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| 20.07.2026 | Think receives $8 M in Pre-seed capital as it prepares for GCC expansion | Think, the Saudi-based company building a new generation of intelligent, unified hardware and software infrastructure for artificial intelligence, today announced it has raised over $8 million in pre-seed funding, marking the largest AI inf... |
| 15.07.2026 | Think Raises $8 Million In MENA’s Largest AI Infrastructure Pre-Seed Round | Think, a Riyadh-based artificial intelligence infrastructure company, has closed an $8 million-plus pre-seed funding round, which the company and its backers describe as the largest AI infrastructure and deep-tech pre-seed round in the MENA... |
| 11.07.2026 | Almakhfi acquired by Noon Academy to bolster its Saudi edtech portfolio | Saudi edtech company Noon Academy has acquired Almakhfi, a digital platform specialising in preparation for the Qudurat and Tahsili examinations, in a move aimed at strengthening its AI-powered learning ecosystem and expanding its services ... |
| 02.07.2026 | 1001 raises $30 M in Series A funding to advance sovereign AI across GCC | 1001, a GCC- and London-based company building sovereign AI for critical infrastructure, today announced a $30 million Series A led by Lux Capital. PIF-owned Sanabil Investments, 9Yards and Hanabi joined the round, and existing backers Gene... |
| 19.05.2026 | Stitch Secures $25M to Revolutionize Global Financial Infrastructure | Stitch, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech innovator, has successfully raised $25 million in Series A funding. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led this significant round, marking its inaugural investment within the GCC region. This capital infusion br... |
| 14.05.2026 | Stitch: $25 Million Raised For Financial Infrastructure Platform | Stitch announced it has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, marking the venture firm’s first investment in the GCC region. The funding round brings Stitch’s total funding to $35 million. Existing investors Arb... |
| 14.05.2026 | Stitch Raises $25M in Series A Funding | Mohamed Oueida – Founder & CEO, Stitch (Photo: AETOSWire)
Stitch, a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based developer of a cloud-native operating system and core infrastructure layer for modern financial institutions, raised $25m in a Series A fundi... |
| 19.09.2025 | HALA completes historic Series B round, raises $157 M | HALA, Saudi Arabia’s leading fintech and provider of embedded financial services to micro, small and medium enterprises, has raised $157 million in a Series B investment round — officially one of the largest fintech Series B funding rounds ... |
| 19.09.2025 | MENA Digest: Saudi firms HALA, Bynow, Oman’s Rihal, others get funding | Credit: 123RF.com
HALA, Saudi Arabia’s leading fintech startup, propelled funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week, securing one of the region’s largest Series B funding rounds. The company secured nine-f... |
| 18.09.2025 | HALA: $157 Million Raised To Expand Fintech Services For Small Businesses Across the Middle East | HALA Holding, a leading fintech company based in Saudi Arabia, has announced the completion of a $157 million Series B funding round. This marks one of the most significant Series B investments in the region’s fintech sector. The round was ... |
| 09.08.2025 | Saudi AI startup Deep.SA secures $1.2 M Pre-seed funding | Deep.SA, a Saudi-based artificial intelligence startup, has successfully raised $1.2 million (SAR 4.5 million) in a pre-seed funding round. The investment was led by Tam Development and Raed Ventures, with participation from other investors... |
| 04.08.2025 | Saudi Arabia Leads MENA Startup Funding in First Half of 2025, Securing US$1.34 Billion | Saudi Arabia emerged as the most funded startup market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) during the first half of 2025, securing US$1.34 billion about 64 percent of the region’s total startup capital — according to data from MAGNiT... |
| 01.08.2025 | Stake in Foodics acquired by Kamco Invest | Kamco Invest, a leading regional non-banking financial powerhouse, has announced that its private equity division has acquired a stake in Foodics, one of the MENA region’s fastest-growing cloud-based restaurant technology and payments platf... |
| 22.07.2025 | Qlub Raises $30M in Funding | Qlub, a Dubai, UAE-based fintech company offering a payment system in restaurants, raised $30M in funding.
The round was led by Shorooq, and Cherry Ventures, with participation from strategic partners including e&, Mubadala Investments,... |
| 08.07.2025 | Octane, an Egyptian logistics and mobility startup, raises $5.2 million in seed funding | Egyptian logistics and mobility startup Octane has announced a successful $5.2 million seed funding round aimed at transforming how fleet operators manage fuel payments across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
The round was le... |
| 15.06.2025 | Sylndr, an Egyptian Online Car Retailer, has secured US $15.7 million in a Series A equity funding round | Sylndr, Egypt’s leading online used-car platform, has secured US $15.7 million in a Series A equity funding round, led by Development Partners International’s (DPI) Nclude Fund, with participation from Algebra Ventures, Nuwa Capital, Raed V... |
| 17.02.2025 | Top social e-commerce platform Taager raised $6.75 M Pre-series B funding | The $6.75 million pre-Series B funding round for Taager, the top social e-commerce platform in the MENA region, was completed. Norrsken22, an Africa-focused tech growth fund, led the round.The company will be able to support its expansion i... |
| 12.02.2025 | Taager's $6.75M Funding: A Catalyst for MENA's E-Commerce Revolution | In the heart of the Middle East, a digital storm is brewing. Taager, a social e-commerce platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has just secured $6.75 million in Pre-Series B funding. This investment is not just a financial boost; it’s a l... |
| 12.02.2025 | Taager Raises $6.75m Pre-Series B Round to Fuel Growth in MENA | Share this:
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| 18.12.2024 | "We Got Funded!" UAE-Based Wafeq Raises a US$7.5 Million Series A Funding Round to Offer its Digitized Accounting Tools to MENA SMEs Wafeq offers a cloud-based platform that automates manual... | Wafeq, a UAE-based platform that digitizes business accounting and finance practices particularly for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has raised US$7.5 million in a Series A round led by 9900 Capital, a UK-headquartered venture capital... |
| 13.12.2024 | Wafeq’s $7.5 M Series A round includes participation from Wamda Capital | Modern and user-friendly accounting platform Wafeq announced today that its $7.5 million Series A funding round (SAR 28 million) is now complete. Globally recognized accounting software executives and investors are involved in this investme... |
| 29.01.2024 | Weekly Economic Index: The Junta cuts ties with Ecowas, NIN in the diaspora, and Netflix’s largest Q4 ever | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso cut ties with ECOWAS
Claiming that ECOWAS has betrayed its members and people und... |
| 13.02.2023 | Austrian Speedinvest co-led $5M seed round for HRtech palm.hr | Austrian Speedinvest co-led $5M seed round for HRtech palm.hr
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| 02.12.2021 | Investors are clamoring for a slice of Egypt’s B2B logistics tech scene | With all the news of global supply chain challenges, it’s no wonder logistics and last-mile delivery services have become such big business in the agrifoodtech world. In Cairo, a city of 21 million people, it’s not just big: it’s huge.
“[We... |
| 16.07.2021 | Social ecommerce platform Taagar closes $6.4M round | Share this:
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| 24.06.2021 | Egypt’s Trella closes $42-million funding round | Cairo-based Trella, the fastest growing digital freight marketplace in MENAP, announced the successful completion of a $42-million funding round this week. This round comprises $30-million new equity and $12-million debt facilities.
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| 24.06.2021 | Egypt’s Trella closes $42-million funding round | Cairo-based Trella, the fastest growing digital freight marketplace in MENAP, announced the successful completion of a $42-million funding round this week. This round comprises $30-million new equity and $12-million debt facilities.
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| 07.04.2021 | "The Riyadh Techstars Accelerator" Program Will Open Applications On May 10 To Help Startups In The MENA Region | April 7, 2021 2 min read
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| 23.11.2018 | Egypt’s Swvl closes BECO Capital led Series-B round in the ‘tens of millions’ | Cairo-based transportation startup Swvl has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series-B funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital.
The startup — which was founded last year by Mostafa Kandil, Ahmed Sabbah and M... |
| 23.11.2018 | Egypt’s Swvl closes BECO Capital led Series-B round in the ‘tens of millions’ | Cairo-based transportation startup Swvl has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series-B funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital.
The startup — which was founded last year by Mostafa Kandil, Ahmed Sabbah and Ma... |
