ClearGrid, a fintech company based in the UAE, has raised $10 million in funding after coming out of stealth mode. The funding is split into two rounds: a pre-seed round of $3.5 million, led by Raed Ventures and Beco Capital, and a seed round of $6.5 million, co-led by...
Sawari Ventures has closed their startups in their Egyptian-focused fund with about new commitments of $28M which roughly 440M in EGP. The commitments were from Kuwait Investment Authority’s Ekuity, Banque Misr, Suez Canal Bank, Misr Insurance Group, National Bank of Egypt, and Banque du Caire. In the previous round,...
It was announced that Quix, the popular Saudi Arabia-based on-demand delivery platform has raised SAR 3M which is roughly $800K pre-launch from more than 559 financial backers. The fund was raised through the crowdfunding platform Scooper. This carries the organization's absolute post-evaluation to SAR 10.1M which is roughly $2.7M...
The popular tech disruptive solution company Ireland's RegTech startup has been pretty busy at tech dealing with the lead growing local financial market DX Compliance. And it has officially extended its activities in the MENA area with its new base in Abu Dhabi, UAE which was announced very recently...
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...
STEPPI, the UAE-based health and corporate wellness platform for its successful management of raising about $1.8M in its latest funding round. The funding round was powered by a new partnership with boutique health and fitness experts, Embody Fitness, based in London and Dubai. The funding round has welcomed Embody...
Start-ups in Iraq hardly get sufficient media coverage. As a result, only a few people know of their existence. Challenges like lack of basic infrastructure, payment solutions, and business registration complications make it difficult for start-ups to succeed. Even with these challenges, small businesses are evolving and maneuvering Iraq’s...
A real estate platform, Mubawab, that has its base in Morocco, has received funding of $10M from its parent company, the (EMPG), Emerging Markets Property Group.
Mubawab, which was founded by Toni Puig and Kevin Gormand in 2011, gives users the ability to utilize its platform to purchase, rent, and...
The popular Karachi-based Fintech startup CreditBook that helps small business visionaries digitize and track the entirety of their exchanges, has announced raising about $1.5M up in seed round and that’s not all. The startup's seed round was a blend of worldwide and nearby financial backers. They include Pakistan's BitRate...
Anghami, a top music streaming platform in North Africa and the Middle East now goes public by a merger with an acquisition company (SPAC) with a special purpose. A SPAC, also referred to as a blank-cheque firm, is created to raise funds via an IPO with the purpose of...
