Wamda

Oman

Oman's mamun secures $3 million to expand Gulf–Asia trade financing

Oman-based fintech startup mamun has raised $3 million in seed funding, led by Phaze Ventures through its Oman Fund, with participation...

Mamun Jasoor Ventures Phaze Ventures

Egypt

MNT-Halan completes IPO as retail tranche attracts over 41,500 subscription orders

Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan has begun trading on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) under the ticker HALN.CA, following an initial public...

MNT-Halan ipo

U.A.E

CapQuest closes $1 million pre-Seed funding to expand globally

UAE-based fintech startup CapQuest has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed funding round, led by Oraseya Capital and AMKM Family Office, to...

CapQuest Oraseya Capital Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Foodics invests in Funding Souq to expand restaurant financing in KSA, UAE

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Funding Souq has secured a strategic investment from Foodics, making it a major investor in this...

Foodics Funding Souq

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

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

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech TalMal lands pre-Seed investment for local expansion

Saudi fintech startup TalMal has closed an undisclosed Pre-Seed funding round with participation from MM Partners, as it moves from...

TalMal MM Partners

Egypt

Paymob raises $35 million pre-Series C co-led by Mubadala, EBRD

Egypt-founded payments infrastructure provider Paymob has raised $35 million in a pre-Series C round, co-led by Mubadala Investment...

Paymob Fintech Mubadala Investment Company

Bahrain

Tanami raises new funding to expand into Qatar

Bahrain-HQ private markets investment platform Tanami has closed an undisclosed funding round with participation from tali ventures, stc...

Tanami tali ventures

Saudi Arabia

Tarabut secures $50 million to deepen Saudi embedded finance push

Bahrain-founded fintech infrastructure company Tarabut has secured $50 million (SAR187 million) in strategic financing from Riyad Bank,...

Tarabut Tarabut Gateway

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech barq closes $329.5 million Series A

Saudi fintech barq has closed a $329.5 million Series A round at a $1.85 billion valuation, with participation from Noon Investments,...

BARQ Fintech Noon Investments

Saudi Arabia

Tabby hits $6.5 billion valuation after $233 million Series F

Saudi Arabia-headquartered fintech Tabby has raised $233 million in a Series F equity round at a $6.5 billion valuation, led by existing...

Tabby Blue Pool Capital BNPL

Egypt

Zeal secures $10 million for global expansion

Egypt-based fintech Zeal has raised $10 million in a new funding round, bringing its total funding to $14 million. The company did not...

Zeal

Saudi Arabia

PayTabs strikes $100 million+ deal for Amazon Payment Services MENA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech PayTabs Group has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ operations in the Middle East and North...

paytabs Amazon Payment Services

U.A.E

Phoenix Venture Partners leads $3.5 million round in UAE fintech Sav

UAE-based consumer fintech Sav has raised $3.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Abu Dhabi-based Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP),...

Sav Phoenix Venture Partners Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Salla acquires Saudi payments company Paylink

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform Salla has acquired Saudi fintech Paylink as part of its strategy to expand its financial services...

Paylink Salla

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Nayla lands $18 million to expand micro-business financing

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nayla has secured approximately $18 million in a pre-Series A round, comprising a mix of equity and debt...

Nayla Fintech

Bahrain

BitOasis names Jonathan Rigg CEO to lead next phase of growth

Press release: BitOasis, a CoinDCX company and one of the Middle East and North Africa's pioneer and leading regulated digital asset...

BitOasis

U.A.E

Oro raises $3 million to scale AI-powered financial execution platform

UAE-based financial AI platform Oro has raised $3 million in a strategic funding round co-led by MH Ventures and Mapleblock Capital,...

M2M Capital Oro MH Ventures

U.A.E

Fasset hits $1 billion valuation after $68 million Series C

UAE-based fintech Fasset has raised $68 million in a Series C round led by Japan’s SBI Group and joined by Speedinvest, valuing...

Fasset SBI Group

U.A.E

XSquare raises pre-Seed round to expand into Saudi Arabia

UAE-based fintech XSquare has raised an undisclosed pre-Seed round. The round saw participation from Raed Ventures, AngelSpark, 500...

XSquare Raed Ventures AngelSpark

U.A.E

Mobility fintech Naran secures $10 million in debt-equity financing

UAE-based mobility fintech Naran has raised $10 million in equity and debt financing from UAE investment firm Landel. Founded in 2025...

Naran Landel

Qatar

Qatar’s Rasmal Ventures backs Yuno’s $45 million Series B

Qatar-based Rasmal Ventures has invested in Colombia-headquartered Yuno’s $45 million Series B, as the payments infrastructure...

Yuno Rasmal Ventures

U.A.E

Web3 startup Bundle launches with $5.5 million pre-Seed round

Bundle, a UAE-based Web3 rewards startup founded by Bader Kalooti alongside Mostafa Wanas, has emerged from stealth after raising...

Bundle Ethereal Ventures

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