc q-commerce

U.A.E

ADQ, Gates Foundation commit $40 million to scale responsible AI, edtech across Africa

ADQ and the Gates Foundation have announced a four-year, $40m partnership to scale the responsible use of AI and EdTech to improve...

ADQ Gates Foundation

Egypt

Egypt’s Nawah Scientific raises $23 million Series A to expand cloud lab footprint

Egypt-based deeptech startup Nawah Scientific has closed a $23 million Series A round, comprising a mix of equity and debt, as it marks...

Nawah Scientific

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