Wamda

Global

Australia's Zip acquires Spotii

ZIP a publically listed Australia-based buy now pay later (BNPL) company has fully acquired Dubai-based BNPL provider Spotii for...

Spotii Zip BNPL

U.A.E

Rizek raises $10 million Series A round

UAE-based on-demand home services startup Rizek, has raised a $10 million Series A funding round. Founded by Abdullah Abu Sheikh...

Rizek home services

Global

UAE's Calega, Oman-based investors invest in India-based ClassMonitor

UAE-based Calega family office investor group, Oman-based group of investors (Sarvann), along with PATH India, have led a...

ClassMomitor

U.A.E

Mindshift Capital invests in US fitness startup

UAE-based Mindshift Capital has invested in US-based digital fitness platform FORTË, a subscription-based service offering...

Mindshift Capital Fund

U.A.E

Mamo raises $8 million in pre-Series A

UAE-based fintech startup Mamo has raised $8 million in its pre-Series A round led by Global Ventures, with the participation of 4DX...

mamo pay digital wallet

U.A.E

Foloosi raises $2 million in pre-Series A

UAE-based fintech startup Foloosi, has raised a $2 million (AED 7.4 million) pre-Series A funding round from Abu Dhabi-based angel...

Foloosi Fintech pre-Series A

U.A.E

MyBenefits raises $780,000 Seed round

UAE-based employee benefit platform MyBenefits, has raised a $780,000 Seed round from EdgeGlobal, with participation from individual...

MyBenefits Employee benifit programmes seed

U.A.E

Crescent Enterprises to double investments in startups to $272 million by 2022

UAE-based Crescent Enterprises announced doubling its venture capital investments in startups to $272 million (Dh 1 billion) by...

uae Venture Capital

U.A.E

nybl acquires Mexico-based machine learning startup Nubila

UAE-based nybl, an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning startup has acquired Nubil, a Mexico-based visual data mining and...

nybl Artificial intelligence machine learning

U.A.E

Derq raises $500,000 from Wadi Makkah Ventures

Derq has raised $500,000 from Wadi Makkah Ventures as part of its pre-Series A round, which included other global investors. The...

Artificial intelligence Analytics

U.A.E

Mythical to meteoric: The rise of tech unicorns

Ammar Al Malik is the managing director of Dubai Internet City The boom in tech firms either floating on stock markets or achieving...

unicorns

U.A.E

Protect4less raises $1 million in pre-Series A

UAE-based insuretech startup Protect4less, has raised a $1 million pre-Series A round from a group of family offices and private...

protect4less Pre Series A

Pakistan

Dubai's VentureSouq invests in Karachi-based CreditBook's $1.5 million seed round

Source: Tech in Asia Pakistan has one of the world’s fastest-growing middle class populations and has seen a 720% increase in 4G...

VentureSouq CreditBook Bookkeeping

U.A.E

Ola Doudin: The Middle East is having its crypto moment

Development in crypto regulations in the Middle East will help digital assets grow according to Ola Doudin, co-founder of UAE-based...

BitOasis

U.A.E

Dubai launches Food Tech Valley

Source: The National Dubai has launched a major new food technology hub set to act as a "global destination" for...

foodtech

Global

UAE's Vy Capital participates in India-based Urban Company's $188 million funding round

Source: VCCircle On-demand home services marketplace Urban Company has raised $188 million (Rs 1,410 crore) in a growth funding...

Urban Company Vy Capital

U.A.E

Dubai SME launches incubator for healthtech startups

Source: WAM Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has announced the...

Dubai SME healthtech

U.A.E

Maison Duffour raises $400,000

UAE-based e-commerce platform for gourmet food products Maison Duffour, has raised $400,000 from France and UAE-based angel investors,...

ecommerce Maison Duffor

Global

Alpha Wave invests $100 million in India-based Stanza Living

Source: BW Disrupt Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), a VC fund managed by Falcon Edge, has been investing at a steady pace. It has now...

Alpha Wave Stanza living Series D

U.A.E

Citron raises seven-figure pre-Series A round

Source: Gulf News A Dubai-based startup specialising in lunchboxes has packed a ‘seven-figure’ dollar investment from its...

Citron foodtech pre-Series A

U.A.E

Trade Capital raises Series A funding round

UAE-based fintech startup, Trade Capital Partners (TCP), has raised a Series A funding round, led by Modus Capital, with participation...

TradeCapital Fintech Series A

Global

Tradeling partners with China e-commerce platform JD.com

UAE-based business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce marketplace Tradeling, has teamed up with Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com, seeking to...

Tradeling B2B ecommerce

U.A.E

Mindshift Capital invests in US medtech startup

UAE-based Mindshift Capital has invested in the Series C raise of US-based OtoNexus Medical Technologies This marks the eight...

Mindshift Capital Fund medtech

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $10 million Series A round in Jakarta-based CoLearn

Source: VCCircle Indonesian edtech startup CoLearn has secured $10 million of Series A funding co-led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) and...

CoLearn EdTech Alpha Wave

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