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612 Dubai fintech Ziina raises $7.5 million to launch its mobile wallet and expand to Saudi

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Zubair Naeem Paracha @ MENAbytes 1 place · 06/08/2021 00:39 EDT

Dubai fintech Ziina raises $7.5 million to launch its mobile wallet and expand to Saudi

Dubai-based Y Combinator-backed fintech Ziina has raised $7.5 million in a new round of funding led by Avenir Growth Capital and Class 5 Global, it announced on Monday. Wamda Capital, FJ Labs, Graph Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Jabbar Internet Group and Oman Technology Fund’s Jasoor Ventures also joined the deal along with some high-profile individual investors ...

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