Fintech giant FlexxPay, a Dubai-based payment platform has announced raising about $3M. The fund was raised in a pre-Series A round and it was comprised of equity debt. The investors include a lot of popular names from different regions. They include DIFC Fintech Fund, Arzan VC, Nuwa Capital, VentureSouq,...
A platform for esports and gaming, SaudiGamer.com, has been acquired by Webedia Esports Agency, an international gaming experts via Webedia Arabia Group –it’s local arm (based in UAE, KSA, and Lebanon).
The involvement of Webedia Arabia Group will consolidate SaudiGamer.com and her social channels to firmly establish it as the...
Ranking Report for 2021 MENA Venture Investor revealed that in 2020, there was a decline in accelerator activity, with 10% of all active investors being accelerators in MENA across all countries for its lowest level in five-years. This indicates a 29% reduction from the previous year.
With 2020 bringing a...
Dubai’s Citron was founded by Sara Chemmaa back in 2017 right after she found out about a need for leakproof and fashionable lunchboxes in the market. The brand has already grown by including over 90 products in its name and that’s not all. They’ve launched products ranging from sustainable,...
It is always sad to see whole families forced to leave their houses and roots to strange lands due to wars and disasters. Yet, despite the obvious hardships and upheaval that comes with being a refugee, some have overcome the challenges of their situations and have created platforms, structures...
It was announced that Taager, the popular Egypt-based social eCommerce platform has managed to raise about $6.4M in a seed round. The round was led by 4DX Ventures which was also joined by Raed Ventures, Beco Capital, Breyer Capital along with the individual investor, Careem’s Magnus Olsson. This leads...
In 2021, Faisal Rashed established this Bahraini loyalty program known as Ahlan App and has secured a $3 million investment which values the company at 15 million dollars. This was considered Ahlan's first-round investment that was followed and led by Hope Ventures investment group. Besides other angel investors joining...
Qatar's one and only popluar fish commercial center Fish.qa has declared its successful seed round. The startup has made it simple for clients to buy several varieties of fish in only a couple of clicks and have them delivered to their doorstep through its online platform. Having been established...
Samurai Incubate Inc, the popular venture capital firm from Tokyo closed its “Samurai Africa 2nd General Partnership” fund very recently. They’ve successfully managed to secure about $18.6 million which is roughly 2.026B yen.
This platform with pretty much an oversubscribed funding firm saw a scope of corporates and several financial...
It’s been four months since Falak Investment Hub, the Saudi-based startup has accepted the application of eight of the most popular tech startups within the MENA regions into their acceleration program. The program consists of three new companies from Egypt along with three from KSA, and one each in...
