Wamda

U.A.E

XPANCEO secures $250 million Series A at $1.35 billion valuation

UAE-based deeptech startup XPANCEO has raised $250 million in Series A funding at a $1.35 billion valuation. The round was led by...

XPANCEO deeptech Opportunity Venture

Egypt

Intella secures $3.4 million pre-Series A round led by HALA Ventures, Wa’ed

Saudi Arabia-headquartered Egyptian deeptech startup Intella, has closed a $3.4 million pre-Series A funding round, led by HALA Ventures...

Intella HALA Ventures Wa'ed Vnetures

U.A.E

Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai?

In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well...

deeptech XPANCEO Russia

Egypt

Tactful AI: Tracing the pivots before the exit

In 2016, Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed Elmasry moved to the UK, in hopes of building a local tech product with global know-how and impact....

deeptech Tactful AI

Tunisia

Is Tunisia poised to become a leading deeptech hub in Africa and the Middle East?

Rym Baouendi is a senior advisor at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT Tunisia, a small country located in...

deeptech

Jordan

Meet JAZARI, the deeptech company working to improve vehicle engines

Electric vehicles are becoming more commonplace in many parts of the world, but traditional, petrol-powered cars still dominate and will...

AlJazari mobility deeptech

Egypt

Nawah Scientific: Pivoting its way to expansion

Startups go through several changes within their first few years in operation as founders struggle to find and validate their product...

deeptech Nawah Scientific

Egypt

Sequence Ventures launches $31 million deeptech fund

Venture capital firm Sequence Ventures has launched a new EGP500 million ($31 million) fund dubbed Egypt Deep-Tech. The fund plans to...

Sequence Ventures deeptech VC

Saudi Arabia

The slow rise of deeptech in Saudi Arabia

As the Saudi startup scene continues to set records, business models around advanced technologies or deeptech, are beginning to take...

deeptech

U.A.E

Can AI work in oil and gas without historical data?

In some countries in the Middle East, the oil and gas (O&G) sector contributes as much as 90 per cent to gross domestic product (GDP)....

deeptech Artificial intelligence nybl

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AI startup Intelmatix secures investment from STV and Sultan Holdings

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Intelmatix has raised an undisclosed investment round, led by STV and Sultan Holdings. Founded...

deeptech AI

Egypt

Si-Ware Systems raises $9 million

Source: Zawya Si-Ware Systems, a Cairo-based microelectronics company, has recently closed a funding deal of nearly $9 million, a...

deeptech Sawari Ventures

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