Saudi-based on-demand marketplace and foodtech platform Siwar has successfully managed to raise about $7.5M in its latest funding round. The funding round was led by Riyadh-based travel services company Seera Group with the participation of key investors in the region.
The platform was launched back last year and it’s been...
KSA’s DIGGIPACKS was founded by Amin Al-Atrash and Hasan Jabarti back in 2020. Amin Al-Atrash is already popular for several things with experience in logistics for 20 years along with last-mile, cold-chain, and even fulfillment sectors. He’s been having a goal to make a footprint within the same industry...
The popular UAE-based healthy snack brand for children Koala Picks has managed to raise about $408.4K which is roughly 1.5M in AED in their first external funding round. The funding round was led by friends and family investors. The funding round didn’t have any institutional investors and all funding...
Ranking Report for 2021 MENA Venture Investor revealed that in 2020, there was a decline in accelerator activity, with ​10%​ of all active investors being accelerators in MENA across all countries for its lowest level in five-years. This indicates a 29% ​reduction from the previous year.
With 2020 bringing a...
Dubai, UAE – The Food and Beverage (F&B) industry across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is experiencing an unprecedented digital revolution, with food tech emerging as a pivotal force. This technological transformation is empowering restaurants to achieve new heights of efficiency, sustainability, and profitability in a...
Egypt's Information Technology Institute (ITI) has joined forces with Google to dispatch the Machine Learning Developer, which hopes to qualify 30K programmers, college students, and software engineering graduates on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning backgrounds to make the team even greater. With literally a horde of APIs, Google...
It was announced by Jahez International Company for Information Technology (Jahez) that the arrangement of HSBC Saudi Arabia as the Sole Financial Advisor and Global Coordinator for its possible first sale of stock (IPO) on the Saudi Exchange's Nomu - Parallel Market. Jahez is a local Saudi business that...
One of the most popular ways marketers gain customers is by letting them test their products first. And that is done by giving them a sample product for them to test first and admire. And it’s still one of the most used methods to understand what their target consumers...
A platform for esports and gaming, SaudiGamer.com, has been acquired by Webedia Esports Agency, an international gaming experts via Webedia Arabia Group –it’s local arm (based in UAE, KSA, and Lebanon).
The involvement of Webedia Arabia Group will consolidate SaudiGamer.com and her social channels to firmly establish it as the...
It was announced today that the popular Kuwaiti beauty eCommerce platform Boutiqaat has been freed from the money laundering case they’ve been fighting against. The entire case was dismissed after finding pretty much no evidence of any illegal activities regarding money laundering by the public prosecution. They’ve been under...
