Podro Iran’s delivery and logistics startup raised $12.5 million (300 billion Toman) from Fanap, an old guard of Iran’s digital ecosystem. Podro offers small to medium sized businesses B2B and B2C services, with many Iranians using social media to open store fronts to sell products and goods such as...
OpenSooq with its HQ in Jordan raised $24 million funding lead by Saudi Jordanian Investment Fund (SJIF), FJ Labs, and iMENA Group.
Open Sooq allows consumers and SME's to trade across a MENA level geography offering categories in prime sectors such as property, electronics, fashion, local crafts and interior decoration....
Egypt-based investment company EFG Hermes has announced their investment of $725M in Ignis Energia, a Spanish renewable energy specialist via the company’s private equity arm’s Vortex Energy Fund as a series of capital injections. And it will be deployed over the next few years under some conditions of course.
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It was announced by the DIFC of their most latest investment in Clara which is a UK-headquartered Legal-tech startup. The investment was made through the DIFC fintech fund. It was launched back in 2017 and ever since, the startup has been set to establish, improve and take startups further...
Google today announced a significant expansion of its digital payment ecosystem, with the official launch of Google Pay in Lebanon and Oman. This strategic move underscores Google's commitment to enhancing access to secure and convenient digital payment tools across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The service...
DUBAI, UAE – Ruya, the pioneering digital Islamic bank, and Ignyte, the government-backed startup ecosystem, have officially forged a strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to accelerate innovation across the UAE by integrating Ruya’s Shari’ah-compliant digital banking expertise with Ignyte’s comprehensive support for entrepreneurs.
The UAE continues to lead the MENA...
Aldar Properties has launched its six-month entrepreneurship incubator program on its second round of the Manassah program. Their program is mainly aimed at attracting exceptional talents from all over the GCC and advance them under their wings. Aldar had held their partnership with startAD before and this global startup...
The popular Silicon Valley FinTech startup Tribal Credit managed to raise about a $34.3M Series A financing round which was announced today. The round was led by QED Investors and Partners for Growth (PFG) and that's not all. The round was also joined by existing financial investors like BECO...
The popular stock analysis platform from Saudi Arabia, National Building and Marketing aka NBM has gained a 9% stake in DIGGIPACKS and that's not all. DIGGIPACKS is a Delivery and Logistics startup situated in the Kingdom and operates there as well. The gets return off of a new $400K...
One of the most popular ways marketers gain customers is by letting them test their products first. And that is done by giving them a sample product for them to test first and admire. And it’s still one of the most used methods to understand what their target consumers...
