Wamda

U.A.E

VentureSouq leads $2 million seed investment in MilkStraw AI

UAE-HQ AI startup MilkStraw AI has raised $2 million in seed funding, led by VentureSouq with participation from Ibtikar Fund and M...

MilkStraw AI VentureSouq

Egypt

FitXpert secures seven-figure backing to scale fitness and nutrition SaaS platform

Egypt-based SaaS platform FitXpert has raised a seven-figure investment from Foras Investment under the 0107 Invest...

FitXpert SAAS

Syria

QNB, Mastercard expand payment services in Syria

Mastercard announced that QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, was granted a Mastercard license to...

QNB MasterCard

Jordan

Sira closes 2025 with Sira Squared, doubling down on confidence and connection

As 2025 came to a close, Sira Community gathered its members and their guests across Jordan and the UAE for Sira Squared, its annual...

Sira

Egypt

Business For Teens secures six-figure pre-seed ahead of regional expansion

Egypt-based edtech "Business For Teens" has closed a six-figure pre-seed funding round led by a group of angel...

Business For Teens EdTech

U.A.E

EDT&Partners acquires UAE's eFlow to expand AI-powered learning delivery

Singapore-based education and technology consulting firm EDT&Partners has acquired the UAE-based edtech eFlow for an...

eFlow EDT&Partners

Saudi Arabia

Ballurh secures investment from Falak Angels

Saudi B2B SaaS platform Ballurh has raised a strategic investment from Falak Angels Network. Founded in 2020 by Abdulelah...

Ballurh Falak Angels

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital backs DSShield with $54 million investment

Saudi Arabia-based cybersecurity company DSShield has raised a $54 million (SAR203 million) funding round from Merak...

DSShield Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Rewaa closes $45 million Series B

Saudi Arabia-based retail tech company Rewaa has closed a $45 million Series B round led by Wa’ed Ventures, Idrisi Ventures, and...

Rewaa Wa'ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Falak Angels invests in UNITS to reshape flexible warehousing in the region

Saudi Arabia-based logistics startup UNITS has received an undisclosed investment from Falak Angels Network Founded in 2023 by...

Falak Angels UNITS Logistics

Saudi Arabia

Newera.ai raises $2.1 million pre-seed to scale generative AI in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based Ai startup Newera.ai has raised $2.1 million (SAR 8m) in a pre-seed round led by Embark, with participation from...

Newera.ai

U.A.E

Regeny launches fast-charging EV hub near DXB Airport

Press release: Regeny EV Charging, a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging network operator in the UAE, has officially launched a major...

Regeny EV

Egypt

Croptimus secures strategic investment from Venture X

Egypt-based agritech Croptimus has raised an undisclosed investment from Venture X. Founded in 2021 by Ahmed Hassanein and Abdelrahman...

Venture X Croptimus

U.A.E

Lucid Capital closes $2.5 million Seed round, led by Tharawat Holding

UAE-based fintech Lucid Capital has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round, led by Tharawat Holding, with participation...

Lucid Capital Tharawat Holding

Saudi Arabia

Q Fund backs AI startup QPioneers in first funding round

Saudi Arabia-based AI-powered startup QPioneers has raised its first funding round from Q Fund, the investment arm of Qewam...

QPioneers Q Fund

United States

Coursera, Udemy agree $2.5 billion all-stock merger

Coursera and Udemy have signed a definitive all-stock merger agreement, valuing the combined company at $2.5bn based on December 16,...

Udemy Coursera

Egypt

Breadfast in talks with IFC for $13 million backing to expand q-commerce footprint

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a $13 million equity investment in Egypt’s Breadfast as the...

Breadfast ifc q-commerce

U.A.E

ADQ, Gates Foundation commit $40 million to scale responsible AI, edtech across Africa

ADQ and the Gates Foundation have announced a four-year, $40m partnership to scale the responsible use of AI and EdTech to improve...

ADQ Gates Foundation

Egypt

Egypt’s Nawah Scientific raises $23 million Series A to expand cloud lab footprint

Egypt-based deeptech startup Nawah Scientific has closed a $23 million Series A round, comprising a mix of equity and debt, as it marks...

Nawah Scientific

U.A.E

UAE-headquartered Premialab raises $220 million led by KKR

UAE-headquartered Premialab, a global provider of data, analytics, and risk management solutions for quantitative investing, has raised...

KKR Premialab

U.A.E

Relik raises seed round with backing from KBW Ventures

UAE-based Relik has closed a seed funding round with participation from KBW Ventures, Naatt Holding, Fort Holding, and Ayman...

Relik KBW Ventures

Egypt

Athar Accelerator, Plan International Egypt host Cairo AI Hackathon

Egypt's Athar Accelerator, in partnership with Plan International Egypt through the Ready for Tomorrow programme, concluded the...

Athar Accelerator Plan International Egypt

Regional

Propeller launches Kernel Camp, an 8-week deep-tech residency in Silicon Valley for MENA founders

Propeller has launched Kernel Camp, an eight-week AI infrastructure and deep-tech residency for early-stage founders from the MENA...

Propeller silicon valley

U.A.E

Noon raises $500 million from PIF-backed investors ahead of potential IPO

Saudi Arabia and UAE-headquartered noon has raised $500 million in fresh funding from backers including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign...

Noon PIF

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