Wamda

U.A.E

Synapse Analytics secures $13 million Series A led by Partech

UAE-based AI startup Synapse Analytics has raised $13 million in a Series A round led by Partech, with participation from Algebra...

Synapse Analytics Partech Algebra Ventures

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

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