Wamda

Regional

The anatomy of an exit in the Middle East

Khaled Talhouni is the managing partner at Wamda Capital Anyone active in the startup scene today seems to be pre-occupied with when and...

Venture Capital Exit strategies exiting

Egypt

Egypt sets up $57 million fintech startup fund

Source: ITWeb Africa Fintech startups in Egypt could soon have access to 1 billion Egyptian pounds (approximately...

Fintech fund Egypt

Egypt

Kuwait’s Carriage expands to Egypt, launches in Cairo after onboarding 600 restaurants

Source: Menabytes Kuwait-based food delivery startup Carriage has expanded to Egypt, the startup told MENAbytes today, adding...

food Delivery Expansion

U.A.E

Dubai-based VentureSouq invests in Hello Verify

Source: VC Circle Worker screening platform Hello Verify India Pvt. Ltd has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from multiple...

Investment VentureSouq

Regional

STEP Saudi

STEP started out as a series of workshops and small gatherings, and over 7 years has grown to become one of the largest tech experiential...

Saudi Arabia

Saudi on-demand delivery startup Mrsool raises multi-million Series A

Source: Menabytes Riyadh-based on-demand delivery startup Mrsool has raised a multi-mullion (US Dollar) Series A round led by...

VC Investment Delivery

Egypt

Algebra Ventures partners with Ezdehar to invest in Dsquares

Egypt’s Algebra Ventures has partnered with Ezdehar Management firm to invest in Dsquares, a loyalty solutions provider. The...

b2c Investment management

U.A.E

DIFC launches $10 million fintech fund

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has launched a $10 million Fintech Fund and has appointed both Wamda Capital and Middle East...

Fintech DIFC Wamda Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s Elm announces investment in Syarah

Source: Menabytes Elm, a leading Saudi information technology company that is owned by country’s sovereign wealth fund, PIF, has...

Investment E-commerce

U.A.E

Tarjama raises $5 million in Series A

UAE-based language service provider Tarjama has raised $5 million in a Series A round. The investment was led by Saudi Arabia-based Anova...

Series A investement

Regional

Could ICOs be a better way to raise money?

The frenzy around cryptocurrency has died down in recent months, but a new asset class in the form of initial coin offerings (ICO), the...

ICO ethereum Bitcoin

Global

Jabbar Internet Group invests in US-based Blueground

Dubai-based Jabbar Internet Group participated in a $20 million investment round for Blueground, a New York-based online apartment rental...

Rental Jabbar Internet Group

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based biotech startups raise $10 million

Saudi-based biotechnology (biotech) startups incubated by Badir Biotech Incubator, under the Badir Program raised close to $10 million...

biotech Investment Funding

U.A.E

Dubai-based Beehive raises $4 million

Source: Menabytes Dubai-based peer to peer lending platform Beehive has raised $4 million as part of its Series B round from Riyad...

Fintech Funding Investment

Saudi Arabia

Nana raises $6 million in Series A round

Saudi Arabia-based e-grocery platform Nana has closed a $6 million Series A round of investment, led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)...

Series A e-grocery

Regional

Emaar fully acquires Namshi

Dubai’s Emaar Malls has fully acquired e-commerce retailer Namshi. This follows acquiring the remaining stake of Global...

ecommerce Retail Fashion

Kuwait

Kuwait-based Faith Capital announces $8 million investment in JustClean

Source: Menabytes Kuwait-based Faith Capital has announced an investment of $8 million in JustClean, a Kuwaiti laundry startup it had...

on-demand laundry Investment

Kuwait

Kuwait-based Jumla Club raises pre-Series A

Source: Menabytes Kuwait-based B2B food and beverage platform Jumla Club has raised seven-figure pre-Series A, the startup...

f&b pre-Series A

Egypt

Trella raises more than $600,000 in pre-seed investment

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based trucking marketplace Trella has raised over $600,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Algebra Ventures...

pre-Seed trucking Shipping

Kuwait

Nalbes raises $2 million

Kuwait-based e-commerce platform Nalbes has secured $2 million in its Series B round of funding, led by a group of existing and new...

E-commerce Fashion

Saudi Arabia

Golden Scent closes new round of investment

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform Golden Scent has closed a new round of investment, the company announced, without disclosing the...

news E-commerce Golden Scent

Kuwait

Deliveroo launches in Kuwait with 900 restaurants

Source: Arabian Business Deliveroo, the delivery service founded in 2013 by William Shu and Greg Orlowski, has announced its launch in...

food Delivery Expansion

Egypt

E-commerce venture Noon expands operations to Egypt

Source: Arabian Business Noon, the e-commerce venture operating in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday announced its expansion into...

E-commerce Expansion

Saudi Arabia

Mad'a invests in Family Souk Ventures

Source: Saudi Gazette Mad’a Investment Company, a private equity & venture capital firm headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...

Investment E-commerce

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