Wamda

U.A.E

Keep Converting closes $2 million pre-seed led by Nuwa Capital, COTU Ventures

UAE-based AI-powered e-commerce startup Keep Converting has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by Nuwa Capital and COTU Ventures...

Keep Converting COTU Ventures Nuwa capital

U.A.E

Creative Investments Holding secures $20 million first close, targets $50 million

Abu Dhabi-based Creative Investments Holding (Creative Holding) has secured $20 million in initial commitments at the first close of its...

Creative Investments Holding

U.A.E

Phoenix Venture Partners leads $3.5 million round in UAE fintech Sav

UAE-based consumer fintech Sav has raised $3.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Abu Dhabi-based Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP),...

Sav Phoenix Venture Partners Fintech

U.A.E

COFE Tech closes pre-IPO round at $178 million valuation

Kuwait-founded enterprise technology company COFE Tech, formerly COFE App, has closed a pre-IPO funding round at a $178 million...

COFE Wa'ed Ventures

U.A.E

Enhance raises $18.2 million in equity-debt round

GCC-based fitness technology company Enhance has raised $18.2 million in equity and venture debt, with Global Ventures participating in...

Enhance healthtech Stride Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Arabic.AI secures strategic investment from HUMAIN

Arabic.AI has secured a strategic investment from Saudi Arabia-based HUMAIN, a PIF company, as part of a partnership to expand Arabic...

Humain Arabic AI Tarjama

U.A.E

Dubai’s growing role in the global digital economy

An article by Artem Shargin, a UAE-based entrepreneur and co-founder and chief operating officer of 0to8. In the digital economy,...

Global Digital Economy oped

U.A.E

Oro raises $3 million to scale AI-powered financial execution platform

UAE-based financial AI platform Oro has raised $3 million in a strategic funding round co-led by MH Ventures and Mapleblock Capital,...

M2M Capital Oro MH Ventures

U.A.E

GMNSM raises $2 million for GCC and European expansion

UAE-based martial arts and holistic education company GMNSM has raised $2 million in funding from VEYRA Capital and a private...

GMNSM

U.A.E

Swvl secures $13 million investment led by Sawiris-backed Coefficient

Dubai-headquartered mobility company Swvl has secured a $13 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) led by US investment firm...

Swvl Sawiris Coefficient

U.A.E

UAE’s Stellaria secures $6.8 million to scale geospatial AI platform

UAE-based AI and geospatial intelligence startup Stellaria, formerly known as Farmin, has raised $6.8 million (AED25 million) in a...

Stellaria geospatial

U.A.E

Fasset hits $1 billion valuation after $68 million Series C

UAE-based fintech Fasset has raised $68 million in a Series C round led by Japan’s SBI Group and joined by Speedinvest, valuing...

Fasset SBI Group

U.A.E

XSquare raises pre-Seed round to expand into Saudi Arabia

UAE-based fintech XSquare has raised an undisclosed pre-Seed round. The round saw participation from Raed Ventures, AngelSpark, 500...

XSquare Raed Ventures AngelSpark

U.A.E

Tax Star closes $1.75 million Seed round to expand across GCC

UAE-based taxtech startup Tax Star has raised $1.75 million in a Seed round, primarily backed by angel investors. Founded in 2023 by...

Tax Star

U.A.E

Mobility fintech Naran secures $10 million in debt-equity financing

UAE-based mobility fintech Naran has raised $10 million in equity and debt financing from UAE investment firm Landel. Founded in 2025...

Naran Landel

U.A.E

Cobi secures $1 million pre-seed led by Lunara Partners

UAE-based customer intelligence startup Cobi has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by Lunara Partners, with participation from...

Lunara Partners Cobi Plug and Play

U.A.E

Shaffra expands beyond the GCC with Azerbaijan launch

GCC-based enterprise AI startup Shaffra has expanded beyond the GCC for the first time by opening a regional headquarters in Azerbaijan,...

Shaffra

U.A.E

Moove hits $2.1 billion valuation with $250 million Series C

UAE-headquartered mobility startup Moove has raised $250 million in a Series C round at a $2.1 billion valuation, led by Mubadala...

Moove Mubadala Investment Company Woven Capital

U.A.E

Longevium to open AI-powered longevity research lab in Dubai after $7 million raise

UAE-based longevity healthtech company Longevium has raised $7 million in its first funding round to establish an AI-powered Longevity...

Longevium healthtech Dubai Science Park

U.A.E

Web3 startup Bundle launches with $5.5 million pre-Seed round

Bundle, a UAE-based Web3 rewards startup founded by Bader Kalooti alongside Mostafa Wanas, has emerged from stealth after raising...

Bundle Ethereal Ventures

U.A.E

UAE's Epic Markets raises $10 million pre-Seed round

UAE-based fintech Epic Markets has raised $10 million in a pre-Seed funding round from Karatage, the round's sole investor, to...

Epic Markets Karatage

Lebanon

BY Venture Partners backs ChatFeatured in $2 million pre-Seed round

UAE- and Lebanon-based BY Venture Partners has participated in an oversubscribed $2 million pre-Seed round for Canadian AI startup...

BY Venture Partners ChatFeatured

U.A.E

Deep Finance Capital launches as DIFC's first AI-native asset manager

UAE-based Deep Finance Capital has launched as the first AI-native asset management company in the Dubai International Financial Centre...

Deep Finance Capital DIFC

U.A.E

The missing piece in Dubai's AI strategy is talent

An article by Abdullah Al Jaafari, CEO and Founder of Resquad AI In May, Dubai did something few governments do: it set a deadline....

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