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Startup refers to new companies seeking to disrupt or innovate an industry using digital and technology.

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It was announced that Quix, the popular Saudi Arabia-based on-demand delivery platform has raised SAR 3M which is roughly $800K pre-launch from more than 559 financial backers. The fund was raised through the crowdfunding platform Scooper. This carries the organization's absolute post-evaluation to SAR 10.1M which is roughly $2.7M...
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It was announced on Monday that the popular Dubai-headquartered buy-now-pay-later startup Postpay has managed to raise about $10M from the global leading buy-now platform Afterpay along with AP Ventures which is an Australia based platform. This fresh round has summed up Postpay’s total financing about $35M as of now....
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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...
Mubadala revolut
Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's prominent sovereign wealth fund, is reportedly in advanced discussions to significantly increase its investment in Revolut, the UK-based digital banking and payments powerhouse. The potential deal, valued at approximately US$100 million (£78 million), would see Mubadala acquire an additional stake in Revolut, which is now commanding...
Grintafy west ham partnership
The popular Jeddah-based football talent recognizing platform, Grintafy has officially partnered with the English football club West Ham United to provide help and expand their operation. Because of the multi-year organization, the Saudi startup will assist West Ham United with finding football talents on a global scale and that’s...
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The UAE-based healthcare platform Smileneo has raised about $2 million in a seed round. The round is one of the biggest seed rounds that was raised in the MENA region by any teeth-straightening direct-to-consumer business. The round also included a lot of different anchor investments from several leading international...
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It was announced that Taager, the popular Egypt-based social eCommerce platform has managed to raise about $6.4M in a seed round. The round was led by 4DX Ventures which was also joined by Raed Ventures, Beco Capital, Breyer Capital along with the individual investor, Careem’s Magnus Olsson. This leads...
View of Cairo Egypt
A new website was set up by The Egyptian-Saudi Joint Committee with a goal to develop MSMEs aka micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. The website is to help intermediaries to acquire funding along with highlighting their activities and that’s not all. IT’ll also help them showcase their achievements in...
Rabih Farhat related.me ceo
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...
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Start-ups can be defined as companies or businesses that focus on one single product or service with the hopes of introducing it to the market. A start-up can be individually owned, or two or more investors can be its founder. The greatest challenge that most start-up businesses face is finding investors willing to...