Wamda

U.A.E

KBW Ventures leads PlaysOut's $7 million Seed round

UAE-based gametech PlaysOut has raised $7 million in a seed funding round at a $70 million valuation from investors,...

U.A.E

DeChat raises $1 million from Mindspace Solutions

UAE-based Web 3.0 social network DeChat has raised $1 million in a funding round led by Mindspace Solutions. DeChat develops a...

DeChat Mindspace Solutions Web 3.0

U.A.E

Playgama to step up Web gaming development with $3 million funding

UAE-based gametech startup Playgama has raised $3 million in a funding round led by The Open Platform and s16vc. The round is also...

Playgama The Open Platform

Saudi Arabia

Jetapult pumps $4.5 million in Saudi game studio UMX

Saudi Arabia-based game studio UMX has raised $4.5 million from Jetapult, an investment company backed by Accel Partners. As part of...

UMX Studio Jetapult Gaming

U.A.E

Muller & Phipps Middle East fully acquires Power League Gaming

MENA based Technology distribution house, Muller & Phipps Middle East Group has acquired The UAE-based gaming and esports agency,...

Muller & Phipps Power League Gaming

Saudi Arabia

Grintafy secures funding from Chiliz to speed up Web3 transition

Saudi Arabia-based sportstech Grintafy has raised an undisclosed investment amount from Chiliz. Founded in 2019 by Majdi Allulu,...

Grintafy Sportstech Chiliz

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia deploys $120 million to boost gaming, esports industry

Saudi Arabia’s National Development Fund (NDF) and the Social Development Bank (SDB) will jointly establish two venture capital...

National Development Fund Social Development Bank Gaming and Esports Financing Programme

U.A.E

GameCentric secures $1.5 million in funding

UAE-based gaming platform GameCentric has raised $1.5 million in capital from angel investor, Bilal Merchant. Founded in 2023 by...

GameCentric Gaming Web 3.0

U.A.E

Exverse lands $3 million investment

UAE-based Web3 gaming platform Exverse, has raised a private funding round of $3 million, led by Cogitent Ventures, Cointelligence, and...

Exverse Gaming Web3

Saudi Arabia

Gaming platform Rize.gg raises $430,000 pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based e-gaming startup Rize.gg has raised a $430,000 pre-Seed funding round, led by angel investors. Founded in 2022 by...

Rize.gg E-gaming

U.A.E

Fanzword secures $1.2 million pre-Seed led by XVC Tech

UAE-based e-sports startup Fanzword has raised a $1.2 million pre-Seed round led by XVC Tech and other regional angel...

Fanzword XVC Tech

U.A.E

GAM3S.GG raises $2 million Seed round

UAE-based Web3 gaming platform GAM3S.GG, has closed a $2 million Seed funding round, led by Mechanism Capital with the participation...

GAM3S.GG Gaming

Tunisia

Tunisia’s CoaChess raises $191,000 pre-Seed round

Tunisia-based gaming platform CoaChess has raised a $191,000 pre-Seed funding round from Omicrone. Founded in 2021 by Iheb Kaabi,...

CoaChess Gaming

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games acquires Scopely for $4.9 billion

Saudi Arabia-based gaming platform Savvy Games Group, owned by the country's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund...

Savvy Games Scopely

Egypt

Egypt’s GBarena acquires Tunisia’s Galactech in a $15 million share swap deal

Egypt-based esports platform GBarena has acquired Tunisia’s Galactech for $15 million, in the form of a share swap. This...

Gbarena Galactech

U.A.E

Fenix Games raises $150 million investment

UAE-based gaming platform Fenix Games, has raised $150 million in investment, led by Phoenix Group and Cypher Capital. Founded in 2022...

Fenix Games Gaming

Egypt

Gaming platform Cryptyd Inc secures new funding round

Egypt-based Cryptyd Inc has secured a new round of funding for an unknown amount from existing and new investors. Founded in 2015 by...

Cryptyd Inc Gaming

Jordan

Tamatem expands to China after securing investment from MSA Novo

Jordan-based mobile games publisher Tamatem, is expanding to China after securing an investment and strategic partnership with MSA Novo,...

tamatem china MSA Novo

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Spoilz Games closes $692,000 pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based gaming platform Spoilz Games has closed a pre-Seed investment round of $692,000 from angel investors. Founded in...

Spoilz Games Gaming

Egypt

Fantasy football platform Eksab raises $3 million Seed round

Egypt-based daily fantasy football platform, Eksab, has secured a $3 million Seed funding round, led by 4DX Ventures with participation...

Eksab Fantasy Football

Saudi Arabia

Legends Gaming raises $1.2 million via Scopeer

Saudi e-gaming marketplace Legends Gaming has secured SAR 4.5 million ($1.2 million) from 674 investors via crowdfunding platform...

Legend Gaming Scopeer

Kuwait

Kuwait’s VO acquires Duwaween Game

Kuwait-based integrated youth platform for incubating young talent VO has acquired Kuwaitit games app Duwaween Games, with a post-money...

Duwaween Game VO

U.A.E

Gaming platform Zone raises $2.35 million

UAE-based gaming and decentralised finance (gamefi) ecosystem Zone, has raised $2.35 million, from DAO Maker, GSR, Altonomy,...

Zone GameFi

Jordan

Tamatem Games Raises $11 million in Series B round led by KRAFTON, Inc.

Jordan-based Arabic mobile games publisher Tamatem Games, has raised $11 million in a Series B funding round led by South Korea-based...

tamatem tamatem games KRAFTON Inc.

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