Sawari Ventures has closed their startups in their Egyptian-focused fund with about new commitments of $28M which roughly 440M in EGP. The commitments were from Kuwait Investment Authority’s Ekuity, Banque Misr, Suez Canal Bank, Misr Insurance Group, National Bank of Egypt, and Banque du Caire. In the previous round,...
The popular Karachi-based Fintech startup CreditBook that helps small business visionaries digitize and track the entirety of their exchanges, has announced raising about $1.5M up in seed round and that’s not all. The startup's seed round was a blend of worldwide and nearby financial backers. They include Pakistan's BitRate...
It was announced today that Stake, the Dubai-based real estate venture platform has brought $4M up in a seed round which was led by Combined Growth Real Estate. A regional family office Vivium Capital, European VC Verve Ventures, Riyadh-based Lama Holding, Saudi private backer Mishaal Alireza, and the investors...
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...
Remotebase, a firm that builds connection with US companies and high-performing engineering teams, has raised a Seed funding round to the tune of $1.4M. Â The startup has its operations in Silicon Valley and Pakistan.
Indus Valley Capital led the round, together with participation from many global investors such as Hustle...
It was announced by Doctori, the popular Bahrain-based HealthTech startup that it has gotten a $500K Seed financing round, and the round was led by various undisclosed financial backers. The platform was established back in 2018 by Ahmed Alawadhi and Ahmed Mahmood and since then, it has been one...
The popular student-centric edtech and AI-based company GoLearn Education has landed down in the MENA region. The Strategic Board Advisor naming Nada Ali Reddha has announced this about GoLearn’s expansion to MENA. Her career includes being Founder & Chairperson of SEED Group in UAE, membership of Nama Women Advancement...
For the company North Ladder, known to some as BuyBack Bazaar, business is booming. The company has recently secured a $5M Series A funding round, led primarily by their new friends at BECO Capital. North Ladder, a secure trading platform based in the UAE, provides users with instantaneous access...
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...
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...
