Wamda

U.A.E

CredibleX secures $100 million facility from Pollen Street

UAE-based fintech CredibleX has secured a $100 million senior secured credit facility from Pollen Street Capital. Founded in...

CredibleX Pollen Street

Jordan

Jordan's DawaDose closes pre-seed round, launches Saudi HQ

Jordan-founded pharmaceutical e-commerce platform DawaDose has raised a pre-seed funding round from angel investors for an undisclosed...

DawaDose healthtech

Jordan

21Doctors secures pre-seed round to build AI-powered medical infrastructure

Jordan-founded and Saudi Arabia-headquartered healthtech 21Doctors has raised a pre-seed funding round from angel investors...

21Doctors healthtech

U.A.E

TERN Group closes $24 million Series A to accelerate Europe expansion

TERN Group, a UK- and UAE-based AI-powered global healthcare talent mobility platform, has raised a $24 million Series A,...

TERN Group Notion Capital HRtech

U.A.E

VentureSouq closes second fintech fund backed by major regional LPs

VentureSouq, a UAE-based VC firm, has closed its second fintech Fund (FinTech Fund II), backed by sovereign and institutional LPs,...

VentureSouq SVC Jada Fund of Funds

U.A.E

Metric raises funding to accelerate AI-driven financial solutions for SMEs

UAE-based AI fintech Metric has secured investment from A-typical Ventures, with participation from 500 Global, Hub71, i2i...

Metric A-typical Ventures 500 Global

U.A.E

Property Finder sells minority stake to Permira and Blackstone for $525 million

UAE-based real estate classifieds platform Property Finder has raised $525 million via a minority stake sale to Permira and...

Property finder Permira Blackstone

U.A.E

General Catalyst finances PRYPCO's pre-Series A round

UAE-bssed proptech platform PRYPCO has closed a pre-Series A round for an undisclosed value led by General Catalyst. Founded in...

Prypco General Catalyst

Saudi Arabia

Saudi contech Fitting raises $500,000 pre-seed

Fitting, a Saudi Arabia-based contech startup, has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by an...

Fitting contech

Saudi Arabia

Orbii closes $3.6 million seed to unlock $1 billion in SME financing by 2026

Saudi Arabia-based Orbii has raised $3.6 million in a seed round led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from VentureSouq, DASH...

Orbii Prosus Ventures VentureSouq

Regional

MENA startup funding drops to $337 million in August 2025, 74% higher YoY

Startup funding in the Middle East and North Africa fell sharply in August, with 47 startups raising $337.5 million. The figure is 57% down...

Investment investments

Egypt

Basata Holding to deploy $7 million investments in Egypt

Egypt’s Basata Holding for Financial Payments will invest $7 million in 2026 to strengthen its local market position and pursue...

Basata

Morocco

Justyol raises $1 million funding to drive regional growth

Morocco-based cross-border e-commerce platform Justyol has secured a $1 million funding and financing package. The package includes...

Justyol

Tunisia

216 Capital invests in Tunisia's Addvocate.AI

Tunisia-based startup Addvocate.AI has secured a strategic investment from 216 Capital, supporting its mission to transform sales...

Addvocate.AI 216 Capital

U.A.E

WheelsOn raises $12.5 million to modernise UAE car rentals

UAE-based autotech WheelsOn has raised $12.5 million, comprising $2.2 million in equity from MENA-focused private investors...

WheelsOn autotech

Egypt

Intella bags $12.5 million in oversubscribed Series A

Saudi Arabia-headquartered AI startup Intella has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round led by Prosus, with participation from...

Intella AI Wa'ed Ventures

Egypt

Y Combinator leads Munify's $3 million seed round

Egypt-based fintech Munify has raised a $3 million seed round led by Y Combinator, with participation from BYLD and Digital Currency...

Munify Fintech Y Combinator

Saudi Arabia

Sheba Joy raises $293,000 pre-seed from Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia-based mobile gaming studio Sheba Joy has raised $293,000 (SAR 1.1 million) pre-seed funding led by Merak...

Sheba Joy Merak Capital Gaming

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital backs Spoilz as part of Saudi Arabia’s push to lead global gaming

Saudi Arabia-based game development studio Spoilz has secured funding co-led by Merak Capital and Impact46, with...

Spoilz Merak Capital Gaming

U.A.E

Seraya closes $1.8 million seed in equity-debt mix

UAE-based proptech startup Seraya has raised $1.8 million in seed funding (equity + debt), led by a KSA family...

Seraya Proptech

U.A.E

Maalexi secures $20 million shariah-compliant facility from Amwal Capital

UAE-based B2B agriculture-focused fintech Maalexi has secured a shariah-compliant credit facility of up to $20...

Maalexi Amwal Capital agritech

U.A.E

Cointel raises $7.4 million to enhance AI-driven crypto education

UAE-based edtech platform Cointel has raised $7.4 million led by Avalanche and joined by Sugafam Inc. Launched in...

Cointel Avalanche Sugafam

Saudi Arabia

Zetta secures $12 million to reinforce footprint in Saudi market

Zetta, a Saudi DaaS (Device-as-a-Service) company, closed a $12 million investment round led by Core Vision Investment and...

Zetta Technologies CoreVision DaaS

Saudi Arabia

Blomal Capital secures pre-seed funding from Falak

Saudi fintech Blomal Capital has raised a pre-seed round investment round (amount undisclosed) from Falak Investment...

Blomal Fintech Falak investment hub

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