Wamda

U.A.E

Comfi expands across MENA after raising $65 million pre-Series A

UAE-based fintech Comfi has raised $65 million in a pre-Series A round combining equity and debt to scale SME financing across...

Comfi Fintech Iliad Partners

Egypt

Scale It Forward: A new initiative targets Egypt’s venture debt gap for scaleups

GIZ Egypt and enpact have launched Scale It Forward, a programme to activate venture debt solutions in Egypt. The initiative targets...

GIZ Egypt Enpact

U.A.E

Peekabox raises $1.5 million to tackle food waste in the UAE

UAE-based surplus food marketplace Peekabox has raised an oversubscribed $1.5 million seed round to scale its operations in the...

Peekabox foodtech E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

OmniOps partners with Grafana Labs to deliver sovereign observability in Saudi Arabia

Press release: OmniOps, Saudi Arabia’s leading AI infrastructure technology provider, today announced its participation in the...

OmniOps Grafana Labs

Qatar

Vodafone Qatar acquires Maktapp to expand into SME fintech

Vodafone Qatar has acquired Maktapp through its subsidiary Infinity Fintech Ventures. The deal strengthens Vodafone’s push into...

maktapp vodafone Infinity Fintech Ventures

Saudi Arabia

BRKZ secures strategic investment from SIC

Saudi Arabia-based contech BRKZ has secured a strategic investment from Saudi Industrial Investment Company, the investment arm of...

BRKZ contech Saudi Industrial Investment Company

U.A.E

Udora secures $10 million as it prepares Saudi market entry

UAE-based gifting platform Udora has raised $10 million in a private funding round, according to Entrepreneur Middle East. Founded in...

Udora

Egypt

Taager moves into China to fix sourcing bottlenecks for MENA sellers

Egypt-born and Saudi Arabia-HQ social e-commerce platform Taager Taager has opened its first supply office in China to strengthen...

Taager

Regional

After March slump, MENA startup funding rebounds to $150 million in April 2026

Investment activity across the Middle East and North Africa showed early signs of recovery in April 2026, with total funding climbing to...

Investment investments

Regional

A new playbook for founders navigating uncertainty in MENA

Uncertainty has returned to the centre of the MENA startup ecosystem, and this time it is not cyclical. It is structural. After a strong...

oped

Saudi Arabia

Metafare secures $1 million to scale virtual wellness solutions

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Metafare has raised $1 million in its first funding round, backed by Harmonics Ventures and family...

Metafare Harmonics Ventures

Bahrain

Siin hits $3 million in funding as it bets on live commerce in MENA

Bahrain-born e-commerce platform Siin has secured new funding, bringing its total capital raised to $3 million. The round was led...

Siin Plus VC VentureSouq

Saudi Arabia

RiFD partners with Kingsbury to scale securitisation infrastructure in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based fintech RiFD has partnered with British-owned private and structured credit specialist Kingsbury & Partners...

RIFD Kingsbury & Partners

U.A.E

CredibleX raises $15 million Series A led by Mubadala to scale SME lending

UAE-based fintech CredibleX has raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Mubadala Investment Company. The round included...

CredibleX Mubadala

U.A.E

Mubadala leads CredibleX Series A within broader $15 million round

UAE-based fintech CredibleX has closed a Series A funding round led by Mubadala Investment Company, as part of a broader $15...

CredibleX Mubadala

Saudi Arabia

Khwarizmi Ventures launches Fund II with $70M+ first close to back GCC startups

Saudi Arabia-based venture capital firm Khwarizmi Ventures has launched Fund II, completing its first close at $70 million+ (SAR 270...

Khwarizmi Ventures

Egypt

Beltone VC and Citadel exit Bosta with 75% IRR

Egypt's Beltone Venture Capital and the UAE's Citadel International Holdings have exited Bosta through their joint investment...

Beltone Venture Capital Bosta Citadel International Holdings

Regional

Founders still building in MENA understand what others miss

An article by Darya Nikulina, Director of Operations & Marketing at Dubai-based travel tech company Visarun Whenever a crisis hits,...

oped

Saudi Arabia

Hakeem Health raises $1.65 million backed by Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Hakeem Health has raised $1.65 million in a funding round led by Merak Capital, with participation from...

Merak Capital Sanabil 500 Hakeem Health

Saudi Arabia

Gabster secures $500K pre-seed to build unified AI business management platform

Saudi Arabia-based business operations platform Gabster has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round backed by RAI and T2. Founded in 2024...

Gabster

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