The AFD also known as the French Agency for Development has managed to secure roughly about EUR 50 million which is roughly a $58.7M credit line for MSMEDA also known as Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Agency. Their aim is to promote women’s entrepreneurship across Egypt and that’s...
The popular customer engagement platform from Riyadh, Unifonic has managed to raise about $125M in a Series B round. The series B funding round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Public Investment Fund’s subsidiary Sanabil Investments. The announcement didn’t share any specific details on valuation. This specific...
Getir is been popular very recently for offering 10-minute grocery delivery. This Istanbul-based platform is turning into a revolutionized grocery delivery platform and they deliver about 1,500 items every day to the customers. Their delivery system is active 24 hours a week and they offer their fast delivery option...
It was announced that the Dhaka-based SaaS startup, Alice Labs has raised $500K up in a seed financing round. The startup offers a multi-channel client care answer for online organizations and that’s not all. The round was led by Anchor-less Bangladesh and joined by HOF Capital. It is the...
It was announced today that the popular Kuwaiti beauty eCommerce platform Boutiqaat has been freed from the money laundering case they’ve been fighting against. The entire case was dismissed after finding pretty much no evidence of any illegal activities regarding money laundering by the public prosecution. They’ve been under...
Tranglo, a Singapore-based fintech specialist, announced that it will expand its cross-border payment network for instant and direct transfers to over 30 e-wallets.
Tranglo is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was established in 2008. It also has offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Dubai, and London. This cross-border payment...
Savola Group is a publicly listed group in Saudi Arabia, and operates companies in both the food and retail industries. They have recently announced the launch of a Corporate Venture Capital Program.
The program is for the purpose of distributing innovative technologies, providing food and retail opportunities on a global...
Saudi Arabia-based insurance as a help (IaaS) stage that Eltizam has raised SAR2.5M which is roughly $666K through the crowdfunding platform ‘scopeer’. Established by Hani Al Malki (CEO) and Khaled Al Ahmadi (CTO), Eltizam hopes to digitize the nearby insurance business industry AI innovation. It offers insurance-related items crossing...
STEPPI, the UAE-based health and corporate wellness platform for its successful management of raising about $1.8M in its latest funding round. The funding round was powered by a new partnership with boutique health and fitness experts, Embody Fitness, based in London and Dubai. The funding round has welcomed Embody...
GIZ Egypt has announced a €100M which is roughly $120M subsidizing program "VC University", focusing on first-time investment (VC) reserves. It’s in association with Egyptian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA), Endure Capital, and Changelabs
The sole purpose of this year-long program will offer planned asset administrators mentor...
