Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Project Suppliers raises $1 million pre-seed

Saudi Arabia-based construction and procurement technology startup Project Suppliers has raised $1 million (SAR3.75 million) in a...

Project Suppliers contech

U.A.E

Female private capital leaders to convene in UAE for Berkana's Art of Capital

Press release: Berkana is bringing together 40 female single family office principals, investment decision-makers and entrepreneurs from...

Art of Capital Berkana

Syria

Syrian healthtech Alo Hakeem raises $165,000 pre-seed led by EBLA Ventures

Syrian healthtech startup Alo Hakeem has raised $165,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by EBLA Ventures, with participation from other...

EBLA Ventures Alo Hakeem healthtech

Regional

MENA startup funding jumps to $1.65 billion in Q3, with Saudi Arabia taking the lead

Startup investment across the Middle East and North Africa more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026, driven by a wave of large Saudi...

Investment investments

Saudi Arabia

Saudi autotech Autobia raises $12 million Series A led by Artal Capital

Saudi B2B autotech startup Autobia has raised $12 million (SAR 45 million) in a Series A funding round, led by Artal Capital, with...

Autobia

United States

Endeavor Catalyst raises $320 million to back startups beyond Silicon Valley

Endeavor Catalyst, the venture capital arm of the global entrepreneurship network Endeavor, has closed its fifth fund at $320 million,...

Endeavor Catalyst

Kuwait

COFE Tech receives new backing from Phoenix Venture Partners

Saudi Arabia-HQ enterprise technology company COFE Tech has secured an undisclosed investment from Abu Dhabi-based Phoenix Venture...

COFE COFE Tech Phoenix Venture Partners

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AI startup Echelon secures backing from East40, RAED Ventures and Avra

Saudi AI startup Echelon has raised an undisclosed investment round, backed by East40, RAED Ventures and Avra, alongside Ben Horowitz...

Echelon Raed Ventures East40

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Vrtx secures $3.6 million for embedded finance platform

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Vrtx has raised $3.6 million in a pre-Seed round, backed by SC Ventures by Standard Chartered, Sadu...

Vrtx SC Ventures

Egypt

Beltone, Amtaar plan $38 million multi-issuance real estate fund

Beltone Asset Management, a subsidiary of Beltone Holding and Egypt's fractional real estate investment platform Amtaar Capital...

Amtaar Beltone Beltone Asset Management

Regional

MENA startup funding surges to $1.1 billion in September 2026

MENA startup funding staged a sharp comeback in September, crossing the $1 billion mark for the first time in months as a string of large...

Investment investments

U.A.E

Ai Everything Abu Dhabi 2026 brings 150 AI startups to the UAE capital

Press release: AI that cuts software incident resolution by more than 90 per cent, monitors industrial safety through more than 400...

Ai Everything Abu Dhabi

U.A.E

TiE Women MENA crowns five regional winners ahead of GITEX Global final

Press release: TiE Dubai, the regional chapter of TiE Global has officially announced the five regional winners, who will compete at the...

TiE Women MENA

Egypt

NVIDIA, RiseUp host Cairo reception for Egypt’s AI ecosystem

Egyptian entrepreneurship platform RiseUp and NVIDIA are bringing together startup founders, developers, industry executives, academics...

RiseUp NVIDIA

Qatar

Qatar’s Aligator raises $1.2 million seed round

Qatar-based agentic AI startup Aligator has raised $1.2 million (QAR4.3 million) in seed funding, led by Qatar Development Bank (QDB)...

Aligator QDB Next Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Pinnacle increases stake in Saudi hospitality startup Gathern

Saudi investment firm Pinnacle Capital, through its Pinnacle Growth & Secondary Fund, has made an additional investment in Saudi...

Gathern Pinnacle Capital

U.A.E

Shorooq, Presight join Maven Robotics’ $100 million Series A

UAE-based Shorooq and Presight, a G42 company, have invested in US industrial robotics startup Maven Robotics as part of its $100...

Maven Robotics Presight Shorooq

Saudi Arabia

Rela lands strategic investment to scale workforce housing in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based workforce housing startup Rela has secured an undisclosed investment from Yazeed Al Rajhi & Brothers Holding,...

Rela Proptech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech erad raises $22 million Series A led by MEVP

Saudi Arabia-based fintech erad has raised $22 million in Series A funding led by MEVP, with participation from new investors 500...

erad MEVP SVC

U.A.E

AÏZA parent Amaani raises $5 million Series A for GCC expansion

UAE-based consumer company Amaani, behind Middle Eastern beauty brand AÏZA, has raised $5 million in Series A funding round led by...

AÏZA Amaani BECO Capital

Regional

MENA’s Open Finance opportunity in the age of AI

An article by Faisal Toukan, co-founder and CEO of Ziina Every major technology platform tends to follow a similar evolution. It...

oped Opinion

Egypt

FinTra Holding launches global payments consortium UPN

Press release: Universal Payment Network (UPN), owned by FinTra Holding, has launched the UPN Consortium, an open global platform...

FinTra Holding Universal Payment Network

U.A.E

Huspy enters Italy with Integra Finance acquisition and $86 million investment plan

UAE-founded proptech Huspy has acquired Italian credit intermediary Integra Finance, marking its entry into Italy, where it plans to...

huspy Integra Finance

Egypt

EFG Holding secures $40 million EBRD loan to expand MSME financing in Egypt

Egyptian financial services group EFG Holding has secured a $40 million, four-year senior unsecured loan from the European Bank for...

EFG Holding EBRD

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