Wamda

Pakistan

Trukkin: Why we expanded to Pakistan during lockdown

Trukkin is a Dubai-based trucks aggregator, connecting shippers, transporters, brokers and drivers. The startup has raised $3.5...

Trukkin Logistics

Jordan

Jordan's ISSF invests in Bedaya Fund

Jordan-based ISSF (Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund) has invested in Abu Dhabi-based Shorooq Partner's Bedaya Fund. The amount of...

Shorooq Partners

U.A.E

Fetchr confirms $15 million in fresh funding with plans to raise $10 million more

Dubai-based logistics startup Fetchr has confirmed that it raised $15 million as part of its Series C Funding round, the company said in a...

Fetcher Bloomberg

U.A.E

The Luxury Closet raises funding from Huda Beauty Investments

Dubai-based luxury resale marketplace The Luxury Closet (TLC) has secured an undisclosed investment from Huda Beauty Investments (HBI), the...

The Luxury Closet HB investments E-commerce

U.A.E

InstaShop’s acquisition and the growing significance of e-grocery

There is always a sense of pride, excitement and relief when a startup in the Middle East exits for a high valuation; pride for the...

instashop Delivery Hero Exit

Global

ADQ invests in India's Verloop.io

Source: CNBC Customer support automation platform Verloop.io, promoted by GrowthStory, has raised $5 million as a part of its Series A....

ADQ Verloop

Lebanon

Geek Express raises $520,000 in pre Series-A

Geek Express, an edtech startup based in Lebanon and the UAE, has secured $520,000 in a pre-Series A round from National Talents, IM...

Geek Express EdTech

Global

Mubadala Ventures invests in US-based Science 37

Source: SwfInstitute Los Angeles-based Science 37, Inc. is a clinical trials platform. Science 37 raised US$ 37 million in funding that...

Mubadala Ventures Science 37

Global

Waha Capital invests in Argentina-based Despegar

Source: WAM Waha Capital PJSC, a leading investment company in Abu Dhabi (ADX: WAHA), has announced an investment of AED 184 million...

Waha Capital Despegar covid-19

U.A.E

Bayut's weigh-in on the importance of adapting and learning quickly

Bayut is one of the region's largest real-estate portals. In this thought leadership piece, the team at the company outline the lessons...

Bayut.com

U.A.E

01Gov raises seed investment

Dubai-based startup 01Gov has raised a six-figure seed investment round from angel investor Saeed Khalfan Aldhaheri. The government...

govtech

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi's Dh535 million Ventures Fund will be transferred to ADQ

Source: The National Abu Dhabi's state holding company ADQ is partnering with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio) to develop the...

abu dhabi ADIO

U.A.E

Sehteq raises $20 million

Dubai-based health insurance tech startup Sehteq, has secured a $20 million investment from its anchor investor 971 Capital. Launched in...

Insurtech Sehteq healthtech

U.A.E

Starzly raises pre-seed investment

UAE-based media and entertainment tech company Starzly, has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-seed funding round, led by Nama V...

Starzly

U.A.E

eyewa raises $2.5 million pre-series B bridge round

Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has invested in UAE-based eyewear e-commerce player eyewa, which has...

eyewa wamda Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Why are there so few Emirati entrepreneurs?

Earlier this year Wamda published a report on the state of pre-seed startups in the Middle East and North Africa. What emerged from our...

emiratis uae

U.A.E

iKcon raises $5 million in pre-Series A

Dubai-based cloud kitchen startup iKcon, has raised $5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Arzan VC, AlTouq Group and Nazer Group among...

iKcon Cloud kitchens pre-Series A

Global

Mubadala invests in China's Xpeng Motors

Source: CNBC Chinese electric car maker Xpeng Motors has raised $400 million ahead of an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., two...

Mubadala Capital Xpeng Motors tesla

U.A.E

Sheraa, CE-Ventures grant $190,000 to 11 startups

Source: Trade Arabia Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) and CE-Ventures have disbursed more than AED700,000 ($190,560) in...

Sheraa CE-Ventures Covid19

U.A.E

Conektr raises $800,000 in pre-Series A

Source: WAYA Conektr, a Dubai-based digital lower trade, groceries, and HORECA marketplace platform has raised $800,000 in a...

grocery stores GCC Series A

U.A.E

Putting communities first in a new decade of innovation

By Rashid Al Ghurair, founder and CEO of UAE-based CAFU, a fuel on demand service Entering this new decade just several months ago,...

CAFU

Global

Foundation Holdings invests in India's Toppr

Source: Vccircle Toppr Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs an eponymous ed-tech startup, has raised Rs 350 crore ($46 million) in its...

EdTech Toppr

U.A.E

Has the office become a burden?

Life is returning to offices in the UAE and the wider Middle East region as workers go back to their desks wearing masks and attempting to...

U.A.E

Fetchr raises $15 million to expand to Saudi Arabia

Source: Bloomberg Fetchr secured at least $15 million in fresh funding to expand in Saudi Arabia as part of a turnaround plan that...

Fetchr Last mile delivery

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