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...
Tunis-based edtech startup GoMyCode has reported its multi-mainland venture into Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Bahrain, and France, taking advantage of new business sectors subsequent to getting subsidizing last year. The platform was established back in 2017 by CEO Yahya Bouhlel, GoMyCode began as a coding school prior...
Mindshift Capital, the popular UAE-based funding firm has put resources into FORTË, an exclusive answer for digitizing wellness offered at fitness centers for the most convenience. Both innovation and membership-based streaming platform, FORTË introduces equipment and programming into studios, which empower classes to be streamed live to FORTË 's...
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...
Last March, while cities around the world went into lock down, most companies were forced to close their doors and forego revenue for a few weeks. Given that restaurant owners collaborated with food aggregators to power the on-demand food economy, you'd think they'd have an easier time. You'd be...
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...
Knuru Capital, a Venture Capital firm based in Dubai, has signed an agreement to handle a venture portfolio in its early-stage from an investment vehicle - DP Ventures Holdings - set up by Delta Partners senior executives to invest in technology companies in early-stages around the world.
The portfolio which...
Announced today, Abwaab has raised about $5.1M in a seed round. There were a lot of investors invested in this Amman-based EdTech platform including Beco Capital, Foundation Ventures, Spartech Ventures, 4DX Ventures, EQ2 Ventures, and GSV Ventures. The latest investment came pretty much after a year after they raised...
The Doha-based E-commerce startup, Snoonu raises $5 million in a Series A funding round this week and that’s not all. The round was led by a mutual strategic partner of the startup, QDB or Qatar Development Bank along with several other investors.
Snoonu was founded by Hamad Al Hajri back...
Amazon’s payment processing service in the MENA region, Amazon Payment Services has announced some changes about waiving all fees for the new businesses. Their aim is to benefit from the services that come with it in Egypt. Amazon Payment Services will postpone their services on accounts and support fees...
