Wamda

U.A.E

Popcorn AI closes $500,000 pre-seed

UAE-based conversational commerce platform Popcorn AI has raised a $500,000 pre-seed funding round, with participation from Spring...

Popcorn AI AI E-commerce

U.A.E

Brands.io secures Seed financing to drive expansion

UAE-based AI startup Brands.io has secured a Seed funding round for an undisclosed value from unidentified investors. Founded in 2024 by...

Brands.io AI

U.A.E

Warburg AI secures $250,000 Seed funding

UAE-based AI startup Warburg AI has secured $250,000 in seed funding from undisclosed investors. Founded in 2024 by Ben Pfeffer,...

Warburg AI AI

Global

Insider closes $500 million Series E led by General Atlantic

US-based AI-native omnichannel experience Insider has closed a $500 million Series E funding round, led by General Atlantic. Founded...

Insider AI omnichannel

Saudi Arabia

Wa’ed Ventures earmarks $100 million to invest in Saudi AI sector

Aramco’s $500 million VC fund, Wa’ed Ventures, has allocated $100 million for early-stage AI investments to support...

Wa'ed Ventures Aramco AI

Regional

Startupbootcamp partners with Meta to support MENA startups

The US tech giant Meta has joined forces with Startupbootcamp MENA to encourage the adoption of AI use cases in the MENA business...

startupbootcamp Meta AI

Saudi Arabia

Saudi deeptech Intelmatix scores $20 million Series A

Saudi Arabia-based deeptech AI company Intelmatix has closed a $20 million Series A funding round, led by Shorooq Partners and joined by...

Intelmatix Deep-tech AI

Egypt

Synapse Analytics secures $2 million to propel expansion plans

Egypt-based AI startup Synapse Analytics has raised $2 million in investment led by Silicon Badia. Synapse Analytics, part of Hub71...

Synapse Analytics silicon badia Hub71

U.A.E

UAE’s Sentient Labs secures $85 million Seed round

UAE-based Web3-focused startup Sentient Labs has raised a $85 million Seed investment round, co-led by Pantera Capital, and Framework...

Sentient Labs Web 3.0 AI

Regional

AI leverages real estate sector in MENA

An article by Anna Skigin, co-founder of Frank Porter The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) extends across all industries as...

Real Estate Proptech AI

Regional

AI redefines MENA corporate travel business

An article by Stan Klyuy, a Chief Commercial Officer at Tumodo, an online business travel platform. In 2024, the digital...

AI Artificial intelligence Travel

U.A.E

Polynome Group launches $100 million fund to invest in AI startups

UAE-based event management company Polynome Group has announced a $100 million fund to invest in AI startups. The fund will invest in...

Polynome Group AI

U.A.E

qeen.ai closes $2.2 million pre-Seed led by Wamda Capital

UAE-based AI startup qeen.ai has secured a $2.2 million pre-Seed funding round, led by Wamda Capital, with participation from...

qeen.ai Wamda Capital AI

Tunisia

Tunisia-born Clusterlab raises $600,000 pre-Seed

Tunisia-born and UAE-headquartered AI startup ClusterLab has raised $600,000 in a pre-Seed funding round from regional investors,...

Clusterlab AI

U.A.E

Dubbing platform CAMB.AI raises $4 million seed

UAE-based AI dubbing startup CAMB.AI has raised $4 million in a Seed funding round led by Courtside Ventures, along with TRTL Ventures,...

CAMB.AI AI Dubbing

Egypt

DXwand secures $4 million Series A to fuel regional expansion

Middle East-based AI startup DXwand has closed a Series A funding round of $4 million, led by Shorooq Partners, Algebra Ventures, and...

DXwand Shorooq Partners Algebra Ventures

U.A.E

UAE’s G42 pledges new investment in newly-born AI startup Analog

UAE-based AI and cloud computing giant G42, has allocated an undisclosed investment in the Abu Dhabi-headquartered AI company...

Analog G42 AI

Saudi Arabia

Cycls raises $1 million pre-Seed round

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Cycls has raised $1 million in pre-Seed funding from angel investors. Founded in 2021 by Mohammed...

Cycls AI

Egypt

Acasia Ventures leads pre-Seed round in Senegal’s Lengo AI

Egypt-based VC firm Acasia Ventures has led a pre-Seed investment round in Senegal-based SaaS startup Lengo AI, co-led by Ventures...

Acasia Ventures Lengo AI AI

U.A.E

Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai?

In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well...

deeptech XPANCEO Russia

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in DataQueue

Palestine-based AI data training company DataQueue has raised an undisclosed amount from the Ibtikar Fund. Founded in 2021 by Bashir...

Ibtikar Fund DataQueue AI

Egypt

Talents Arena raises $750,000 pre-Seed round

Egypt-based AI recruitment company Talents Arena, has raised a $750,000 pre-Seed funding round from UI Investments, alongside several...

Talents Arena HR solutions AI

Regional

Advice for investors: what to bear in mind when looking at AI startups

Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai There are those who are calling AI a bubble....

overwrite.ai generative AI AI

U.A.E

MBZUAI partners with OurCrowd Arabia to accelerate AI growth in UAE

The UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has signed an MoU with Israeli VC fund OurCrowd, to...

MBZUAI OurCrowd AI

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