Egypt Edutainment platform Jeel raises $1.2 million in Seed round Saudi Arabia and Egypt-based edutainment platform Jeel has received $1.2 million in a Seed funding round, led by Kuwaiti and... News • 11 July, 2021 Jeel edutainment
Saudi Arabia Carsharing app Sharik raises SAR2.5 million Saudi Arabia-based peer-to-peer carsharing app Sharik, has successfully closed a SAR2.5 million ($666,000) financing round via... Dunya Hassanein • 11 July, 2021 Scopeer Crowdfunding carsharing
Jordan Jordan’s edtech Wajeez raises $3 million in pre-Series A round Jordan-based edtech startup Wajeez has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round, led by STV with participation from Shorooq... News • 11 July, 2021 Wajeez EdTech
U.A.E UAE launches national programme for coders The UAE has unveiled a national programme to train 100,000 coders and set up 1,000 digital companies over the next five years. It also... News • 11 July, 2021 Google Coding
Saudi Arabia Nejree closes $15 million Series A for its 'try now buy later' platform Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform Nejree has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by the Impact46 growth fund. Founded... News • 11 July, 2021 E-commerce Nejree
Egypt ShipBlu raises pre-Seed funding led by Nama Ventures Cairo-based startup ShipBlu has closed an undisclosed amount in a pre-Seed funding round led by Nama Ventures, with participation from... News • 08 July, 2021 Egypt ecommerce ShipBlu
Global Eight Mena startups selected for Y Combinator's summer cohort 2021 Y Combinator’s latest summer cohort contains the largest group of startups from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) in its... Dunya Hassanein • 08 July, 2021 Y Combinator
Saudi Arabia Five Colors raises SAR5 million Saudi Arabia-based video production company Five Colors, has raised SAR5 million ($1.3 million) via crowdfunding platform... Dunya Hassanein • 07 July, 2021 Scooper creative industries Five Colors
U.A.E Global Ventures invests in insurtech Democrance UAE-based insurtech startup Democrance has raised an undisclosed investment round, led by UAE VC firm Global Ventures with participation... News • 07 July, 2021 Global Ventures Insurtech Democrance
Morocco Damanesign raises $450,000 from Maroc Numeric Fund II Morocco-based Damanesign has raised $450,000 from the Maroc Numeric Fund II. Founded in 2021 by Zouhair Hamdaoui,... News • 07 July, 2021 Damanesign Maroc Numeric Fund II
Morocco Y Combinator acquires 7 per cent of Morocco's B2B e-commerce startup Chari US-based Seed investor and accelerator Y Combinator has acquired 7 per cent of shares in Morocco-based B2B e-commerce startup Chari,... News • 06 July, 2021 Chari B2B e-commerce Y Combinator
Egypt C3 graduates its third accelerator programme Social impact accelerator C3 has concluded its third accelerator programme. Egypt’s Baramoda won the contest for an... News • 05 July, 2021 HSBC C3
Global Global Ventures participates in Nigeria-based teamApt's Series B funding round UAE-based venture capital firm Global Ventures has participated in Nigeria-based fintech startup teamApt's Series B funding round,... News • 05 July, 2021 Global Ventures TeamAPT
Egypt Laila Hassan: More women inclusion in the ecosystem drives better economics Egypt-based venture capital firm Algebra Ventures announced today that Laila Hassan and Omar Khashaba will be joining its second, $90... Nesma Abdel Azim • 05 July, 2021 Algebra Ventures GP Egypt
Egypt MaxAB raises $40 million in Series A Egypt-based B2B e-commerce platform MaxAB, has raised $40 million in a Series A round, led by RMBV, with participation from the IFC,... News • 05 July, 2021 B2B ecommerce Series A MaxAB
Egypt Zeew raises $170,000 in funding Egypt-based e-commerce enabler platform Zeew, has raised $170,000 from Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator, a joint initiative of... Dunya Hassanein • 01 July, 2021 Zeew ecommerce enablement Sanabil Investments
