The Co-Founder and former Chief Technology Officer, Ahmed Sabbah is back with his new gig Telda after leaving the Egyptian transportation startup last month. Telda is a fintech platform that will innovate ways of spending money for Gen Z in the Middle East. The platform was launched earlier this...
After Lezzoo acquired a seven-figure financing round, there has been increased activity in Iraq’s fundraising sector. Lezzoo has bought Erbil Delivery while Tech Ventures is dominating the six-figure financing round in Alsaree3/Zajil. These activities are a clear indication of the Iraqi market’s potential. Here are some fascinating takeaways based...
Antler Singapore is set to create a significant impact in the Middle East, North Africa (MENA), and Pakistan regions through its $60 million fund and comprehensive support programs.
Antler Singapore has long been recognized as a pioneer in identifying and nurturing promising startups at the earliest stages of their journey....
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,...
Egypt-based Contactcars, the lead automotive marketplace has announced their acquisition of Sa4ar Technology Solutions which is known for providing car valuation technology and a dealer-specific auction platform.
Contactcars.com is a subsidiary of Contact Financial Holing and they’ve been constantly evolving and looking for new opportunities to arise which will provide...
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....
A real estate platform, Mubawab, that has its base in Morocco, has received funding of $10M from its parent company, the (EMPG), Emerging Markets Property Group.
Mubawab, which was founded by Toni Puig and Kevin Gormand in 2011, gives users the ability to utilize its platform to purchase, rent, and...
The Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala has finally invested about $75M in 5-year pre-IPO convertible bonds of Telegram. Telegram is an open-source popular social media platform mainly known for its security-focused services over other popular social media.
The investment and partnership aimed at creating a new collaboration of opportunities between...
The popular Pakistani trucking marketplace Truck It In has raised about $1.5M in a pre-seed round and was announced today. This Karachi-based popular trucking marketplace has pretty much managed to create one of the largest pre-seed investments raised by a startup in the entire Middle East, Pakistan, and North...
The popular KSA-based B2B marketplace, Sary has raised a $30.5M Series B round. The marketplace associates private companies with an organization of wholesalers and assembling brands through online tools like web interfaces and mobile apps and that’s not all. The round was led by VentureSouq (VSQ), with the support...
