Saudi Arabia UAE and Saudi-based Trukkin raises $3.5 million Saudi Arabia and UAE-based logistics firm Trukkin has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by investors from the AL-Namlah Family... Yasmeen Nabil • 26 May, 2019 Long-haul trucks Investment
U.A.E Fodel raises $2.6 million in pre-Series A Dubai-based last mile delivery startup Forward Delivery (Fodel), has raised $2.6 million in a pre-series A round from multiple investors... Yasmeen Nabil • 31 March, 2019 Logistics Last mile delivery
Saudi Arabia In conversation with Abdulmajeed Alyemni of KSA's Salasa Salasa is a logistics fulfilment company based in Saudi Arabia. Working with e-commerce companies, Salasa fulfils their orders, packs them... Triska Hamid • 05 March, 2019 Logistics Saudi Arabia
U.A.E Dubai-based Mile raises seed funding Source: Menabytes Dubai-based delivery and logistics management platform Mile has raised seed funding in a round led by Saudi VC Riyad... News • 19 February, 2019 Seed funding Delivery Logistics
U.A.E Wimo raises $500,000 in seed funding Source: MENAbytes Dubai-based delivery logistics platform Wimo has raised $500,000 in seed funding from Dubai Angel Investors... News • 21 January, 2019 Seed funding seed investment Logistics
Kuwait Kuwait's Agility to invest $100m in Shipa.com Source: The National Agility, one of the largest logistics firms in the region, will invest $100 million in a digital logistics platform... News • 11 December, 2018 Logistics ecommerce
U.A.E CE-Ventures acquires stake in Transcorp CE-Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, announced on Monday that it has acquired a... Yasmeen Nabil • 26 November, 2018 investement Logistics
Kuwait Armada delivery solutions closes a pre-Series A round with Sharq Ventures Armada Delivery Solutions, a tech logistics company, closed a pre-Series A round with Sharq Ventures. The company solves the last mile... Staff writer • 13 February, 2018 Armada Logistics Arzan VC
Regional New startups on the block: August Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Reine Farhat • 03 August, 2017 Startup List startups ecommerce
Egypt Cairo Angels invests in a local logistics company Cairo Angels, a network of angel investors focused on supporting startup opportunities in Egypt and the Middle East, announced its... Staff writer • 17 July, 2017 on-demand delivery Logistics cairo angels
Egypt Car app fight club in Egypt The market for tech-enabled transport in Egypt is tight: 13 companies are offering some kind of online ride hailing product. All of... Rachel Williamson • 23 April, 2017 Transport Logistics taxi hailing app
U.A.E Load-Me keeps on trucking Load-Me, the Dubai startup that connects regional truckers with delivery loads through a marketplace app, has come a long way since its... Elias Jabbe • 21 March, 2017 telematics uae load-me
Egypt Signed, sealed: deliveries get tech'd in Cairo Personal transport is easily the most popular sharing economy business in Egypt, as Uber, Careem and Ousta compete hard for market share,... Radwa Rashad • 01 March, 2017 Bosta Oustaman Ousta
Egypt Egypt’s Edfa3ly finds a Kuwaiti safe haven This article has been crossposted from Nuwait. Egyptian ecommerce play Edfa3ly has achieved the dream - a successful expansion into the... Eman Mostafa • 05 February, 2017 Nuwait edfa3ly ecommerce
Regional New startups on the block: January Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. German Medical Reference... Lucy Knight • 04 January, 2017 new startups real esate Healthcare
Saudi Arabia Saudi loves logistics [Infographic] With increasing populations, new and expanding cities, and greater infrastructure, there is an increasing need for more goods to be... Lucy Knight • 05 December, 2016 Logistics Transport Saudi Arabia
U.A.E From shop to your shelf, El Grocer grows Delivery services are a part of Dubai’s residential lifestyle, and some residents are even spoilt for choice with stores at the... Archana Menon • 02 August, 2016 el grocer Delivery Logistics
Europe Aramex leads $8.5M Series B in UK address startup Aramex has led a $8.5 million Series B funding round in British startup What 3 Words, a company that is creating a universal postal code... Rachel Williamson • 29 June, 2016 Eddress what3words Locname
Jordan Cash before delivery, the COD alternative? The CashBasha founders. (Images via Cashbasha) According to a 2014 Payfortreport, 80 percent of ecommerce transactions in the region... Tala El Issa • 18 April, 2016 aramex ventures cash before delivery CashBasha
Jordan Can e-commerce site Cazamoda overcome the challenges of family business? As a market for e-commerce builds in the region, many offline retailers are considering going online to launch their own e-commerce... Reine Farhat • 22 September, 2013 Challenges Logistics Namshi
How Namshi is doubling down on operations as it goes from startup to scaleup “I can't stress how much we're trying to break away from the bubble and hype around our funding rounds, and see ourselves as a startup t... Glen Dalakian II • 25 August, 2013 Logistics Dubai Shipping
ShopGo makes it easier for any e-commerce company to manage logistics with Aramex This month, e-commerce solution ShopGo (a Wamda portfolio company) has released Aramex Suite, a new module that allows e-commerce stores to... Nina Curley • 18 August, 2013 Logistics E-commerce
Edfa3ly secures Series A investment from Tamkeen Capital, plans regional expansion Living in Egypt is hard. Even having a high disposable income brings its own difficulties because you see a plethora of enticing products... Omar Aysha • 12 August, 2013 Series A Investment Logistics
Overcoming failure, Jordan's Wheels Express founder launches logistics startup in Dubai When we last caught up with Ibrahim Manna, he was just closing down his delivery startup, Wheels Express, one of Jordan’s early s... Nina Curley • 31 July, 2013 Logistics Shipping Failure