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...
The first companies to have been granted a digital banking license in Saudi are STC Pay along with another local firm. The license was issued by Saudi’s finance minister which was approved by The Saudi Cabinet. And it was announced by the state news agency that day. Now it’s...
It was announced that the Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) has made a direct investment of $150K in Jordan-based online marketplace Matrix. The fundraising was started back in January this year and they’ve managed to raise a seed fund of $300K by teaming up with Select Ventures Holdings,...
The popular food delivery platform Grubtech has teamed up with Foodics to give the clients with admittance to Foodics' high-level point of sale (POS), an association that will coordinate 7k restaurants served by Foodics with a small bunch of food aggregators including Careem, Talabat, and Jahez. As a business-to-business...
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...
The popular stock analysis platform from Saudi Arabia, National Building and Marketing aka NBM has gained a 9% stake in DIGGIPACKS and that's not all. DIGGIPACKS is a Delivery and Logistics startup situated in the Kingdom and operates there as well. The gets return off of a new $400K...
Anghami, a top music streaming platform in North Africa and the Middle East now goes public by a merger with an acquisition company (SPAC) with a special purpose. A SPAC, also referred to as a blank-cheque firm, is created to raise funds via an IPO with the purpose of...
The Nuwa Capital, a Gulf venture capital fund has announced their first close debut fund of $75 million pretty much after a year of their lunch. This Dubai and Riyadh-based capital fund also known as ‘Nuwa Ventures Fund I’ (NVFI) has become one of the largest ones in the...
The popular Cairo-based Health-tech startup and tele-consultations platform Estshara has managed to raise about $500K in a Seed Funding round. The round was led by Egypt Ventures. This fresh fund has put the startup on the list of promising Healthcare Startups in Emerging Venture Markets.
The platform was founded by...
MENA Industry Venture Report for 2021 has revealed that based on funding amount, the top 7 industries in MENA all together accounts for 74% of all the invested capital in 2020, while 49% of transactions accounted for the top 7 industries by deals.
In spite of the overall reduction in...
