Startups
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3.0KEgypt’s Trolley raises $200,000 seed for its grocery delivery platform
Cairo-based grocery delivery platform Trolley has raised $200,000 as seed funding, the startup told MENAbytes today, adding that the investment came from...
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5.5KEventtus expands to Saudi, to open a Riyadh office soon
Eventtus, one of the leading regional event tech startups is expanding to Saudi, it announced in a statement to MENAbytes earlier this...
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3.0KMultiple MENA VCs score a win with Cisco’s acquisition of Voicea
Cisco, the American technology conglomerate with a market cap of over $220 billion earlier this month announced that it is acquiring California-based...
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2.4KLittleBits, an educational toys startup founded by Lebanese female entrepreneur, gets acquired by Sphero
LittleBits, a New York-based education startup that invented the electronic building blocks and a hands-on learning system around it, allowing students of...
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3.7KMeet the three startups from Egypt & Iraq that just graduated from Y Combinator’s S19 batch, receiving $150,000 investment (each)
Y Combinator’s summer 2019 (YC S19) batch had 197 companies that graduated from the Silicon Valley-based accelerator program after completing the twelve-week...
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2.3KSaudi’s Nana Direct closes $6.6 million Series A for its online grocery platform
Nana Direct, a Riyadh-based online grocery platform has closed it’s Series A with $6.6 million, the startup announced in a statement earlier...
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7.0KExclusive: Swvl’s last round (Series B-2) valued the company at $157 million
Cairo-based transportation startup less than two months ago announced closing of it’s $42 million Series B-2 led by BECO Capital and Sweden’s...
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4.9KSaudi’s Hazen.ai raises seven-figure seed to detect dangerous driving behavior through video analysis
Makkah-based traffic monitoring and analysis startup Hazen.ai has raised seed funding from Saudi Aramco’s VC arm Wa’ed, Wa’ed said in a statement...
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5.9KEgypt’s Chefaa raises six-figure seed for its on-demand medicine delivery platform
Cairo-based healthtech startup Chefaa has raised seed funding in a round led by 500 Startups with participation of Flat6Labs (follow-on investment) and...
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5.0KCairo-based trucking marketplace Trella joins Y Combinator, eyes regional expansion
Cairo-based trucking marketplace has joined Y Combinator, the startup announced in a statement to MENAbytes, saying that it’s part of YC’s Summer...