Startups
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2.0KDubai-based property website Bayut.com’s parent company raises $100 million Series D
Dubai-based property website Bayut.com’s parent company Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG), also headquartered in Dubai, has raised $100 million Series D, the...
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2.5KExclusive: Al Tayyar acquires rest of 40% stake in Saudi OTA Almosafer for ~$19 million, now owns 100% of the company
Al Tayyar Group, one of the largest travel and tourism companies in Saudi Arabia with presence almost all over the region, has...
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1.5KRamallah-based Safra raises seed funding to make it easy for travel agents to book holiday packages for their customers
Palestinian travel startup Safra has raised seed funding from local VC firm Ibtikar Fund, the firm announce today, without disclosing the size...
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1.6KDubai-based Wimo raises $500,000 in seed funding for its delivery logistics management platform
Dubai-based delivery logistics platform Wimo has raised $500,000 in seed funding from Dubai Angel Investors (DAI) and some other regional angel investors,...
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2.1K200M People & Zero Unicorns: Building the next great startup in Pakistan
Over the last few months, I have been able to spend a significant amount of time in Pakistan — accounting for the...
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4.7KFailed Startups of MENA: Founder of Egypt-based price comparison website Bkam that had raised ~$500,000 in funding shares his story
Failed Startups of MENA, as the name suggests, is a series of articles and interviews where we try to learn about failed...
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4.8KSaudi-based Lucidya raises ~$1.1 million in Series A for its Arabic-focused social media monitoring and analytics tool
Jeddah-based Arabic-focused social media monitoring tool Lucidya has raised ~$1.1 million (4 million Saudi Riyal) in Series A funding, the startup announced...
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3.8K2018 Roundup: Startups from Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi, Jordan, Algeria & Tunisia set national fundraising records
As our story about the biggest tech deals of 2018 pointed out, many of the funding rounds were largest-ever in some markets...
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2.3KDubai-based financial comparison startup Yallacompare raises $8 million, plans expansion to Egypt
Dubai-based financial comparison platform Yallacompare has raised $8 million in fresh funding led by existing investors Wamda Capital and STC Ventures, Wamda...
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1.8KBahrain’s Inagrab raises six-figure seed funding for its AI-powered deal assistant for online sellers
Bahrain-based Inagrab has raised seed funding from 500 Startups and a group of other investors, the startup announced last week without disclosing...