Sakneen, a property tech startup based in Egypt, recently announced that it had raised $1.1 million in a seed round led by Algebra Ventures. Sarwa Capital and Foundation Ventures also contributed significantly to the round. Hem + Spire, a real estate private equity firm based in the United States,...
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...
Savyour, the popular Pakistan-based Fintech platform, and developer of the first cashback app and pay-per-sale affiliate marketing network that they’ve managed to successfully raise about $3.3M in its latest funding round. This latest seed round was co-led by Global Founders Capital and Zayn Capital and it was joined by...
It was announced today that the popular Kuwaiti beauty eCommerce platform Boutiqaat has been freed from the money laundering case they’ve been fighting against. The entire case was dismissed after finding pretty much no evidence of any illegal activities regarding money laundering by the public prosecution. They’ve been under...
Open Banking is an Internet-based service that allows small business owners to access their own money. The service is available to businesses of all sizes, but particularly to those in the technology and software industries. Open Banking is based on the Open Source Software concept, which is a form...
It was announced recently that one of the most popular and leading accelerators, Flat6Labs has finally expanded to Jordan with their launch of a $20M seed fund. The providing fund which is Jordan Seed Fund has effectively completed the first close of $7.4M from the International Finance Corporation (IFC),...
Last March, while cities around the world went into lock down, most companies were forced to close their doors and forego revenue for a few weeks. Given that restaurant owners collaborated with food aggregators to power the on-demand food economy, you'd think they'd have an easier time. You'd be...
It’s been four months since Falak Investment Hub, the Saudi-based startup has accepted the application of eight of the most popular tech startups within the MENA regions into their acceleration program. The program consists of three new companies from Egypt along with three from KSA, and one each in...
The popular AgriTech start-up in the digital fresh produce platform from Lahore has managed to successfully raise about $2M in its latest Pre-Seed funding round. This particular pre-seed funding round was led by Global Founders Capital. The round was also joined by Zayn Capital and recorded participation from Ratio...
Vogacloset is an online retail platform specializing in fashion, based in the UK. What sets them apart from other platforms is that their main area of catering is for the Middle East. They have recently been acquired by Alhokair, a franchise retail company in Saudi Arabia. The venture is a...
