Saudi Arabia Badir-incubated Saudi tech startups raised almost $13M in 2017 The technology startups incubated by Badir Program, one of the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology’s main initiatives,... Staff writer • 17 January, 2018 Badir ksa Investment
U.A.E International Blockchain Capital invests in Acumen Advertising Dubai-based fintech group International Blockchain Capital (IBC) Group Limited bought into homegrown media brand Acumen Advertising as part... Staff writer • 15 January, 2018 Acumen International Blockchain Capital Fintech
Regional UAE startups attracted $400 million of VC funding in 2017 2017 witnessed 134 funding deals of 129 startups in 12 countries across the MENA, which brought in around $475 million worth of... Rana Freifer • 14 January, 2018 MENABytes Dubai MENA
U.A.E Floral marketplace Floranow closes its first funding round Floranow, the region’s online B2B floral marketplace, successfully raised its first round of financing from Jabbar Internet Group,... Staff writer • 20 December, 2017 Floranow Wamda Capital Jabbar Internet Group
U.A.E Majid Al Futtaim and Image Nation Abu Dhabi participated in financing an LA-based VR startup Dreamscape Immersive, the location-based VR startup backed by some of Hollywood's biggest players, announced closing a $30M Series B... Staff writer • 19 December, 2017 uae US VR
U.A.E One Click Delivery raises an undisclosed round led by MEVP Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) has made an undisclosed investment in Dubai-based One Click Delivery, a last-mile delivery startup... Staff writer • 12 December, 2017 OneClick MEVP
U.A.E Digital grocery coupon platform raises $500K in second round of funding Clip the Deal, a Dubai-based digital grocery coupon platform, raised $500,000 in their second round of funding, led by Dubai-based investor... Staff writer • 11 December, 2017 Clip the Deal Neelesh Bhatnagar NB Ventures
Regional TreasuryXpress closes a $5M funding round to boost its services TreasuryXpress, a global provider for frictionless and on-demand treasury management solutions (TMS), announced that it has recently closed... Staff writer • 13 November, 2017 Treasuryxpress MEVP Funding
U.A.E UAE digital health startup raises $4M in seed funding Health at Hand, the newly launched Dubai-based patient to doctor video consultation platform, has now raised more than $4 million... Staff writer • 18 October, 2017 uae health at hand seed fund
Bahrain Bahrain’s football app Malaeb closes a seed round investment Bahraini app Malaeb, which helps users match players and book a football field, has recently closed a seed round for an undisclosed amount,... Staff writer • 18 October, 2017 Malaeb Inspire Ventures Vision ventures
Jordan Jordanian addressing startup raises $100K from GMS Ventures & Investments NavCode is a Jordanian smart addressing app that contains user information such as name, phone number, building number and others. It... Staff writer • 16 October, 2017 NavCode Addressing VC
Jordan Geeks focuses on automation to scale business operations Time flies when you're having fun! Dubai-based startup Geeks, launched in December 2014 by the Jordanian partners Mousa Yassin and... Elias Jabbe • 04 October, 2017 Geeks it b2b
Regional Altibbi raises $6.5M through MEVP, DASH Ventures, and other investors Altibbi Ltd., one of the Middle East’s largest digital health platforms, announced a new round of funding amounting to $6.5 million.... Staff writer • 02 October, 2017 AlTibbi MEVP DASH Ventures
Egypt Egyptian home services platform Filkhedma closed second investment round Filkhedma, an Egyptian home services marketplace, has just closed its second investment round led by Algebra Ventures and Glint... Staff writer • 28 September, 2017 FilKhedma Algebra Ventures Glint
U.A.E This after school activities marketplace is using bitcoins to go global Unlike loaded school days, which fall heavy and stressful on little ones’ shoulders, extracurricular activities, will help them... Rana Freifer • 03 October, 2017 Afterschool.ae Kids activities Bitcoin
Jordan Jordan’s POSRocket raises $650K from Jabbar Internet Group, Arzan VC, and Propeller Inc. POSRocket, the Amman-based startup that sells cloud-based point-of-sale solutions to SMEs raised $650,000 as seed investment from Jabbar... Staff writer • 20 September, 2017 posrocket Point of sale Cloud Computing
Regional Corporate VCs and VCs: Who wins the battle? In 2016, Intel Capital and Google Ventures were the most active corporate venture capital (CVC), according to a CB Insights report,... Reine Farhat • 24 September, 2017 corporate venture capital Venture Capital CER
Regional 6 steps to regulate a VC fund [Opinion] As an angel investor and venture capitalist, most of us actually transact in offshore jurisdictions when making investments due to better... Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 19 September, 2017 VC Regulations
U.A.E Now Money closes $1.46M bridge funding round UAE-based fintech startup Now Money closed this week a bridge funding round with a total of $1.46 million. The round included $700,000... Staff writer • 08 September, 2017 bridge investment now money investments
Regional Battle of the finances: venture capital vs. private equity If a business is searching for a source of external funding, it can turn to various sources. Some of these sources may be vastly different,... Tala Salem • 13 August, 2017 Venture Capital private equity Funding models
Egypt Egyptian food delivery platform secures $200K investment from 500 Startups Cairo-based homemade food delivery startup Mumm received a $200,000 investment from 500 Startups. The startup empowers Egyptian women to... Staff writer • 26 July, 2017 Food delivery work from home Women
Regional Entrepreneurship is disrupting MENA’s real estate and retail gurus The first half of 2017 was an exciting one for enterprises and startups in the MENA region with mega deals taking the ecosystem by storm.... Rana Freifer • 19 July, 2017 acquisition VC investment Real Estate
Morocco 4 Moroccans aiming at becoming the Alibaba of Africa Working in the energy and industry sectors in various African countries helped Niama El Bassunie, a Casablanca-born entrepreneur, discover... Maya Rahal • 19 July, 2017 Trade financing for trade suppliers
Egypt Careem announces $500K investment in public transportation startup Swvl This news was updated to include an exclusive interview with Mudassir Sheikha, the cofounder and managing director of... Lily Catherine Jabbour • 17 July, 2017 careem public transport Bus Pooling