Despite decreasing funding in the African continent, Nigerian startups succeeded in raising their funding to $160 million in the first Q1. Four countries including Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt accounted for %87 of startup investments during Q1, and the founding breakdown showed, Nigeria is leader with $160 m...
Egypt-based Contactcars, the lead automotive marketplace has announced their acquisition of Sa4ar Technology Solutions which is known for providing car valuation technology and a dealer-specific auction platform.
Contactcars.com is a subsidiary of Contact Financial Holing and they’ve been constantly evolving and looking for new opportunities to arise which will provide...
The Egypt-based online platform 'Masr Afdal' has already made its way into advancing and exporting Egyptian-made products to the worldwide market along with other plans. The founder and Egyptian business visionary Hamed El Ghool plans on putting Egypt on the worldwide online business map by interfacing with the local...
Gulliver’s Games, the popular gaming studio from Turkey has successfully managed to raise about $750K in a fresh funding seed round and it was announced today. The funding round was led by Tueky-based Boğaziçi Ventures and USA-based March Capital. The seed round was also joined by angel investor Özgür...
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...
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 platform for esports and gaming, SaudiGamer.com, has been acquired by Webedia Esports Agency, an international gaming experts via Webedia Arabia Group –it’s local arm (based in UAE, KSA, and Lebanon).
The involvement of Webedia Arabia Group will consolidate SaudiGamer.com and her social channels to firmly establish it as the...
The popular Egypt-based furniture marketplace platform Kemitt has raised a six-figure seed round to gather pledges from a gathering of Saudi Angel investors and that's not all. These supports will be effective to work with Kemitt's development all through Egypt. They additionally plan to distribute these assets carefully to...
Cartona, the popular Egypt-based B2B platform connecting retailers to manufacturers and wholesalers about their successful management of raising about $4.5M in their latest Pre-Series A funding round. This particular Pre-Series funding round was led by Global Ventures. The round was also joined by Kepple Africa Ventures, T5 Ventures, and...
Jugnu, the Pakistan-based B2B eCommerce startup, and the online marketplace about their successful management of raising an undisclosed amount in its latest funding round. The latest funding round was led by Sarmayacar which is the Pakistan-based VC investing in Early Stage startups in the region. The round however marks...
