Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Velents enters Bahrain through strategic partnership with stc Bahrain

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Velents has expanded into Bahrain through a strategic partnership with stc Bahrain, signed on the...

Velents AI STC

U.A.E

Phoenix Venture Partners leads $3.5 million round in UAE fintech Sav

UAE-based consumer fintech Sav has raised $3.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Abu Dhabi-based Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP),...

Sav Phoenix Venture Partners Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Salla acquires Saudi payments company Paylink

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform Salla has acquired Saudi fintech Paylink as part of its strategy to expand its financial services...

Paylink Salla

Saudi Arabia

Saudi autotech Syarah raises $12 million from Impact46

Saudi Arabia-based autotech startup Syarah has raised $12 million in a new funding round from Impact46 to expand its online marketplace...

Syarah Impact46

Saudi Arabia

Rwaj raises $1.2 million to scale live shopping marketplace

Saudi Arabia-based live shopping startup Rwaj has raised $1.2 million (SAR 4.5 million) in a pre-Seed funding round to scale its social...

Rwaj

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AQAR plans up to $480,000 strategic investment in Syria’s Doushesh

Saudi Arabia-based real estate platform AQAR has signed a memorandum of understanding with Syrian classifieds company Doushesh for a...

Doushesh aqar

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Nayla lands $18 million to expand micro-business financing

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nayla has secured approximately $18 million in a pre-Series A round, comprising a mix of equity and debt...

Nayla Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Sirdab raises $10 million Series A to expand across GCC

Saudi Arabia-based logistics startup Sirdab has raised $10 million (SAR 37.5 million) in Series A funding, co-led by PIF-backed digital...

Sirdab Logistics BECO Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi FlyAkeed secures $25.15 million to scale enterprise travel platform

Saudi Arabia-based corporate traveltech platform FlyAkeed has secured SAR 94.3 million ($25.15 million) in growth funding, combining an...

FlyAkeed traveltech Sanabil Investments

U.A.E

COFE Tech closes pre-IPO round at $178 million valuation

Kuwait-founded enterprise technology company COFE Tech, formerly COFE App, has closed a pre-IPO funding round at a $178 million...

COFE Wa'ed Ventures

Bahrain

BitOasis names Jonathan Rigg CEO to lead next phase of growth

Press release: BitOasis, a CoinDCX company and one of the Middle East and North Africa's pioneer and leading regulated digital asset...

BitOasis

U.A.E

Enhance raises $18.2 million in equity-debt round

GCC-based fitness technology company Enhance has raised $18.2 million in equity and venture debt, with Global Ventures participating in...

Enhance healthtech Stride Ventures

Egypt

3C Coding School raises $3 million seed for Saudi expansion

Egypt-based edtech startup 3C Coding School has raised $3 million in a seed round led by MRG Economic Group, with participation from...

3C Coding School MRG Economic Group

Egypt

Jordan’s Abwaab acquires Egyptian edtech Eduact

Jordan-based edtech Abwaab has acquired the Egyptian education technology startup Eduact for an undisclosed amount, expanding its...

abwaab Eduact EdTech

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in AI retention startup Churn Solution

Ibtikar Fund has made a Seed investment in Palestine-based Churn Solution, an AI-powered customer retention platform for...

Churn Solution Ibtikar Fund

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Remedium secures $1.5 million to expand sustainability accounting

Saudi Arabia-based climatetech startup Remedium has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Seed round led by Kaltaire Investments. Founded in...

Remedium Climatetech Kaltaire Investments

Syria

Arada partners with Syrian Sovereign Fund on $7 billion joint venture project

UAE-based real estate developer Arada has entered Syria through a joint venture with the state-owned Syrian Sovereign Fund to develop a...

Arada Syrian Sovereign Fund

Saudi Arabia

Arabic.AI secures strategic investment from HUMAIN

Arabic.AI has secured a strategic investment from Saudi Arabia-based HUMAIN, a PIF company, as part of a partnership to expand Arabic...

Humain Arabic AI Tarjama

Saudi Arabia

Aajil Capital secures CMA licence for investment management in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based Aajil Capital, a sister firm to industrial financing platform Aajil, has received a Capital Market Authority (CMA)...

Aajil Capital

Saudi Arabia

Saudi AI startup Gaia secures $1.5 million to scale enterprise platform

Saudi Arabia-based enterprise AI startup Gaia has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Seed round led by Seedra Ventures. Founded in 2026 by...

Gaia Seedra Ventures

Saudi Arabia

LEAP 2026 opens in Riyadh for its fifth edition

LEAP 2026 opens in Riyadh on 31 August for its fifth edition, bringing together global technology companies, investors, founders and...

LEAP 26

U.A.E

Oro raises $3 million to scale AI-powered financial execution platform

UAE-based financial AI platform Oro has raised $3 million in a strategic funding round co-led by MH Ventures and Mapleblock Capital,...

M2M Capital Oro MH Ventures

U.A.E

GMNSM raises $2 million for GCC and European expansion

UAE-based martial arts and holistic education company GMNSM has raised $2 million in funding from VEYRA Capital and a private...

GMNSM

U.A.E

Swvl secures $13 million investment led by Sawiris-backed Coefficient

Dubai-headquartered mobility company Swvl has secured a $13 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) led by US investment firm...

Swvl Sawiris Coefficient

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