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Qatar

Qatar’s Droobi Health merges with Smit.fit to form DroobiSmit

Qatar-based healthtech Droobi Health has merged with India-based digital healthcare provider Smit.fit to form DroobiSmit. The new entity...

DroobiSmit Droobi Health Smit.fit

Egypt

Ezdehar invests $10 million in Yodawy

Egypt-based investment fund management company Ezdehar has acquired a minority stake in the Egyptian healthtech Yodawy for $10...

Yodawy Ezdehar healthtech

U.A.E

Clara acquires BOTH Corporate Services Limited

UAE-based legaltech Clara has acquired BOTH Corporate Services Limited (BCS), aprovider of corporate services in Abu Dhabi Global...

Clara Legaltech

Regional

Anghami, OSN+ merge to create regional entertainment conglomerate

UAE-based online streaming platform OSN+ has merged with the Lebanon-founded music streaming app Anghami Inc. in a deal worth $50...

anghami OSN+

U.A.E

Shipsy acquires India’s Stockone to expand services

UAE-based SaaS provider Shipsy has acquired Stockone, an Indian cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) and inventory management...

Shipsy Stockone Logistics

Saudi Arabia

Core Vision acquires stake in the Chairman Group

Saudi Arabia-based venture capital firm Core Vision has acquired a stake in The Chairman Group, a holding group with five diversified...

CoreVision

Global

Dubizzle Group sells Lamudi property portals in Philippines and Indonesia to focus on Mena

UAE-based Dubizzle Group has announced the sale of its Lamudi property portals in the Philippines and Indonesia to Australia-based...

Dubizzle lamudi

U.A.E

ClearPier acquires UAE’s MQuest for $35 million

Canadian performance advertising company ClearPier has acquired UAE-based Media Quest Group (MQuest) for $35 million. Founded in...

ClearPier MQuest Advertising

U.A.E

Pulsar Capital acquires controlling stake in TruDoc

Pulsar Capital has acquired a majority stake in UAE-based healthtech TruDoc. Founded in 2011 by Raouf Khalil, TruDoc is a telehealth...

TruDoc Pulsar Capital healthtech

Egypt

ariika raises Series A round from Beltone for 20 per cent stake

Egypt-based home décor e-commerce platform ariika has closed a Series A equity funding round, secured from Beltone Venture...

ariika Beltone E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

iot squared acquires Machinestalk to solidify position in Saudi market

Saudi Arabia-based internet of things (IoT) solutions provider “iot squared”, has fully acquired the Saudi IoT company...

iot squared Machinestalk STC

Saudi Arabia

Delivery Hero acquires remaining shares of HungerStation

Germany-based foodtech Delivery Hero has acquired the remaining 37 per cent stake in the Saudi Arabia-based food delivery company...

Hero Delivery Hungerstation

Saudi Arabia

HyperPay acquires Sanad Cash

Saudi Arabia-based fintech HyperPay has acquired compatriot Sanad Cash. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded...

Sanad Cash hyperpay

Turkey

Turkey’s Marti lists on NYSE after SPAC merger with Galata

Turkey-based mobility startup Marti has completed its SPAC merger with Galata Acquisition Corp. (Galata), and began trading its Class A...

Marti Galata SPAC

U.A.E

EDGE Group acquires cybersecurity company OryxLabs

UAE-based advanced technology and defence group EDGE, has acquired OryxLabs, a cybersecurity company based in the UAE for an undisclosed...

Edge OryxLabs cybersecurity

Egypt

Egypt’s TFK acquires Opio to create all-in-one ecosystem

Egypt-based fashion e-commerce marketplace The Fashion Kingdom (TFK) has acquired OPIO, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) fashion brand, for an...

Opio TFK The Fashion Kingdom

U.A.E

NymCard acquires Spotii

UAE-based fintech NymCard has acquired Spotii, a buy now pay later startup that was initially acquired by Australia's...

Spotii NymCard Exit

Egypt

The Greek Campus merges with MQR

The Greek Campus has announced a merger with MQR, a facilities management services provider. This merger will enable both parties to...

Greek Campus MQR

Saudi Arabia

Floranow acquires Saudi Arabia's Bloomax

UAE-based B2B floral marketplace Floranow has fully acquired KSA’s wholesale distributor of fresh-cut flowers Bloomax, with the...

Floranow Bloomax

Saudi Arabia

Saudi healthtech Integrative Health acquires Nala

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Integrative Health has acquired Nala, another Saudi healthtech, for an unknown sum. Founded in 2019 by...

Integrative Health Nala healthtech

Kuwait

ZainTech acquires UAE-based Adfolks

UAE-based ZainTech, part of telecoms provider Zain Group, has acquired cloud-native engineering firm, Adfolks. The acquisition is...

ZainTech Adfolks

Jordan

UAE’s EDGE acquires majority stake in MARS Robotics

UAE-based advanced technology and defence group EDGE, has acquired a majority stake (80 per cent) in Jordanian autonomous robotic...

Edge Mars Robotics

U.A.E

Australia’s RTE acquires Galaxy Racer, rebrands new entity as Celestial

Australia-based Riva Technology and Entertainment Limited (RTE), a subsidiary of MSM Corporation International Limited, has fully...

RTE Galaxy Racer GXR

U.A.E

Belgium’s Deliverect acquires UAE’s ChatFood

Belgium-based food delivery software provider Deliverect has acquired UAE-based foodtech ChatFood, for an unknown amount. Founded in...

Deliverect ChatFood f&b

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