Egypt RiseUp acquires StarterHub Egypt-based RiseUp, the organiser of the biggest entrepreneurship summit in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), has acquired... Yasmeen Nabil • 09 October, 2019 acquisition online platform
Egypt Hive raises $400,000 in seed funding Source: MenaBytes Hive, a Cairo-based ride-hailing platform for kids has raised $400,000 in seed funding, the startup... News • 09 October, 2019 seed fund ride hailing
Egypt ExpandCart raises $150,000 in funding Source: Disrupt Africa Egyptian e-commerce startup ExpandCart has secured US$150,000 in funding after being selected into the Hong... News • 08 October, 2019 fund accelerator E-commerce
Oman Omani Society for Education Technology acquires Nadrus.com Omani Society for Education Technology (OSET) has officially acquired Dubai-based online Arabic courses marketplace Nadrus.com for an... Yasmeen Nabil • 08 October, 2019 Acquistion online courses
Kuwait Cofe raises seven figure Series A funding Source: finsmes Cofe App, a Kuwait-based coffee-centric marketplace app, raised a seven figure Series A funding. The exact amount of... News • 08 October, 2019 Coffee Series A Funding
Egypt Sprint raises six-figure in seed funding Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based logistics startup Sprint has raised six-figure (USD) seed funding from an angel investor, the startup... News • 08 October, 2019 Egypt seed fund
U.A.E Almentor raises $4.5 million in series A funding Source: Startup MGZN Dubai-based e-learning platform almentor.net has announced that it closed a $4.5 million Series A investment round... News • 08 October, 2019 E-Learning Funding Series A
Jordan arabot raises $1 million seed funding Jordan-based artificial intelligence (AI) company arabot has raised a $1 million seed round led by Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF), with... Triska Hamid • 02 October, 2019 chatbot Artificial intelligence
U.A.E BECO Capital closes second fund Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital has closed its second fund at $100 million. The VC will continue investing in early... News • 02 October, 2019 Venture Capital venture capital fund BECO Capital
U.A.E Dubai rolls out virtual business licences for global investors Source: The National Dubai rolled out on Monday virtual commercial licences that allow investors from across the globe to establish... News • 01 October, 2019 news license Business
Egypt PrintX raises $150,000 Source: Ventureburn PrintX, a Cairo-based online print shop, has raised $150 000 from Saudi angel investor Mohamed Elbazz. Tech... News • 01 October, 2019 news Investment Egypt
Tunisia International Finance Corporation invests $1 million in Flat6Labs Tunis Source: MENAbytes International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group has announced that it is investing $1... News • 30 September, 2019 news fund tunisia
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... Yasmeen Nabil • 30 September, 2019 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... News • 29 September, 2019 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 • 26 September, 2019 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... Yasmeen Nabil • 25 September, 2019 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... News • 25 September, 2019 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... News • 25 September, 2019 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... News • 23 September, 2019 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... Yasmeen Nabil • 22 September, 2019 EdTech seed Egypt
Egypt Egypt approves regulations of ride-hailing applications Source: Enterprise The Madbouly Cabinet approved in its weekly meeting yesterday the executive regulations of the Ride-Hailing... News • 19 September, 2019 ride hailing Egypt
Egypt Halan to expand to Ethiopia Source: Reuters Halan, an Egyptian technology start-up that uses two- and three-wheeled vehicles to transport passengers and goods, will... News • 19 September, 2019 Expansion ride-hailing
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... News • 19 September, 2019 agritech Investment AbuDhabi
Saudi Arabia Beyond the headlines: Will the Saudi attacks mark the end of drones? The drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil fields on 14 September managed to cut the country’s oil production by 50 per cent,... Thought Leadership • 19 September, 2019 Drones Drones for good Aramco