Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh to host Biban Forum 2025, attracting 140K visitors from 150+ countries

Monsha’at will host Biban Forum 2025 from November 5–8 at Riyadh Front Exhibition and Conference Center, under the theme...

Biban

Global

Rebellions closes $250 million Series C, powering AI chip deployment across KSA

South Korea’s Rebellions raised $250 million in a Series C round at a $1.4 billion valuation, backed by Arm, Samsung Ventures,...

Rebellions Wa'ed

Saudi Arabia

Tadawulcom closes $400,000 seed to advance proptech services in KSA

Saudi Arabia–based Tadawulcom Real Estate, a proptech SaaS platform, has raised $400,000 in a Seed round led by an angel...

Tadawulcom

U.A.E

Turbostart leads $2 million round in Climaty AI

India-founded and UAE-based martech Climaty AI has raised $2 million in early-stage funding led by Turbostart, with participation from...

Climaty AI martech

U.A.E

UPFRONT secures $10 million pre-seed in debt-equity mix

UAE-based fintech UPFRONT has raised $10 million in pre-seed funding, a mix of equity and debt, to address cash flow inefficiencies...

UPFRONT Palm Ventures Fintech

U.A.E

Tokinvest raises $3.2 million pre-seed, secures VARA multi-asset licence

UAE-based Tokinvest, a regulated marketplace for real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation, has closed a $3.2 million pre-seed round backed by...

Tokinvest

U.A.E

YAL.ai secures $12 million Series A

UAE-based YAL.ai, a communication safety startup, has raised $12 million from unnamed ivestors. Founded in 2024, YAL.AI is Quantum...

YAL.ai

Regional

MENA startup funding hits $3.5 billion in September 2025, lifting Q3 total to $4.5 billion

Record-breaking month caps a standout Q3 as Saudi Arabia dominates regional investment landscape Startup investment in the Middle East...

Investment investments

Egypt

Egypt's Tagaddod raises $26.3 million Series A to power regional expansion

Egypt-based cleantech Tagaddod has raised $26.3 million in a Series A round led by The Arab Energy Fund (TAEF). The round also saw...

Tagaddod

Turkey

Turkish fashion brand Touché Privé secures $5 million to fuel GCC expansion

The Turkish fashion platform Touché Privé has raised $5 million in Sharia-compliant growth funding from Amplify Growth...

Touché Privé Amplify Growth Partnership

Saudi Arabia

Engagesoft raises $3.5 million pre-Series A led by Silicon Badia

Saudi Arabia-based Engagesoft, an AI-powered employee engagement and organisational effectiveness platform, has raised $3.5 million in a...

Engagesoft silicon badia

Qatar

Qatar's EMMA Systems secures seed funding from Plus VC

Qatar-based EMMA Systems, an AI-driven SaaS platform that unifies operational data across airports, has secured seed funding from Plus...

Plus VC EMMA Systems

Saudi Arabia

Saudi healthtech Nuxera AI secures $2.5 million pre-seed

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Nuxera AI has secured $2.5 million in pre-seed investment from Sanabil Venture Studio by...

Nuxera AI Sanabil Venture Studio healthtech

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi’s MGX joins $6.6 billion OpenAI share sale, valuing ChatGPT maker at $500 billion

Abu Dhabi’s artificial intelligence investment platform MGX has participated in a $6.6 billion secondary share sale in OpenAI,...

open AI MGX

Regional

MENA startups face a cybersecurity wake-up call

An article by Dmitry Marinov, CTO of ANY.RUN, a UAE-based cybersecurity company As the MENA startup ecosystem matures,...

cybersecurity oped

U.A.E

Oqood raises $1 million seed round to expand AI-powered legal solutions

UAE-based Oqood has raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of angel investors. Founded in 2024 by Khaled Al Rasheed, Oqood...

Oqood Legaltech

Morocco

Chari secures $12 million Series A and payment licence from Bank Al-Maghrib

Morocco-based Chari, a YC-backed fintech and e-commerce startup, has raised $12 million in a Series A round, led by SPE Capital and...

Chari

Tunisia

PAYDAY raises pre-seed funding, valued at $3 million

PAYDAY, a Tunisian fintech and insurtech startup, has closed its first pre-seed financing round, led by UGFS North Africa,...

PAYDAY Fintech

Egypt

Arabic AI startup Nanovate secures $2 million pre-seed to scale in GCC

Nanovate, a Cairo-based AI startup, has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by a group of angel investors. Founded in early 2025...

Nanovate AI

U.A.E

Crescent Enterprises commits $68 million to build globally competitive ventures from the UAE

UAE-based VC Crescent Enterprises has launched a $68 million investment programme to scale CE-Creates' venture-building...

Crescent Enterprises CE-Creates

U.A.E

Armoir closes $500,000 seed to disrupt premium luggage market

UAE-based Armoir, a luxury luggage startup inspired by French wardrobe trunks, has raised $500,000 in seed funding led by Salica...

Armoir Plus VC

Saudi Arabia

Value Makers Studio invests in Ballurh and Arab Therapy to back Saudi innovation

Saudi Arabia's Value Makers Studio (VMS) has joined the current investment rounds for Ballurh and Arab Therapy as part of its VMS...

VMS Value Makers Studio Ballurh

U.A.E

Alinma Bank invests in Qashio to develop corporate spend management solutions

Alinma Bank has announced a strategic investment and partnership with Qashio, a UAE-based fintech, adding it to Alinma’s fintech...

Qashio Alinma Bank Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Sindbad Tech raises $4.8 million seed round led by Alkhabeer Capital

Saudi Arabia-based Sindbad Tech has raised $4.8 million in seed funding led by Alkhabeer Capital during Money20/20 Middle...

Sindbad Tech Fintech

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