Saudi Arabia Noon Academy acquires Almakhfi to strengthen Saudi edtech offering Saudi Arabia-based edtech Noon Academy has acquired Almakhfi, a digital platform specialising in Qudurat and Tahsili exam... News • 07 July, 2026 Almakhfi Noon Academy
Regional 500 Global and Sanabil back eight startups in latest accelerator cohort 500 Global and Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), have announced the 11th... News • 02 July, 2026 500 Global Sanabil Investments Sanabil Accelerator by 500 Global
U.A.E Whiteshield secures $15 million private credit from Ruya Partners UAE-based AI company Whiteshield has secured a $15 million private credit facility from Ruya Partners to accelerate the development... News • 02 July, 2026 Whiteshield Ruya Partners
U.A.E Maalexi secures $2.8 million in oversubscribed round led by Tawuniya UAE-based agri-fintech startup Maalexi has raised $2.8 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Saudi-listed insurer Tawuniya,... News • 02 July, 2026 Tawuniya Maalexi
Kenya Catalyst Fund secures $30 million to back Africa's climatetech startups Catalyst Fund, a pan-African climate-focused venture capital fund, has completed the second close of its debut fund, bringing total... News • 02 July, 2026 Catalyst Fund africa Climatetech
U.A.E REACH Middle East opens applications for second UAE proptech accelerator REACH Middle East, the regional arm of the global proptech accelerator, has opened applications for the second edition of its UAE-based... News • 01 July, 2026 accelerator REACH Middle East Proptech
Lebanon OSN seeks full ownership of Anghami in proposed take-private deal OSN Streaming, Anghami's controlling shareholder, has submitted a preliminary non-binding proposal to acquire all remaining Anghami... News • 01 July, 2026 anghami OSN+
Regional Propeller concludes first Kernel Camp, graduating five AI startups from MENA Propeller has graduated five startups from Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt in the inaugural edition of Kernel Camp, its eight-week... News • 30 June, 2026 Propeller Kernel Camp
Egypt BrainsMingle raises $400,000 seed from BasharSoft Group US-based AI startup BrainsMingle has secured a $400,000 seed investment from BasharSoft Group, marking the group's first... News • 30 June, 2026 BasharSoft BrainsMingle
U.A.E 1001 closes $30 million Series A to build sovereign AI in GCC 1001, a GCC- and London-based AI startup, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Lux Capital, with participation from Sanabil... News • 30 June, 2026 1001 AI 1001 Lux Capital
Egypt Egypt's ariika and Lychee deepen Saudi presence with backing from Beltone Venture Capital Beltone Venture Capital (BVC), the venture capital arm of Beltone Holding, has increased its investment in Egyptian consumer brands... News • 29 June, 2026 ariika Lychee
U.A.E Lean and Ziina launch UAE's first one-tap Pay by Bank experience under Open Finance Lean Technologies and UAE fintech Ziina have launched the UAE's first One-Tap Pay by Bank experience under the country's Open... News • 25 June, 2026 Lean Technologies Ziina One-Tap Pay
Egypt Aramco's LAB7 backs CONIX.AI to advance AI-powered construction compliance UK-based and Egypt-born architecture SaaS software CONIX.AI has received backing from LAB7, Saudi Aramco's venture-building arm, to... News • 25 June, 2026 Conix CONIX.AI LAB7
U.A.E AXON bags $1 million investment to advance cross-border payments infrastructure UAE-based fintech AXON has secured an investment of approximately $1 million (SAR 4 million) from Maarej Real Estate following its... News • 25 June, 2026 AXON Maarej Real Estate
Saudi Arabia Revora raises $2 million to scale AI-driven conversational commerce across MENA Saudi Arabia-headquartered e-commerce AI startup Revora, formerly known as MyAlice, has raised a $2 million seed round co-led by i2i... News • 25 June, 2026 Revora i2i Ventures Oraseya Capital
Tunisia Tunisia's RoboCare secures six-figure investment from 216 Capital Tunisia-based agritech RoboCare has secured a six-figure investment from venture capital firm 216 Capital to support its next... News • 23 June, 2026 RoboCare 216 Capital
