Wamda

Regional

Top five VC deals in the third quarter of 2019

Venture Capital (VC) investments in the third quarter of 2019 have not made as much fanfare compared to the second quarter of this...

TOP VC Deals

U.A.E

Melltoo raises pre-Series A from China’s Gobi Partners

Dubai-based online marketplace Melltoo has announced an undisclosed pre-series A funding round co-led by China-based venture capital...

E-commerce Funding ksa

Egypt

Glamera raises $250,000 seed

Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based beauty services booking platform Glamera has raised $250,000 in a seed round, the startup announced today...

seed seed investment bookings

U.A.E

Mubadala invests in Embark

Source: Forbes Embark Trucks, a self-driving tech firm created by two twenty-something Canadian computer scientists, just landed $70...

news trucks Investment

Egypt

MaxAB closes $6.2 million seed round

MaxAB, an Egypt-based business to business (B2B) e-commerce marketplace has secured seed funding of $6.2 million, in one of the largest...

Egypt FMCG Investment

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based Daal invests in PromoRepublic

Source: MenaBytes Daal, a Khobar-based VC firm has invested an undisclosed amount of money in $2.2 million seed round of social media...

Social Media management

Algeria

TemTem raises $4 million in series A

Source: MenaBytes Algiers-based ride-hailing startup TemTem has raised $4 million in a Series A round, the startup announced in a...

largest Series A ride-hailing

Tunisia

Dabchy raises $300,000 in seed fund

Source: MenaBytes Dabchy, a Tunis-based peer-to-peer (P2P) fashion marketplace has raised $300,000 in a seed round led by 500 Startups...

Fashion seed fund

Egypt

Career 180 raises $100,000 in seed funding

Egypt-based Career 180, a career advising platform, has raised $100,000 in a seed funding round from EdVentures. The startup will...

EdTech seed Egypt

U.A.E

Pure Harvest raises $1.75 million

Source: The National Pure Harvest Smart Farms, a tech-enabled agribusiness that is growing fruits and vegetables in the desert outside...

agritech Investment AbuDhabi

Kuwait

UPayments raises seed funding

Kuwait based online payment solutions provider UPayments announced that it has raised seed funding for an undisclosed sum from...

seed Funding e-payment

U.A.E

Shorooq Partners invests in Teacherly

Shorooq Partners has invested in UK-based, education technology (edtech) platform Teacherly in seed funding for an undisclosed...

EdTech seed fund

Pakistan

Swvl expands further into Pakistan

Source: MENAbytes Swvl, the app-based bus hailing startup that is now headquartered in Dubai, is expanding further into...

Swvl Egypt ride hailing

Regional

Wamda X applications deadline extended to Oct 27

Wamda X, the grant-based fellowship programme for budding entrepreneurs and early-stage startups, is now accepting applications for its...

U.A.E

UAE's Masdar, UK government invest $86 million in green technology fund

Source: Zawya Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) together with the UK government have invested £70 million ($86.48 million)...

Technology fund uae

Regional

Careem moves further into fintech

Careem now allows its users to recharge their mobile phone credit on its platform. The service is already available in Egypt, Pakistan...

Fintech wallet pay

Regional

Localized closes $1.2 million funding round

US-based Localized, a talent technology platform that connects university students and alumni with employers and industry experts in...

Investment talent tech

Egypt

Egypt to establish 7 technological parks with EGP 1 billion investments: ICT Minister

Source: Daily News Egypt Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, told Daily News Egypt that seven...

Egypt Technology parks

Regional

Afric'Up African Startups Summit 2019

Afric’Up – Africa Startup Summit in Tunis, will take place on 24th & 25th September, as 2019 marks the return...

U.A.E

Foloosi raises $500,000 in seed round

UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup Foloosi has raised $500,000 in seed funding from existing investor Rasheed Alfalasi along...

seed fund Fintech

Egypt

Doctoorum raises seed funding

Source: Trade Arabia Numu Capital, a Dubai-based venture capital firm, has announced its investment in Doctoorum - a curated...

seed fund Medical Tourism

Egypt

NowPay Raises $600,000 in seed funding

Source: Digital Boom Egyptian fintech startup, NowPay, said it’s closing a new undisclosed round after raising USD 600,000 in...

news Investment seed

Regional

Falcon Network invests $450,000 in six startups

Dubai-based Falcon Network, a group of emerging markets-focused angel investors, has completed six investments worth $450,000 in...

Investment network startups

Bahrain

SINC raises $250,000 in pre-seed funding

SINC, a Bahrain based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) mobile platform, has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Dubai Angel...

pre-Seed Investment Software

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