Alhokair have made an announcement that they will acquire a total of 51% stake in an online fast fashion platform, Vogacloset, based in the UK and provides her services to the Middle East.
The company is a franchise retailer in Arabian Centres Company (ACC) and Saudi Arabia. It is also...
Knuru Capital, a Venture Capital firm based in Dubai, has signed an agreement to handle a venture portfolio in its early-stage from an investment vehicle - DP Ventures Holdings - set up by Delta Partners senior executives to invest in technology companies in early-stages around the world.
The portfolio which...
A traceability and automation platform, Verofax Limited, led by Trove Capital UK, has in a Seed funding round secured $1.2million. Other investors include Kepler Fund Managers, MFD Holding, and Casablanca Holding.
This funding is simultaneous with the porting of the platform of Verofax on Microsoft Cloud and its current expansion in...
A talent booking platform for managers and artists, Soul Artists, based in the UAE, has in a Bridge funding round received $350,000 from Wasel and Falak Investment Hub.
Soul Artists is a peer-to-peer platform created by event managers and artists to locate and book musicians and entertainers. It creates a...
Bahrain houses various accelerators that have given birth to not only tens but hundreds of start-ups across the country. The fast-growing start-up scene in Bahrain has been supported by the country's initiative to get people connected to the internet. 98% of Bahraini citizens already use the internet which is third in...
As the world went into lock down a year ago, the vast majority had to look for alternative ways. And they pretty much turned to internet shopping and other web-based services. And that certainly sped things up on web-based business reception. And expanded a lot of absolute US retail...
Fintech giant FlexxPay, a Dubai-based payment platform has announced raising about $3M. The fund was raised in a pre-Series A round and it was comprised of equity debt. The investors include a lot of popular names from different regions. They include DIFC Fintech Fund, Arzan VC, Nuwa Capital, VentureSouq,...
Raqamyah, a Riyadh-based crowdlending platform has raised about $2.3M in just one investment deal. They announced that the investment round was managed and led by Impact46 later that day. There were other investors included such as Mad’s investment, Al Yusr and Fadeed Investment. Another round of participation was made...
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...
16 of the top 100 companies in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) are led by extraordinary Women. Egypt had the majority closely followed by Saudi Arabia. Here are the 50 of the most Powerful Arab Women who are highly successful the business world in MENA primarily in the...