Sakneen, a property tech startup based in Egypt, recently announced that it had raised $1.1 million in a seed round led by Algebra Ventures. Sarwa Capital and Foundation Ventures also contributed significantly to the round. Hem + Spire, a real estate private equity firm based in the United States,...
Google today announced a significant expansion of its digital payment ecosystem, with the official launch of Google Pay in Lebanon and Oman. This strategic move underscores Google's commitment to enhancing access to secure and convenient digital payment tools across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The service...
Dubai, UAE – Related, a leading Dubai-headquartered loyalty and rewards platform, announced today it has successfully raised $8 million (SAR 30 million) in strategic funding. The investment comes from Saudi alternative investment firm Equivator, a move set to significantly accelerate Related’s expansion within Saudi Arabia and bolster the development...
Egypt-based investment company EFG Hermes has announced their investment of $725M in Ignis Energia, a Spanish renewable energy specialist via the company’s private equity arm’s Vortex Energy Fund as a series of capital injections. And it will be deployed over the next few years under some conditions of course.
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Since 2004 Iran has put efforts in launching some version of a domestic search engine within the country, these projects often had significant government funding and backing as they were perceived to help the Iran intranet network of information (which is Iran's local internet of sites often switched on...
Snapp group, the popular Iranian ride hailing and online service super app in a surprising change in tactics has for the first time published statistics about it's business and app for the year 2020. The private held company had long kept it's data close to it's chest, disclosing some...
The MSA was selected by the ISSF because of its board experience in the industry, robust track record, global access, and deep roots in the East and China. And this new access to MSA’s resources will certainly allow the ISSF to develop themselves in a competitive and entrepreneurial ecosystem...
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia and global investment platform Techstars have teamed up to launch the latest Riyadh Techstars Accelerator project. This particular accelerator program will help improving entrepreneurs and startups to help them innovate and grow their businesses in the MENA region. Their...
CE-Ventures, the corporate funding foundation of UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, has reported that it is multiplying its investment interests in new businesses to arrive at $272M which is roughly AED 1B by next year and that’s not all. Since its initiation in 2017, CE-Ventures has effectively contributed more than $136M...
Pangea App is presently opening up for candidates for their launch of a new Scale-Up accelerator program, which tries to find the best scale-ups in Africa and develop them from seed to Series A rounds. The program is searching for deft business visionaries who already are in existing foothold...
