Wamda

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

Kuwait

Kuwait’s Sihaty raises $1.3 million in pre-Series A round

Kuwait-based healthtech Sihaty has raised$1.3 million in a pre-Series A round from Rasameel Investments, The Taken Seat Fund, Doha...

Sihaty healthtech

Kuwait

MyHome raises $1.75 million bridge round

Kuwait-based on-demand startup MyHome has raised $1.75 million in a bridge funding round, led by Rasameel Investment Company, as well as...

MyHome e-servicing

Egypt

Zain Telecom launches venture fund, invests in Swvl and Pipe

Kuwaiti mobile telecommunications company Zain has announced the establishment of Zain Ventures. The size of the fund has not been...

Zain Ventures Swvl Pipe

Global

Floward raises $27.5 million in Series B

Kuwait-based flowers and gifts marketplace Floward, has raised $27.5 million in a Series B funding round led by STV with participation...

Floward Floral markerplaces ecommerce

Kuwait

COFE raises $10 million

Source: Arab News Kuwaiti coffee delivery app COFE has raised $10 million in new funding, which it aims to use to scale up its...

Coffee delivery COFE

Kuwait

SBX Capital and Farah AlHumaidhi acquire 40 per cent of Dawarat

SBX Capital and Kuwait-based interior designer and entrepreneur Farah AlHumaidhi, have acquired 40 per cent of Kuwait-headquartered edtech...

SBX Capital edtech in Mena Dawarat

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