Wamda

Saudi Arabia

RIFD secures strategic investment from Antler

Saudi Arabia-based RIFD, a Shariah-compliant SME receivables securitisation platform, secured "strategic" investment from...

RIFD Antler

Saudi Arabia

Kamco Invest acquires a stake in Foodics

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech Foodics has raised an undisclosed investment from Kuwait's Kamco Invest for an unspecified...

Foodics Kamco Invest SAAS

Egypt

Egypt’s Flend secures $3 million seed to expand digital SME financing

Egypt-based fintech Flend has secured $3 million in seed funding through a blended equity and debt round. The equity was led by Egypt...

Flend Fintech Egypt Ventures

Egypt

FAB’s Lime app enters Egypt’s fintech scene with $9.4 million investment

Press release: Lime Consumer Finance, the largest platform for education financing in Egypt and a wholly owned entity of First Abu Dhabi...

Lime FAB

U.A.E

Qlub closes $30 million round backed by Shorooq, e&, and Mubadala

UAE-based fintech Qlub has raised $30 million in a new funding round to fuel global expansion. The round was co-led by Shorooq...

Qlub Mubadala Investment Company Shorooq Partners

Egypt

With 4DX, Plus VC on board, PALM closes 7-figure pre-seed round

Egypt-based fintech PALM has raised a 7-figure pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures, with participation from Plus VC and international...

PALM 4DX Ventures Plus VC

Egypt

LemFi extends its payment services to Egypt

Press release: LemFi, a leading international payment services startup based in London, with a strong presence across the United States,...

LemFi Fintech

Egypt

AgriCash raises seed round to drive inclusive agri-fintech innovation in Egypt

Egypt-based agri-fintech AgriCash has raised an undisclosed seed funding round led by Alex Angels, with participation from regional...

AgriCash Fintech agritech

Egypt

Valu begins trading on EGX with Amazon as investor

Egyptian fintech Valu has officially begun trading on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). The listing was executed via an in-kind dividend...

valu Fintech BNPL

Egypt

Swypex rolls out spend control card in Egypt

Swypex, Egypt’s all-in-one financial management platform, has unveiled the country’s first Approval-Based Limits Card, an...

Swypex

U.A.E

Sukna Fund provides $20 million credit facility to OCTA

UAE-based fintech Octa has raised $20 million in a credit facility from Sukna Fund for Direct Financing...

Octa Sukna Fund Fintech

Egypt

Egypt’s Octane raises $5.2 million to digitize fleet payments across MENA

Egyptian fintech Octane has raised $5.2 million in a funding round led by Shorooq Partners, Algebra Ventures, and SC Holding. The...

Octane Algebra Ventures Fintech

Regional

Egypt’s DisrupTech backs Nigerian agri-fintech Winich Farms

DisrupTech Ventures, an Egypt-based early-stage fintech fund, has made its first Sub-Saharan Africa investment by backing Winich Farms,...

Disruptech Winich Farms

Lebanon

XFOLIO closes $2 million seed backed by MEVP

French-Lebanese fintech XFOLIO has raised $2 million in Seed funding from Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP). Founded by Anis Rahal...

XFOLIO Fintech MEVP

Iraq

EQIQ anchors $15 million round for InstaBank, Iraq’s next-generation digital bank

EQIQ, a UAE-based VC fund and venture builder, has invested $3 million in InstaBank (officially Al-Fawr Digital Bank) as part of a...

EQIQ Ventures InstaBank

Egypt

Valu prepares EGX debut after securing 25% market share in consumer finance

Egypt's buy now pay later (BNPL) fintech Valu has announced its intention to list on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) following an...

valu Fintech BNPL

Saudi Arabia

Stitch raises $10 million seed to extend services to emerging markets

Saudi Arabia-based fintech infrastructure platform Stitch has raised a $10 million seed round from investors including Arbor Ventures,...

Stitch Arbor Ventures SVC

U.A.E

Qashio closes $19.8 million round to accelerate expansion into Saudi Arabia

UAE-based fintech Qashio has raised $19.8 million in a mix of equity and non-equity funding, led by existing investor...

Qashio Fintech Rocketship

Qatar

Qatar’s PayLater receives strategic investment from LuLu AI

Qatar-based fintech PayLater has secured a "strategic" investment from LuLu Alternative Investments (LuLu AI), the...

LuLu AI PayLater Fintech

U.A.E

Gainz closes pre-seed round to expand SME lending solutions

UAE-based fintech Gainz has closed a 7-figure USD pre-seed round, structured as a mix of equity and debt The round was led by Antler...

Gainz Antler Fintech

Egypt

ElGameya secures fresh capital to expand inclusive savings tools

Egypt-based fintech ElGameya has raised a 7-figure USD investment round led by AYADY for Investment and Development. Other participants...

elGameya AYADY Fintech

Tunisia

Attijariwafa Ventures backs Tunisian fintech Konnect in multi-investor round

Tunisia-based fintech company Konnect Networks has secured an undisclosed investment round from Attijariwafa Ventures as part of a wider...

Konnect Attijariwafa Ventures

Egypt

Money Fellows secures $13 million to expand digital saving offerings across Africa

Egypt-based fintech Money Fellows has raised $13 million in a strategic funding round co-led by Al Mada Ventures and DPI Venture Capital...

Money Fellows Fintech Al Mada Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Nqoodlet bags $3 million Seed funding to boost SME finance in MENA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nqoodlet has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Waad Investments, with participation from OmanTel, 500...

NQOODLET Waad Investments

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