Despite a significant decline in funding in 2023, Middle Eastern fintech companies demonstrated remarkable resilience; Navigating challenges such as high-interest rates and geopolitical uncertainties, these fintechs are leveraging innovative technologies and pursuing expansion strategies. According to KPMG, fintech funding in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa dropped to its...
It was announced by the Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) and Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) have set up their obligation to secure the launch of Amam Ventures, which is Jordan’s first SME gender lens fund.
Amam Ventures is an investment group that is aimed at making impact investments...
In 2022, Dania Alshowaikh, PK Shrivastava, and Ridaa Shah founded Daleel's platform, and now broadcasted news reports that Hambro Perks Spring Studios has given them an undisclosed investment round. This Bahrain-based financial marketplace, Daleel, is a platform created to help consumers find the best financial products or compare them...
Samurai Incubate Inc, the popular venture capital firm from Tokyo closed its “Samurai Africa 2nd General Partnership” fund very recently. They’ve successfully managed to secure about $18.6 million which is roughly 2.026B yen.
This platform with pretty much an oversubscribed funding firm saw a scope of corporates and several financial...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming one of the dominant forms of technology in the world. So it shouldn’t come as a massive surprise that Hazen.ai, a company which specializes in creating intelligent traffic technology which utilizes AI to improve safety on the roads has gotten more investment in...
2021 MENA Venture Investment Report offers a complete comparison of the top 5 countries in MENA. This comparison is based on the number of registered deals in 2020. As we approach the second quarter and more investment rounds are announced in 2021, we bid farewell to 2020 by taking a...
The QSTP, Qatar Science & Technology Park which is a part of QFR and QF RDI has recently signed an MoU with Innovation Café. The Café provides a lot of innovation related to development and configuration thinking studio arrangement which intends to give the correct chances, direction, and backing...
Sprout FZCO, is a company founded by biochemist Oz Erbas and marketing technologist Katerina Papatryfon, the major aim is to usher in a new age of kids' food production focused on science and health improvement. Sprout foods are made entirely of whole plants and heavily rely on locally sourced...
GIZ Egypt has announced a €100M which is roughly $120M subsidizing program "VC University", focusing on first-time investment (VC) reserves. It’s in association with Egyptian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA), Endure Capital, and Changelabs
The sole purpose of this year-long program will offer planned asset administrators mentor...
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...
