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Morocco

Morocco's ORA Technologies tops up Series A to $10 million

Morocco-based super app ORA Technologies has extended its Series A round to $10 million after raising an additional $2 million from...

Ora Technologies super app

Syria

Syria's AlMkhtar closes $100,000 seed round led by angel investors

Syrian proptech and mobility startup AlMkhtar has closed a $100,000 seed funding round led by angel investors Rani Abu-Shaar and Abdulah...

AlMkhtar Proptech

Egypt

Egypt's Mylerz brings in $2 million to scale logistics infrastructure

Egypt-based logistics startup Mylerz has raised more than $2 million (EGP100 million) in a funding round led by Lorax Capital...

Mylerz fawry Logistics

Saudi Arabia

Think gears up for GCC expansion with $8 million pre-seed funding

Saudi Arabia-based AI infrastructure startup Think has raised more than $8 million in a pre-seed funding round, co-led by RAED Ventures...

Think Wa'ed Ventures Raed Ventures

Regional

MENA startups raise $1.7 billion in H1 2026 despite regional uncertainty

The Middle East and North Africa's startup ecosystem attracted $1.7 billion across 242 funding rounds during the first half of 2026, as...

Investment investments

U.A.E

AVELIN AI closes $3.7 million pre-seed to expand sovereign AI platform

UAE-based sovereign AI platform AVELIN AI has raised $3.7 million in a pre-seed funding round from unnamed angel...

AVELIN AI Sovereign AI

U.A.E

Keyper raises $11 million Series A to digitise UAE rental market

UAE-based proptech Keyper has raised an $11 million Series A round led by Speedinvest, with participation from NeoVentures (Mashreq),...

Keyper Speedinvest Proptech

Saudi Arabia

Uvera attracts Morgan Stanley, LAB7 and Core Vision in seed round

Saudi Arabia-based deeptech Uvera has closed a seed funding round with participation from Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable...

Uvera Morgan Stanley LAB7

U.A.E

UAE's Planno raises strategic investment from Incubayt

UAE-based climatetech Planno has secured a strategic investment from Incubayt Investments, the sustainability-focused venture firm...

Planno Incubayt Investments Incubayt Investments

U.A.E

Dubizzle Group invests in Takeem to strengthen UAE rental ecosystem

Dubizzle Group has announced a strategic partnership and investment in the UAE-based proptech Takeem, making Bayut and...

Dubizzle Group Dubizzle Takeem

Regional

MENA startup investment falls to $148.2 million in June 2026

Investment activity across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cooled in June 2026, with 41 startups collectively raising $148.2...

Investment investments

Regional

500 Global and Sanabil back eight startups in latest accelerator cohort

500 Global and Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), have announced the 11th...

500 Global Sanabil Investments Sanabil Accelerator by 500 Global

U.A.E

Whiteshield secures $15 million private credit from Ruya Partners

UAE-based AI company Whiteshield has secured a $15 million private credit facility from Ruya Partners to accelerate the development...

Whiteshield Ruya Partners

U.A.E

Maalexi secures $2.8 million in oversubscribed round led by Tawuniya

UAE-based agri-fintech startup Maalexi has raised $2.8 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Saudi-listed insurer Tawuniya,...

Tawuniya Maalexi

Kenya

Catalyst Fund secures $30 million to back Africa's climatetech startups

Catalyst Fund, a pan-African climate-focused venture capital fund, has completed the second close of its debut fund, bringing total...

Catalyst Fund africa Climatetech

Egypt

BrainsMingle raises $400,000 seed from BasharSoft Group

US-based AI startup BrainsMingle has secured a $400,000 seed investment from BasharSoft Group, marking the group's first...

BasharSoft BrainsMingle

U.A.E

1001 closes $30 million Series A to build sovereign AI in GCC

1001, a GCC- and London-based AI startup, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Lux Capital, with participation from Sanabil...

1001 AI 1001 Lux Capital

Egypt

Aramco's LAB7 backs CONIX.AI to advance AI-powered construction compliance

UK-based and Egypt-born architecture SaaS software CONIX.AI has received backing from LAB7, Saudi Aramco's venture-building arm, to...

Conix CONIX.AI LAB7

U.A.E

AXON bags $1 million investment to advance cross-border payments infrastructure

UAE-based fintech AXON has secured an investment of approximately $1 million (SAR 4 million) from Maarej Real Estate following its...

AXON Maarej Real Estate

Egypt

Egypt's ariika and Lychee deepen Saudi presence with backing from Beltone Venture Capital

Beltone Venture Capital (BVC), the venture capital arm of Beltone Holding, has increased its investment in Egyptian consumer brands...

ariika Lychee

Saudi Arabia

Revora raises $2 million to scale AI-driven conversational commerce across MENA

Saudi Arabia-headquartered e-commerce AI startup Revora, formerly known as MyAlice, has raised a $2 million seed round co-led by i2i...

Revora i2i Ventures Oraseya Capital

Saudi Arabia

Terraxy secures $3 million seed, backed by Wa'ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based deeptech Terraxy has raised $3 million in a Seed funding round led by Wa'ed Ventures, the venture capital...

Terraxy deeptech KAUST

Tunisia

Tunisia's RoboCare secures six-figure investment from 216 Capital

Tunisia-based agritech RoboCare has secured a six-figure investment from venture capital firm 216 Capital to support its next...

RoboCare 216 Capital

Morocco

Moroccan proptech startup Agenz raises $5 million oversubscribed seed round

Moroccan proptech startup Agenz has raised an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by BREEGA, Attijariwafa Ventures, and Saviu...

Agenz Proptech

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