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MENA startups raise $173 million in July 2026 as Saudi Arabia regains the lead

MENA startup funding rose modestly in July 2026, but the rebound was largely debt-driven, with equity investment remaining...

Investment investments

U.A.E

Web3 startup Bundle launches with $5.5 million pre-Seed round

Bundle, a UAE-based Web3 rewards startup founded by Bader Kalooti alongside Mostafa Wanas, has emerged from stealth after raising...

Bundle Ethereal Ventures

U.A.E

UAE's Epic Markets raises $10 million pre-Seed round

UAE-based fintech Epic Markets has raised $10 million in a pre-Seed funding round from Karatage, the round's sole investor, to...

Epic Markets Karatage

Egypt

Simplex inaugurates second factory with $50 million investment

Egyptian CNC manufacturing startup Simplex has inaugurated its second manufacturing facility in 10th of Ramadan City, spanning 40,000...

Simplex

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital, Impact46 back Ash Games with $1.5 million

Saudi Arabia-based game development studio Ash Games has raised a $1.5 million Seed round, co-led by Merak Capital and Impact46 through...

Merak Capital Impact46 Ash Games Studio

Syria

Syrian healthtech DoctorBook raises $16,000 pre-Seed round

Syria-based healthtech startup DoctorBook has raised a $16,000 pre-Seed funding round to accelerate the digitisation of medical...

DoctorBook healthtech

Lebanon

BY Venture Partners backs ChatFeatured in $2 million pre-Seed round

UAE- and Lebanon-based BY Venture Partners has participated in an oversubscribed $2 million pre-Seed round for Canadian AI startup...

BY Venture Partners ChatFeatured

Qatar

SkipCash attracts strategic investment from Qatar International Islamic Bank

Qatar-based fintech SkipCash has secured a strategic investment from Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) to accelerate its growth...

SkipCash QIIB Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Growth Catalyst Fund I secures first commitment from Jada Fund of Funds

Saudi Arabia's Jada Fund of Funds, owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has made its first commitment to Growth Catalyst Fund...

Jada Fund of Funds Growth Catalyst Fund I

Egypt

Fincart lands $2.8 million to accelerate regional expansion

Egypt-based e-commerce operations platform Fincart has raised an oversubscribed $2.8 million Seed round, co-led by Launch Africa...

Fincart Yango Ventures Launch Africa

Saudi Arabia

SILQ raises $20 million to scale embedded finance for Saudi SMEs

Saudi B2B e-commerce and fintech platform SILQ has secured a $20 million Shariah-compliant structured financing facility from Gemcorp...

SILQ Gemcorp

Saudi Arabia

SVC invests in SEEDRA Ventures Fund II to back Saudi tech startups

Saudi Venture Capital (SVC) has invested in SEEDRA Ventures Fund II, a venture capital fund managed by SEEDRA Ventures, to support...

Seedra Ventures SVC

Egypt

Kuadra raises funding to expand AI-powered construction management

Egyptian construction technology startup Kuadra has secured a funding round led by Edafa Venture Capital to support the launch of what...

Kuadra Edafa Venture contech

Egypt

Anara Impact Capital leads $1.45 million investment in Egypt's Reme-D

Egyptian healthtech startup Reme-D has raised $1.45 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Anara Impact Capital, with...

Anara Impact Capital Reme-D healthtech

Saudi Arabia

FLOATY Studio secures $1 million from Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia-based FLOATY Studio has raised $1 million in a funding round led by Merak Capital through the Merak Gaming Fund. Founded...

FLOATY Merak Capital

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

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