Since 2004 Iran has put efforts in launching some version of a domestic search engine within the country, these projects often had significant government funding and backing as they were perceived to help the Iran intranet network of information (which is Iran's local internet of sites often switched on...
The Finance house of Kuwait along with the holders of KFH VISA ATM are providing cards the transaction methods using NFCs locally and around the world just as Mastercard cards use which is very convenient right now. The Group Acting Deputy General Manager Cards, at KFH, Talal AL-Arbeed, said...
It is always sad to see whole families forced to leave their houses and roots to strange lands due to wars and disasters. Yet, despite the obvious hardships and upheaval that comes with being a refugee, some have overcome the challenges of their situations and have created platforms, structures...
The popular diversified company of the Royal Family of Dubai Seed Group has struck up a strategic partnership with Signzy. Seed Group has been operating for more than 16 years in the region and that’s not all. Signzy, the Bangalore-based fintech startup is specialized in banking workflow automation for...
It was announced in a statement today that the popular Kuwait-based online flowers and gifting platform Floward have managed to raise $27.5M in a Series B round. The round was led by STV and that’s not all. Impact 46 also joined the round alongside as well. As of now,...
FOODICS, a Saudia Arabia-based all-in-one restaurant management platform raised about a $20M Series B funding round at the start of the year. The funding round was led by Sanabil Investments and was also co-led by STV earlier this year. Other investors included Derayah, Endeavor Catalyst, and Elm in the...
The Doha-based E-commerce startup, Snoonu raises $5 million in a Series A funding round this week and that’s not all. The round was led by a mutual strategic partner of the startup, QDB or Qatar Development Bank along with several other investors.
Snoonu was founded by Hamad Al Hajri back...
Under the oversight of the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), Saudi Payments reported the dispatch of Saudi Arabia's instant payment platform 'sarie' in collaboration with IBM and Mastercard and that makes it one of the fastest ways to make transactions in the region.
As of now, 'sarie' upholds all Saudi banks...
It was announced by Doctori, the popular Bahrain-based HealthTech startup that it has gotten a $500K Seed financing round, and the round was led by various undisclosed financial backers. The platform was established back in 2018 by Ahmed Alawadhi and Ahmed Mahmood and since then, it has been one...
The popular Saudi-based FinTech and digital POS provider CashIn has managed to successfully raise about $1.6M in a funding round. The funding seed round was led by some of the most popular key investors including BIM Ventures along with a wide number of angel investors as well.
In the first...
