Wamda

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

Saudi Arabia

erad secures $16 million pre-Series A to bridge SME credit gap in MENA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech erad has raised a $16 million pre-Series A funding round, backed by Y Combinator, Nuwa Capital,...

erad Fintech YCombinator

Saudi Arabia

Techrar secures $1.6 million investment from Wae'd Ventures

Techrar, the Saudi platform for managing subscriptions, memberships, and recurring billing, has closed an investment round worth $1.6...

Techrar Fintech Wa'ed Ventures

U.A.E

Zest Equity secures $4.3 million pre-Series A led by Prosus Ventures

UAE-based fintech Zest Equity has raised $4.3 million in pre-Series A funding, led by Prosus Ventures with participation from...

Zest Equity Prosus Ventures Fintech

U.A.E

Resolv Labs raises $10 million Seed round led by Cyber.Fund

UAE-based crypto startup Resolv Labs has raised $10 million in a seed round led by Cyber.Fund and Maven11 and joined...

Resolv Labs Cyber.Fund crypto

U.A.E

Wafeq partners with Comfi to fuel SME growth in the UAE

Press release: In a bold move to transform cash flow for small and medium businesses, Comfi, the UAE-based B2B embedded finance...

Comfi Wafeq

U.A.E

Rentify to empower UAE proptech scene with new $500,000 investment

UAE-based proptech and fintech Rentify has secured $500,000 in funding from unnamed investors. Founded in 2025 by...

Rentify Proptech Fintech

Morocco

PayTic secures $4 million investment from AfricInvest

Morocco-based fintech PayTic has raised $4 million in funding, led by AfricInvest alongside Build Ventures, Axian Group, Mistral,...

PayTic AfricInvest Fintech

U.A.E

COCA raises strategic investment to scale operations in the UAE

UAE-based non-custodial payments app COCA has raised an undisclosed investment from the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF)...

COCA

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Arabian Pay receives investment to expand BNPL offerings

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Arabian Pay has raised an undiscsloed investment as part of its Pre-Seed round from Al Bassami...

Arabian Pay Al Bassami Group Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Nayla Finance to boost operations in KSA with $4 million seed investment

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nayla Finance has secured $4 million in seed funding, led by Sanabil Venture Studio by...

Nayla Finance Sanabil Venture Studio Fintech

U.A.E

Nymcard closes $33 million Series B led by QED Investors

UAE-based fintech Nymcard has raised $33 miilion in series B funding round, led by QED Investors, and joined by...

NymCard QED Investors Fintech

U.A.E

ClearGrid emerges from stealth after closing $10 million dual round

UAE-based fintech ClearGrid has emerged from stealth after raising $10 million in a dual round, pre-seed and...

ClearGrid Fintech Wamda Capital

Egypt

Fawry partners with Contact to broaden BNPL services in Egypt

Press release: Fawry, Egypt's leading fintech company, has signed a strategic agreement with Contact Financial Holding,...

fawry Contact Financial Holding Fintech

Egypt

PayTabs Group acquires majority stake in PayTabs Egypt

Source: Zawya PayTabs Group has acquired a 51% stake in PayTabs Egypt from EFG Finance, an EFG Holding company, according to a recent...

paytabs

Kuwait

Kuwait's Motery raises undisclosed seed round

Kuwait-based autotech/fintech startup Motery has raised a seed funding round for an undisclosed value at an $8 million...

Motery Fintech autotech

U.A.E

KLAIM secures $26 million to boost GCC expansion

UAE-based fintech KLAIM has raised $10 million in a Series A equity funding round led by Mad’a Investments and joined by CDG...

KLAIM Mad’a Investments Fintech

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