Home Startup Page 3

Startup

Startup refers to new companies seeking to disrupt or innovate an industry using digital and technology.

EFG Hermes logo
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...
spendwisor logo
The Licorne Gulf-advised fintech company Spendwisor of their investment commitment from GEM Global Yield LLC SCS. The investment was roughly $50M from GGY which is a Luxembourg-based private alternative investment group worth $3.4B. With this facility, Spendwisor plans on tapping the full potential of the growing fintech market in...
oto saudi shipping
OTO, the Saudi-based Shipping management software and delivery platform that they’ve managed to successfully raise $3M in their latest seed funding round. The funding round was led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) and Derayah Capital. OTO was founded by CEO Mohammad Al-Razaz and CTO Furkan Uzar. And it has...
Edkasa logo
Announced today, Pakistani Lahore-based edtech Edkasa has raised about $320K in a pre-seed funding round. The round was closed a couple of months ago and it was led by i2i Ventures, but the announcement was made today instead. The round was joined by Zayn Capital, Walled City Co along...
Laverie logo
Laverie was founded back in 2018 and has been fully operational ever since. They’ve already processed more than 60k items from a very popular client base of over 4k active registered users from the platform. The platform provides fully digitized laundry services to the clients along with order tracking...
Yalla Xash logo
It was announced today that Morocco headquartered Fintech startup Yalla Xash has raised a total sum of $675K series A funding round which was led by Maroc Numeric Fund II. The startup was established back in 2018 and ever since then, they’ve been providing money transferring features that allow...
Contactcars team
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...
OtoNexus Medical Technologies logo
The popular global, women-run venture firm Mindshift Capital has recently invested into the Series C raise of US-based OtoNexus Medical Technologies, perceived as one of the main US organizations at the cutting edge innovative solutions for infection controls. The firm was founded back in 2019 by Caitlin Cameron who is...
Jugnu logo
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...
free legal documents to enhance fundraising
The Angel Investment Network of the Middle East (MAIN), which promotes angel investing in the region, has announced a free standard Egyptian legal document for early-stage founders and investors. This was done in collaboration with the Development Cooperation in Germany implemented by GIZ Egypt (GIZ), a network of MENA’s leading...