Wamda

U.A.E

meekd.com raises seed investment

Source: Entrepreneur Dubai-based global online search company meekd.com has raised its first round of seed funding for an...

meekd Google Online search engines

Global

UAE's Danube invests in India-based Financepeer

Source: Your Story Google-incubated education fintech startup Financepeer announced the closure of a fresh funding round of $3 million,...

Danube Group Education fintech startups

U.A.E

Ma’an launches its first digital funding platform

Ma’an, a Ghadan21 accelerator programme initiative, has launched its first digital funding platform, Ma’an Contribution...

social enterprise Community

Lebanon

Synkers raises $1.8 million in pre-Series A

Lebanon-based educational technology (edtech) platform Synkers, has secured a $1.8 million pre-Series A funding round, led by Lama and...

EdTech tutoring Dubai Angel Investors

U.A.E

STEP Match

Step Match is a series of online networking events brought to you by Step, the organizers of Step Conference,...

Global

THE LIST raises bridge round investment

Dubai-based luxury fashion and lifestyle platform THE LIST, has raised a bridge investment round from the ventures arm of media publishing...

The List Online shopping ecommerce

Regional

GCC-based entities join forces to launch region's first conscious investor fellowship

Source: Arab News King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has partnered with the investment platform VentureSouq,...

KAUST impact entrepreneurship Venture Souq

Global

Group 42 invests in US-based Beyond Limits

Source: Crunchbase Artificial intelligence company Beyond Limits has landed $133 million in its Series C round. The...

Beyond Limits AI Group 42

Global

UAE's Alpha Wave invests in India-based ClassPlus

Source: VCCircle Education-technology platform Classplus has raised a little over Rs 75 crore (around $10.2 million) at current exchange...

Alpha Waves EdTech ClassPLus

Global

UAE's VentureSouq invests in UK-based Dendra systems

Source: DroneDJ Environmental company Dendra Systems has announced it has raised $10 million to rehabilitate and restore biodiverse...

VentureSouq Dendra Systems

Regional

Wiz Holding raises seed funding

UAE-based e-commerce enterprise Wiz holding, has raised $2 million in seed funding from undisclosed international investors from the US,...

ecommerce Wiz Holding

Global

Endeavor closes third fund with Careem and Property Finder founders among LPs

Source: Endeavor Endeavor Catalyst announced the final closing of Fund III, a $134M venture capital fund through which it...

Endeavor Catalyst Fund careem Property finder

Global

UAE's Alpha Wave invests in India-based EkAnek Networks

Source: Yourstory Delhi-based EkAnek Networks announced on Monday it has raised Rs 40 crore in its Series A1 investment round. The...

Alpha Wave

U.A.E

Spartech Ventures invests in UK-based Bibliu

UAE-based venture capital (VC) investor Spartech Ventures, has participated in UK-based educational technology (edtech) platform...

Spartech Ventures EdTech Bibliu

U.A.E

Open banking: DAPI's open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council

An open letter on open banking, a framework for responsible innovation for banks and the fintech community in the UAE Members of the...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

U.A.E

Navigating Dubai’s next chapter of growth

Majed Al Suwaidi is the managing director of Dubai Media City and lead of in5 Startups have always played a crucial role in the social...

in5 Dubai

Jordan

360Moms raises fresh funds

Jordan-based online parenting platform 360Moms, has raised investment from Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund and Jordan-based ISSF (Innovative...

360Moms online parenting ISSF

Global

Abu Dhabi's Alpha Wave invests in India-based SenseHawk

Source: VCCircle Solar software startup SenseHawk Inc. on Tuesday said it has raised $5.1 million (Rs 37 crore) in fresh capital as part...

SenseHawk software development Alpha Wave

U.A.E

Awok’s failure: Pandemic victim or cash mismanagement?

Wamda cannot verify the claims that Hussein Khafagy, head of customer experience at Awok makes below Last week, Dubai-based...

awok.com failures

U.A.E

Us-based Village Capital invests in four UAE startups

Source: Arabian Business Village Capital, the US-based venture capital firm, is looking to fund UAE start-ups through its MetLife...

Village Capital early stage

U.A.E

UDENZ raises $100,000 bridge round

Dubai-based dental app UDENZ has raised a $100,000 bridge round, led by Global Ventures UAE and several angel investors. The company...

Udenz healthtech

Pakistan

Jabbar Internet Group invests in GrocerApp

Dubai-based Jabbar Internet Group has led in Pakistan-based GrocerApp’s $1 million seed round, marking the group’s first-ever...

Grocery App Online delivery Jabbar Group

U.A.E

O1ex invests in India's Cashaa

Source: Economic Times Crypto banking services platform Cashaa said it has raised $5 million from Dubai based O1ex, a blockchain...

cryptocurrency

U.A.E

Mubadala participates in InCountry's $18 million round

Source: TechCrunch InCountry, which provides a set of solutions — comprising software as well as some consultancy — that...

Mubadala

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