Wamda

U.A.E

Restaurant chain to cloud kitchen: Man'oushe Street's evolution to kaykroo

Cloud kitchen and virtual brands operator kaykroo has launched today with 15 locations in the UAE following a $4 million pre-Series A...

cloud kitchen kaykroo

U.A.E

Sweetheart Kitchen CEO leads its €15 million Series C round

Dubai-based cloud kitchen operator Sweetheart Kitchen, today announced the raise of €15 million ($17.7 million) in Series C funding, a...

cloud kitchen Series C

Egypt

Foodics expands to Egypt and hopes to become micro-loan lender

Saudi Arabia-based food and beverages (F&B) retail and restaurant management platform Foodics, has expanded to Egypt. The...

Foodics f&b POS

U.A.E

InstaShop’s acquisition and the growing significance of e-grocery

There is always a sense of pride, excitement and relief when a startup in the Middle East exits for a high valuation; pride for the...

instashop Delivery Hero Exit

Regional

Delivery Hero acquires UAE-based InstaShop

UAE-based e-grocery startup InstaShop today announced that it has been acquired by Germany’s Delivery Hero in a deal worth $360...

Delivery Hero instashop acquisition

Regional

elGrocer: The lessons we learned in the era of Covid-19

Nader Amiri is the founder of UAE-based e-grocery startup elGrocer E-commerce is on everyone’s mind. There’s a lot being...

e-grocery elGrocer covid-19

Global

A deep dive into the GCC’s cloud kitchen sector [part two]

Cloud kitchens are the backend equivalent of the food courts found in malls - several offerings all under one roof. They emerged as a...

cloud kitchen Food delivery

U.A.E

GrubTech raises $2 million seed

UAE-based GrubTech, a foodtech startup has raised $2 million in seed funding to fund its growth and product development. The...

foodtech GrubTech

Saudi Arabia

Munch:On - Going beyond lunch

Most food delivery platforms witnessed a slowdown in business once lockdown came into effect. Working from home gave people enough time to...

Lunch:On Munch:On

U.A.E

KBW Ventures invests in TurtleTree Labs seed round

UAE-based KBW Ventures, the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, has participated in a...

KBW Ventures

Regional

A deep dive into the GCC’s cloud kitchen sector [part one]

When Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick sold most of his shares in the mobility giant to launch CloudKitchens, securing a $400 million cheque...

cloud kitchen Kitopi ghost kitchen

U.A.E

Mustafa Koita: Your modern-day milkman

The majority of entrepreneurs work in the corporate world for several years before something triggers their decision to leave and start...

Koita E-commerce

Global

Online food delivery: The disruption heading to destruction

Uber Eats has exited the Middle East, or rather passed the baton onto its wholly-owned regional subsidiary, Careem. The publicly listed...

Food delivery Deliveroo talabat

Egypt

Mumm raises investment for ongoing pre-Series A

Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based foodtech startup Mumm has raised an undisclosed amount of investment from Alex Angels, the startup...

foodtech Mumm

Saudi Arabia

Taker raises seed funding

Saudi Arabia-based Software as a Service (SaaS) startup Taker, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding in a round led by 500...

foodtech Seed funding

Regional

The e-grocery map of Mena

The online grocery market has grown rapidly since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, with other food delivery platforms like...

e-grocery

Regional

How startups beat the supermarkets in online grocery surge

The 24-hour lockdowns that have become commonplace in several cities across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) has resulted in such a...

el grocer instashop e-grocery

U.A.E

Pure Harvest secures $100 million multi-stage commitment from Wafra

UAE-based Pure Harvest Smart Farms, an agriculture tech (agritech) startup, has raised $20.6 million in its Series A round, led by...

kuwait Pure Harvest Smart Farms Series A

Saudi Arabia

Wamda invests in online grocery platform Nana's $18 million Series B round

Wamda has participated in Saudi Arabia-based Nana's $18 million Series B investment round. Investors in the round included Saudi...

Nana Direct Nana wamda

Egypt

A look at Egypt's online food delivery sector

Ordering food online, has over the past few years become a daily practice for people all around the world. Longer working and commuting...

otlob glovo Food delivery

Saudi Arabia

The Chefz raises six-figure seed

Souce: MENAbytes Riyadh-based gourmet food and sweets delivery platform The Chefz has raised seed funding in a round led by...

The Chefz Ocean X

Egypt

elmenus raises $8 million in Series B

Egypt-based elmenus, has raised $8 million in its Series B funding round, led by UAE-based venture capital fund, Global Ventures and...

foodtech elmenues Global Ventures

U.A.E

Kitopi raises $60 million to close Series B

UAE-based cloud kitchen platform Kitopi, has raised $60 million, closing its Series B round of funding. The round was led by Knollwood and...

Food delivery

Morocco

Moroccan investment fund acquires stake in SOWIT

The SEAF Morocco Growth Fund has completed its fourth investment with its acquisition of a stake in SOWIT, a France-based company that uses...

Agriculture agritech

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