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Tamer Group, a Saudi company with interests in healthcare, beauty, and FMCG products, is acquiring Mumzworld, the region’s leading ecommerce platform for mother, baby, and child products, it announced in a statement today. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The Jeddah-based company that imports, distributes, promotes, markets, and manufactures different products had ...
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Riyadh-based embedded insurance platform Yasmina has raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by Scene Holding, with participation from Access Bridge Ventures, Arzan VC, and early backing from Sanabil Investment Accelerator by 500 MENA, it announced today. Founded in 2023 by Masoud Alhelou and Bashar Abalkhail, Yasmina positions itself as Saudi Arabia’s first ... Read more ›
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Saudi-based alternative investment platform Sukna Capital has secured regulatory approval to launch a first-of-its-kind open-ended direct financing fund targeting SMEs in the region. The Sukna Fund for Direct Financing (SFDF), now greenlit by Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA), will allow institutional investors to deploy non-dilutive, sharia-compliant capital to small and mid-sized businesses. Unlike typical ... Read more ›
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Palm, an Egyptian fintech focused on goal-based saving, has raised over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures, with participation from Plus VC and a group of international angels, it announced today. The exact size of the round was not disclosed Founded in 2024 by Mazen El Kerdany and Ahmed Ashour, Palm ... Read more ›
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Casablanca-headquartered Ora has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding to scale its two core consumer platforms: food delivery app Kooul and mobile wallet Ora Cash. The round was led by Azur Innovation Fund, joined by three strategic local investors, and brings the company’s total local fundraising to $11.9 million since January 2023. Founded in ... Read more ›
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Cairo-based venture capital firm A15 has returned more than ten times the capital invested (10x DPI) to limited partners from its inaugural Fund I, it announced in a statement today. The exact fund size and returns were not disclosed, but the milestone places A15 among a select group of global VC firms that have achieved ... Read more ›
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Meta has acquired PlayAI, a California-based voice AI company founded and led by Egyptian engineer Mahmoud Felfel. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Mahmoud, who completed his Bachelor of Engineering from Egypt’s Mansoura University in 2012, co-founded PlayAI with Hammad Syed in 2020. The duo previously worked together as software engineers at ... Read more ›
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Abu Dhabi-headquartered fertility platform Ovasave has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to expand its at-home hormone testing and egg freezing services into Saudi Arabia. The round was led by PlusVC, Annex Investments, and New York-based 25 Madison, with participation from UAE and Saudi angel investors. Founded in 2023 by Majd Abu Zant and Torkia ... Read more ›
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Wittify.ai, a Riyadh-headquartered AI startup, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from Saudi angel investors. The startup did not share the exact details of investors but has told MENAbytes that the investors include high net worth individuals (HNWIs) from Alrajhi, Alsowayan, and Alateeq families. The company develops AI agents for Arabic-speaking markets with proprietary ... Read more ›
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