Saudi Arabia OmniOps partners with Grafana Labs to deliver sovereign observability in Saudi Arabia Press release: OmniOps, Saudi Arabia’s leading AI infrastructure technology provider, today announced its participation in the... News • 28 April, 2026 OmniOps Grafana Labs
Egypt Scale It Forward: A new initiative targets Egypt’s venture debt gap for scaleups GIZ Egypt and enpact have launched Scale It Forward, a programme to activate venture debt solutions in Egypt. The initiative targets... News • 27 April, 2026 GIZ Egypt Enpact
U.A.E Comfi expands across MENA after raising $65 million pre-Series A UAE-based fintech Comfi has raised $65 million in a pre-Series A round combining equity and debt to scale SME financing across... News • 27 April, 2026 Comfi Fintech Iliad Partners
Bahrain Lola closes $3 million seed to scale across GCC Bahrain-founded D2C foodtech platform Lola has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Vision Ventures. The round included... News • 27 April, 2026 Lola Plus VC Vision ventures
United States VAST Data closes Series F round at $30B valuation US-based AI infrastructure company VAST Data has raised approximately $1 billion in a Series F round, reaching a $30 billion... News • 22 April, 2026 Vast Data
Egypt iSchool moves beyond edtech with Rubikal acquisition Egypt-based edtech iSchool has acquired software engineering firm Rubikal to accelerate the development of AI-powered education... News • 22 April, 2026 iSchool Rubikal EdTech
Saudi Arabia Signit raises $15 million Series A led by Raed Ventures Saudi Arabia-based startup Signit has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-powered contract management... News • 22 April, 2026 Signit Raed Ventures STV
Regional Arabic.AI partners with HeyBreez to scale Arabic voice AI for enterprises UAE-based Arabic.AI has partnered with HeyBreez to deliver production-grade Arabic voice AI solutions for enterprises and... News • 22 April, 2026 Arabic AI HeyBreez
Oman FASCANO closes $10 million round to enhance F&B operations across the region Oman-based foodtech FASCANO has closed its third investment round at $10 million. The round included participation from His Highness... News • 21 April, 2026 Fascano Cyfr Capital Oman Future Fund
Regional Speedinvest launches MEA fund backed by Mubadala, QIA, and EIB Global Austria-based VC firm Speedinvest has launched its first flagship fund dedicated to the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The fund is... News • 21 April, 2026 Speedinvest QIA Mubadala
Egypt Egypt's Sinai.ai raises $1.45 million pre-seed to build interactive AI-native books Egypt-based startup Sinai.ai has raised $1.45 million in a pre-seed round, led by KAUST Innovation Ventures and DisrupTech... News • 21 April, 2026 Sinai.ai Maza Ventures KAUST Innovation Ventures
Jordan MENA gaming leader Tamatem acquires Turkey's Playable Factory Jordan-based gaming company Tamatem has fully acquired Playable Factory, a global playable ads platform. Founded in 2018 in Istanbul,... News • 21 April, 2026 Playable Factory tamatem
Egypt PopArabia acquires Viral Wave, marking A15’s ninth exit Egypt-based VC firm A15 has marked its ninth exit with the acquisition of its portfolio company Viral Wave by PopArabia. Founded in... News • 20 April, 2026 Viral Wave A15
U.A.E Ray launches in Dubai with $1.2 million investment in hand UAE-based startup Ray has raised $1.2 million in a seed round to launch its powerbank-sharing service and expand across the GCC, led by... News • 20 April, 2026 Ray
Saudi Arabia Aya closes $7 million Series A to scale on-demand fashion model Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform Aya has raised $7 million (SAR 26 million) in a Series A round, led by RAED Ventures,... News • 16 April, 2026 Aya Ra'ed Ventures Nuwa capital
Qatar Sufra AI secures $100K from Snoonu as Startup Factory launches Qatar-based F&B tech startup Sufra AI has secured a $100,000 pre-seed investment from Snoonu, marking the first deal under its... News • 15 April, 2026 Sufra AI Snoonu Startup Factory
