Saudi Arabia GBT closes $1.3 million pre-seed to expand smart city technologies in KSA Saudi Arabia-based geospatial data company GulfBoost Technology (GBT) has closed a $1.3 million (SAR 5 million) pre-seed round to... News • 21 January, 2026 GulfBoost Technology
U.A.E OpenCX raises $7 million ahead of Saudi expansion UAE-based customer communication platform OpenCX has raised $7 million in a funding round led by Y Combinator (participating for the... News • 21 January, 2026 OpenCX Y Combinator Shorooq
U.A.E CE-Ventures joins $55 million Series A round in US biotech Think Bioscience UAE-based CE‑Ventures, the VC arm of Crescent Enterprises, has participated in a $55 million Series A funding round for US-based biotech ... News • 20 January, 2026 Think Bioscience CE-Ventures
Egypt Egypt’s eYouth expands into Iraq with first Arabic digital learning platform Egypt-founded edtech eYouth has expanded into Iraq with the launch of eYouth Iraq, introducing the country’s first... News • 20 January, 2026 EYouth
Saudi Arabia Saudi agritech Grove secures $5 million seed funding led by Outliers VC Saudi Arabia-based agritech startup Grove has closed a $5 million Seed round led by Outliers VC, with participation from angel... News • 20 January, 2026 Outliers VC Grove
Egypt KNOT Technologies raises $1 million pre-seed led by A15 Egypt- and UK-based online ticketing platform KNOT Technologies has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by A15. Founded in... News • 19 January, 2026 KNOT Technologies A15
Saudi Arabia Resquad AI secures $1.5 million Seed to scale AI-powered technical recruitment Saudi Arabia-based talent management SaaS provider Resquad AI has raised $1.5 million in a Seed round led by SRG, with participation... News • 16 January, 2026 Resquad AI SRG
U.A.E Arabic.AI launches free Arabic coding courses in partnership with Replit Arabic.AI has launched free Arabic-language coding courses in partnership with Replit, making Replit’s full learning experience... News • 15 January, 2026 Arabic.AI Replit
U.A.E Ziina becomes first in the UAE to execute live Open Finance payments with Lean Press release: Lean Technologies, the MENA region’s leading financial infrastructure provider, and Ziina, the UAE’s... Press Release • 15 January, 2026 Lean Technologies Ziina open finance
U.A.E Khosouf Studio closes $600,000 Seed from Merak Capital UAE-based game-developing studio Khosouf Studio has raised a $600,000 seed round from Merak Capital. Founded in 2020 by... News • 14 January, 2026 Merak Capital Khosouf Studio
Saudi Arabia Outliers, SVC launch 2026 Fellowship to build Saudi and MENA tech leaders Press release: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 13th January, 2026 - Outliers Venture Capital has announced the launch of... Press Release • 14 January, 2026 Outliers Venture Capital SVC
Saudi Arabia Jadwa Investment launches $200 million GCC private credit fund Saudi Arabia-based investment firm Jadwa Investment has launched the Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Credit Fund with a target size of up... News • 14 January, 2026 Jadwa Investment
Saudi Arabia Flat6Labs hosts sixth Riyadh Seed Program Demo Day Flat6Labs hosted the sixth Demo Day of its Riyadh Seed Program (RSP), marking the completion of six accelerator cycles since the... News • 14 January, 2026 Flat6Labs Riyadh Seed Program F6 Ventures
Saudi Arabia Governata raises $4 million Seed to support enterprise AI adoption Saudi Arabia-based enterprise data governance and management startup Governata has raised $4 million in seed funding to scale its... News • 14 January, 2026 Governata
U.A.E UAE's Islamic digital bank Mal raises $230 million UAE-based fintech Mal has raised $230 million in a strategic investment round led by BlueFive Capital, with participation from... News • 13 January, 2026 BlueFive Capital Mal Fintech
Saudi Arabia Madeed closes $400,000 to build data-driven preventive healthcare in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Madeed has raised $400,000 in a pre-seed round led by Vision Ventures, with participation from Saudi angel... News • 13 January, 2026 Madeed healthtech Vision ventures
