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6.2KNewsEgypt’s RiseUp acquires MENAbytes
RiseUp, the company behind MENA’s largest startup and entrepreneurship event RiseUp Summit, has acquired leading regional startup and technology publication, MENAbytes. The...
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7.0KNewsExclusive: 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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4.9KInvestmentsSaudi’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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5.9KInvestmentsEgypt’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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5.0KNewsCairo-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...
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3.8KNewsEgypt’s Fawry goes public with shares soaring 31% on first day, taking market cap to ~$366 million
Eleven-year-old Egyptian electronic payments company Fawry, after months of hype, finally went public on The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on Thursday in first...
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4.6KInvestmentsMiddle East-focused Chinese ecommerce platform Jollychic raises $65 million from a UAE-based company
Jollychic, a Chinese cross-border ecommerce platform focused on the Middle East has recently closed it’s Series C+ (Series C-2) round, the company...
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3.3KInvestmentsDubai’s MEVP invests $2 million in Pakistani motorbike ride-hailing and logistics startup Bykea
Dubai-based leading regional VC Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) today announced in a statement to MENAbytes that they have invested $2 million...
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12.0KNewsOnline dating giant Match Group acquires Egyptian dating startup Harmonica to expand into Muslim-majority markets
Match Group, the online dating giant with a market cap of over $20 billion that owns different dating websites and apps including...
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24.2KInvestmentsExclusive: Pakistan’s Airlift raises $2.2 million seed for its app-based bus service, eyes expansion to Kenya and Bangladesh
Lahore-based eight-month-old transportation startup Airlift has raised $2.2 million in a seed round, Airlift’s co-founder and CEO Usman Gul, revealed in a...
