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Mena startups raise $254 million in March, pushing Q1 to $429 million

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $254 million in March across 54 deals, up 186% month on month (MoM) from...

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Mena startups raised $36 million in September 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $36 million in September across 36 deals, a 64 per cent drop in value month-on-month...

investments

Regional

Mena startups raised $101 million in August 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $101 million across 26 deals, a six per cent increase month-on-month in...

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Mena startups raised $247 million in March 2023, pushing Q1 funding to $1.1 billion

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $247 million across 67 deals in March 2023, a decline of 67 per cent...

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Regional

Mena startups raised $103 million in January 2023

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $103 million in January 2023 across 22 deals, a 17 per cent decline...

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Mena startups raised $176 million in May, lowest amount so far in 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $176 million in May 2022 across 42 deals, a decline of 40 per cent...

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Regional

Mena startups raised $375 million in February 2022

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $375 million across 81 deals in February 2022, a 51.6 per cent increase...

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Mena startups raised $284 million in November 2021

Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $284 million in November 2021 across 71 deals, an 89 per cent...

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Regional

Startups in Mena raised $150 million in October 2021

Startups in Mena raised more than $150 million in October across 42 deals, a 55.5 per cent month-on-month decline in terms of value, but a...

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Regional

Mena startups raised $160 million in August 2021

Startups in Mena raised just shy of $160 million in August across 44 deals, taking the total raised so far this year to $1.78 billion....

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Mena startups raised $170 million in March 2021

Startups in Mena raised $170 million in March, a 6 per cent rise month on month, across 43 deals. This takes the total amount raised in the...

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Regional

Mena startups raised $47.6 million in October

Cloud kitchens have pushed up investments in October after Kaykroo launched with a $4 million funding round and Sweetheart Kitchen...

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Mena startups raised $10.9 million in September

Investment in startups appears to be slowing for the first time this year with just $10.9 million* raised in fresh funding in September....

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Regional

Sheraa launches $250,000 Middle East and Africa startup challenge

Source: Gulf News The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) is launching a $250,000 prize for high prospect startups in the Middle...

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Global

Franco-Tunisian startup NextProtein raises $11.2 million in Series A

Source: AgFunder news NextProtein, a French-Tunisian startup working on new ways to produce insect-based animal feed and...

Next Protein investments

Regional

Top five VC deals in the first quarter of 2020

The first quarter is usually an active one for venture capital (VC) investments in the Middle East and with the top five closed before the...

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Saudi Arabia

Investment in Saudi-based startups record an all time high in 2019

The number of investments in Saudi-based startups amounted to 71 investments in 2019, an increase of 92 per cent from 2018, recording the...

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U.A.E

Abu Dhabi Investment Office invests $16.3 million in several startups

Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) today announced AED 60 million of investment in the latest batch of startups and...

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Regional

Top five VC deals in the third quarter of 2019

Venture Capital (VC) investments in the third quarter of 2019 have not made as much fanfare compared to the second quarter of this...

TOP VC Deals

Kuwait

Kuwait Sovereign Wealth Fund leads round in Knotel

Source: Pitchbook Enterprise workspace provider Knotel has banked $400 million at an estimated $1 billion valuation in a round...

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Regional

What to expect in 2018? More exits, more family businesses, and more from KSA

During Wamda’s finale Mix N’ Mentor of the year, we spoke to several participating mentors and experts to gauge their input and...

Saudi Arabia investments Expectations

Tunisia

Why should investors consider funding Tunisian startups? [Q&A]

Intilaq, a Tunisian incubator and fund officially started in 2014 in a partnership between Microsoft, Ooredoo, and other funding partners....

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U.A.E

Now Money closes $1.46M bridge funding round

UAE-based fintech startup Now Money closed this week a bridge funding round with a total of $1.46 million. The round included $700,000...

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Palestine

Connect Gaza looks to bring Palestinian startups into the regional ecosystem

Digital entrepreneurship and innovation are becoming key focuses of many governments across the Middle East as they seek to reform their...

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