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...
Only as a side project of the Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize program, a multi-year procedure to channel enterprising personalities and financial backers towards creating various innovative solutions with a focus on Africa, the agri-tech prize is currently accepting applications. The Milken-Motsepe Prize is a worldwide competitive program for providing solutions...
It was announced today that Eyewa, the popular Dubai-based eyewear startup has raised about $21M in a Series B round. The round was co-led by Kingsway Capital and Nuwa Capital. There was also notable participation from French Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, Derayah Ventures, Palm Drive, and Hardy Capital. And it...
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...
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...
Egypt’s popular and leading VC firm, Algebra Ventures announced today on launching their second fund of around $90M. The fund was specifically dedicated to startups with the main goal to allocate their firm in the MEA region. They are currently aiming at first closing in 2021 on Q3.
Algebra has...
The popular customer engagement platform from Riyadh, Unifonic has managed to raise about $125M in a Series B round. The series B funding round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Public Investment Fund’s subsidiary Sanabil Investments. The announcement didn’t share any specific details on valuation. This specific...
UAE-based BaaS supplier of integrated financial platform NymCard reported that it has joined Visa's Fintech Fast Track program. The association will permit NymCard's organization of fintech accomplices to locally available onto Visa's worldwide organization through the last's Fintech Fast Track Program. This move will give NymCard's fintech accomplices, optimized...
The popular Egypt-based furniture marketplace platform Kemitt has raised a six-figure seed round to gather pledges from a gathering of Saudi Angel investors and that's not all. These supports will be effective to work with Kemitt's development all through Egypt. They additionally plan to distribute these assets carefully to...
It was announced recently that there will be ‘One Million Entrepreneurs’, a campaign targeting potential talents and future entrepreneurs across Egypt, and the campaign is led by the Egyptian Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. The program is for all ages and groups across Egypt. It’s a fully online...
