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The popular customer engagement platform from Riyadh, Unifonic has managed to raise about $125M in a Series B round. The series B funding round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Public Investment Fund’s subsidiary Sanabil Investments. The announcement didn’t share any specific details on valuation. This specific...
VC funding
The Saudi-Arabian accounting and e-invoicing platform VoM has seen their latest funding round come to an end, and secured a tidy profit of $670,000 in the process. Angel investors have allowed the company to close their latest round of Pre-Seed funding, which means that the cloud-based company can focus...
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It was announced today that the well-known Saudi Company Tamer Group is to acquire Mumzworld. The group has interests in healthcare, beauty, and FMCG products and Mumzworld is the leading eCommerce platform in the region for mother, baby, and child products. Although they didn’t announce the details on the...
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Elkaso, the popular UAE-based B2B marketplace has managed to successfully raise about $2.1M in its latest funding round was led by Global Founders Capital and MSA Capital. Although it was joined by key strategic global and regional investors including former and current leaders of Careem, Delivery Hero, Apple, Faith...
REEF Technology
USA-based REEF Technology Inc. of their acquirement of the popular UAE-based KaaS and cloud kitchen operator, iKcon. REEF is a leading operator of delivery kitchens, logistics, and proximity hubs in North America, marking their debut into the MENA region and that’s not all. iKcon was founded back in 2019 and...
Fintech in MENA
Despite a significant decline in funding in 2023, Middle Eastern fintech companies demonstrated remarkable resilience; Navigating challenges such as high-interest rates and geopolitical uncertainties, these fintechs are leveraging innovative technologies and pursuing expansion strategies. According to KPMG, fintech funding in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa dropped to its...
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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,...
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Gazal was founded and established back in 2020 with a goal to help innovate, improve and redesign the entire future of transportation in GCC and the KSA region. Their aim is to use it for short-distance travel and innovate the use of sustainable and healthier alternatives for the transportation...
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The popular Silicon Valley FinTech startup Tribal Credit managed to raise about a $34.3M Series A financing round which was announced today. The round was led by QED Investors and Partners for Growth (PFG) and that's not all. The round was also joined by existing financial investors like BECO...
savyour pakistan
Savyour, the popular Pakistan-based Fintech platform, and developer of the first cashback app and pay-per-sale affiliate marketing network that they’ve managed to successfully raise about $3.3M in its latest funding round. This latest seed round was co-led by Global Founders Capital and Zayn Capital and it was joined by...