It was announced today that the popular Kuwaiti beauty eCommerce platform Boutiqaat has been freed from the money laundering case they’ve been fighting against. The entire case was dismissed after finding pretty much no evidence of any illegal activities regarding money laundering by the public prosecution. They’ve been under...
It was announced that Tabby, the popular buy now pay later platform from Dubai has raised about $50M in debt financing from San Francisco-based Partners for Growth. It’s the largest debt facility which was raised by fintech from the MENA region which was said by the startup. The startup...
It was announced on Monday that the popular Dubai-headquartered buy-now-pay-later startup Postpay has managed to raise about $10M from the global leading buy-now platform Afterpay along with AP Ventures which is an Australia based platform. This fresh round has summed up Postpay’s total financing about $35M as of now....
Despite decreasing funding in the African continent, Nigerian startups succeeded in raising their funding to $160 million in the first Q1. Four countries including Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt accounted for %87 of startup investments during Q1, and the founding breakdown showed, Nigeria is leader with $160 m...
Saudi-based on-demand marketplace and foodtech platform Siwar has successfully managed to raise about $7.5M in its latest funding round. The funding round was led by Riyadh-based travel services company Seera Group with the participation of key investors in the region.
The platform was launched back last year and it’s been...
The Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala has finally invested about $75M in 5-year pre-IPO convertible bonds of Telegram. Telegram is an open-source popular social media platform mainly known for its security-focused services over other popular social media.
The investment and partnership aimed at creating a new collaboration of opportunities between...
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...
Amazon’s payment processing service in the MENA region, Amazon Payment Services has announced some changes about waiving all fees for the new businesses. Their aim is to benefit from the services that come with it in Egypt. Amazon Payment Services will postpone their services on accounts and support fees...
A talent booking platform for managers and artists, Soul Artists, based in the UAE, has in a Bridge funding round received $350,000 from Wasel and Falak Investment Hub.
Soul Artists is a peer-to-peer platform created by event managers and artists to locate and book musicians and entertainers. It creates a...
It was announced that EdVentures, the popular funding wing of the Egyptian Nahdet Misr Publishing Group, has gotten the 'Training Investors of the Year' grant for the MENA area by UK-based web magazine ‘Corporate Vision’ and that’s not all. This particular honorary award for ‘Education and Training' classification tries...
