It was announced that one of the UAE’s leading institutional investors EDB aka The Emirates Development Bank has signed an agreement with the country’s first peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, Beehive. While allocating just over $8M which is roughly AED 30M in funding for the platform to distribute to creditworthy...
It was announced by the DIFC of their most latest investment in Clara which is a UK-headquartered Legal-tech startup. The investment was made through the DIFC fintech fund. It was launched back in 2017 and ever since, the startup has been set to establish, improve and take startups further...
Raqamyah, a Riyadh-based crowdlending platform has raised about $2.3M in just one investment deal. They announced that the investment round was managed and led by Impact46 later that day. There were other investors included such as Mad’s investment, Al Yusr and Fadeed Investment. Another round of participation was made...
Saudi Fintech Nayla Finance Secures $4M to Expand Digital Lending for Small Businesses
Nayla Finance, a Saudi Arabian fintech platform specializing in digital lending solutions, has raised $4 million in seed funding to expand its services for micro and small businesses across the Kingdom. The funding round was led by...
The launching of Al Zayani Venture Capital has been announced by Al Zayani Investment Group. The company has its headquarters in Manama, Bahrain. It has its focus on investment in disruptive technology and start-ups.
In 1977, Al Zayani Investment Group was established in Bahrain. This makes it one of the...
The Nuwa Capital, a Gulf venture capital fund has announced their first close debut fund of $75 million pretty much after a year of their lunch. This Dubai and Riyadh-based capital fund also known as ‘Nuwa Ventures Fund I’ (NVFI) has become one of the largest ones in the...
It was announced that the Moroccan eye-wear eCommerce startup LNKO will be soon expanding to the UAE after having closed a DH 3M which is roughly $335K. It’s from the investment arm of Moroccan bank, CDG Capital through its 212Founders acceleration program.
The startup was launched back in April 2020...
Sharjah-based startup Mughamer.com has recently announced that the primary site in the Middle East to work with sightseers and tourists curation of experience-filled adventures across several destinations like the UAE, Morocco, Brazil, and Comoros Island and it doesn't just stop there at this point.
The startup was helped to establish...
A talent booking platform for managers and artists, Soul Artists, based in the UAE, has in a Bridge funding round received $350,000 from Wasel and Falak Investment Hub.
Soul Artists is a peer-to-peer platform created by event managers and artists to locate and book musicians and entertainers. It creates a...
Podro Iran’s delivery and logistics startup raised $12.5 million (300 billion Toman) from Fanap, an old guard of Iran’s digital ecosystem. Podro offers small to medium sized businesses B2B and B2C services, with many Iranians using social media to open store fronts to sell products and goods such as...
