Wamda

Kuwait

MASAHA App secures fresh seed backing at $1.5 million valuation

Trendle, the parent company of MASAHA, has closed its second Seed investment round at a valuation of $1.5 million. The...

MASAHA App

U.A.E

Qadi emerges from stealth after closing pre-seed round

UAE-based regtech Qadi has emerged from stealth after closing a pre-seed funding round led by Incubayt. Founded in 2025 by Mohamad...

Qadi Incubayt

Saudi Arabia

Saudi gametech Qwacks raises $480,000 pre-seed from Merak Capital

Qwacks, a Saudi gametech, has raised $480,000 in pre-seed funding from Merak Capital. Founded in 2024 by Anas Alsahli...

Merak Capital Qwacks

U.A.E

Impact46 backs Hypemasters with $1 million investment

Impact46 has led a $1 million investment round in Hypemasters, with strong participation from GEM Capital. The funding will support...

Hypemasters Impact46

U.A.E

Byit secures $1.1 million funding to expand into KSA, deepen UAE operations

UAE-headquartered proptech Byit Capital has raised $1.1 million in strategic funding from A15, Beltone Holding, and a group of...

Byit Proptech

Regional

MENA startup funding falls to $228 million in November 2025, down 71% MoM

Investment activity across the MENA startup ecosystem slowed sharply in November 2025, with 35 startups raising a combined $227.8 million....

Investment investments

Saudi Arabia

Nabt extends seed round with additional $3.4 million

Nabt, the Saudi agritech, has raised $3.4 million in a seed extension round, bringing total funding to $5 million. The round...

Nabt Merak Capital SHG Group

U.A.E

UAE's Reno raises $4 million in equity-debt round

UAE-based home renovation tech platform Reno has raised $4 million in equity and debt, led by Sanabil 500, Hub71,...

Reno Sanabil 500

Saudi Arabia

COGNNA secures $9.2 million Series A to accelerate global expansion

Saudi Arabia-based cybersecurity startup COGNNA raised $9.2 million in a Series A round led by Impact46, co-led by BNVT Capital, with...

COGNNA

U.A.E

Mubadala co-leads investment in South Korea's NanoH2O

UAE's Mubadala Investment Company, alongside Glenwood Private Equity and other co-investors, has invested in South Korean...

Mubadala NanoH2O

U.A.E

UAE’s Funch raises $500,000 to scale AI-powered food subscription operations

UAE-based foodtech Funch has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by Angelspark, with participation from Mostafa Kandil (Swvl...

Funch foodtech

Egypt

Rology closes growth round to expand AI-powered teleradiology across MEA

Egypt-based healthtech Rology has closed a growth round with participation from Philips Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact...

Rology healthtech

U.A.E

Mastiska closes $10 million seed to advance sovereign silicon for AI compute

UAE-based fabless semiconductor startup Mastiska has raised $10 million in a seed round backed mainly by GCC sovereign wealth funds to...

Mastiska

Saudi Arabia

erad secures $125 million facility from Jefferies

Saudi Arabia–based embedded-finance platform erad has secured a $125 million scalable facility led by Jefferies, with...

erad Jefferies Channel Capital

Jordan

Propeller launches $50 million AI-focused fund bridging MENA talent with US markets

Jordan-rooted, AI-focused VC Propeller has launched its $50 million Fund III to invest in U.S. and MENA startups building...

Propeller

Saudi Arabia

SVC deploys $267 million into US funds to boost Saudi–US investment partnership

Saudi Venture Capital Co. (SVC) committed $267 million (SAR 1 billion) to joint investments across 17 VC, private equity and private...

SVC

Saudi Arabia

Saudi proptech Mznil closes $11.7 million Series A

Saudi Arabia-based proptech Mnzil has raised $11.7 million in a Series A round led by the US-based Founders Fund, in its...

Mnzil Proptech

U.A.E

Revibe lands $17 million to accelerate sustainable electronics adoption in MENA

UAE-based refurbished electronics marketplace Revibe has raised $17 million in a new funding round led by Partech, with...

Revibe Partech

Saudi Arabia

Strataphy secures $6 million to power next-generation cooling systems

Saudi Arabia-based deeptech startup Strataphy has raised a $6 million seed round, led by Outliers VC and joined...

Strataphy Outliers VC Plus VC

U.A.E

FAST Ventures rolls out $3 million venture studio to back MENA startups

UAE-based VC FAST Ventures has launched FAST Foundry with a $3 million venture studio to back early-stage startups across...

FAST Ventures FAST Foundry

Saudi Arabia

STAMP raises $2 million pre-seed to build AI-powered compliance platform

Saudi Arabia-based regtech STAMP has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding, backed by unknown investors. Founded in 2021 by Muyasser...

regtech STAMP

U.A.E

Buildroid emerges from stealth with $2 million pre-seed investment

US-based AI robotics startup Buildroid AI has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Tim Draper, allowing it...

Buildroid contech AI

U.A.E

Kingpin concludes $3.5 million seed to build global AI-native distribution platform

UAE-based AI-native SaaS company Kingpin has raised $3.5 million in seed funding to scale its global distribution platform. The round...

Kingpin Hub71 SAAS

U.A.E

Secure.com finalises $4.5 million funding to expand AI security agents

UAE-based Secure.com has closed a $4.5 million funding round, led by Disrupt.com, alongside the launch of its new Digital Security...

Secure.com Disrupt.com

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