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STEP Saudi

STEP started out as a series of workshops and small gatherings, and over 7 years has grown to become one of the largest tech experiential...

Saudi Arabia

Saudi on-demand delivery startup Mrsool raises multi-million Series A

Source: Menabytes Riyadh-based on-demand delivery startup Mrsool has raised a multi-mullion (US Dollar) Series A round led by...

VC Investment Delivery

Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s Elm announces investment in Syarah

Source: Menabytes Elm, a leading Saudi information technology company that is owned by country’s sovereign wealth fund, PIF, has...

Investment E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

In conversation with Abdulmajeed Alyemni of KSA's Salasa

Salasa is a logistics fulfilment company based in Saudi Arabia. Working with e-commerce companies, Salasa fulfils their orders, packs them...

Logistics Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based biotech startups raise $10 million

Saudi-based biotechnology (biotech) startups incubated by Badir Biotech Incubator, under the Badir Program raised close to $10 million...

biotech Investment Funding

Saudi Arabia

Nana raises $6 million in Series A round

Saudi Arabia-based e-grocery platform Nana has closed a $6 million Series A round of investment, led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)...

Series A e-grocery

Saudi Arabia

Golden Scent closes new round of investment

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform Golden Scent has closed a new round of investment, the company announced, without disclosing the...

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Saudi Arabia

Mad'a invests in Family Souk Ventures

Source: Saudi Gazette Mad’a Investment Company, a private equity & venture capital firm headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...

Investment E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup GetMuv raises $1.5 m to connect users with gyms and sports clubs

Source: Menabytes Jeddah-based fitness startup GetMuv has raised $1.5 million investment from Saudi Aramco’s venture capital arm,...

Investment fitness Sports

Saudi Arabia

The benefits of the Saudi-UAE joint initiatives

In January, the UAE and Saudi Arabia announced the launch of seven strategic initiatives to further integrate the countries’ two...

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Saudi Arabia

Al Tayyar acquires rest of 40 per cent stake in Almosafer

Source: Menabytes Al Tayyar Group, one of the largest travel and tourism companies in Saudi Arabia with presence almost all over the...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based Lucidya raises ~$1.1 million in Series A

Source: Menabytes Jeddah-based Arabic-focused social media monitoring tool Lucidya has raised ~$1.1 million (4 million Saudi Riyal) in...

Saudi Arabia

In conversation with Ammar Waganah of Saudi Arabia's Dokkan Afkar

After working for several years in advertising, Ammar Waganah felt the need to create and build his own brand. He founded Dokkan Afkar with...

DokkanAfkar Saudi Arabia E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco signs agreement with ICT company to invest in tech enterprises

Source: Startup MGZN State oil giant Saudi Aramco said it has signed an agreement with Saudi Information Technology Company to...

Saudi Arabia

Maharah acquires a strategic stake in UAE's Bloovo

Source: Entreprenuer Bloovo, one of UAE’s algorithm-based online recruitment platforms, has brought Saudi-based Maharah Human...

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Saudi Arabia

Careem Launches Careem NOW in Dubai and Jeddah

Careem has launched an online delivery market service for food and other goods in Dubai and Jeddah. Called Careem NOW, the company plans to...

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Saudi Arabia

Ajeer raises $530,000 from angels

Source: MENAbytes Ajeer, a Riyadh-based home services marketplace has raised ~$533,000 (2 million Saudi Riyal) in seed funding, the...

#News #investment

Saudi Arabia

Saudi's BIAC tries to bridge funding gap for startups

The Business Incubators and Accelerators Company (BIAC) has launched a new investment initiative in partnership with VentureSouq to bridge...

funding gap

Saudi Arabia

Gathern closes undisclosed seed round

Gathern, a Saudi Arabia-based booking platform for chalets and villas, has closed its seed round investment by a group of local and...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: A nascent ecosystem with huge potential

Saudi Arabia’s tech startup ecosystem is small and nascent compared to its vast oil sector. The contribution of its knowledge economy...

Wamda Research Lab Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

TAQADAM Startup Accelerator

TAQADAM is the startup accelerator launched by King Abdullah University for Science and Technology and SABB for ideas that are pushing the...

Saudi Arabia

What we learned at Misk Global Forum

Few anticipated the turnout at this year’s Misk Global Forum (MGF) in Riyadh. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pulled its...

MiSK Misk Global Forum Youth

Saudi Arabia

500 Startups launches accelerator with Misk

US-based venture capital (VC) firm 500 Startups has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Misk Innovation to launch an early-stage...

accelerator

Saudi Arabia

Misk Global Forum

Misk Global Forum brings young leaders, creators, and thinkers together with established global innovators to explore, experience and...

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