Egypt Cairo-based ArqamFC gets acquired by UK’s StatsBomb Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based sports data startup ArqamFC has been acquired by English football analytics company StatsBomb, the... News • 08 May, 2019 football Statistics acquisition
Tunisia Tunisia’s InstaDeep raises $7 million in Series A funding Source: Disrupt Africa Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) startup InstaDeep has raised US$7 million in Series A funding from... News • 12 May, 2019 news Investment AI
Egypt Cairo-based Odiggo raises $180,000 in seed funding Source: MenaBytes Odiggo, a Cairo-based ecommerce marketplace for auto spare parts has raised $180,000 as seed funding at the valuation... News • 07 May, 2019 spare parts cars
U.A.E Abu Dhabi Investment Office launches Dh535 million fund The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) announced today that it has launched the Dh535 million Ghadan Ventures Fund to support Abu... Yasmeen Nabil • 07 May, 2019 fund Venture Capital startups
Oman Oman’s eMushrif raises $1 million pre-Series A Source: MenaBytes Muscat-based eMushrif has raised $1 million in a pre-Series A funding round, the startup announced today. The... News • 06 May, 2019 pre-Series A Investment smart
Regional Kitab Sawti raises $6 million in Series A Sweden-based Kitab Sawti, the world’s largest Arabic audiobook platform, has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round from... Yasmeen Nabil • 05 May, 2019 audio books arabic
U.A.E Souq becomes Amazon.ae in the UAE Source: The National Amazon and Souq on Wednesday announced the launch of Amazon.ae, which replaces souq.com in the UAE nearly two years... News • 01 May, 2019 news Amazon Souq.com
U.A.E Dubai-based Kerning Cultures raises $460,000 in seed funding Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based Kerning Cultures has raised $460,000 as seed funding, becoming the first ventured backed podcast network... News • 01 May, 2019 seed-fund podcast Investment
Regional Arab youth drive e-commerce growth The youth of the Arab world are becoming far more comfortable with making purchases online, with 71 per cent of those aged 18-24 across the... Yasmeen Nabil • 01 May, 2019 Youth Arab youth E-commerce
U.A.E Dubai-based Searchie raises $2 million Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based recruitment platform Searchie has raised $2 million in seed funding led by two family offices who have... News • 29 April, 2019 Investment news Dubai
U.A.E Dubai-based Jump The Q secures a Pre-seed funding round Source: Magniit Jump the Q, a Dubai based tech startup has successfully secured a pre-seed funding round of an undisclosed amount from... News • 28 April, 2019 pre-Seed Funding tech
Jordan Mejuri raises $23 million Series B Source: MenaBytes Toronto-based direct-to-consumer jewelry startup Mejuri has raised $23 million in Series B led by New Enterprise... News • 28 April, 2019 Investment jewelry series B
Saudi Arabia Foodics closes bridge round Source: MenaBytes Foodics, a Saudi startup that provides cloud-based point of sale solutions to food and beverage businesses... News • 16 April, 2019 f&b Bridge round
Bahrain Property Finder acquires Bahrain Property World Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based Property Finder’s shopping spree of regional property websites doesn’t seem to be ending... News • 16 April, 2019 Acqusition property
Bahrain Inagrab secures funding from Faith Capital Source: StartUp Bahrain The Bahraini startup, Inagrab, a company with a vision to help as many businesses scale using innovative... News • 16 April, 2019 kuwait Seed funding
Egypt MerQ closes its seed funding round Egypt-based artificial intelligence (AI) company MerQ has closed its seed financing round from Ahmed Kamal Selim, a financial investor,... News • 14 April, 2019 chatbot AI Investment
Saudi Arabia Saudi-based Haseel raises investment Source: Menabytes Riyadh-based mobile-only fresh fruits and vegetables ecommerce platform Haseel has raised an undisclosed sum of... News • 12 April, 2019 E-commerce Investment Fruits
U.A.E BECO Capital invests in Shedul's Series B Source: Menabytes Shedul, a London-headquartered salon and spa booking platform that has a big presence in the region through one its... News • 12 April, 2019 Investment Booking Dubai
U.A.E UAE’s Bayut acquires real estate portal Lamudi Source: The National UAE property listings and research company Bayut acquired Lamudi, a rival portal owned by Middle East Internet... News • 10 April, 2019 acquisition Real-estate tech
U.A.E YaLLa Esports secures seed funding Source: Startup MGZN YaLLa Esports, an esports organisation in the MENA region, has completed and secured a seed funding round from... News • 09 April, 2019 esports Funding Invesmtment
Regional Property Finder set to Acquire JRD Group Source: Benzinga Middle East real estate classifieds website Property Finder has signed an agreement to acquire its competitor JRD... News • 08 April, 2019 properties Acqusition
U.A.E AWOK.com closes US$30 million series A funding Source: Zawya The UAE mass market e-commerce platform AWOK.com- has closed its first external round of financing to pursue its... News • 08 April, 2019 E-commerce Funding Series A
U.A.E ProTenders raises $3 million in pre-series A Dubai-based ProTenders, a construction intelligence and procurement company, has secured $3 million in its pre-Series A funding, led by a... Yasmeen Nabil • 08 April, 2019 pre-Series A fund Investment
U.A.E Oliv raises $2 million in Series A Oliv, the UAE-based careers platform connecting employers with young talent, has closed $2 million Series A funding round led by the... News • 07 April, 2019 Investment Funding round