Podro Iran’s delivery and logistics startup raised $12.5 million (300 billion Toman) from Fanap, an old guard of Iran’s digital ecosystem. Podro offers small to medium sized businesses B2B and B2C services, with many Iranians using social media to open store fronts to sell products and goods such as...
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...
This funding round was led by Flat6Labs, Vision Health Pioneers ( German based incubator) and supported by a group of expat angel investors from the USA, EU, Australia, and KSA. Their investment underlines a shared commitment to improving mental health care quality and accessibility in our region.
Arab Therapy's strategy...
Getir has become one of the most valued grocery delivery apps right now that has achieved unicorn status. Headquartered in Istanbul, this ultra fast grocery delivery platform already tripled its valuation to $2.6B in less than 2 months. Co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital, their valuation was increased...
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...
Zid has successfully raised about $7M in a Series A funding round. This KSA-based eCommerce platform was able to raise 26M SAR which was led mainly by Global Ventures along with other existing investors that includes Arzan VC and Elm.
But this wasn’t the first investment Zid had received. In...
JOI Gifts, the popular UAE-based and both MENA servicing online gifts marketplace has managed to successfully raise about $2.5M in their latest Series A funding round. This particular Series A funding round was led by Knuru Capital, the Dubai-based VC focused on FinTech and consumer marketplaces. The funding round...
It was announced that one of the UAE’s leading institutional investors EDB aka The Emirates Development Bank has signed an agreement with the country’s first peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, Beehive. While allocating just over $8M which is roughly AED 30M in funding for the platform to distribute to creditworthy...
It was announced today that Eyewa, the popular Dubai-based eyewear startup has raised about $21M in a Series B round. The round was co-led by Kingsway Capital and Nuwa Capital. There was also notable participation from French Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, Derayah Ventures, Palm Drive, and Hardy Capital. And it...
Khazna, the popular fintech platform from Egypt has been selected to compete in the inaugural edition of the Last Mile MOney Accelerator program which is managed by IDEO. ANd it’s directly funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Khazna has an inclusive financial technology with a goal to enhance...
