USA-based REEF Technology Inc. of their acquirement of the popular UAE-based KaaS and cloud kitchen operator, iKcon. REEF is a leading operator of delivery kitchens, logistics, and proximity hubs in North America, marking their debut into the MENA region and that’s not all.
iKcon was founded back in 2019 and...
Savola Group is a publicly listed group in Saudi Arabia, and operates companies in both the food and retail industries. They have recently announced the launch of a Corporate Venture Capital Program.
The program is for the purpose of distributing innovative technologies, providing food and retail opportunities on a global...
Iranian start-ups have certainly endured a difficult time with 4 years of sanctions, currency devaluations, economic problems and COVID-19. Some companies still operating and thriving in the digital ecosystem founded by women worth noting.
Takhfifan
This start-up initially started as a clone of Groupon and over time has come to it’s...
The popular b2b eCommerce platform Chari has managed to successfully raise about $5M in its latest seed funding round right after finishing up the summer’21 batch of Y Combinator. They also acquired Karny.ma, a Morocco-based FinTech platform before this funding round. This particular seed funding round was Co-led by...
The corporate funding foundation of UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, CE-Ventures has promised to pretty much increase its VC interests in new companies to reach $272M by next year and that’s not all. CE-Ventures has put more than $136M out of 32 new businesses and VC assets across the MENA locale,...
Elkaso, the popular UAE-based B2B marketplace has managed to successfully raise about $2.1M in its latest funding round was led by Global Founders Capital and MSA Capital. Although it was joined by key strategic global and regional investors including former and current leaders of Careem, Delivery Hero, Apple, Faith...
Cairo-based furniture eCommerce commercial center Homzmart has brought $15 million up in a Series A drove by MSA Capital and Nuwa Capital, it reported in an articulation today. The round additionally incorporated the interest of the Rise Capital, Impact46, EQ2 Ventures, and Outliers Venture Capital. It had recently brought...
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...
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),...
In a seed funding round, the Egypt-based online portal, Sakneen, that helps home buyers locate properties, has raised $1.1 million with support from Sarwa Capital and Foundation Ventures and led by Algebra Ventures.
Others entities that invested in the round were Nakhla VC - a Saudi-based fund, Hem+Spire - a US-based...
