Wamda

Jordan

ISSF invests $1.5 million in Global Ventures

Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) has invested $1.5 million in UAE-based Global Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in...

ISSF Global Ventures

Egypt

Egypt's edtech Orcas raises $2.1 million

Cairo-based edtech Orcas has raised $2.1 million in its pre-Series A round, co-led by CIRA’s NFX Ventures and Access Bridge...

Orcas EdTech

Qatar

Qatar Investment Authority invests in Checkout.com’s $1 billion Series D round

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has contributed to the $1 billion Series D round raised by Checkout.com at a valuation of $40 billion,...

Qatar Investment Authority Checkout.com

Egypt

Egypt's foodtech 3attar raises Seed investment

Cairo-based foodtech startup 3attar has secured Seed investment from AUC Angels, UI Investment and a group of angel...

3attar foodtech AUC Angels

U.A.E

UAE’s logistics startup Shorages raises $700,000 Seed funding

UAE-based logistics startup Shorages has raised a Seed round of $700,000. Founded in 2019 by Rayan Osseiran, Shorages provides...

Shorages E-commerce Logistics

Iraq

Alsaree3 Group raises $3.2 million bridge round

Iraq-based food delivery app Alsaree3, and its sister company on-demand last-mile delivery platform Al Zajel, have raised another bridge...

Alsaree3 q-commerce

U.A.E

Gaming platform Zone raises $2.35 million

UAE-based gaming and decentralised finance (gamefi) ecosystem Zone, has raised $2.35 million, from DAO Maker, GSR, Altonomy,...

Zone GameFi

U.A.E

Fitness app Fit On Click raises $1.5 million pre-Series A round

UAE-based fitness startup Fit On Click has closed a $1.5 million pre-Series A funding round led by Arrow Capital. Founded in 2017, by...

Fit On Click ARROW CAPITAL

Lebanon

FabricAID raises $1.6 million with participation from Wamda

FabricAID, a Lebanon-based social enterpris,e has raised a $1.6 million Seed round from Wamda and Alfanar. Founded in 2017 by Omar...

circular economy Fabricaid

Saudi Arabia

Dawul raises $5 million in Seed round led by RAED Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based social trading platform Dawul has raised $5 million in a Seed round led by RAED Ventures with participation from...

Dawul Raed Ventures Seedra Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Squadio raises Seed round from SEEDRA Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based HR platform Squadio, has raised its Seed funding round from Riyadh-based SEEDRA Ventures. Founded in 2019 by Khaled...

Squadio Seedra Ventures

Saudi Arabia

FOODICS acquires Jordan's POSRocket

Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup FOODICS has fully acquired the Jordan-based POS service provider POSRocket for an...

Foodics posrocket

Kuwait

Q-commerce startup Fiz raises $2.5 million in pre-Seed

Kuwait-based e-grocery delivery startup Fiz has raised a $2.5 million pre-seed round, led by the Taken Seat and Relish Venture Partners,...

kuwait FIZ

Regional

REEF to launch cloud kitchens across Mena

REEF Technologies, a US-based operator of delivery kitchens, logistics and proximity hubs, has announced plans to launch cloud kitchens...

Reef technology Cloud kitchens

Bahrain

Al Waha Fund of Funds invests in VentureSouq's fintech-focused Fund

Bahrain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds has invested in VentureSouq’s fintech fund, an early-stage fund that aims to...

VentureSouq

Regional

Mena startups raised $206 million in December 2021

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $206 million in December 2021 across 44 deals, a 27.5 per cent decrease...

Investment

U.A.E

Verofax raises $1.5 million in pre-Series A round

UAE-based blockchain provider Verofax Limited has raised $1.5 million in its pre-Series A round, led by Benson Oak Ventures, with 500...

Verofax Blockchain

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup Kleen raises $533,000 pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based laundry services provider Kleen has closed a SAR2 million ($533,000) a pre-Seed round with the participation of Share...

Kleen Share Investment

Egypt

B2B e-commerce Gahez raises $2 million pre-Seed round

Egypt-based e-commerce Gahez has raised a $2 million pre-Seed round, led by Disruptech Ventures with participation from Egypt Ventures,...

Gahez Disruptech Ventures Fashion

Egypt

Three edtechs raise funding from EdVentures, ASRT

Egypt-based edtechs OBM Education, Super Fny and Crafty Workshop have raised fresh funding from EdVentures and The Academy of...

EdTech EdVentures

Jordan

Jafarshop raises funding from Nama Ventures

Jordan-based home improvement and gardening platform Jafarshop, has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Seed funding round...

Jaafar Shop Home gardening

U.A.E

Nice to Meet You raises $1 million Seed

UAE-based digital authentication startup Nice to Meet You (NTMY), has raised a $1 million Seed round to hire new talent and...

Nice to Meet You Digital authentication startups

Jordan

Jordan's edtech Hello World Kids raises pre-Series A round

Jordan-based Hello World Kids, an online coding tutoring platform, has raised an undisclosed pre-Series A funding round...

EdTech Hello World Kids

Egypt

Aumet acquires Egypt's Platform One

Jordan-born and US-headquartered B2B healthcare marketplace Aumet has acquired Egypt-based healthcare supply chain solutions startup...

Aumet Paltform one

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