Sotech, the popular Egypt-based IoT solutions, and Health-tech startup about their successful raising of $1M in their latest Pre-Seed funding round. The pre-seed funding round was led by Innlife investments and key corporate investor Al Raya Kuwaiti.
Sotech was founded back in 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. Ever...
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...
GIZ Egypt has announced a €100M which is roughly $120M subsidizing program "VC University", focusing on first-time investment (VC) reserves. It’s in association with Egyptian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA), Endure Capital, and Changelabs
The sole purpose of this year-long program will offer planned asset administrators mentor...
Beginning a start-up company presents challenges, even in normal circumstances, but in 2020, and now in 2021, start-ups across the globe are suffering financially due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Within the UAE, many small businesses have already folded, have been put on hold or are struggling to...
The popular Cairo-based Peer-to-peer marketplace startup that works by connecting shoppers and travelers has managed to raise an undisclosed 6 figure amount in its latest funding round. This funding round was led by angel investors in both Saudi Arabia and Egypt. It was led by Faisal Abdulsalam. He is...
It was announced that one of the UAE’s leading institutional investors EDB aka The Emirates Development Bank has signed an agreement with the country’s first peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, Beehive. While allocating just over $8M which is roughly AED 30M in funding for the platform to distribute to creditworthy...
Aramco’s Wa’ed, Saudi’s entrepreneurship arm of oil and petroleum giant that they’ll be doubling their investment in and support of startups by the year 2023.
Wa’ed was launched back in 2011 and ever since they’ve been supporting over 90 startups via venture capital investments and loans. But they did vow...
NOW, the Dubai-based fintech has already raised about $7M in a fresh fund round which was announced today. The round was led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures and was joined by investors including Wamda Commercial Bank of Dubai, Accion Venture Lab. Hambro Perks’ Oryx Fund, Knuru Capital, DIFC FinTech Fund,...
Bahrain houses various accelerators that have given birth to not only tens but hundreds of start-ups across the country. The fast-growing start-up scene in Bahrain has been supported by the country's initiative to get people connected to the internet. 98% of Bahraini citizens already use the internet which is third in...
Mamo, a Dubai-based Fintech and digital financial platform with different innovative features have brought $8M up in a Pre-Series A financing round. The round was led by Global Ventures, with interest from 4DX Ventures, AlRajhi Partners, Olive Tree Capital, and noticeable Fintech-centered Silicon Valley financial backers and that’s not...
