It was announced that the UAE-based Edtech and Fintech startup Cashee has managed to raise about $1M in a Pre-seed funding round. The startup offers a digital platform along with providing prepaid cards to teens and kids that have a lot of useful features. It includes access for parents...
Aramco’s Wa’ed, Saudi’s entrepreneurship arm of oil and petroleum giant that they’ll be doubling their investment in and support of startups by the year 2023.
Wa’ed was launched back in 2011 and ever since they’ve been supporting over 90 startups via venture capital investments and loans. But they did vow...
It was announced today that the popular Sydney-settled fintech platform Zip has procured Middle Eastern ‘buy now pay later’ platform Spotii for a venture worth $20M. The cash will be paid in Zip's shares, cash, or a bit of both. As a feature of the arrangement, Spotii investors will...
A start-up based in UAE, XPLOR, which seeks to bring about massive change in the real estate and construction industries in MENA, has raised $3 million from Ayana Holding in a seed funding round.
The start-up was founded in 2015. It is a digital twin, 3D tech, and master planning tool which...
The MSA was selected by the ISSF because of its board experience in the industry, robust track record, global access, and deep roots in the East and China. And this new access to MSA’s resources will certainly allow the ISSF to develop themselves in a competitive and entrepreneurial ecosystem...
The Egypt-based online platform 'Masr Afdal' has already made its way into advancing and exporting Egyptian-made products to the worldwide market along with other plans. The founder and Egyptian business visionary Hamed El Ghool plans on putting Egypt on the worldwide online business map by interfacing with the local...
It was announced today by the popular South Korea government-backed funds of funds, KVIC aka Korean Venture Investment Company has recently started being committed to investing in VC Shorooq Partners’ Bedaya Fund which is an Abu Dhabi-based early-stage and that’s not all. It’s also notably the first fund from...
AlgoDriven, the UAE-based automotive data platform that has successfully managed to raise about $2M in its latest Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Global Ventures, the Dubai-based international VC, and recorded participation from Automotive Ventures, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm making their first international investment,...
The popular Egyptian Gaming startup Gamesbandy has gotten undisclosed Seed round support from Flat6labs Bahrain and Tamkeen. It is a popular gamer commercial center inside the MENA region, allowing access to clients to execute securely, offering trust and legitimacy to make deals and transactions. Gamesbandy at that point acquires...
Beginning a start-up company presents challenges, even in normal circumstances, but in 2020, and now in 2021, start-ups across the globe are suffering financially due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Within the UAE, many small businesses have already folded, have been put on hold or are struggling to...
