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Why has Kuwait’s startup ecosystem fallen behind?

At one point, Kuwait was at the forefront of the startup ecosystem in the GCC, producing some of the region’s most robust companies...

kuwait

Kuwait

Kuwait’s Raha raises $7 million pre-Series A

Kuwait-based logistics startup Raha has raised $7 million in a pre-Series A round, led by Soor Capital and PIF-backed private equity...

Raha Logistics Soor Capital

Kuwait

Kuwaiti fintech Kem raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Kuwait-based fintech Kem has raised a $1 million pre-Seed round from a group of investors led by Maqamees Holdings. Founded in 2021 by...

Kem Fintech p2p

Kuwait

Lessons learned from building a tech startup in Kuwait

Tarek Sakr is the founder and CEO of Kuwait-based e-commerce startup, 4Sale Building a tech startup in Kuwait is no easy task for an...

4Sale kuwait

Kuwait

COFE: Digitising the coffee experience from bean to cup

There has been an increased shift towards customisation and convenience over the past few years which has resulted in a rise in vertical...

COFE foodtech

Kuwait

ZainTech acquires UAE-based Adfolks

UAE-based ZainTech, part of telecoms provider Zain Group, has acquired cloud-native engineering firm, Adfolks. The acquisition is...

ZainTech Adfolks

Kuwait

Baims closes $4 million Series A round

Kuwait-based edtech Baims, has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round led by AK Holding, with participation from Al-Wazzan...

Baims EdTech AK Holding

Kuwait

Floward acquires perfumery brand Mubkhar

Floward, an online flower and gift delivery platform, has acquired perfumery brand Mubkhar. Originally set up in Kuwait in 2015,...

Floward

Kuwait

Kuwaiti fintech Ruba raises pre-Seed round

Kuwait-based fintech startup Ruba, has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-Seed funding. Founded in 2021 by Ameen Nadoom, Fawaz...

Ruba Fintech

Kuwait

Kuwait’s Teeela raises $3.75 million pre-Series A

Kuwait-based gifting platform Teeela, has raised $3.75 million in a pre-Series A funding round, led by Saudi Arabian investment firm...

Teeela Wealth Well gift marketplace

Kuwait

All Over Group’s Khaled Al Refaai acquires 25 pre cent of Blockat for $3.6 million

Khaled Al Rafaai, CEO of Kuwait-based media production company All Over Group, has acquired 25 per cent of e-commerce platform Blockat,...

Blockat

Kuwait

Saudi Jadwa acquires majority stake in Kuwait’s Dabdoob

Saudi Arabia-based Jadwa Investment has acquired 70 per cent of Kuwaiti company Dabdoob Holdings, marking Jadwa’s first regional...

Jadwa Investment Dabdoob

Kuwait

Kuwait’s Enabill raises $1.2 million Seed round

Kuwait-based fintech Enabill, has raised $1.2 million in a Seed funding round with participation from The Taken Seat venture builder and...

Enabill The Taken Seat

Kuwait

E-grocery startup Raha launches after raising $6.7 million Seed

Kuwait-based e-grocery platform Raha, has announced its launch after raising a $6.7 million Seed round led by a group of regional and...

Raha q-commerce e-grocery

Kuwait

Kuwaiti edtech Baims raises $2.2 million pre-Series A round

Kuwait-based edtech Baims has raised $2.2 million in pre-Series A funding round, led by Rasameel Investment House. Founded in 2017 by...

Baims EdTech

Kuwait

COFE App acquires UAE's Sippy Beans

Kuwait-based online coffee marketplace COFE App has announced the acquisition of UAE-based Sippy Beans, as part of the company's...

COFE

Kuwait

Kuwait’s VO acquires Duwaween Game

Kuwait-based integrated youth platform for incubating young talent VO has acquired Kuwaitit games app Duwaween Games, with a post-money...

Duwaween Game VO

Kuwait

Q-commerce startup Fiz raises $2.5 million in pre-Seed

Kuwait-based e-grocery delivery startup Fiz has raised a $2.5 million pre-seed round, led by the Taken Seat and Relish Venture Partners,...

kuwait FIZ

Kuwait

Dawrat expands to KSA

Kuwait-based edtech Dawrat has announced its expansion to Saudi Arabia. Dawrat, founded by Mohamed Al Srayea and Yousef Bonashi in...

Dawrat EdTech

Kuwait

OptimizeApp acquires Panda Media for undisclosed amount

Kuwait-based OptimizeApp has acquired Panda Media, a Kuwait-based online education company focused on entrepreneurs, for an undisclosed...

OptimizeApp online marketing kuwait

Kuwait

Kuwait's Bnchr+ raises Seed round

Kuwait-based automotive startup Bnchr+ has raised its Seed round for an undisclosed amount, backed by ZGI partner Brilliant Labs in...

Bnchr+ automotive

Kuwait

Zain Ventures invests in Switzerland-based BNPL ZoodPay's $38 million Series B round

Zain Group’s venture capital arm Zain Ventures has invested in Switzerland-based buy now pay later (BNPL) super...

Zain Ventures

Kuwait

3s International acquires Kuwaiti proptech Taskeen

Kuwait-based real estate company 3s International Real Estate Company has acquired proptech startup Taskeen for an undisclosed amount,...

Taskeen 3s International Proptech

Kuwait

Kuwaiti beauty platform Bookr closes $1 million Seed round

Kuwait-based startup Bookr has raised $1 million in a Seed funding round led by Desert Ventures. Founded in 2018 by Zaina Al Bader,...

Bookr Beauty booking apps

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