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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...
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Digital Finance Holdings, Inc (DFin) a company based in Egypt, has launched a platform focused on Fintech whose aim is to help build Fintech's next-generation in MENA, together with launching Camel Ventures –a new venture debt fund. Currently, the fund is raising fund and its website announced that they...
Vogacloset
Vogacloset is an online retail platform specializing in fashion, based in the UK. What sets them apart from other platforms is that their main area of catering is for the Middle East. They have recently been acquired by Alhokair, a franchise retail company in Saudi Arabia. The venture is a...
Samurai Incubate
Samurai Incubate Inc, the popular venture capital firm from Tokyo closed its “Samurai Africa 2nd General Partnership” fund very recently. They’ve successfully managed to secure about $18.6 million which is roughly 2.026B yen. This platform with pretty much an oversubscribed funding firm saw a scope of corporates and several financial...
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The powers in Saudi Arabia have recently announced they have established a bank for the small and medium enterprises in the country. They made the announcement during the weekly meeting of the cabinet, which is where the elected officials in Saudi Arabia discuss developments on a regional, global, and...
Nybl
It was recently announced that nybl, the popular UAE-based AI pioneer its obtaining Mexico's visual information mining and AI platform, Nubila. The platform is known for its various innovative arrangement that will see Nubila Founder Marlon de Jesús González join the nybl R&D group. The securing is important for nybl's...
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Sakneen, a  property tech startup based in Egypt, recently announced that it had raised $1.1 million in a seed round led by Algebra Ventures. Sarwa Capital and Foundation Ventures also contributed significantly to the round. Hem + Spire, a real estate private equity firm based in the United States,...
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E-FINANCE for Digital and Financial Investments, the first fintech platform in Egypt of their offer up to 14.5% of its capital in an IPO and that’s not all. The offer also involves listing its shares on the EGX in the final quarter of this year. E-FINANCE has already claimed to...
nayla finance
Saudi Fintech Nayla Finance Secures $4M to Expand Digital Lending for Small Businesses Nayla Finance, a Saudi Arabian fintech platform specializing in digital lending solutions, has raised $4 million in seed funding to expand its services for micro and small businesses across the Kingdom. The funding round was led by...
Saudi Gamer Premium Gaming Hub
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...