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Iraq

Iraq’s Alsaree3 Closes 7-figure Series A round

Iraq-based food delivery app Alsaree3 has raised a seven-figure Series A funding round, from investors including Iraq Venture Partners...

Alsaree3 Iraq Venture Partners Snoonu

U.A.E

GrubTech raises $15 million Series B led by Jahez

UAE-based foodtech startup GrubTech has raised $15 million as part of its Series B round and extension of Series A, led by Jahez and...

GrubTech Jahez

Egypt

OneOrder raises $16 million Series A to propel GCC expansion plans

Egypt-based logistics startup OneOrder has raised $16 million in a Series A round in a mix of equity and debt, led by Delivery Hero...

OneOrder Delivery Hero Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Saudi foodtech Barakah raises investment from FoodLabs

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech startup Barakah has raised an undisclosed funding round from German-based VC FoodLabs, marking its first...

Barakah FoodLabs foodtech

U.A.E

The Cloud raises $12 million Series B, acquiring UK's KBOX

UAE-based cloud kitchen The Cloud has raised $12 million in funding from MENA Moonshots as part of the $30 million Series B it is trying...

The Cloud foodtech cloud kitchen

Bahrain

Right Calories, Motolines raise $347,000 investment during Beban TV show

During the Beban TV show, two startups based in Bahrain, Right Calories and Motolines, secured a total investment of $347,000 from Hope...

Right Calories Motolines Hope Ventures

Oman

Omani foodtech KitchenomiKs raises $1.8 million pre-Series A

Oman-based foodtech KitchenomiKs, has raised $1.8 million in a pre-Series A funding round from Omani and regional investors,...

KitchenomiKs cloud kitchen foodtech

Saudi Arabia

Barakah: fighting food waste one surplus meal at a time

The Middle East has one of the highest food wastage rates in the world. This wastage occurs at every stage of the food chain cycle, from...

food waste

Saudi Arabia

Delivery Hero acquires remaining shares of HungerStation

Germany-based foodtech Delivery Hero has acquired the remaining 37 per cent stake in the Saudi Arabia-based food delivery company...

Hero Delivery Hungerstation

U.A.E

Agthia Group launches $54 million CVC fund for foodtech startups

UAE-based food and beverage company Agthia Group PJSC has launched a $54 million VC fund “Agthia Ventures”. The CVC,...

Agthia Group Agthia Ventures ADQ

Saudi Arabia

Kaso raises $10.5 million Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech Kaso, has raised $10.5 million in a Seed funding round, from Dubai-based Spade Ventures, Saudi Arabia's...

KASO Spade Ventures Y Combinator

Egypt

The B2B marketplaces looking to support Egypt’s restaurants

Egypt’s economic woes seem to have bypassed one particular sector - restaurants. The past few years have seen the establishment of...

B2B marketplace

Kuwait

COFE: Digitising the coffee experience from bean to cup

There has been an increased shift towards customisation and convenience over the past few years which has resulted in a rise in vertical...

COFE foodtech

U.A.E

Belgium’s Deliverect acquires UAE’s ChatFood

Belgium-based food delivery software provider Deliverect has acquired UAE-based foodtech ChatFood, for an unknown amount. Founded in...

Deliverect ChatFood f&b

U.A.E

B2B e-commerce Eighty6 raises $3.7 million Seed round

UAE-based e-commerce platform Eighty6, has raised $3.7 million in a Seed round, from Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator Fund, a few GCC...

Eighty6 f&b E-commerce

U.A.E

COFE raises $15 million Series B round led by Wa'ed Ventures

UAE-based online coffee marketplace Cofe has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Wa'ed Ventures, with...

COFE Wa'ed Vnetures Coffee

Regional

Flat6Labs leads Burger Index’s $1.3 million Seed round

Spain-based AI startup Burger Index has raised $1.3 million in Seed funding to initiate its expansion in the GCC region. The round was...

Burger Index Flat6Labs f&b

Saudi Arabia

Matbakhi raises $2.3 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based foodtech startup Matbakhi, has raised a $2.3 million pre-Seed round led by Bugshan Investment Company along with an...

Matbakhi

Iraq

Iraq’s Alsaree3 Group receive seven-figure bridge round

Iraq-based Alsaree3 Group, closed a seven-figure bridge round in December 2022, raising its total funding to over $6.5...

Alsaree3 Zajel delivery app

U.A.E

UAE’s Revoltech among four winners of Global FoodTech Challenge

UAE-based foodtech Revoltech is among the winners of the 2022 FoodTech Challenge, receiving a portion of the $2 million prize money to...

Revoltech Global FoodTech Challenge foodtech

Bahrain

Bahraini foodtech OrderJet raises $125,000 from Hope Ventures

Bahrain-based foodtech OrderJet, has raised $125,000 from Hope Ventures, the investment arm of Hope Fund and producers of the Beban TV...

OrderJet Hope Ventures Beban

U.A.E

UAE foodtech Nourish raises $400,000 investment

UAE-based inflight meal booking platform Nourish, has raised a $400,000 investment round, led by investors from the US, Jordan, Saudi...

Nourish foodtech f&b

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

Oman

Omani cloud kitchen KitchenomiKs raises $1.7 million Seed round

Oman-based cloud kitchen operator KitchenomiKs has raised $1.7 million in its Seed round from angel investors. Founded in March 2022...

KitchenomiKs cloud kitchen foodtech

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