It was announced that Arrow Labs, a popular Dubai-based software startup has managed to raise $5M in Series A from Tim Draper’s Draper Associate. There were participation in the round by Global Ventures and B&Y Ventures. The investment is notably the first investment ever made in the Middle East...
The Jordanian start-up scene has both regional and international recognition. The ecosystem is mostly shaped by young entrepreneurs in the ICT sector with prominent accelerators like Changelabs and IBDA3. Jordan is one of the key players in MENA’s Information and Communication Technology(ICT) forum. Jordanian start-up ecosystem aims to bring brilliant ideas of domestic...
Zeew, the Egypt-headquartered E-commerce platform has managed to raise about $170K from Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator and it was announced today. Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator is a joint initiative of Sanabil Investments and 500 startups. And that makes the startup with a total sum of $400K which...
The popular Protech startup Huspy from Dubai has managed to raise a funding round. The round was joined by B&Y Ventures, Amir Farha (Cotu), Plug and Play along with other regional family offices and the round was led by VentureFriends.
The platform was founded back in August last year by...
After Lezzoo acquired a seven-figure financing round, there has been increased activity in Iraq’s fundraising sector. Lezzoo has bought Erbil Delivery while Tech Ventures is dominating the six-figure financing round in Alsaree3/Zajil. These activities are a clear indication of the Iraqi market’s potential. Here are some fascinating takeaways based...
Mindshift Capital, the popular UAE-based funding firm has put resources into FORTË, an exclusive answer for digitizing wellness offered at fitness centers for the most convenience. Both innovation and membership-based streaming platform, FORTË introduces equipment and programming into studios, which empower classes to be streamed live to FORTË 's...
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...
The KSA-based cloud POS platform Prexle helps retail store owners including clothing shops, electronics, and even grocery stores to manage their customers, discounts, purchase orders, and manage their inventories simultaneously. The platform also allows to manage and generate reports on taxes, sales and inventories as well. This startup was...
Samurai Incubate Inc, the popular venture capital firm from Tokyo closed its “Samurai Africa 2nd General Partnership” fund very recently. They’ve successfully managed to secure about $18.6 million which is roughly 2.026B yen.
This platform with pretty much an oversubscribed funding firm saw a scope of corporates and several financial...
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...
