Egypt Payfort launches Dh1 million initiative to support startups Source: Arabian Business Payfort, a subsidiary of retail giant Amazon, has launched a AED1 million ($272,000) initiative in the UAE... News • 04 June, 2020 Amazon Payfort
Global Dubai family office invests in India's iNurture Source: Vccircle Bengaluru-based ed-tech startup iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a provider of formal higher education programmes... News • 04 June, 2020 Dubai family office iNurture
Egypt AUC Angels Invests in Mogassam and Furnwish Source: WAYA AUC Angels, the first university based investment network in the Middle East, has announced its investment in dental 3D... News • 04 June, 2020 AUC V-Lab ar
Saudi Arabia Jahez raises $36 million in Series A Saudi Arabia-based food delivery startup Jahez, has closed a $36 million Series A funding round led by Impact46. This round marks the... Dunya Hassanein • 03 June, 2020 Jahez Last-mile delivery
U.A.E EMPG reveals details of merger with OLX Source: Emirates News Agency Dubai-based Emerging Markets Property Group, EMPG, and OLX Group, owners of home grown technology firms... News • 02 June, 2020 EMPG Dubizzle OLX
Regional TiE Dubai offers $100,000 to winning startup TiE Dubai, a chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), announced the launch of a regional Women 2020 pitch competition as part of its... Shaimaa El Nazer • 01 June, 2020 Women entrepreneurship competition
Global Franco-Tunisian startup NextProtein raises $11.2 million in Series A Source: AgFunder news NextProtein, a French-Tunisian startup working on new ways to produce insect-based animal feed and... News • 31 May, 2020 Next Protein investments
Morocco HSEVEN launches three programmes for African entrepreneurs Source: Morroco World News Moroccan startup accelerator HSEVEN, the largest startup accelerator in Africa, has launched three... News • 31 May, 2020 HSEVEN covid-19 African Startups
Saudi Arabia Munjz secures pre-Series A investment Saudi Arabia-based Munjz, an online marketplace for maintenance services, has secured its pre-Series A investment. The round was led by... News • 27 May, 2020 maintenance Investment Munjz
Bahrain Evergo raises seed investment from Tenmou Source: Startup Bahrain Bahrain-based Evergo, the startup that prides itself as a one-stop app for all your lifestyle requirements, has... News • 21 May, 2020 Tenmou Evergo
U.A.E Dubai SME allocates Dh20 million in loans Source: The National Dubai SME, a part of Dubai Economy, allocated Dh20 million to a capital guarantee scheme backing peer-to-peer loans... News • 21 May, 2020 Dubai SME smes
U.A.E ADQ launches Dh1.1 billion fund to invest in Asian startups Source: The National ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies, launched a Dh1.1 billion ($300 million) venture fund to... News • 20 May, 2020 Masdar City abu dhabi
Egypt EYouth raises $180,000 seed funding Cairo-based social enterprise EYouth, has raised $180,000 in seed funding from EdVentures, the venture capital arm of Egypt’s Nahdet... Dunya Hassanein • 20 May, 2020 EYouth Nahdet Misr Publishing House
U.A.E Ziina secures $850,000 in pre-seed round Ziina, the UAE-based social peer-to-peer (P2P) payment application, has raised $850,000 in a pre-seed funding round. The investment was led... News • 19 May, 2020 Fintech Ziina
Bahrain Unipal raises seed investment Bahrain-based Unipal has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from angel investor network Tenmou, as part of the fundraising round... Dunya Hassanein • 19 May, 2020 EdTech
Egypt Interact Labs secures $60,000 in funding Source: Disrupt Africa Egyptian startup Interact Labs, which develops solutions that enhance collaboration, has secured funding... News • 18 May, 2020 InteractLabs Shark Tank covid-19
