Dubai, UAE – Related, a leading Dubai-headquartered loyalty and rewards platform, announced today it has successfully raised $8 million (SAR 30 million) in strategic funding. The investment comes from Saudi alternative investment firm Equivator, a move set to significantly accelerate Related’s expansion within Saudi Arabia and bolster the development...
Ranking Report for 2021 MENA Venture Investor revealed that in 2020, there was a decline in accelerator activity, with ​10%​ of all active investors being accelerators in MENA across all countries for its lowest level in five-years. This indicates a 29% ​reduction from the previous year.
With 2020 bringing a...
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia and global investment platform Techstars have teamed up to launch the latest Riyadh Techstars Accelerator project. This particular accelerator program will help improving entrepreneurs and startups to help them innovate and grow their businesses in the MENA region. Their...
The popular hyper-developing Dubai-based eMarketplace, Tradeling zeroed in on business-to-business (B2B) exchanges across the MENA region and that's not all. They already have proceeded with an arrangement with the Chinese online business leading platform, JD.com. The coordinated effort will give every business across MENA to get access to take...
The popular Pakistani trucking marketplace Truck It In has raised about $1.5M in a pre-seed round and was announced today. This Karachi-based popular trucking marketplace has pretty much managed to create one of the largest pre-seed investments raised by a startup in the entire Middle East, Pakistan, and North...
The popular Jordan-based speculation fund, ISSF also known as The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund has reported an immediate venture of $150K in Trteeb, a startup situated in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The announcement of the investment was made back in January this year. It was also stated that...
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...
For the company North Ladder, known to some as BuyBack Bazaar, business is booming. The company has recently secured a $5M Series A funding round, led primarily by their new friends at BECO Capital. North Ladder, a secure trading platform based in the UAE, provides users with instantaneous access...
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...
Saudi Fintech Nayla Finance Secures $4M to Expand Digital Lending for Small Businesses
Nayla Finance, a Saudi Arabian fintech platform specializing in digital lending solutions, has raised $4 million in seed funding to expand its services for micro and small businesses across the Kingdom. The funding round was led by...
