| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.07.2026 | In recent accelerator cohort, 500 Global and Sanabil support eight startups | 500 Global, a multi-stage venture capital firm, and Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announce the eleventh batch of the Sanabil Accelerator by 500 Global, a hybrid program supporting early-sta... |
| 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... |
| 30.06.2026 | 1001 Raises $30M in Series A Funding | 1001, a GCC- and London, UK-based developer of sovereign artificial intelligence operating systems for critical infrastructure, raised $30m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Lux Capital, with participation from PIF-owned Sanabil Inv... |
| 20.01.2026 | International appetite for Saudi Arabia VC is growing, fintech leading the way: Analyst | Monday - Friday: 12:00 - 13:00 SIN/HK | 0600 - 07:00 CET |
| 25.10.2025 | MENA Digest: Property Finder, Qashio ink M&As; Nine startups get funding | A view of Dubai | Credit: Reuters/Christopher Pike
Dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week was propelled by proptech firm Property Finder, which invested in Mubadala-backed digital real estate investment pla... |
| 21.10.2025 | Nuxera AI Secures $2.5M to Revolutionize Arabic Healthcare with AI | Saudi healthtech startup Nuxera AI has raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Sanabil Venture Studio in partnership with Redesign Health. This investment aims to accelerate the development of Nuxera’s Arabic-first AI platfor... |
| 21.10.2025 | KLIQ, a Saudi Arabia AI marketing platform, secures $2.25M in a seed funding round | KLIQ, Saudi Arabia’s pioneering AI-driven influencer marketing platform, has successfully raised $2.25 million in a seed funding round. The investment was led by Sanabil Venture Studio, a subsidiary of Sanabil Investments, in partnership wi... |
| 19.10.2025 | KLIQ Nets $2.25M to Scale AI-Driven Creator Marketing in Saudi Arabia | KLIQ, a Saudi-built influencer marketing platform powered by proprietary AI, said it raised $2.25 million in seed funding led by Sanabil Venture Studio, a subsidiary of Sanabil Investments, in partnership with corporate venture builder Stry... |
| 09.10.2025 | Saudi Healthtech Startup Nuxera AI Raises US$2.5 Million in Pre-Seed Round Deal is step towards AI in healthcare. | Saudi healthtech startup Nuxera AI has raised US$2.5 million in a pre-seed funding round, marking a major step forward for Arabic-language artificial intelligence in healthcare. The round was led by Sanabil Venture Studio, in partnership wi... |
| 23.09.2025 | Eleven startups supported by Orbit’s Sanabil Accelerator to promote innovation in MENA | Eleven startups from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, and Hong Kong were featured by Orbit’s Sanabil Accelerator. These startups are developing solutions to address important issues in the region’s education, ... |
| 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... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| 14.09.2025 | Orbii closes $3.6 M Seed funding to unlock $1 B in SME financing by 2026 | Orbii, the Saudi-based embedded credit infrastructure platform, has raised $3.6 million in a seed funding round led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from VentureSouq, DASH Ventures, Taz Investments, and Sanabil 500.
Founded in 2024, O... |
| 26.08.2025 | MENA Tech Surge: Gathern's $72M Ignites IPO Path, Regional Startups Thrive | MENA tech thrives. Saudi's Gathern secured $72M, nearing IPO. The vacation rental giant dominates its market. Other startups also attracted significant capital. Saudi gaming studios Starvania and Fahy landed investments. UAE's Professional.... |
| 23.08.2025 | Ahead of Tadawul’s IPO, Gathern raises $72 M in Series B funding | Gathern, Saudi Arabia’s leading vacation rental platform, has raised $72 million in a Series B round led by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), with participation from STV, Pinnacle Capital, N... |
| 22.08.2025 | MENA Digest: Saudi’s Gathern, UAE’s Professional.me, Morocco’s Hypeo AI get funding | Credit: 123RF.com
Gathern, a Saudi Arabian vacation rental marketplace platform, led startup funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week, raising an eight-digit pre-IPO round.
Several other startups raised e... |
| 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... |
| 16.05.2025 | MENA Digest: Egypt's Nawy, Saudi startup WakeCap bag big Series A cheques | The Nawy team
Nawy, an Egyptian proptech startup that offers a full stack of the real estate ecosystem, led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week, securing growth capital from top venture capital funds in the... |
| 03.02.2025 | Debt crowdfunding platform Lendo raised $690 M facility from J.P. Morgan | Lendo, Saudi Arabia’s top debt crowdfunding platform, has landed a USD 690 million (SAR 2.6 billion) warehouse under J.P. Morgan’s leadership. Fintech Saudi is supporting this milestone, which highlights the expansion of the fintech industr... |
| 30.01.2025 | New MENA-focused fund launched by 500 Global | Leading international venture capital firm 500 Global today announced the opening of 500 MENA, L.P. (the “Fund”), a new fund devoted to funding high-growth technology startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, both from wit... |
| 24.01.2025 | New 500 Global Fund Led by Amjad Ahmad to Support MENA's Tech Startup Ecosystem "The product or service must offer a distinct advantage over existing alternatives. It is insufficient to be merely... | 500 Global has launched 500 MENA a new fund dedicated to investing in high-growth technology startups across the MENA region, from both outside and inside the current portfolio of 500 Global. Formerly known as 500 Startups, 500 Global is a ... |
| 09.01.2025 | Funding Frenzy: A Surge in Innovative Ventures Across the Globe | The world of startups is a bustling marketplace, where ideas collide and fortunes are made. Recent funding rounds highlight a vibrant ecosystem, brimming with potential. From sustainable agriculture to cutting-edge healthcare, the landscape... |
| 08.01.2025 | Deals in brief: Xnergy and HiFeed secure funding, Anthropic nears completion of USD 2 billion round, China’s Weimai raises Series D funding, and more | Xnergy secures investment from Woori Venture Partners
Xnergy, a Singapore-based company specializing in high-power wireless charging solutions, has received an undisclosed investment from South Korean venture capital firm Woori Venture Part... |
| 27.12.2024 | The 100: Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, Co-founder, and CEO of Tamara The 100: A Definite Guide to Success | Abdulmageed Alsukhan is the CEO & Co-Founder of Tamara. Before launching Tamara, he co-founded Habli in 2017, a Saudi-based logistics provider for grocery delivery, which was acquired in the same year by Nana. Alsukhan has a BA in finan... |
| 12.11.2024 | Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed Bolsters Biotechnology Portfolio, Announces New Investments "KBW Ventures is primarily investing in technologies that lead the pack or somehow stand out in the field.&q... | KBW Ventures founder and CEO HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud announced new KBW Ventures' investments in bioscience and biotechnology during the four day investment summit Future Investment Initiative (FII) 2024 in Riyadh.
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| 18.09.2024 | DeltaStream's $15M Boost: A New Era for Real-Time Data Processing | In the bustling tech landscape of Menlo Park, California, DeltaStream has emerged as a beacon of innovation. The company recently secured $15 million in Series A funding, a financial shot in the arm that promises to reshape the realm of rea... |
| 18.09.2024 | DeltaStream: Serverless Stream Processing Company Secures $15 Million (Series A) | Serverless stream processing platform DeltaStream announced it had raised $15 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Galaxy Interactive, and Sanabil Investments. This funding will accelerate the company’s vision o... |
| 17.09.2024 | DeltaStream Raises $15M in Series A Funding | DeltaStream, a Menlo Park, CA-based provider of a serverless stream processing platform, raised $15M in Series A funding.
Backers included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Galaxy Interactive and Sanabil Investments.
The company intends to u... |
| 06.08.2024 | Saudi Unicorns: Makkah-Based Salla Aims To Become The Go-To Platform For All E-Commerce Needs In KSA And Beyond "Today, we are extremely proud that Salla merchants have sold over SAR21 billion wo... | This article is part of a series covering enterprises that have been a part of the Saudi Unicorns Program, a national program by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), National Technology Development Program (NTDP... |
| 18.03.2024 | Edtech Classera acquired Expert Solutions to broaden educational offerings | Classera, the top edtech business in the area, has purchased Expert Solutions for Information Technology, the most well-known business in the Middle East with over 20 years of experience that specializes in ERP systems for education.
In the... |
| 22.06.2023 | Andreessen Horowitz creates ‘Perennial’ evergreen fund amid market slowdown | Andreessen Horowitz, the storied venture firm known for being an early investor in some of the biggest tech companies (including Airbnb, Coinbase and GitHub), has created a new fund to continue growing its business despite the slowdown in t... |
| 27.10.2022 | CLASSERA CLOSES ONE OF THE LARGEST EDTECH SERIES A GLOBALLY, A $40M ROUND LED BY SANABIL | Established in Silicon Valley with an Emerging Markets Focus, Classera is the largest Edtech company in MENA and most of sub-Saharan Africa, educating millions in more than 30 countries.
Investment round led by Sanabil Investments, wholly-o... |
| 28.04.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Middle East in the money as Foodics gets $170m, Red Sea Farms nets $19m | This week, UAE-based Foodics landed Series C funding to bolster its order management and fintech platform for restaurants. In neighboring Saudi Arabia, Red Sea Farms raised funds to expand its greenhouse tech that leverages saltwater to cul... |
