Wamda

Saudi Arabia

TAM Capital leads $11 million round in Saudi construction fintech Builtop

Builtop, a Saudi digital procurement startup for the construction and real estate sectors, has raised $11 million in a round led by TAM...

Builtop contech Fintech

Morocco

DisrupTech Ventures invests in Morocco’s Chari to expand fintech inclusion across Africa

Egypt-based VC firm DisrupTech Ventures has invested in Chari, a Y Combinator–backed Moroccan fintech startup, marking its first...

Disruptech Ventures Chari

Saudi Arabia

Stream secures $4 million seed funding to transform B2B payments in MENA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Stream has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Outliers VC, with participation from BYLD Ventures and...

Stream Outliers VC BYLD Ventures

Morocco

ORA acquires Cathedis in Morocco’s first locally funded startup merger

Moroccan superapp ORA Technologies and Azur Innovation Fund have acquired Cathedis, marking the first-ever consolidation between...

Ora Technologies Azur Innovation Fund Cathedis

United States

MidLyr closes $2.5 million pre-seed to advance MENA expansion plans

US-based fintech MidLyr has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Silicon Badia, with participation from Wedbush Ventures,...

MidLyr silicon badia Fintech

U.A.E

Is the UAE building the region's first true open finance economy?

An article by Tewfik Cassis, chief product & technology officer ay Lean Technologies The UAE’s bold move Financial...

oped Fintech Open banking

Saudi Arabia

Tamara obtains Central Bank of the UAE approval

Press release: Tamara has officially received a restricted finance licence from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). As a leading...

Tamara BNPL Fintech

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

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

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

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech erad raises $33 million debt round led by Stride Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based fintech erad has secured $33 million in debt financing, led by India’s Stride Ventures, marking its first major...

erad Stride Ventures

Egypt

Valu offers Egypt first P2P BNPL solution with MobileMasr

Press release: Valu, MENA’s leading universal financial technology powerhouse, announced today its partnership with MobileMasr,...

valu p2p BNPL

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital invests $1.2 million in Saudi fintech Bynow

Bynow, a Saudi B2B fintech startup, has raised $1.2 million from Merak Capital to accelerate product development and expand...

Merak Capital Bynow BNPL

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Bwatech nabs $16 million funding

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Bwatech raised $16 million in a funding round led by Sharaka Financial to accelerate growth and expand...

Bwatech Sharaka Financial Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi P2P lending platform MoneyMoon closes $2.9 million pre-Series A

Saudi Arabia-based fintech MoneyMoon has raised $2.9 million in pre-Series A, led by Core Vision, joined by family offices and...

MoneyMoon Core Vision 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

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

Wadaie closes seed round led by VentureSouq

Saudi Arabia-based Wadaie has raised a seed round led by VentureSouq, joined by Graphene Ventures, RZM Investments, Arab National Bank,...

Wadaie Fintech VentureSouq

Saudi Arabia

Lendo partners with Jadwa Investment on $50 million financing to boost SME lending

Saudi fintech Lendo has signed a $50 million Murabaha facility with Jadwa GCC Private Credit Fund, managed by Jadwa Investment, to...

Lendo Jadwa Investment

Saudi Arabia

LDUN secures $4.8 million to expand factoring solutions for SMEs

Saudi Arabia-based fintech LDUN has raised a $4.8 million seed round led by Sadu Capital, with participation from Suhail Ventures...

LDUN Sadu Capital

Saudi Arabia

Oumla secures $2.4 milliom to build digital asset infrastructure in KSA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Oumla has raised a $2.4 million seed round led by Core Vision, with participation from Avalanche and...

Oumla Fintech Core Vision

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Spare closes $5 million pre-Series A

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Spare has raised $5 million in pre-Series A led by anb Seed Fund, with participation from 500 MENA,...

spare anb Seed Fund 500 MENA

Bahrain

Fintologya arises $1 million seed to power GCC payment infrastructure

Bahrain-based fintech infrastructure startup Fintologya has raised $1 million in a seed round led by a Gulf holding company to build...

Fintologya Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Tamara secures record $2.4 billion facility backed by Goldman Sachs

Tamara, Saudi Arabia’s first homegrown fintech unicorn, has secured an asset-backed facility of up to $2.4 billion from Goldman...

Tamara BNPL Fintech

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