Abu Dhabi, Google.org has provided a $1 million USD support to Dr. Thamar Solorio, Vice Provost of Faculty Excellence and Advancement and Professor of Natural Language Processing at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), to lead a transformative research initiative. The initiative is designed to dismantle a critical barrier in the digital age: the […]
ZIWO provides a cloud-native Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) platform purpose-built for MENA, enabling enterprises to manage voice, messaging, and digital customer interactions through a unified system The platform integrates Arabic-dialect AI, automation, voice intelligence, and analytics designed to operate within local telecom infrastructure and regulatory frameworks ZIWO serves more than 1,000 customers across […]
Investment will support development, marketing, and multi-platform rollout of mobile-first shooter. iBLOXX Studios DMCC has raised Dh20 million to complete development and support the launch of its third-person shooter, StrayShot. Based in the DMCC free zone, the company is part of the DMCC Gaming Centre and participates in the Dubai Program for Gaming 2033 (DPG33). […]
Capital will be deployed with precision toward supply-chain optimisation, technology enhancement, and expanding last-mile fulfilment capabilities. Dubai, UAE – QuicKart, the UAE’s first dedicated fresh commerce platform specialising in dairy and farm produce, has secured US$1.5 million in seed funding to accelerate its farm-to-home model, strengthen operational infrastructure across Dubai, Sharjah, and Ajman, and prepare for […]
[Feb. 10, 2026] – Smart Bricks, a frontier AI lab building agentic AI infrastructure for real-estate investing, today announced a $5 million pre-seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from leading funds and angels across the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Founded in 2024, Smart Bricks is re-architecting how real estate is discovered, […]
Dubai, UAE — ThrowMeNot, a sustainability-focused online marketplace addressing food waste, has raised $550,000 in a pre-seed funding round, led by Sheikh Ahmed bin Mana bin Khalifa Saeed Al Maktoum. Founded in 2025 by Archie Rudyuk, ThrowMeNot is building a dedicated marketplace for near-expiry and surplus goods, enabling suppliers to recover value from inventory that […]
South African fintech Lula has secured R340 million (over $21 million) in local currency funding from the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, FMO, a move to tackle the persistent funding gap for small businesses. The investment is aimed at dramatically expanding access to finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the country that are often […]
Daleel, an AI-native real estate intelligence platform, has raised $3 million in a pre-seed funding round from a prominent real estate investor and business angel with deep ties to the Dubai property market. Founded by Ilan Cohen and Ely Weichsel, Daleel is building an AI-first intelligence layer for the GCC real estate market. The platform […]
UAE-based multi-strategy investment firm Shorooq has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PayLater, Qatar’s first Qatar Central Bank (QCB)-licensed, Sharia-compliant Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider, to explore the structuring of a scalable, institutional-grade credit facility. The proposed facility is intended to support PayLater’s next phase of growth, providing non-dilutive, Sharia-aligned credit capital tailored […]
Qureos, an AI driven hiring platform founded in the Middle East, has closed a $5 million seed round led by Prosus Ventures and Salica Oryx Fund, with participation from Oraseya Capital, PlusVC, F6 Ventures, BDev Ventures, Sunny Side Venture Partners and Daniel Tyre, an early HubSpot executive who helped scale the company from inception to […]