Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Salla acquires Saudi payments company Paylink

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform Salla has acquired Saudi fintech Paylink as part of its strategy to expand its financial services...

Paylink Salla

Saudi Arabia

Saudi autotech Syarah raises $12 million from Impact46

Saudi Arabia-based autotech startup Syarah has raised $12 million in a new funding round from Impact46 to expand its online marketplace...

Syarah Impact46

Saudi Arabia

Rwaj raises $1.2 million to scale live shopping marketplace

Saudi Arabia-based live shopping startup Rwaj has raised $1.2 million (SAR 4.5 million) in a pre-Seed funding round to scale its social...

Rwaj

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AQAR plans up to $480,000 strategic investment in Syria’s Doushesh

Saudi Arabia-based real estate platform AQAR has signed a memorandum of understanding with Syrian classifieds company Doushesh for a...

Doushesh aqar

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Nayla lands $18 million to expand micro-business financing

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nayla has secured approximately $18 million in a pre-Series A round, comprising a mix of equity and debt...

Nayla Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Sirdab raises $10 million Series A to expand across GCC

Saudi Arabia-based logistics startup Sirdab has raised $10 million (SAR 37.5 million) in Series A funding, co-led by PIF-backed digital...

Sirdab Logistics BECO Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi FlyAkeed secures $25.15 million to scale enterprise travel platform

Saudi Arabia-based corporate traveltech platform FlyAkeed has secured SAR 94.3 million ($25.15 million) in growth funding, combining an...

FlyAkeed traveltech Sanabil Investments

Saudi Arabia

OmniOps, HPE sign MoU at LEAP to advance sovereign AI solutions

Press release: OmniOps, Saudi Arabia's sovereign AI infrastructure technology company, today announced at LEAP the signing of a...

OmniOps HPE

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Remedium secures $1.5 million to expand sustainability accounting

Saudi Arabia-based climatetech startup Remedium has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Seed round led by Kaltaire Investments. Founded in...

Remedium Climatetech Kaltaire Investments

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

Saudi Arabia

Aajil Capital secures CMA licence for investment management in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based Aajil Capital, a sister firm to industrial financing platform Aajil, has received a Capital Market Authority (CMA)...

Aajil Capital

Saudi Arabia

LEAP 2026 opens in Riyadh for its fifth edition

LEAP 2026 opens in Riyadh on 31 August for its fifth edition, bringing together global technology companies, investors, founders and...

LEAP 26

Saudi Arabia

Raff raises $1.7 million to bridge online brands with physical retail

Saudi Arabia-based retailtech startup Raff has raised $1.7 million in a pre-seed round led by Vision Ventures, with participation from...

Raff Vision ventures 500 Global

Saudi Arabia

Aramco Ventures backs Twin1 AI in $20 million seed round

Saudi Arabia's Aramco Ventures has co-led a $20 million seed round in US enterprise AI startup Twin1 AI, alongside Bessemer Venture...

Twin1 AI Aramco Ventures

Saudi Arabia

What I’ll be watching at LEAP 2026 — beyond billions and big announcements

An article by Abdullah Al Jaafari, CEO and Founder of Resquad AI At the end of this month, Riyadh will host the fifth edition of LEAP....

LEAP 26

Saudi Arabia

AILA raises $3 million pre-Series A to expand personalised learning platform

Saudi Arabia-based edtech company AILA has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round led by Rua Growth Fund, with participation from Jo...

AILA Rua Growth Fund 500 Global

Saudi Arabia

Pinnacle launches VC fund to back Saudi growth companies, secondary deals

Saudi Arabia-based Pinnacle has launched a venture capital fund focused on growth-stage and secondary investments in the Kingdom. The...

Pinnacle Capital

Egypt

Khwarizmi Ventures partially exits Bosta, marking sixth portfolio exit

Saudi VC Khwarizmi Ventures has partially exited its investment in Egyptian logistics startup Bosta, realising a net multiple of nearly...

Bosta Khwarizmi Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Saudi game studio Majestic Mind Games raises $1.45 million

Saudi Arabia-based game development studio Majestic Mind Games has raised $1.45 million in a funding round co-led by Merak Capital and...

Majestic Mind Games Merak Capital Impact46

Saudi Arabia

Saudi contech Fitting raises $1.1 million seed to fuel expansion

Saudi Arabia-based construction technology platform Fitting has raised $1.1 million in its second Seed round, with participation from an...

Fitting contech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi investment platform OORI secures CMA licence for arranging and advising

Saudi Arabia-based private markets investment platform OORI has received a licence from the Capital Market Authority (CMA) to conduct...

OORI

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup RIME raises over $2 million Seed round

Saudi AI startup RIME has raised more than $2 million in a Seed funding round led by SEEDRA Ventures, with participation from Athla...

RIME Seedra Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AI firm MOZN secures strategic investment from HUMAIN

Saudi Arabia-based enterprise AI startup MOZN has secured a strategic investment from HUMAIN, along with a partnership to develop...

Mozn Humain

Saudi Arabia

DESAISIV unveils AI Insurance Agent, seeks $8 million to expand enterprise platform

Saudi insurtech DESAISIV has launched its AI Insurance Agent, an AI-powered platform for managing and optimising corporate insurance,...

DESAISIV Insurtech

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