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MENA startups face a cybersecurity wake-up call

An article by Dmitry Marinov, CTO of ANY.RUN, a UAE-based cybersecurity company As the MENA startup ecosystem matures,...

cybersecurity oped

U.A.E

Oqood raises $1 million seed round to expand AI-powered legal solutions

UAE-based Oqood has raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of angel investors. Founded in 2024 by Khaled Al Rasheed, Oqood...

Oqood Legaltech

Morocco

Chari secures $12 million Series A and payment licence from Bank Al-Maghrib

Morocco-based Chari, a YC-backed fintech and e-commerce startup, has raised $12 million in a Series A round, led by SPE Capital and...

Chari

Tunisia

PAYDAY raises pre-seed funding, valued at $3 million

PAYDAY, a Tunisian fintech and insurtech startup, has closed its first pre-seed financing round, led by UGFS North Africa,...

PAYDAY Fintech

Egypt

Arabic AI startup Nanovate secures $1 million pre-seed to scale in GCC

Nanovate, a Cairo-based AI startup, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by a group of angel investors. Founded in early...

Nanovate AI

U.A.E

Crescent Enterprises commits $68 million to build globally competitive ventures from the UAE

UAE-based VC Crescent Enterprises has launched a $68 million investment programme to scale CE-Creates' venture-building...

Crescent Enterprises CE-Creates

U.A.E

TiE Women MENA 2025 crowns regional champions at GITEX Global

Press release: TiE Dubai, the regional chapter of TiE Global, has officially announced the winners of the sixth edition of the TiE Women...

TiE Women MENA GITEX

Palestine

MENA’s innovation map expands as Syria debuts, Palestine rises at GITEX 2025

At this year’s GITEX Global, the region’s largest technology exhibition, the spotlight quietly shifted to two pavilions that...

Sync Syria GITEX 2025 Expand North Star

U.A.E

CADO raises $4.5 million pre-seed to drive regional, global expansion

UAE-founded gifting platform CADO has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed round, led by Sanabil 500 alongside a German family office...

CADO Sanabil 500 E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

MoneyHash partners with Tabby to enable BNPL for merchants across MEA

Press release: MoneyHash, the first and leading payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, has partnered with Tabby,...

Tabby MoneyHash BNPL

Egypt

SehaTech closes $1.1 million seed to expand AI-powered health insurance access across Egypt

Egypt-based insurtech SehaTech raised $1.1 million in a seed round, bringing total funding to $2 million, to advance its AI-driven...

Sehatech Plus VC Ingressive Capital

Saudi Arabia

Qashio acquires Sanad Cash to accelerate Saudi expansion

UAE-based fintech Qashio, the UAE’s leading corporate spend management platform, announced the acquisition of Saudi Arabia’s...

Qashio Sanad Cash

Saudi Arabia

Tamara obtains Central Bank of the UAE approval

Press release: Tamara has officially received a restricted finance licence from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). As a leading...

Tamara BNPL Fintech

U.A.E

1001 AI closes $9 million seed round to accelerate GCC landing

1001 AI, a deeptech startup headquartered between London and Dubai, has raised $9 million in a seed funding round led by CIV, General...

1001 AI deeptech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's BRKZ lands $30 million debt from Stride Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based contech BRKZ has secured up to $30 million in growth debt from Stride Ventures. The new facility will...

BRKZ Stride Ventures contech

Saudi Arabia

TabSense attracts $5 million backing from Jasoor Ventures

TabSense, a Saudi-based AI startup, has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Jasoor Ventures to launch the first AI Agentic Point...

TabSense Jasoor Ventures POS

U.A.E

Cercli bags $12 million Series A to build AI-native workforce platform

UAE-based workforce management platform Cercli raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Germany’s Picus...

Cercli Picus Capital HRtech

U.A.E

Tawuniya leads $5 million investment in TachyHealth

UAE-based healthtech startup TachyHealth has raised $5 million in a Series A round led by Saudi insurance company Tawuniya, with...

TachyHealth healthtech Tawuniya

Saudi Arabia

Sanabil Venture Studio backs KLIQ with $2.25 million

KLIQ, a Saudi-based AI-powered influencer marketing platform, has raised $2.25 million in a seed funding round led by Sanabil...

Sanabil Venture Studio KLIQ

Saudi Arabia

Astra Nova closes $48.3 million round to build AI-powered Web3 ecosystem

Astra Nova, a Saudi Arabia-based AI-driven Web3 startup, has raised $48.3 million to expand its suite of creator platforms and tokenised...

Astra Nova Web 3.0 Outlier Ventures

Egypt

Wuzzuf and Forasna parent BasharSoft acquires iCareer

Egypt-based BasharSoft, the company behind Wuzzuf and Forasna, has fully acquired iCareer, Egypt’s HR consultancy startup, for an...

BasharSoft iCareer

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital backs Arsann with $26.7 million to power data-driven urban infrastructure

Saudi Arabia-based smart parking and mobility solutions provider Arsann has raised a $26.7 million investment from...

Arsann Merak Capital

Morocco

Madica invests in Tunisia's Anavid, Morocco's Hypeo AI to accelerate Africa’s innovation ecosystem

Madica, the Africa-focused investment programme backed by Flourish Ventures, announced new investments in Anavid (Tunisia) and Hypeo AI...

Anavid Madica Hypeo Ai

Oman

KitchenomiKs secures $3.2 million to expand across GCC

Oman-based foodtech KitchenomiKs has raised $3.2 million in a new funding round led by Jasoor Ventures, bringing its total capital...

KitchenomiKs Jasoor Ventures

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