Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Merak Capital backs DSShield with $54 million investment

Saudi Arabia-based cybersecurity company DSShield has raised a $54 million (SAR203 million) funding round from Merak...

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Rewaa closes $45 million Series B

Saudi Arabia-based retail tech company Rewaa has closed a $45 million Series B round led by Wa’ed Ventures, Idrisi Ventures, and...

Rewaa Wa'ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia

Falak Angels invests in UNITS to reshape flexible warehousing in the region

Saudi Arabia-based logistics startup UNITS has received an undisclosed investment from Falak Angels Network Founded in 2023 by...

Falak Angels UNITS Logistics

Saudi Arabia

Newera.ai raises $2.1 million pre-seed to scale generative AI in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based Ai startup Newera.ai has raised $2.1 million (SAR 8m) in a pre-seed round led by Embark, with participation from...

Newera.ai

Egypt

Croptimus secures strategic investment from Venture X

Egypt-based agritech Croptimus has raised an undisclosed investment from Venture X. Founded in 2021 by Ahmed Hassanein and Abdelrahman...

Venture X Croptimus

U.A.E

Lucid Capital closes $2.5 million Seed round, led by Tharawat Holding

UAE-based fintech Lucid Capital has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round, led by Tharawat Holding, with participation...

Lucid Capital Tharawat Holding

Saudi Arabia

Q Fund backs AI startup QPioneers in first funding round

Saudi Arabia-based AI-powered startup QPioneers has raised its first funding round from Q Fund, the investment arm of Qewam...

QPioneers Q Fund

Egypt

Breadfast in talks with IFC for $13 million backing to expand q-commerce footprint

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a $13 million equity investment in Egypt’s Breadfast as the...

Breadfast ifc q-commerce

U.A.E

ADQ, Gates Foundation commit $40 million to scale responsible AI, edtech across Africa

ADQ and the Gates Foundation have announced a four-year, $40m partnership to scale the responsible use of AI and EdTech to improve...

ADQ Gates Foundation

Egypt

Egypt’s Nawah Scientific raises $23 million Series A to expand cloud lab footprint

Egypt-based deeptech startup Nawah Scientific has closed a $23 million Series A round, comprising a mix of equity and debt, as it marks...

Nawah Scientific

U.A.E

UAE-headquartered Premialab raises $220 million led by KKR

UAE-headquartered Premialab, a global provider of data, analytics, and risk management solutions for quantitative investing, has raised...

KKR Premialab

U.A.E

Relik raises seed round with backing from KBW Ventures

UAE-based Relik has closed a seed funding round with participation from KBW Ventures, Naatt Holding, Fort Holding, and Ayman...

Relik KBW Ventures

U.A.E

Noon raises $500 million from PIF-backed investors ahead of potential IPO

Saudi Arabia and UAE-headquartered noon has raised $500 million in fresh funding from backers including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign...

Noon PIF

Egypt

iVoiceUp secures investment from A15 to accelerate MENA expansion

Egypt-based iVoiceUp, an AI-powered ethics and whistleblowing case management platform, has closed an investment round led by A15 to...

iVoiceUp A15

Algeria

Algeria’s VOLZ raises $5 million in landmark funding round

Algeria-based traveltech VOLZ has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by a consortium of private investors...

Volz traveltech

Kuwait

MASAHA App secures fresh seed backing at $1.5 million valuation

Trendle, the parent company of MASAHA, has closed its second Seed investment round at a valuation of $1.5 million. The...

MASAHA App

U.A.E

Qadi emerges from stealth after closing pre-seed round

UAE-based regtech Qadi has emerged from stealth after closing a pre-seed funding round led by Incubayt. Founded in 2025 by Mohamad...

Qadi Incubayt

Saudi Arabia

Saudi gametech Qwacks raises $480,000 pre-seed from Merak Capital

Qwacks, a Saudi gametech, has raised $480,000 in pre-seed funding from Merak Capital. Founded in 2024 by Anas Alsahli...

Merak Capital Qwacks

U.A.E

Impact46 backs Hypemasters with $1 million investment

Impact46 has led a $1 million investment round in Hypemasters, with strong participation from GEM Capital. The funding will support...

Hypemasters Impact46

U.A.E

Byit secures $1.1 million funding to expand into KSA, deepen UAE operations

UAE-headquartered proptech Byit Capital has raised $1.1 million in strategic funding from A15, Beltone Holding, and a group of...

Byit Proptech

Regional

MENA startup funding falls to $228 million in November 2025, down 71% MoM

Investment activity across the MENA startup ecosystem slowed sharply in November 2025, with 35 startups raising a combined $227.8 million....

Investment investments

Saudi Arabia

Nabt extends seed round with additional $3.4 million

Nabt, the Saudi agritech, has raised $3.4 million in a seed extension round, bringing total funding to $5 million. The round...

Nabt Merak Capital SHG Group

U.A.E

UAE's Reno raises $4 million in equity-debt round

UAE-based home renovation tech platform Reno has raised $4 million in equity and debt, led by Sanabil 500, Hub71,...

Reno Sanabil 500

Saudi Arabia

COGNNA secures $9.2 million Series A to accelerate global expansion

Saudi Arabia-based cybersecurity startup COGNNA raised $9.2 million in a Series A round led by Impact46, co-led by BNVT Capital, with...

COGNNA

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