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Startup refers to new companies seeking to disrupt or innovate an industry using digital and technology.

Jahez
Jahez International, a leading Saudi-based food delivery and logistics platform, has announced a landmark agreement to acquire a 76.56% stake in Qatar's Snoonu for a staggering $245 million (SR 919 million). This strategic move, disclosed on the Saudi stock exchange, marks a significant consolidation in the GCC's rapidly evolving...
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Start-ups can be defined as companies or businesses that focus on one single product or service with the hopes of introducing it to the market. A start-up can be individually owned, or two or more investors can be its founder. The greatest challenge that most start-up businesses face is finding investors willing to...
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The popular trucking marketplace from Karachi Truck-It-In has managed to add $3M to its pre-seed round and that’s not all. They have raised the fund in an extension to close the round right around $4.5M which was announced very recently. The startup already claimed to be the largest ‘pre-seed...
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Egypt-based investment company EFG Hermes has announced their investment of $725M in Ignis Energia, a Spanish renewable energy specialist via the company’s private equity arm’s Vortex Energy Fund as a series of capital injections. And it will be deployed over the next few years under some conditions of course. It’s...
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JOI Gifts, the popular UAE-based and both MENA servicing online gifts marketplace has managed to successfully raise about $2.5M in their latest Series A funding round. This particular Series A funding round was led by Knuru Capital, the Dubai-based VC focused on FinTech and consumer marketplaces. The funding round...
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KUBE has been attracting some of the world’s foremost entrepreneurs and disruptors in the hospitality space ever since its establishment. It was both inspired and created by Michael Levie and David Keen and they have a single purpose which is to drive transformation by incubating and accelerating hospitality start-ups....
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Only as a side project of the Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize program, a multi-year procedure to channel enterprising personalities and financial backers towards creating various innovative solutions with a focus on Africa, the agri-tech prize is currently accepting applications. The Milken-Motsepe Prize is a worldwide competitive program for providing solutions...
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Antler Singapore is set to create a significant impact in the Middle East, North Africa (MENA), and Pakistan regions through its $60 million fund and comprehensive support programs. Antler Singapore has long been recognized as a pioneer in identifying and nurturing promising startups at the earliest stages of their journey....
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NOW, the Dubai-based fintech has already raised about $7M in a fresh fund round which was announced today. The round was led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures and was joined by investors including Wamda Commercial Bank of Dubai, Accion Venture Lab. Hambro Perks’ Oryx Fund, Knuru Capital, DIFC FinTech Fund,...
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E-FINANCE for Digital and Financial Investments, the first fintech platform in Egypt of their offer up to 14.5% of its capital in an IPO and that’s not all. The offer also involves listing its shares on the EGX in the final quarter of this year. E-FINANCE has already claimed to...