When significant wealth is generated, whether from a company sale, a major asset liquidation, or a successful IPO, a common question arises for newly liquid families: "What's next for our capital?" For many family offices, the immediate answer often leans towards direct investments in startups, bypassing traditional funds. This...
OTO, the Saudi-based Shipping management software and delivery platform that they’ve managed to successfully raise $3M in their latest seed funding round. The funding round was led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) and Derayah Capital.
OTO was founded by CEO Mohammad Al-Razaz and CTO Furkan Uzar. And it has...
The popular Cairo-based grocery platform startup, Appetito has raised about $450K on a Seed round from a gathering of Saudi Arabian Angel investor Ahmed Al Alola. He led the entire funding round in a beginning phase who was one of the early sponsors of Nana and Sary along with...
Despite decreasing funding in the African continent, Nigerian startups succeeded in raising their funding to $160 million in the first Q1. Four countries including Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt accounted for %87 of startup investments during Q1, and the founding breakdown showed, Nigeria is leader with $160 m...
The Sanar Health tech platform offers at-home health care services and multiple telemedicine to users. Its offers range from lab tests at home, clinic consultation with video chat, physiotherapy sessions, and home nursing care with healthcare professionals. Since this platform was launched in 2019, Sanar has on board over...
Multiply-Group which is an Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company’s subsidiary is set to launch a new joint venture with Firefly. Firefly is a US ride-share advertising startup and it’s popular for dynamic advertising. The new project on this joint venture will be based in Abu Dhabi along with bringing...
It was announced today that Riyadh-based Ecommerce platform Tamara has brought $110M up in a Series A round. The round was led by the popular leading global payment processor Checkout.com. Tamara is popular because of its "buy now pay later" motto. The round is contained obligation and value and...
The popular freight marketplace from Lahore, BridgeLinx has managed to raise $10M. And it’s the country’s largest seed round to date and that’s not all. This regional largest seed round was led by Harry Stebbings’ 20 VC, Josh Buckley’s Buckley Ventures, and Indus Valley Capital. The seed round deal...
The popular Qatar-based mobile wallet platform, SkipCash has drawn one stage nearer towards its grandiose objective to turn into the most popular and used mobile application on the Peninsula, subsequent to uncovering that it has raised around $2M which is roughly QAR 7M in a seed round led from...
Jawaker, the leading online card game studio from Jordan has sealed their acquisition deal which is pretty much valued at $205M and that’s not all. The gaming startup was acquired by global gaming studio Still-front Group further grounding its position. It’ll also help them expand their gaming portfolio in...
