• Nanovate, a Cairo-based AI startup, has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by a group of angel investors.
• Founded in early 2025 by Nancy Madbouly and Ahmed Gamal, Nanovate develops end-to-end Arabic AI solutions, including chat and voice agents, automation systems, and a beta dashboard for no-code Arabic AI deployment. It has developed its own LLM models.
• With the new funding, Nanovate, backed by MINT Incubator, EG Bank, and Raya FutureTECH Accelerator, plans to expand in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, strengthen CRM and ERP integrations, invest in AI R&D, and grow its team across industries.

Press release:

Nanovate, a Cairo-based AI company, has raised USD 2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by a group of angel investors.

Founded nine months ago by Nancy Madbouly and Ahmed Gamal, Nanovate specialises in Arabic-native AI solutions designed to help businesses operate faster, smarter, and in their own language. The company develops end-to-end Arabic AI technologies, including advanced voice and chat agents, automation systems, and customised AI applications. Nanovate is supported by MINT Incubator by EG Bank and Raya FutureTECH Accelerator.

The startup’s mission is to bridge the gap between AI innovation and the Arabic-speaking world by offering technology that understands and reflects the region’s linguistic diversity—covering 22 Arabic dialects.

With this funding, Nanovate aims to:

• Expand into Saudi Arabia and the UAE
• Build deeper integrations with CRMs, ERPs, and business tools
• Invest further in AI R&D
• Scale its team across sectors

Nanovate has also launched the beta version of its AI dashboard, enabling companies to build their own Arabic chat agents without coding. The platform combines language understanding, real-time speech and emotion AI, and workflow automation into a unified ecosystem.

“This isn’t just another AI startup—it’s a movement to put Arabic at the center of global innovation,” said Ahmed Gamal, co-founder and CEO of Nanovate. “We’re building technology that understands us, speaks like us, and works for our region. With this round, we’re ready to take Arabic AI to a whole new level.”

Having developed its own LLM models, Nanovate is now poised to become a regional leader in Arabic AI infrastructure, creating a foundation for the next wave of intelligent, localised enterprise solutions.