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Flat6labs logo
It was announced recently that one of the most popular and leading accelerators, Flat6Labs has finally expanded to Jordan with their launch of a $20M seed fund. The providing fund which is Jordan Seed Fund has effectively completed the first close of $7.4M from the International Finance Corporation (IFC),...
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Saudi Arabia-based insurance as a help (IaaS) stage that Eltizam has raised SAR2.5M which is roughly $666K through the crowdfunding platform ‘scopeer’. Established by Hani Al Malki (CEO) and Khaled Al Ahmadi (CTO), Eltizam hopes to digitize the nearby insurance business industry AI innovation. It offers insurance-related items crossing...
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Kenz, the Ramallah-based platform aims at helping women to find their preferable fashion and style that suits them. The platform is popular for launching the first Arabic calculator for getting bra and shapewear sizes. Lingerie being the most difficult product category that needs accurate measures, over 80 percent of...
Connect Ads Team
It was announced that the Egyptian advertising platform Connect Ads was acquired by the Miami-based digital media company Aleph Holding by an 86% stake. The deal was comprised of both cash and stock and that’s about it from the announcement. It didn’t share the exact financial details thoroughly but...
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It was announced today that Morocco headquartered Fintech startup Yalla Xash has raised a total sum of $675K series A funding round which was led by Maroc Numeric Fund II. The startup was established back in 2018 and ever since then, they’ve been providing money transferring features that allow...
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Amenli, the YC-backed startup has managed to attract a $2.3M seed round investment for providing insurance services across Egypt and that’s not all. The round had investment from several firms from both local and foreign. The investment firms include GFC, P1 Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, Anim Fund with Costanoa VC,...
flexxpay
Fintech giant FlexxPay, a Dubai-based payment platform has announced raising about $3M. The fund was raised in a pre-Series A round and it was comprised of equity debt. The investors include a lot of popular names from different regions. They include DIFC Fintech Fund, Arzan VC, Nuwa Capital, VentureSouq,...
Sawari Ventures
Sawari Ventures has closed their startups in their Egyptian-focused fund with about new commitments of $28M which roughly 440M in EGP. The commitments were from Kuwait Investment Authority’s Ekuity, Banque Misr, Suez Canal Bank, Misr Insurance Group, National Bank of Egypt, and Banque du Caire. In the previous round,...
iMile logo
The popular Dubai-based market leader, iMile in delivery services has recently and officially launched their services in Egypt. Their current operations are based in Cairo and Suez and a goal to expand further in the region. “We have solid plans for what we want to achieve in 2021 and our...
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The popular funding firm Nama Ventures from the KSA has declared its launch of another $27M funds that have been raised from high-net-worth financier along with, institutional financial investors and even family workplaces. In spite of the fact that the asset will focus on new businesses in KSA, Nama...