Wamda

Morocco

First Circle Capital secures $6 million investment from IFC

Morocco- and Uganda-based VC firm First Circle Capital has secured $6 million in funding from IFC, part of the World Bank Group, to back...

First Circle Capital ifc

Morocco

DisrupTech Ventures invests in Morocco’s Chari to expand fintech inclusion across Africa

Egypt-based VC firm DisrupTech Ventures has invested in Chari, a Y Combinator–backed Moroccan fintech startup, marking its first...

Disruptech Ventures Chari

Saudi Arabia

Jahez invests in Doos to fast-track Saudi quick-commerce growth

Saudi Arabia-based Doos, a q-commerce platform founded in 2023 by Tala Al Sahsah, has secured a strategic investment from Jahez. The...

Doos Jahez q-commerce

Saudi Arabia

Tali Ventures backs Bonat’s $6 million Series A to fuel AI-driven customer growth

Saudi Arabia-based Bonat, an AI-powered customer engagement platform, has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by stc...

Bonat tali ventures STC

Tunisia

Tunisian traveltech WildyNess closes pre-seed round

WildyNess, a Tunisian B2B2C traveltech startup, closed its pre-seed round co-led by Bridging Angels and the African Diaspora...

WildyNess traveltech Bridging Angels

Saudi Arabia

Stream secures $4 million seed funding to transform B2B payments in MENA

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Stream has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Outliers VC, with participation from BYLD Ventures and...

Stream Outliers VC BYLD Ventures

Regional

MENA startup funding drops to $785 million in October 2025, 72% driven by debt

After a record-breaking September, investment activity across MENA startups cooled in October, with total funding dropping to $784.9...

Investment investments

U.A.E

Property Finder receives $250 million debt from Ares Management

UAE-based proptech Property Finder has raised a $250 million debt financing commitment from Ares Credit funds to support its next phase...

Property finder Proptech

Saudi Arabia

rmz.ai raises $100,000 pre-seed from Beyond.xyz

rmz.ai, a Saudi generative AI platform, announced the completion of its $100,000 pre-seed funding round led by Beyond.xyz, a Saudi-based...

rmz.ai generative AI

Saudi Arabia

Logexa raises $2 million pre-Series A led by SEEDRA Ventures

Saudi-based logistics provider Logexa has concluded a $2 million pre-Series A funding round, led by SEEDRA Ventures and including...

Logexa Logistics Seedra Ventures

United States

MidLyr closes $2.5 million pre-seed to advance MENA expansion plans

US-based fintech MidLyr has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Silicon Badia, with participation from Wedbush Ventures,...

MidLyr silicon badia Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi insurtech Najeeb.ai closes pre-seed round

Saudi Arabia-based insurtech Najeeb.ai has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round from local and regional angel investors. Founded in...

Najeeb.ai Insurtech

Saudi Arabia

Squadio nets $3 million to scale AI-powered remote tech hiring from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based HRtech Squadio has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round, backed by Wa’ed Ventures, 500 Sanabil MENA,...

Squadio HRtech Wa’ed Ventures

U.A.E

UnifyApps secures $50 million Series B to scale GenAI adoption across enterprises

UAE-based SaaS solutions provider UnifyApps has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by WestBridge Capital, with participation...

UnifyApps ICONIQ SAAS

Saudi Arabia

Velents raises $1.5 million investment to propel launching Agent.sa

Saudi Arabia-based HRtech Velents.ai has raised $1.5 million from angel investors, including executives from Google and BCG. The funding...

Velents AI Velents HRtech

U.A.E

Property Finder invests in Stake to accelerate MENA’s proptech innovation

UAE-based proptech Property Finder has invested in Stake, a UAE-based digital real estate investment platform, in an undisclosed...

Property finder Stake

Saudi Arabia

Wa’ed Ventures leads $10 million pre-Series A in US-based Kure Cells

Wa’ed Ventures, the $500 million venture capital fund backed by Aramco, has led a $10 million Pre-Series A round in Kure Cells, a...

Wa'ed Ventures Kure Cells

Oman

KitchenomiKs secures $3.2 million to expand across GCC

Oman-based foodtech KitchenomiKs has raised $3.2 million in a new funding round led by Jasoor Ventures, bringing its total capital...

KitchenomiKs Jasoor Ventures

Morocco

Madica invests in Tunisia's Anavid, Morocco's Hypeo AI to accelerate Africa’s innovation ecosystem

Madica, the Africa-focused investment programme backed by Flourish Ventures, announced new investments in Anavid (Tunisia) and Hypeo AI...

Anavid Madica Hypeo Ai

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital backs Arsann with $26.7 million to power data-driven urban infrastructure

Saudi Arabia-based smart parking and mobility solutions provider Arsann has raised a $26.7 million investment from...

Arsann Merak Capital

Saudi Arabia

Astra Nova closes $48.3 million round to build AI-powered Web3 ecosystem

Astra Nova, a Saudi Arabia-based AI-driven Web3 startup, has raised $48.3 million to expand its suite of creator platforms and tokenised...

Astra Nova Web 3.0 Outlier Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Sanabil Venture Studio backs KLIQ with $2.25 million

KLIQ, a Saudi-based AI-powered influencer marketing platform, has raised $2.25 million in a seed funding round led by Sanabil...

Sanabil Venture Studio KLIQ

U.A.E

Tawuniya leads $5 million investment in TachyHealth

UAE-based healthtech startup TachyHealth has raised $5 million in a Series A round led by Saudi insurance company Tawuniya, with...

TachyHealth healthtech Tawuniya

U.A.E

Cercli bags $12 million Series A to build AI-native workforce platform

UAE-based workforce management platform Cercli raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Germany’s Picus...

Cercli Picus Capital HRtech

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