Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Cycls raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Cycls has raised $1 million in pre-Seed funding from angel investors. Founded in 2021 by Mohammed...

Cycls AI

U.A.E

UAE’s Zest Equity raises $3.8 million Seed led by MEVP

UAE-based fintech Zest Equity has raised $3.8 million in Seed funding, led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) with participation...

Zest Equity MEVP Fintech

U.A.E

Travel startup Dharma raises $4.7 million pre-Series A round

UAE-based travel management platform Dharma, has raised a $4.7 million pre-Series A funding round led by San Francisco-based...

Dharma Travel Convivialite Ventures

U.A.E

UAE’s App4Legal raises seven-figure funding round

UAE-based legaltech App4Legal, has raised a seven-figure funding round led by UAE-based Aditum Ventures. Founded in 2015 by Feras El...

App4Legal Legaltech Aditum Ventures

Egypt

Amenli raises $1 million equity funding round

Egypt-based insurtech Amenli, has closed a new $1 million equity funding round led by Alter Global with participation from Qatar...

Amenli Insurtech

Regional

Mena startups raised $36 million in September 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $36 million in September across 36 deals, a 64 per cent drop in value month-on-month...

investments

Egypt

Acasia Ventures leads pre-Seed round in Senegal’s Lengo AI

Egypt-based VC firm Acasia Ventures has led a pre-Seed investment round in Senegal-based SaaS startup Lengo AI, co-led by Ventures...

Acasia Ventures Lengo AI AI

Jordan

Capifly raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Jordan-based fintech Capifly has raised a $1 million pre-Seed funding round from investors including Oasis500, BLDR Ventures, Joa...

Capifly Fintech

Palestine

TAP raises $1 million Seed round led by Wamda Capital

The Netherlands-based and Palestine-focused accelerator Talent Acceleration Platform (TAP) has closed a $1 million Seed round, led by...

Talent Acceleration Platform TAP Wamda Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Jisr closes $30 million Series A by Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia-based human resources platform Jisr, has closed a $30 million Series A round from Merak Capital. Founded in 2016 by...

Jisr HRtech Merak Capital

Egypt

Intella secures $3.4 million pre-Series A round led by HALA Ventures, Wa’ed

Saudi Arabia-headquartered Egyptian deeptech startup Intella, has closed a $3.4 million pre-Series A funding round, led by HALA Ventures...

Intella HALA Ventures Wa'ed Vnetures

Egypt

MoneyHash secures new investment from GitHub’s founder

US-headquartered Egyptian fintech MoneyHash, has secured new funding from Tom Preston-Werner, co-founder of GitHub, as part of an...

MoneyHash GitHub

U.A.E

BILRS raises pre-Seed investment from Haatch

UAE-based fintech BILRS has raised a pre-Seed investment from Haatch for an unknown amount. Founded in 2022 by Rupert Shaw, BILRS...

BILRS Haatch Fintech

Regional

P1 Ventures completes first close of second fund at $25 million

US-based and pan-African VC fund P1 Ventures has completed the first $25 million close of its second fund. Founded in 2020 by Mikael...

P1 Ventures VC fund

U.A.E

Cypherleak raises $750,000 Seed round

UAE-based cyber risk monitoring and scoring startup Cypherleak, has closed a $750,000 Seed round from investors based in Abu Dhabi,...

Cypherleak cyber security

U.A.E

Fanzword secures $1.2 million pre-Seed led by XVC Tech

UAE-based e-sports startup Fanzword has raised a $1.2 million pre-Seed round led by XVC Tech and other regional angel...

Fanzword XVC Tech

U.A.E

Zero Carbon Ventures closes $5 million Seed investment

UAE-based cleantech Zero Carbon Ventures has raised a $5 million Seed funding round, from Emirati businessman and member of Dubai's...

Zero Carbon Cleantech

U.A.E

Web3 startup Cultos Global secures new funding

UAE-based Web3 startup Cultos Global, has raised an undisclosed investment round from the founder and CEO of Boat Sameer Mehta, founder...

Cultos Global Web 3.0

U.A.E

Fuze closes $14 million Seed round

UAE-headquartered digital assets infrastructure provider Fuze, has raised a $14 million Seed round, led by Abu Dhabi-based Further...

Fuze Further Ventures

Jordan

Jordan’s DigiZag raises Series A funding

Jordan-based digital advertising and performance marketing startup DigiZag, has secured a seven-figure Series A funding round from the...

DigiZag Marketing SME Investment Fund

U.A.E

DIEZ launches innovations accelerator in partnership with MIT

Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to launch the MIT...

MIT

Saudi Arabia

Wa’ed Venture co-leads Mighty Buildings’ $52 million Series B round

Saudi Arabia’s Wa’ed Venture, the VC arm of Aramco, has co-led a $52 million Series B round in the US-based...

Wa'ed Vnetures Aramco Mighty Buildings

Saudi Arabia

SVC invests $5 million in VentureSouq’s fintech fund

UAE-based VentureSouq has raised $5 million from Saudi Venture Capital (SVC). The investment will go towards VentureSouq’s...

VentureSouq SVC Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Logistics startup Equiptal raises $1 million to fuel growth

Equiptal, a Saudi-Arabia-based logistics startup, has raised a $1 million pre-Seed round from Plug and Play Middle East and a group of...

Equiptal

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