Wamda

U.A.E

Shorooq launches $200 million late-stage growth fund backed by QIA

UAE-based investment firm Shorooq has launched a $200 million late-stage growth fund under its Qatalyst Series, backed by Qatar...

Shorooq QIA Web Summit Qatar 2026

Qatar

Qatar’s Hydrovest raises $275K to scale agritech production and expand into the UAE

Hydrovest Technology Trading and Contracting W.L.L, a Doha-based agritech company, has closed an investment round worth $275,000 (QAR 1...

Hydrovest agritech

U.A.E

Yozo.ai secures $1.7 million to build AI-native revenue engine for e-commerce merchants

UAE-based e-commerce AI startup Yozo.ai has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding, co-led by Access Bridge Ventures and...

Yozo.ai E-commerce Access Bridge Ventures

Morocco

Beltone joins $15 million Series A round in Moroccan proptech Yakeey

Morocco-based proptech Yakeey has raised $15 million in a Series A round, with Beltone Venture Capital joining as a strategic...

Yakeey Beltone Venture Capital

Jordan

Jordan's Abwaab acquires Egyptian edtech Apex Education

Jordan-based edtech platform Abwaab has acquired Apex Education, an Egypt-based college admissions advisory, for an undisclosed...

abwaab Apex Education

U.A.E

Arabic.AI partners with Stanford to launch the first holistic benchmark for Arabic AI models

Press release: Arabic.AI, the regional leader in Arabic artificial intelligence and enterprise technology solutions, today announced a...

Arabic.AI Stanford

Morocco

Morocco’s Enakl raises $2.3 million to scale intelligent shared mobility

Morocco-based mobility startup Enakl has closed a $2.3 million Seed round, led by Azur Innovation Fund, Witamax, and MFounders,...

Enakl Azur Innovation Fund WitaMax

Qatar

Startup Grind Doha honours Qatar’s top startup builders at 2025 Community Awards

Startup Grind Doha has announced the winners of the Tech Startup Community Awards, recognising founders, startups, mentors, investors,...

Startup Grind Doha Community Awards 2025

U.A.E

Property Finder secures $170 million investment led by Mubadala

UAE-based proptech Property Finder has raised $170 million in new funding led by Mubadala Investment Company, alongside another UAE...

Property finder Proptech Mubadala Investment Company

Saudi Arabia

Glamera moves to acquire Bookr as it scales lifestyle tech platform in GCC

Saudi Arabia-based lifestyle technology platform Glamera has acquired Bookr, a Kuwait-based salon Saas and booking platform,...

Glamera Bookr

Saudi Arabia

Vennre closes $9.6 million pre-Series A in hybrid equity-debt structure

Saudi Arabia-based wealthtech Vennre has raised $9.6 million (SAR 36 million) in a pre-Series A round through a hybrid equity and...

Vennre Vision ventures Plus VC

U.A.E

Mantas exits stealth with $1.77 million to cover cloud outages

UAE-based insurtech Mantas has emerged from stealth, announcing a $1.77 million Seed funding round to launch parametric insurance...

Mantas Insurtech Plus VC

Saudi Arabia

Flat6Labs backs Juthor in $500K pre-seed round

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce startup Juthor has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Flat6Labs, with...

Juthor Flat6Labs

Saudi Arabia

Manara, AWS bring Cloud Catalyst Tech Forum to Riyadh

Press release: Manara, the MENA region's leading upskilling platform which accelerates the careers of computer science and AI talent...

Manara AWS

Egypt

Egypt’s NowPay enters Saudi market with $20 million-backed Tas’heel partnership

Egypt-based fintech NowPay is launching in Saudi Arabia through NowAccess, a joint venture with United International...

NowPay Fintech

U.A.E

AppliedAI raises pre-Series B to scale enterprise AI platform

UAE-based AppliedAI has closed a pre-series B funding round led by Mubadala’s MENA Venture Capital Fund and Arbor Ventures, for an...

AppliedAI Mubadala Investment Company

United States

Wamda Capital leads Breez AI in $1.3 million pre-seed round

US-Jordanian no-code voice orchestration platform Breez AI has raised $1.3 million in a pre-seed round to scale its voice automation...

Breez AI Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Eat App raises $10 million Series B extension to accelerate India expansion

UAE-based foodtech Eat App has raised $10 million in a Series B extension, exceeding its original $6 million Series B raised in...

Eat App PSG Equity

Saudi Arabia

GBT closes $1.3 million pre-seed to expand smart city technologies in KSA

Saudi Arabia-based geospatial data company GulfBoost Technology (GBT) has closed a $1.3 million (SAR 5 million) pre-seed round to...

GulfBoost Technology

U.A.E

OpenCX raises $7 million ahead of Saudi expansion

UAE-based customer communication platform OpenCX has raised $7 million in a funding round led by Y Combinator (participating for the...

OpenCX Y Combinator Shorooq

U.A.E

CE-Ventures joins $55 million Series A round in US biotech Think Bioscience

UAE-based CE‑Ventures, the VC arm of Crescent Enterprises, has participated in a $55 million Series A funding round for US-based biotech ...

Think Bioscience CE-Ventures

Egypt

Egypt’s eYouth expands into Iraq with first Arabic digital learning platform

Egypt-founded edtech eYouth has expanded into Iraq with the launch of eYouth Iraq, introducing the country’s first...

EYouth

Saudi Arabia

Saudi agritech Grove secures $5 million seed funding led by Outliers VC

Saudi Arabia-based agritech startup Grove has closed a $5 million Seed round led by Outliers VC, with participation from angel...

Outliers VC Grove

Egypt

KNOT Technologies raises $1 million pre-seed led by A15

Egypt- and UK-based online ticketing platform KNOT Technologies has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by A15. Founded in...

KNOT Technologies A15

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