Wamda

Kuwait

Zain hosts Demo Day for regional startup accelerator Zain Great Idea

Kuwait's Zain Group hosted Demo Day for its flagship accelerator Zain Great Idea (ZGI), marking the final milestone of the programme...

Zain Zain Great Idea

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech SiFi raises $20 million Series A led by Ra’ed Ventures

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Simplified Financial Solutions Company (SiFi) has raised $20 million in a Series A round, led by Ra'ed...

SiFi Ra'ed Ventures

U.A.E

UAE startup ThrowMeNot secures $550k pre-seed

ThrowMeNot has raised $550,000 in a pre-seed round, led by Sheikh Ahmed bin Mana Al Maktoum. Founded in 2025 by Archie Rudyuk,...

ThrowMeNot

Egypt

Egypt introduces unified framework to support startups

Egypt has launched the "Egypt Startup Charter," the country’s first government-backed framework dedicated to startups...

Egypt’s Startup Charter

U.A.E

InvestSky expands into Saudi Arabia following $4 million seed round

UAE-based fintech InvestSky has officially expanded into Saudi Arabia after raising a $4 million seed round and receiving a Financial...

InvestSky Emkan Capital

Saudi Arabia

Safqah Capital lands $15.2 million in seed round

Safqah Capital, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech/proptech platform, has raised $15.2 million in a seed round, led by Shorooq, with...

Safqah Capital Shorooq anb Seed Fund

Egypt

Egypt’s Tactful AI raises $1 million pre-Series A to scale agentic CX

Tactful AI, an Egyptian-born CX platform focused on agentic AI, has raised $1 million in a pre-Series A round to build infrastructure...

Jordan

Jordan’s Alefredo EdTech acquires UK's Tutor House in $600,000 deal

Jordan's Alefredo EdTech has acquired UK-based tutoring platform Tutor House in a deal valued at $600,000. The transaction is...

Tutor House Alefredo EdTech

Saudi Arabia

MUHIDE closes Series A round backed by Asyad Group

Saudi Arabia-based fintech MUHIDE has closed a Series A funding round with Asyad Group for an unknown amount. Founded in 2023 by...

MUHIDE Asyad Group

Saudi Arabia

Mersal Media Capital secures $1.3 million in first funding round

Saudi Arabia-based media-focused investment platform Mersal Media Capital (MMS) has raised $1.3 million (SAR 5 million) in its...

Mersal Media Capital

Qatar

Shorooq deepens Doha roots as Snoonu founder backs its growth and AI funds

UAE-based investment firm Shorooq has announced that Hamad Al-Hajri, Founder of Snoonu, will invest across two of the firm’s...

Shorooq Snoonu

Qatar

Qatar’s SkipCash raises $4 million Series A

Qatar-based fintech platform SkipCash has raised $4 million in a Series A round to scale its smart payments infrastructure and expand...

SkipCash Fintech Qatar Development Bank

Saudi Arabia

Viero secures $1.2 million to build a fintech operating layer for logistics

Saudi-based fleet and logistics platform Viero has raised $1.2 million in seed funding to build a unified operating layer for...

Viero Logistics Watheeq Capital

U.A.E

CedarBridge begins deploying third private equity fund across the GCC

CedarBridge Partners has begun deploying capital from its third private equity vehicle, CedarBridge High Growth III (CBHG III),...

CedarBridge Partners Access Bridge Ventures

Qatar

Shorooq, PayLater sign MOU to explore institutional credit facility

UAE-based investment firm Shorooq has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PayLater during Web Summit Qatar to explore the...

Shorooq PayLater

U.A.E

AI hiring platform Qureos secures $5 million to scale across MENA

UAE-bassed HRtech Qureos has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Prosus Ventures and Salica Oryx Fund. The round also saw...

Qureos Prosus Ventures Salica Oryx Fund

U.A.E

Kitopi raises $50 million in growth capital led by EvolutionX

UAE-HQ Cloud Kitchens platform Kitopi has raised $50 million in a growth capital round led by EvolutionX (a private credit...

Kitopi EvolutionX foodtech

Lebanon

HAQQ Legal AI raises $3 million to digitise legal work at scale

Lebanon-based regtech HAQQ Legal AI has raised $3 million to date to accelerate the development and global rollout of its Legal AI and...

HAQQ Legal AI regtech

U.A.E

Shorooq launches $200 million late-stage growth fund backed by QIA

UAE-based investment firm Shorooq has launched a $200 million late-stage growth fund under its Qatalyst Series, backed by Qatar...

Shorooq QIA Web Summit Qatar 2026

Qatar

Qatar’s Hydrovest raises $275K to scale agritech production and expand into the UAE

Hydrovest Technology Trading and Contracting W.L.L, a Doha-based agritech company, has closed an investment round worth $275,000 (QAR 1...

Hydrovest agritech

U.A.E

Yozo.ai secures $1.7 million to build AI-native revenue engine for e-commerce merchants

UAE-based e-commerce AI startup Yozo.ai has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding, co-led by Access Bridge Ventures and...

Yozo.ai E-commerce Access Bridge Ventures

Morocco

Beltone joins $15 million Series A round in Moroccan proptech Yakeey

Morocco-based proptech Yakeey has raised $15 million in a Series A round, with Beltone Venture Capital joining as a strategic...

Yakeey Beltone Venture Capital

Jordan

Jordan's Abwaab acquires Egyptian edtech Apex Education

Jordan-based edtech platform Abwaab has acquired Apex Education, an Egypt-based college admissions advisory, for an undisclosed...

abwaab Apex Education

U.A.E

Arabic.AI partners with Stanford to launch the first holistic benchmark for Arabic AI models

Press release: Arabic.AI, the regional leader in Arabic artificial intelligence and enterprise technology solutions, today announced a...

Arabic.AI Stanford

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