Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi insurtech Najeeb.ai closes pre-seed round

Saudi Arabia-based insurtech Najeeb.ai has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round from local and regional angel investors. Founded in...

Najeeb.ai Insurtech

Saudi Arabia

Squadio nets $3 million to scale AI-powered remote tech hiring from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based HRtech Squadio has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round, backed by Wa’ed Ventures, 500 Sanabil MENA,...

Squadio HRtech Wa’ed Ventures

U.A.E

UnifyApps secures $50 million Series B to scale GenAI adoption across enterprises

UAE-based SaaS solutions provider UnifyApps has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by WestBridge Capital, with participation...

UnifyApps ICONIQ SAAS

Saudi Arabia

Velents raises $1.5 million investment to propel launching Agent.sa

Saudi Arabia-based HRtech Velents.ai has raised $1.5 million from angel investors, including executives from Google and BCG. The funding...

Velents AI Velents HRtech

U.A.E

Property Finder invests in Stake to accelerate MENA’s proptech innovation

UAE-based proptech Property Finder has invested in Stake, a UAE-based digital real estate investment platform, in an undisclosed...

Property finder Stake

Saudi Arabia

Wa’ed Ventures leads $10 million pre-Series A in US-based Kure Cells

Wa’ed Ventures, the $500 million venture capital fund backed by Aramco, has led a $10 million Pre-Series A round in Kure Cells, a...

Wa'ed Ventures Kure Cells

Oman

KitchenomiKs secures $3.2 million to expand across GCC

Oman-based foodtech KitchenomiKs has raised $3.2 million in a new funding round led by Jasoor Ventures, bringing its total capital...

KitchenomiKs Jasoor Ventures

Morocco

Madica invests in Tunisia's Anavid, Morocco's Hypeo AI to accelerate Africa’s innovation ecosystem

Madica, the Africa-focused investment programme backed by Flourish Ventures, announced new investments in Anavid (Tunisia) and Hypeo AI...

Anavid Madica Hypeo Ai

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital backs Arsann with $26.7 million to power data-driven urban infrastructure

Saudi Arabia-based smart parking and mobility solutions provider Arsann has raised a $26.7 million investment from...

Arsann Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia

Astra Nova closes $48.3 million round to build AI-powered Web3 ecosystem

Astra Nova, a Saudi Arabia-based AI-driven Web3 startup, has raised $48.3 million to expand its suite of creator platforms and tokenised...

Astra Nova Web 3.0 Outlier Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Sanabil Venture Studio backs KLIQ with $2.25 million

KLIQ, a Saudi-based AI-powered influencer marketing platform, has raised $2.25 million in a seed funding round led by Sanabil...

Sanabil Venture Studio KLIQ

U.A.E

Tawuniya leads $5 million investment in TachyHealth

UAE-based healthtech startup TachyHealth has raised $5 million in a Series A round led by Saudi insurance company Tawuniya, with...

TachyHealth healthtech Tawuniya

U.A.E

Cercli bags $12 million Series A to build AI-native workforce platform

UAE-based workforce management platform Cercli raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Germany’s Picus...

Cercli Picus Capital HRtech

Saudi Arabia

TabSense attracts $5 million backing from Jasoor Ventures

TabSense, a Saudi-based AI startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Jasoor Ventures to launch the first AI Agentic Point...

TabSense Jasoor Ventures POS

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's BRKZ lands $30 million debt from Stride Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based contech BRKZ has secured up to $30 million in growth debt from Stride Ventures. The new facility will...

BRKZ Stride Ventures contech

U.A.E

1001 AI closes $9 million seed round to accelerate GCC landing

1001 AI, a deeptech startup headquartered between London and Dubai, has raised $9 million in a seed funding round led by CIV, General...

1001 AI deeptech

Egypt

SehaTech closes $1.1 million seed to expand AI-powered health insurance access across Egypt

Egypt-based insurtech SehaTech raised $1.1 million in a seed round, bringing total funding to $2 million, to advance its AI-driven...

Sehatech Plus VC Ingressive Capital

U.A.E

CADO raises $4.5 million pre-seed to drive regional, global expansion

UAE-founded gifting platform CADO has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed round, led by Sanabil 500 alongside a German family office...

CADO Sanabil 500 E-commerce

U.A.E

Crescent Enterprises commits $68 million to build globally competitive ventures from the UAE

UAE-based VC Crescent Enterprises has launched a $68 million investment programme to scale CE-Creates' venture-building...

Crescent Enterprises CE-Creates

Egypt

Arabic AI startup Nanovate secures $1 million pre-seed to scale in GCC

Nanovate, a Cairo-based AI startup, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by a group of angel investors. Founded in early...

Nanovate AI

Tunisia

PAYDAY raises pre-seed funding, valued at $3 million

PAYDAY, a Tunisian fintech and insurtech startup, has closed its first pre-seed financing round, led by UGFS North Africa,...

PAYDAY Fintech

Morocco

Chari secures $12 million Series A and payment licence from Bank Al-Maghrib

Morocco-based Chari, a YC-backed fintech and e-commerce startup, has raised $12 million in a Series A round, led by SPE Capital and...

Chari

U.A.E

Oqood raises $1 million seed round to expand AI-powered legal solutions

UAE-based Oqood has raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of angel investors. Founded in 2024 by Khaled Al Rasheed, Oqood...

Oqood Legaltech

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi’s MGX joins $6.6 billion OpenAI share sale, valuing ChatGPT maker at $500 billion

Abu Dhabi’s artificial intelligence investment platform MGX has participated in a $6.6 billion secondary share sale in OpenAI,...

open AI MGX

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