Wamda

U.A.E

UAE fintech LNDDO raises $3 million Seed round

UAE-based B2B fintech LNDDO has raised a $3 million Seed round backed by a network of investors led by H.H Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Shakhboot...

LNDDO Fintech

Regional

VentureSouq launches $50 million fund

GCC-based VC firm VentureSouq has launched the $50 million Mena FinTech Fund I, aiming to invest in early-stage fintech and SaaS...

VentureSouq Fintech

Morocco

Chari: The next step in digitising the baqala

At almost every corner or block in a Middle East and North Africa (Mena) city stands a baqala, or small grocer, typically independent,...

Chari.ma

Saudi Arabia

Rasan raises $24 million for its Tameeni insurance platform

Saudi Arabia-based insurtech startup Rasan has raised SAR 90 million ($24 million) for its Tameeni platform in a round led by Impact46,...

Rasan Insurtech Fintech

U.A.E

Nomod raises $3.4 million seed round at $50m valuation to accelerate growth

UAE-based fintech Nomod, has raised a $3.4 million Seed round with participation from Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital Kingsway...

Nomod YCombinator

Regional

How open banking is changing the payments landscape in Mena

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of open banking platform Tarabut Gateway, which recently closed a $12 million pre-Series A round...

Open banking Tarabut Gateway

U.A.E

Wamda participates in Verity's $800,000 pre-Seed round

UAE-based financial literacy startup Verity, has closed a $800,000 pre-Seed round, backed by regional venture capital firms,...

Verity Fintech financial literacy

Bahrain

Bahrain’s CoinMena secures $9.5 million Seed round

Bahrain-based crypto exchange CoinMena has raised $9.5 million in its first Seed funding round, from Beco Capital, Kenetic, Arab Bank...

CoinMena cryptocurrency

Regional

The startup fighting for open finance in Mena

Mirna Sleiman is on a mission to revolutionise the Middle East’s banking and financial sector. Having spent more than eight years...

open finance Open banking Fintech Galaxy

Bahrain

Tarabut Gateway raises $12 million pre-Series A led by Tiger Global

UAE-based open banking platform Tarabut Gateway has raised $12 million in a pre-Series A round led by Tiger Global, alongside new...

Fintech Open banking Tarabut Gateway

U.A.E

Fintech Galaxy closes $2 million Seed funding

UAE-based Fintech Galaxy has raised $2 million in a Seed funding round, led by Jordan’s Ahli Fintech and joined by Raz Holding...

Fintech Galaxy Fintech

Morocco

Chari.ma raises $5 million Seed round

Morocco-based fintech and B2B e-commerce Chari.ma has raised a $5 million Seed round at a valuation of $70 million, co-led by...

Chari.ma B2B e-commerce

U.A.E

Wamda co-leads BitOasis $30 Million Series B round

UAE-based cryptocurrency exchange BitOasis has raised $30 million in a Series B round co-led by Wamda and US-based VC Jump...

BitOasis crypto

Egypt

AFIIP announces winning financial inclusion innovators for 2021

Egypt-based fintech Stryve, which offers unbanked businesses financial products, has won first place at the Arab Financial...

AFIIP Stryve Ahmini

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Investcorp acquires British fintech MIR Limited

Bahrain-based Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP) has acquired all of the business and assets of UK-based fintech MIR Limited, for an...

Investcorp MIR Limited Fintech

Egypt

Egyptian fintech Kashat raises $1.75 million Bridge round

Egypt-based fintech Kashat has raised $1.75 million in a Bridge funding round, led by Launch Africa, with the participation of several...

Kashat Fintech financial inclusion

Egypt

Egypt’s super app MNT-Halan raises $120 million

Egypt-based super app and Wamda portfolio startup MNT-Halan has raised $120 million from major global and regional growth investors:...

MNT-Halan Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech CashIn secures $1.6 million Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based fintech CashIn has secured $1.6 million in a Seed round led by Investor Mine with the participation from BIM V...

Fintech CashIn BIM Ventures

Morocco

Moroccan fintech Lacaisse.ma secures funding from WitaMax

Morocco-based Lacaisse.ma has received funding from WitaMax, the amount raised was undisclosed. Founded in 2016 by Said Belkhayat...

Lacaisse.ma WitaMax

U.A.E

Pollen Street acquires majority stake in Ding

Mobile top-up services company Ding has sold its majority stake to the London-based alternative investment management company, Pollen...

Ding Pollen Street acquisition

Regional

Can data regulation be Mena's competitive advantage?

Khaled Lababidi is vice president and general manager of the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, for InCountry – a data...

Fintech Data regulation

Egypt

Arab Bank launches fintech accelerator in Egypt

Arab Bank has launched the AB Accelerator in Egypt, a fintech-focused corporate acceleration programme. The accelerator, which was...

AB Accelerator Fintech

Regional

Fintech is poised for consolidation in the Middle East

Mahmoud Hamouda is a strategy and operations consultant at Dell Technologies. He is also the head of Dell for Entrepreneurs in Egypt. In...

Fintech

U.A.E

Sarwa closes $15 million Series B round led by Mubadala

UAE-based fintech Sarwa has closed a $15 million Series B funding round, led by Mubadala Investment Company with participation from...

Fintech sarwa series B

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