Wamda

Regional

The urgent need to support agritech startups

Aamer Sheikh is the chief executive officer of the Middle East Business at PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage...

agritech

Morocco

Moroccan agritech Sand to Green raises $1 million Seed round

Morocco-based agritech Sand-to-Green has raised a $1 million Seed funding round from Norwegian Katapult and pre-Seed fund...

Sand to Green agritech

U.A.E

The venture builder helping female-led agritechs scale beyond the desert

The female share in the agricultural workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) hovers around 30 per cent, making the sector one...

agritech Dana Global

Tunisia

Tunisia’s Beekeeper Tech raises $640,000 Seed round

Tunisia-based agritech Beekeeper Tech, has raised $640,000 in Seed round funding, led by 216 Capital Ventures, with participation...

agritech Beekeeper 216 Capital Ventures

Algeria

Green Algeria: Turning household waste into electricity

Algerians produce 13 million tonnes of household waste per year, or one kilogram per inhabitant, per day. While 45 per cent of this waste...

Green Algeria agritech Sustainability

Jordan

US Fresh Del Monte invests in Jordanian agritech Decapolis

US-based agriculture company Fresh Del Monte Produce has acquired a 39 per cent stake in Jordanian agritech Decapolis. Founded in 2018...

Fresh Del Monte Decapolis agritech

Egypt

Flat6Labs, SANAD launch agritech accelerator in Egypt

Egypt-based VC Flat6labs and SANAD Entrepreneurship Academy have launched an agritech accelerator programme to assist 10 to 12 startups...

Flat6Labs SANAD Agriculture

U.A.E

Pure Harvest secures $180.5 million from global investors to fund expansion

UAE-based agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms, has raised $180.5 million in its latest growth funding round. Investors included Metric...

agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms

U.A.E

Pure Harvest Smart Farms acquires BayWa's interest in agritech venture

UAE-based agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms is forming an alliance with Al Dahra Group by acquiring BaWa’s controlling interest...

Pure Harvest Smart Farms agritech acquisition

Pakistan

Nama Ventures invests in Pakistan’s AgriDunya

Saudi Arabia-based VC Nama Ventures, has invested an undisclosed amount in Pakistan-based agritech AgriDunya’s pre-Seed...

AgriDunya agritech Nama Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Red Sea Farms raises additional $18.5 million to fuel expansion plans

Saudi Arabia-based agritech Red Sea Farms has raised an additional $18.5 million co-led by Wa’ed, the venture capital arm of Saudi...

Red Sea Farms agritech

Egypt

FreshSource raises Seed round to cut food loss in Egypt

For Egypt, agriculture is one of its most critical sectors, accounting for more than 11 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) and 28...

FreshSource food waste agritech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi agritech Red Sea Farms expands into US

Saudi Arabia-based agritech Red Sea Farms is expanding to the US, following an investment from US investors AppHarvest and Bonaventure...

agritech Red Sea Farms

U.A.E

Pure Harvest raises $64.5 million from Korea's IMM Investment, enters JV with PlanTFarm

UAE-based agritech startup Pure Harvest Smart Farms has secured $64.5 million in growth capital from Korean private investment firm IMM...

agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Saudi Arabia

Red Sea Farms raises additional $6 million in pre-Series A round

Saudi Arabia-based agritech startup Red Sea Farms has raised an additional $6 million, increasing its pre-Series A round to $16 million,...

agritech Red Sea Farms

Jordan

Decapolis raises $250,000 for its blockchain-powered food traceability platform

Jordan-based food safety and quality traceability platform Decapolis, has raised $250,000 from ISSF and Oasis500. The...

agritech Blockchain

Saudi Arabia

Red Sea Farms raises $10 million to expand across Saudi

Saudi Arabia-based agritech startup Red Sea Farms has received a $10 million investment fund from Wa’ed, the Future Investment...

agritech KAUST

U.A.E

Pure Harvest announces sukuk funding, raises $60 million this year

UAE-based, agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised $50 million in growth funding through a sukuk, an Islamic structured finance...

Pure Harvest Smart Farms agritech

Regional

BRINC MENA invests in Pakistan's Radical Growth Solutions

BRINC MENA, the food and agritech venture capital and accelerator firm has invested in Pakistan-based smart farming solutions...

agritech Brinc HASSAD

Jordan

Jordan’s TWIG raises funding from AMC

Jordan-based agritech startup TWIG, has raised investment from Miqdadi Agricultural Materials Company (AMC). TWIG works as a...

Home gardening agritech foodtech

Tunisia

NewGen, MooMe raise funding from Maxula Seed Fund

Source: Disrupt Africa Two Tunisian tech startups have secured investment from the newly-launched Maxula Seed Fund, which aims to...

Maxula Seed Fund MeMoo NewGen

U.A.E

ADIO allocates AED 152 million to agritech startups

Source: WAM The Abu Dhabi Investment Office, ADIO, announced individual partnerships with Pure Harvest Smart Farms, Pure Harvest,...

agritech Pureharvest ADIO

Regional

The future of agritech in Mena

Across the Middle East, agriculture plays a pivotal role in transforming economies, alleviating poverty and fostering economic growth, but...

agritech Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Turkey

Tarfin closes Series A round with participation from Wamda

Tarfin, the agriculture fintech startup based in Turkey, has raised $5 million in its Series A investment round with participation from...

agritech Tarfin

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