Wamda

U.A.E

UAE-based angel investors invest in India-based Siply's $1 million seed round

Source: YourStory Bengaluru-based micro-savings fintech platform, Siply, on Monday announced that it has raised $1 million in a...

Siply UAE angel investors

U.A.E

Creative Zone acquires stake in MySyara

Dubai-based business setup advisory firm Creative Zone, has revealed that it was one of the investors in MySyara's $650,000 investment...

MySyara automotive Creative Zone

U.A.E

ONE MOTO secures seven-figure investment

Electric motorcycle and e-bike startup ONE MOTO, has raised a bridge round, via crowdfunding platform Eureeca. The investment was led by...

mobility Electric vehicles One Moto

U.A.E

MySyara secures $650,000 in pre-Series A round

Dubai-based online automotive platform, MySyara, has secured a $650,000 pre-series A funding round. The investment was facilitated by JRC...

MySyara automotive Investment

U.A.E

STARZPLAY raises $25 million in debt financing

UAE-based subscription and on-demand video service (SVOD) STARZPLAY, has secured a $25 million debt financing round from Abu Dhabi-based...

STARZPLAY on-demand video service Ruya Partners

U.A.E

Dubai launches digital platform to simplify startup process

Source: Gulf News On Tuesday, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and Ruler...

Dubai

U.A.E

Careem introduces commission-free model for UAE restaurants

UAE-based super app Careem, has introduced a commission-free model for its restaurant partners in a step to relieve the economic impact of...

careem Food delivery commission-free model

U.A.E

Aldar Properties launches accelerator programme for global proptechs

Aldar Properties (‘Aldar’), has launched its corporate innovation programme, Aldar Scale Up, in partnership with Abu...

Aldar Properties startAD Proptech

U.A.E

Hotdesk secures seed funding from ZVC

Dubai-based workspace platform Hotdesk, has secured seed funding from Zayani Venture Capital (ZVC) - the tech and venture capital arm of...

workspace Investment seed fund

U.A.E

NymCard raises $7.6 million in Series A

Abu Dhabi-based Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider NymCard, has raised a $7.6 million Series A funding round, led by Shorooq Partners,...

NymCard bank as a service Fintech

U.A.E

Zbooni raises $5 million in Series A

UAE-based e-commerce enabler Zbooni, has raised a $5 million Series A funding round led by an undisclosed London-based fund. Founded in...

Zbooni ecommerce enablement Series A

U.A.E

spiderSilk raises $2.3 million in pre-Series A

Dubai-based cybersecurity firm spiderSilk, has raised a $2.25 million pre-Series A funding round, co-led by Global Ventures and STV, with...

Cypersecurity Global Ventures spiderSilk

U.A.E

ArabyAds acquires Dmenta

UAE-headquartered online advertising and consumer intelligence platform (adtech) ArabyAds, has acquired Dubai-based influncer and brand...

ArabyAds Dmenta adtech

U.A.E

How can we stay productive in a hybrid world?

Mohammed Arif is the business group director of modern workplace and security at Microsoft UAE As the pandemic has spread around the...

Workflow microsoft

U.A.E

Rising Giants Network secures $1 million investment

Dubai-based Rising Giants Network (RGN), a bilingual podcasting network, has secured a $1 million investment deal, led by Triangle Media,...

content podcasts Investment

Global

KBW Ventures invests in BlueNalu

UAE-based KBW Ventures has increased its stake in US-based BlueNalu, participating in its newly-raised $60 million convertible note...

BlueNalu KBW Ventures

U.A.E

Mohamed Hilal Group invests in Spain’s VirtuE through SAIN

UAE-based Mohamed Hilal Group has signed an investment agreement with Spanish Startup VirtuE R&D, through the newly-launched Sharjah...

Virtue R&D AI Mohamed Hilal Group

Global

VentureSouq invests in Singapore-based Volopay

Source: TechCrunch Volopay, a Singapore-based startup building a “financial control center” for businesses, announced today...

VentureSouq Volopay Volopay

Global

Alpha Wave leads $2.5 million seed round in India’s Udayy

Source: YourStory Udayy, the Gurugram-based edtech startup, has raised $2.5 million in a seed round led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI),...

U.A.E

Wamda participates in Ziina’s seed round

Wamda has invested in UAE-based peer-to-peer (P2P) payment application Ziina’s seed funding round, which was led by the Oman...

Ziina Fintech

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi startups to get funding and tech support from ADIO-Microsoft alliance

Source: Gulf News In alliance with Microsoft, the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) will offer owners of local startups the resources...

ADIO Plug and Play microsoft

Global

Alpha Wave leads $5 million Series A in India's edtech platform Kyt

Source: The Financial Express Edtech platform Kyt on Wednesday said it has raised USD 5 million (about Rs 36.5 crore) in funding led by...

Alpha Wave EdTech Kyt

U.A.E

Access Bridge Ventures launches with first close of its $25 million fund

Access Bridge Ventures (ABV), a newly launched regionally focused early-stage venture capital fund, has made its first close. The fund,...

ABV VC fund

Lebanon

Anghami raises investment from SHUAA Capital

Lebanon-based music streaming platform Anghami, has raised a fresh investment from UAE-based investment firm SHUAA Capital alongside other...

anghami Music streaming Shuaa Capital

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