It was announced that the Egyptian advertising platform Connect Ads was acquired by the Miami-based digital media company Aleph Holding by an 86% stake. The deal was comprised of both cash and stock and that’s about it from the announcement. It didn’t share the exact financial details thoroughly but...
Maqsad, the popular Karachi-based Edtech platform on successfully managing to raise about $2.1M in a Pre-Seed round. This particular pre-seed round was led by Indus Valley Capital. The round was also joined by Alter Global, Fatime Gobi Ventures along with several founders of different startups both in Pakistan and...
Iraq, often dubbed one of the last major untapped economies in the Middle East, is poised for a digital revolution. Despite a large, young, and increasingly connected population, its startup ecosystem remains in its nascent stages, fragmented, and largely informal. Enter EQIQ, an innovative venture capital (VC) fund operating...
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia and global investment platform Techstars have teamed up to launch the latest Riyadh Techstars Accelerator project. This particular accelerator program will help improving entrepreneurs and startups to help them innovate and grow their businesses in the MENA region. Their...
The first companies to have been granted a digital banking license in Saudi are STC Pay along with another local firm. The license was issued by Saudi’s finance minister which was approved by The Saudi Cabinet. And it was announced by the state news agency that day. Now it’s...
It was announced that Arrow Labs, a popular Dubai-based software startup has managed to raise $5M in Series A from Tim Draper’s Draper Associate. There were participation in the round by Global Ventures and B&Y Ventures. The investment is notably the first investment ever made in the Middle East...
It was announced that the popular Egyptian-based logistic platform for eCommerce commercial center, Flextock raised a $3.25M Pre-Seed financing round. The round was held Foundation Ventures (Egypt), MSA Capital (China), CRE Venture Capital (South Africa), Alter Global (US), JIMCO – Jameel Investment Management Company (Saudi Arabia), B&Y Venture Partners...
Start-ups can be defined as companies or businesses that focus on one single product or service with the hopes of introducing it to the market. A start-up can be individually owned, or two or more investors can be its founder.
The greatest challenge that most start-up businesses face is finding investors willing to...
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...
It was announced that the Dubai Headquartered logistic SaaS group, Zip24 has raised about $1.2M in a pre-series round. The round was led by Sturgeon Capital, a unique investment fund from the UK. The round was joined by Hayaat Group, Teqvisory, Robert Kay and that’s not all. Some other...
