Wamda

Egypt

Valu begins trading on EGX with Amazon as investor

Egyptian fintech Valu has officially begun trading on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). The listing was executed via an in-kind dividend...

valu Fintech BNPL

Egypt

Swypex rolls out spend control card in Egypt

Swypex, Egypt’s all-in-one financial management platform, has unveiled the country’s first Approval-Based Limits Card, an...

Swypex

U.A.E

Sukna Fund provides $20 million credit facility to OCTA

UAE-based fintech Octa has raised $20 million in a credit facility from Sukna Fund for Direct Financing...

Octa Sukna Fund Fintech

Egypt

Egypt’s Octane raises $5.2 million to digitize fleet payments across MENA

Egyptian fintech Octane has raised $5.2 million in a funding round led by Shorooq Partners, Algebra Ventures, and SC Holding. The...

Octane Algebra Ventures Fintech

Regional

Egypt’s DisrupTech backs Nigerian agri-fintech Winich Farms

DisrupTech Ventures, an Egypt-based early-stage fintech fund, has made its first Sub-Saharan Africa investment by backing Winich Farms,...

Disruptech Winich Farms

Lebanon

XFOLIO closes $2 million seed backed by MEVP

French-Lebanese fintech XFOLIO has raised $2 million in Seed funding from Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP). Founded by Anis Rahal...

XFOLIO Fintech MEVP

Egypt

Valu prepares EGX debut after securing 25% market share in consumer finance

Egypt's buy now pay later (BNPL) fintech Valu has announced its intention to list on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) following an...

valu Fintech BNPL

Saudi Arabia

Stitch raises $10 million seed to extend services to emerging markets

Saudi Arabia-based fintech infrastructure platform Stitch has raised a $10 million seed round from investors including Arbor Ventures,...

Stitch Arbor Ventures SVC

U.A.E

Qashio closes $19.8 million round to accelerate expansion into Saudi Arabia

UAE-based fintech Qashio has raised $19.8 million in a mix of equity and non-equity funding, led by existing investor...

Qashio Fintech Rocketship

Qatar

Qatar’s PayLater receives strategic investment from LuLu AI

Qatar-based fintech PayLater has secured a "strategic" investment from LuLu Alternative Investments (LuLu AI), the...

LuLu AI PayLater Fintech

U.A.E

Gainz closes pre-seed round to expand SME lending solutions

UAE-based fintech Gainz has closed a 7-figure USD pre-seed round, structured as a mix of equity and debt The round was led by Antler...

Gainz Antler Fintech

Egypt

ElGameya secures fresh capital to expand inclusive savings tools

Egypt-based fintech ElGameya has raised a 7-figure USD investment round led by AYADY for Investment and Development. Other participants...

elGameya AYADY Fintech

Tunisia

Attijariwafa Ventures backs Tunisian fintech Konnect in multi-investor round

Tunisia-based fintech company Konnect Networks has secured an undisclosed investment round from Attijariwafa Ventures as part of a wider...

Konnect Attijariwafa Ventures

Egypt

Money Fellows secures $13 million to expand digital saving offerings across Africa

Egypt-based fintech Money Fellows has raised $13 million in a strategic funding round co-led by Al Mada Ventures and DPI Venture Capital...

Money Fellows Fintech Al Mada Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Nqoodlet bags $3 million Seed funding to boost SME finance in MENA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nqoodlet has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Waad Investments, with participation from OmanTel, 500...

NQOODLET Waad Investments

Saudi Arabia

erad secures $16 million pre-Series A to bridge SME credit gap in MENA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech erad has raised a $16 million pre-Series A funding round, backed by Y Combinator, Nuwa Capital,...

erad Fintech YCombinator

Saudi Arabia

Techrar secures $1.6 million investment from Wae'd Ventures

Techrar, the Saudi platform for managing subscriptions, memberships, and recurring billing, has closed an investment round worth $1.6...

Techrar Fintech Wa'ed Ventures

U.A.E

Zest Equity secures $4.3 million pre-Series A led by Prosus Ventures

UAE-based fintech Zest Equity has raised $4.3 million in pre-Series A funding, led by Prosus Ventures with participation from...

Zest Equity Prosus Ventures Fintech

U.A.E

Resolv Labs raises $10 million Seed round led by Cyber.Fund

UAE-based crypto startup Resolv Labs has raised $10 million in a seed round led by Cyber.Fund and Maven11 and joined...

Resolv Labs Cyber.Fund crypto

U.A.E

Wafeq partners with Comfi to fuel SME growth in the UAE

Press release: In a bold move to transform cash flow for small and medium businesses, Comfi, the UAE-based B2B embedded finance...

Comfi Wafeq

U.A.E

Rentify to empower UAE proptech scene with new $500,000 investment

UAE-based proptech and fintech Rentify has secured $500,000 in funding from unnamed investors. Founded in 2025 by...

Rentify Proptech Fintech

Morocco

PayTic secures $4 million investment from AfricInvest

Morocco-based fintech PayTic has raised $4 million in funding, led by AfricInvest alongside Build Ventures, Axian Group, Mistral,...

PayTic AfricInvest Fintech

U.A.E

COCA raises strategic investment to scale operations in the UAE

UAE-based non-custodial payments app COCA has raised an undisclosed investment from the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF)...

COCA

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Arabian Pay receives investment to expand BNPL offerings

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Arabian Pay has raised an undiscsloed investment as part of its Pre-Seed round from Al Bassami...

Arabian Pay Al Bassami Group Fintech

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