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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...
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The company announced that the goal of this investment, which is a mix of equity and financing, is boosting the Saudi market's home advertising. dKilo, an ad tech startup that is located in Egypt, during the Leap 2024 conference in Riyadh, made a public statement to inform that the company...
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The Licorne Gulf-advised fintech company Spendwisor of their investment commitment from GEM Global Yield LLC SCS. The investment was roughly $50M from GGY which is a Luxembourg-based private alternative investment group worth $3.4B. With this facility, Spendwisor plans on tapping the full potential of the growing fintech market in...
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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...
Mubadala revolut
Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's prominent sovereign wealth fund, is reportedly in advanced discussions to significantly increase its investment in Revolut, the UK-based digital banking and payments powerhouse. The potential deal, valued at approximately US$100 million (£78 million), would see Mubadala acquire an additional stake in Revolut, which is now commanding...
Moya App founders
The popular water solution app from Saudi Arabia, Moya App has finally managed to successfully raise about $2M in their latest funding round. The funding round was led by MLM Invest Company. The platform was first launched back in 2019  by Abdulrhman Almustafa, Abdullah Alshuaibi & Ahmed Alkadi. Ever...
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Announced today, Pakistani Lahore-based edtech Edkasa has raised about $320K in a pre-seed funding round. The round was closed a couple of months ago and it was led by i2i Ventures, but the announcement was made today instead. The round was joined by Zayn Capital, Walled City Co along...
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The corporate funding foundation of UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, CE-Ventures has promised to pretty much increase its VC interests in new companies to reach $272M by next year and that’s not all. CE-Ventures has put more than $136M out of 32 new businesses and VC assets across the MENA locale,...
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RentUp, a PropTech startup in Egypt, has raised a Pre-Seed funding round in six-figures from Luqman Weise Capital, a Japanese private equity firm that specializes in Fintech innovation and technology development. RentUp is a property rental platform founded last year that makes use of AI-powered technology that allows homeowners to...
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It was announced in a statement today that the popular Kuwait-based online flowers and gifting platform Floward have managed to raise $27.5M in a Series B round. The round was led by STV and that’s not all. Impact 46 also joined the round alongside as well. As of now,...