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 all-in-one digital school and learning management providing edtech company from Jordan ‘Edunation’ has managed to raise about $3M in a funding round. The round was led by Rubix, a US-based investor. Edunation has already partnered up with some of the most notable leading academic institutions in the MENA...
Elkaso, the popular UAE-based B2B marketplace has managed to successfully raise about $2.1M in its latest funding round was led by Global Founders Capital and MSA Capital. Although it was joined by key strategic global and regional investors including former and current leaders of Careem, Delivery Hero, Apple, Faith...
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...
It was announced today that Riyadh-based Ecommerce platform Tamara has brought $110M up in a Series A round. The round was led by the popular leading global payment processor Checkout.com. Tamara is popular because of its "buy now pay later" motto. The round is contained obligation and value and...
The popular b2b eCommerce platform Chari has managed to successfully raise about $5M in its latest seed funding round right after finishing up the summer’21 batch of Y Combinator. They also acquired Karny.ma, a Morocco-based FinTech platform before this funding round. This particular seed funding round was Co-led by...
It was announced recently that there will be ‘One Million Entrepreneurs’, a campaign targeting potential talents and future entrepreneurs across Egypt, and the campaign is led by the Egyptian Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. The program is for all ages and groups across Egypt. It’s a fully online...
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...
It was announced that the popular Egyptian-based logistic platform for eCommerce commercial center, Flextock raised a $3.25M Pre-Seed financing round. The round was held Foundation Ventures (Egypt), MSA Capital (China), CRE Venture Capital (South Africa), Alter Global (US), JIMCO – Jameel Investment Management Company (Saudi Arabia), B&Y Venture Partners...
The Sanar Health tech platform offers at-home health care services and multiple telemedicine to users. Its offers range from lab tests at home, clinic consultation with video chat, physiotherapy sessions, and home nursing care with healthcare professionals. Since this platform was launched in 2019, Sanar has on board over...
