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| 06.05.2026 | Siin: $3 Million Raised To Scale Live Commerce Platform Across The Gulf | Siin, a Riyadh-based live shopping marketplace focused on the MENA region, announced new funding that brings its total capital raised to $3 million, according to Entrepreneur. The round was led by VentureSouq and Shift Group, with participa... |
| 09.01.2026 | VentureSouq led $2 M Seed investment raised by MilkStraw AI | AI-powered cloud optimisation startup MilkStraw AI has raised $2 million in seed funding in a round led by VentureSouq, with participation from Ibtikar Fund and M Capital.
Founded in 2023, MilkStraw AI was built to simplify cloud optimisati... |
| 03.11.2025 | Angel Rising Returns for Its 9th Edition in Abu Dhabi Building on COP28 momentum, Angel Rising channels capital into climatetech solutions addressing food, water, and energy resilience. | startAD, the Abu Dhabi–based global accelerator powered by Tamkeen and anchored at NYU Abu Dhabi, together with VentureSouq, the GCC-based venture capital firm, will hold the ninth edition of the Angel Rising Investor Symposium at ADGM on N... |
| 27.09.2025 | Tech Innovation Forum 2025: MENA Entrepreneurs and Investors Redefining Business and Society Insights from The Tech Innovation Forum 2025 by Entrepreneur Middle East on the tangible impact of bold ide... | The Tech Innovation Forum 2025, staged by BNC Publishing with the support of in5 Dubai and Virtuzone, gathered trailblazing entrepreneurs and innovators to showcase how they transformed business, society, and everyday life in the MENA regio... |
| 24.09.2025 | VentureSouq Closes $50 Million FinTech Fund II to Accelerate MENA Startup Growth | VentureSouq, a leading GCC-based venture capital firm, has announced the successful closing of its second FinTech fund (FinTech Fund II), raising $50 million to support early-stage fintech and SaaS startups across the Middle East and North ... |
| 19.09.2025 | Fintech Wadaie closes Seed funding from VentureSouq | Saudi fintech startup Wadaie has closed its seed funding round led by VentureSouq, with participation from Graphene Ventures, RZM Investments, Arab National Bank, and Alinma Bank.
The new funding will be deployed to strengthen regulatory co... |
| 17.09.2025 | VentureSouq Closes $50M FinTech Fund II, Fuels MENA Innovation | VentureSouq, a prominent MENA venture capital firm, has successfully closed its second FinTech Fund, securing $50 million. This significant raise solidifies its role in accelerating the region's rapidly expanding FinTech and adjacent SaaS s... |
| 14.09.2025 | VentureSouq closes its second fintech fund with significant regional LP backing | VentureSouq, a GCC-based venture capital firm, announced the close of its second FinTech Fund (FinTech Fund II), reinforcing its position as a leading early-stage investor in the MENA region. The successful close marks a significant step fo... |
| 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... |
| 12.09.2025 | MENA Digest: Orbii, Fitting, PRYPCO bag funds; CredibleX secures $100-mn credit facility | Credit: 123RF.com
Early-stage funding rounds dominated funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week, with a slew of startups raising seed and pre-seed capital. The startups include Saudi Arabia-based fintech Orbii, ... |
| 10.09.2025 | VC firm VentureSouq marks final close of second fintech fund | VentureSouq's leadership team
VentureSouq, an early-stage venture capital firm in the Middle East, has marked the final close of its second fintech fund.
The Dubai-headquartered VC firm has raised the targeted $50 million for VentureSouq (V... |
| 05.09.2025 | Startup Funding: Tammer Qaddumi, Co-founder and General Partner, VentureSouq Tammer Qaddumi, co-founder and General Partner, VentureSouq, underscores the factors that build investor trust and sustaina... | This article is part of Startup Funding - Investor Insights Every Entrepreneur Needs by Entrepreneur Middle East, a series where the MENA region's leading venture capitalists share practical advice to help founders navigate the challenges o... |
| 12.07.2025 | Nawy invests in Dubai’s SmartCrowd to enter GCC proptech market | e&-backed Nawy has entered the GCC market with a strategic majority stake in SmartCrowd, the region’s first regulated platform enabling fractional property investments.
The move strengthens Nawy’s bid to become the definitive PropTech l... |
| 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... |
| 16.05.2025 | Nawy Raises $52M in Series A Funding | Nawy, a Cairo, Egypt-based developer of an end to end platform providing an experience for prospective buyers, sellers and investors in the real estate space, raised $52M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Partech, with participation... |
| 05.05.2025 | erad secures $16 M Pre-series A to bridge SME credit gap in MENA | erad, the Riyadh-headquartered alternative financing platform for SMEs, has successfully raised $16 million [SAR 60 million] in a Pre-Series A round to accelerate its growth and expand its operations in Saudi Arabia and beyond. The round wa... |
| 01.05.2025 | "We Got Funded!" KSA-Headquartered erad's US$16 Million Pre-Series A Round Backed by YCombinator and VentureSouq erad is a financing platform that helps SMEs access Shariah-compliant working... | erad, a Saudi Arabia-based alternative financing platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has raised US$16 million in a pre-Series A round. The round was backed by a plethora of well-known global and regional venture capital (VC) f... |
| 12.12.2024 | Fintech Abu Dhabi: A Beacon of Innovation in the Financial Landscape | Fintech Abu Dhabi has emerged as a vibrant hub for financial innovation, drawing global leaders and innovators to the heart of the UAE. The eighth edition of this festival, part of Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW), showcased the dynamic interp... |
| 12.12.2024 | Fintech Abu Dhabi Unites Global Tech Leaders, Reaffirms Abu Dhabi as a Hub for Financial Innovation | ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fintech Abu Dhabi returned for its highly anticipated eighth edition, reinforcing its status as the Middle East's biggest fintech festival. Part of Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW), the flagship ev... |
| 08.10.2024 | Unlocking the Global Impact of Emirati Women through Innovation Research shows that while women in the UAE are eager to lead and innovate, many remain confined to local markets. | Emirati women in the UAE have long proven their ability to invest and lead with impact. They constitute over 90% of all female holdings on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, and the number of commercial licenses owned by Emirati women conti... |
| 16.09.2024 | Asia Digest: Pathao raises $12m for fintech push; GIC sells Hilton hotel in Japan | Bangladeshi startup Pathao has raised $12 million in its pre-Series B funding round while Singapore’s GIC has sold a Hilton hotel property in Japan. Bangladesh’s Pathao raises $12m, shifts to fintech
Bangladeshi consumer technology startup ... |
| 15.09.2024 | Bangladesh’s Pathao Secures $12m in Pre-Series B Funding, Expands Into Fintech | Listen to this article
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Bangladeshi consumer technology provider Pathao has announced raising $12 million in a pre-Series B funding round as the company shifts its focus towards fintech.
The latest investment bring... |
| 13.09.2024 | Amman Seed Program’s sixth cohort graduates, Flat6Labs celebrates | Flat6Labs held its sixth Demo Day in Amman on September 4, 2024. Seven startups were honored at the Demo Day for successfully completing Cycle 6 of the Amman Seed Program. The startups, which originated in Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, and Leban... |
| 16.04.2024 | LunaJoy Health Launches 'LunaCare' for Women's Mental Health, Secures Funding to Fuel Expansion | LunaJoy was founded in 2021.
The company has closed $6.6M to date, with backing from a consortium of investors
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In order to expand the company's capabilities and close disparities in... |
| 27.09.2022 | Brief: Nigeria’s Vendease secures $30m Series A as it automates food supply in Africa | Vendease, a Nigerian fresh and processed food procurement platform on a mission to automate food supply in Africa, just secured $30 million in a Series A round that includes $20 million in equity and $10 million in debt.
The equity round wa... |
| 10.02.2022 | Shifting Gears: How Startups Are Cleaning Up Transportation In India | By Abhirat Shinde |
| 07.01.2022 | Closing seed round enables Swae to expand its scalable innovation and decision-making platform | Swae Platform "The Swae team has built a powerful tech-enabled product to meet this “future of work” that is required while driving innovation at the same time."
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (PRWEB) January 07, 2022
Swae, a Vancouv... |
| 04.12.2021 | Founders need to uncouple their own idea from its creator | All founders want their companies to thrive without them, but the readiness to act on that awareness continues to be one of the more uncomfortable conversations within today’s market. After all, the glorification of founders (and our consta... |
| 10.11.2021 | Immensa secures $7 million Series A funding to expand capabilities in the Middle East | United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based 3D printing bureau Immensa Technology Labs has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round.
The funding round was led by energy investment firm Energy Capital Group (ECG), Al Turki Ventures, and other prom... |
| 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.
The eq... |
| 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.
The equ... |
| 27.05.2021 | Reflections Post #StayingHome: Looking Back On Building A Conscious Investing Movement In The MENA Region | May 27, 2021 4 min read
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| 05.07.2020 | We're In This Together: Business Resources, Offers, And More For MENA Entrepreneurs To Get Through The Coronavirus Pandemic | July 5, 2020 15+ min read
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It’s safe to say that it’s been a tough couple of days for all of us in the MENA region, as we grapple with the adverse eff... |
| 25.06.2020 | Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, Michael Seibel | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa.
Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa, has raised a... |
| 25.06.2020 | Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, Michael Seibel | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa.
Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa, has raised an... |
| 24.06.2020 | Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, and Michael Seibel | Share this article:
Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa, has raised an undisclosed round of investment.
Founded in 2018, Wallets Africa makes it easy for users to transact across Africa with an app and a card. According to founder and ... |
| 18.06.2019 | Proptech startup GuestReady raises CHF 6M | |
| - | Saudi Arabia-Based Digital Media Startup Telfaz11 Raises US$9 Million Series A | Junio 18, 2018 6 min de lectura
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Telfaz11, a Saudi Arabia-based digital media company w... |
| - | VentureSouq launches $50m Mena fintech fund | Venture capital firm VentureSouq has launched a $50 million fund focused on fintech across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region and Pakistan.
The fund will invest in early stage fintech and SaaS companies focussed on areas such as... |
