Wamda

Morocco

Morocco's ABA Life secures $40 million investment from Admaius Capital Partners

Morocco-based healthtech company ABA Life has signed a $40 million investment agreement with pan-African private equity firm Admaius...

ABA Life Admaius Capital Partners

Egypt

Egypt's Tanmiya Capital closes $130 million fund backed by EIB, IFC and EBRD

Egypt-based private equity firm Tanmiya Capital Ventures (TCV) has announced the final close of its second fund at $130 million,...

Tanmiya Capital Ventures European Investment Bank EBRD

Egypt

Nahdet El Mahrousa and GIZ support 12 green scaleups with EGP 57.5 million

Egypt's Nahdet El Mahrousa and Germany's GIZ have marked the graduation of 12 green businesses from the GreenShift accelerator,...

GreenShift Summit 2026 GIZ Egypt Nahdet el Mahrousa

Oman

Oman's Phaze Ventures launches two AI funds targeting over $75 million

Oman-based Phaze Ventures has launched two venture capital funds targeting more than $75 million combined, securing over $40 million in...

Phaze Ventures Phaze Ventures Fund II Phaze Ventures Oman Fund

Egypt

Egyptian climatetech NoorNation secures $1.05 million seed funding

Egypt-based climatetech startup NoorNation has closed a $1.05 million seed funding round, backed by agribusiness group Linah Farms,...

NoorNation Linah Farms KBW Ventures

Egypt

DPI Venture Capital closes Nclude Fund at over $112 million

DPI Venture Capital has announced the final close of its Nclude Fund at over $112 million, to invest in technology startups across...

DPI Venture Capital Nclude

Qatar

Fadi Ghandour and Hamad Al Hajri to lead discussions at Doha's Downtown Tech Summit

Msheireb Properties and Inc. Arabia have announced the speaker lineup for the second Downtown Tech Summit, scheduled for November 17,...

Msheireb Properties Downtown Tech Summit Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Ajman Chamber prepares to launch Thara initiative for entrepreneurs and investors

Ajman Chamber will launch the Thara Investment and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem on October 29, 2026, during the inaugural Thara Connect...

Thara Connect Forum Thara Ajman Chamber

Regional

Madica secures $6 million to invest in up to 30 African startups

Africa-focused pre-seed investment programme Madica has secured an additional $6 million commitment from Flourish Ventures to extend its...

Madica Flourish Ventures

Global

Singapore's Rently secures $12 million credit facility to expand into UAE

Singapore-based proptech startup Rently has secured a $12 million growth credit facility from January Capital to expand its rental...

Rently Proptech January Capital

United States

YouTube allows in-video product sale for viewers in KSA, UAE and Egypt

YouTube is expanding its Shopping affiliate programme to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt, making it easier to buy products directly...

YouTube

United States

FinBursa unveils AI-native platform to streamline private markets operations

FinBursa has launched FinBursa 360, an AI-powered platform designed to integrate investment management workflows, deal execution,...

FinBursa FinBursa 360

Saudi Arabia

INVE raises $300,000 from Outliers VC to scale eventtech platform across GCC

Saudi Arabia-based eventtech startup INVE has raised $300,000 in a Pre-Seed funding round from Outliers VC, which previously served as...

INVE Outliers VC

U.A.E

UAE's Ziina secures central bank approvals for retail payments and exchange services

Press release: Ziina, the UAE’s homegrown consumer and business financial platform, has secured its Retail Payment Services...

Ziina CBUAE

U.A.E

BY Venture Partners closes $60 million Fund III to back AI startups

UAE-based venture capital firm BY Venture Partners has closed its third fund at $60 million, bringing its total assets under management...

BY Venture Partners

U.A.E

Female private capital leaders to convene in UAE for Berkana's Art of Capital

Press release: Berkana is bringing together 40 female single family office principals, investment decision-makers and entrepreneurs from...

Art of Capital Berkana

Egypt

MNT-Halan completes IPO as retail tranche attracts over 41,500 subscription orders

Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan has begun trading on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) under the ticker HALN.CA, following an initial public...

MNT-Halan ipo

Kuwait

theQA raises over $550,000 to scale AI-driven consumer research in Kuwait

Kuwait-based AI-powered market research startup theQA has raised more than $550,000 in a Pre-Seed funding round, backed by a Kuwaiti...

theQA

United States

Databuddy Analytics raises $500,000 from Y Combinator

US-based AI-powered analytics startup Databuddy Analytics has raised more than $560,000 in total funding, including $500,000 in Seed...

Databuddy Y Combinator Maza Ventures

U.A.E

CapQuest closes $1 million pre-Seed funding to expand globally

UAE-based fintech startup CapQuest has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed funding round, led by Oraseya Capital and AMKM Family Office, to...

CapQuest Oraseya Capital Fintech

Egypt

Egyptian proptech Aqar Exit attracts investment at $2 million valuation

Egypt-based proptech startup Aqar Exit has secured a $200,000 (EGP 10 million) investment from businessman Ayman Mamdouh Abbas,...

Aqar Exit Ayman Abbas

U.A.E

UAE healthtech Vitalls secures $1.5 million investment from EST Growmore

UAE-based healthtech startup Vitalls has secured a $1.5 million investment commitment from Singapore-based EST Growmore, the investment...

Vitalls healthtech EST Growmore

Egypt

Tactful AI attracts fresh investment from Hatem Dowidar ahead of 2027 Series A

Egypt-based AI startup Tactful AI has secured an undisclosed investment from Hatem Dowidar, former Group CEO of e&, as part of an...

AI Tactful AI

U.A.E

Nabta Health advances $3 million pre-Series A with backing from PVP

UAE-based healthtech startup Nabta Health has secured a fresh investment from Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP), which led the second close...

Nabta Health Phoenix Venture Partners healthtech

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