Abu Dhabi has made another committee to manage the improvement of free zones in the emirate and survey enactment administering every one of them so that the regulations stay intact. The Executive Council of Abu Dhabi has given a choice to shape the Free Zones Council, led by the...
Fintech NymCard which has its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, announced in a statement that it has launched an Open API platform for issuing and processing of payment cards.
The announcement is coming on the heels of NymCard’s $7.6 million Series A which the company had raised the previous month. The...
Retalio, the popular Saudi-based B2B E-trade commercial center startup has raised a $6.7M seed venture round very recently making them the biggest seed round speculation on record for a Saudi startup and that’s not all. The startup was led by Shorooq Partners and Abercross Holdings, and with the interest...
Beginning a start-up company presents challenges, even in normal circumstances, but in 2020, and now in 2021, start-ups across the globe are suffering financially due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Within the UAE, many small businesses have already folded, have been put on hold or are struggling to...
Walee, the popular influencer marketing platform from Islamabad has managed to raise about $2.7M in a seed funding round and that’s not all. The round was from a Pakistani communications company Z2C and they are strictly into public relations, advertising, commerce along with technological advancements as well. However he...
Anghami, a top music streaming platform in North Africa and the Middle East now goes public by a merger with an acquisition company (SPAC) with a special purpose. A SPAC, also referred to as a blank-cheque firm, is created to raise funds via an IPO with the purpose of...
The popular AgriTech start-up in the digital fresh produce platform from Lahore has managed to successfully raise about $2M in its latest Pre-Seed funding round. This particular pre-seed funding round was led by Global Founders Capital. The round was also joined by Zayn Capital and recorded participation from Ratio...
Logistic and supply chain company, Trukkin has raised it's series A investment round of $7 million from Saudi based Emkan Capital.
Trukkin, founded in 2017 by Janardan Dalmia who used to work as a financial executive brands itself as a leading aggregator platform which matches shipping with trucking for a...
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...
It was announced that the UAE-based Edtech and Fintech startup Cashee has managed to raise about $1M in a Pre-seed funding round. The startup offers a digital platform along with providing prepaid cards to teens and kids that have a lot of useful features. It includes access for parents...
