Retalio, the popular Saudi-based B2B E-trade commercial center startup has raised a $6.7M seed venture round very recently making them the biggest seed round speculation on record for a Saudi startup and that’s not all. The startup was led by Shorooq Partners and Abercross Holdings, and with the interest...
Despite decreasing funding in the African continent, Nigerian startups succeeded in raising their funding to $160 million in the first Q1. Four countries including Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt accounted for %87 of startup investments during Q1, and the founding breakdown showed, Nigeria is leader with $160 m...
Colendi, the popular Turkey-based micro-crediting and payment solution platform that has managed to successfully raise about $30M in its latest Series A funding round. The funding round was participated by several key international investors. However, the most remarkable investment was made of a $12M investment by previous Getir backers...
Investcorp Technology Partners aka ITP from Bahrain of their acquisition of all of the business and assets of MIR Limited which is the UK-based FinTech startup company. The startup works with innovative and award-winning payment platforms along with operating with e-wallet solutions as well.
Founded back in 2016, MIR Limited...
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...
A SaaS platform for employee engagement, Engagesoft, based in Jordan has announced a Pre-Seed investment in six-figures from angel investors based in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Engagesoft began its operation officially in Amman in the last quarter of 2020.
The start-up was founded by a team with a vast knowledge in...
One of the most popular ways marketers gain customers is by letting them test their products first. And that is done by giving them a sample product for them to test first and admire. And it’s still one of the most used methods to understand what their target consumers...
The global fintech and fund manager Liquidity Capital has announced its latest joint venture with Yas Investments from Dubai. While being focused on financing Tech startups from the MENA region, this latest partnership will culminate in a Venture Debt Fund of $100 Million in Abu Dhabi’s global markets.
Venture Debt...
Amenli, the YC-backed startup has managed to attract a $2.3M seed round investment for providing insurance services across Egypt and that’s not all. The round had investment from several firms from both local and foreign. The investment firms include GFC, P1 Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, Anim Fund with Costanoa VC,...
It was announced that the Moroccan eye-wear eCommerce startup LNKO will be soon expanding to the UAE after having closed a DH 3M which is roughly $335K. It’s from the investment arm of Moroccan bank, CDG Capital through its 212Founders acceleration program.
The startup was launched back in April 2020...
