The MENAbytes Drop – Ep. 2: InstaDeep, Odiggo, eMushrif, and KitabSawti raise investment, Egypt’s ArqamFC gets acquired, Uber’s disappointing IPO debut and more

Welcome back to The MENAbytes Drop, our weekly podcast that covers that biggest tech and startup stories from the Middle East & North Africa.

In this episode, we talk about Tunisia-founded AI enterprise startup InstaDeep raising $7 million, Cairo-based auto spare parts marketplace Odiggo raising $180,000, Omani IoT startup eMushrif raising $1 million, Arabic audiobook startup KitabSawti raising $6 million Series A, and Checkout.com, a payments startup with a big presence in MENA raising $230 million Series A.

We also talk about Egyptian sports data startup ArqamFC getting acquired by UK-based StatsBomb and Uber’s poor debut at the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s the full episode:

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