Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia-based HUMAIN, a PIF company focused on delivering full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities globally, HUMAIN Invests in Arabic.AI has made a strategic investment in Arabic.AI as part of a partnership with Arabic.AI and its parent company Tarjama to expand Arabic and multilingual enterprise AI solutions across Saudi Arabia and international markets. The […]
Dubai, UAE — UAE-based martial arts and holistic education company GMNSM has raised $2 million in funding from investment firm VEYRA Capital and a private investor. Founded in 2022 by professional athlete-turned-entrepreneur Andrej Kuprejev, GMNSM combines martial arts and physical education with soft-skills development programmes for children, while also offering martial arts classes for adults. […]
Dubai, UAE — August 26, 2026 — Dubai-headquartered mobility technology company Swvl Holdings Corp (Nasdaq: SWVL) has secured $13 million through a private investment in public equity (PIPE) led by U.S.-based investment firm Coefficient LP, backed by Egypt’s Sawiris family. Coefficient has committed $10 million to the investment, which will make it Swvl’s largest institutional […]
DUBAI: UAE-based AI and geospatial intelligence company Stellaria, formerly known as Farmin, has raised $6.8 million (AED25 million) in a seed funding round backed by a group of angel investors, valuing the company at $114.4 million (AED420 million). Founded by Dr. Ali AlHammadi, Stellaria is developing an AI-powered operating system for geospatial intelligence that transforms […]
Round led by SBI Group follows $51 million Series B raise in May 2026, marking ascent as one of the fastest-growing neobanking platforms. Capital will expand Own Network and deepen AI across stablecoin settlement, tokenization, and corridor banking. Fasset now processes more than $40 billion in annualized transaction volume, serving 3 million+ wallets and more […]
Muscat, Oman: Oman-based venture capital firm Cyfr Capital has completed investments in five Omani startups through its Seed Fund, in collaboration with Future Fund Oman, supporting early-stage businesses across automotive commerce, food delivery, tourism, artificial intelligence and food packaging. The investments were made in Sooq Cars, iO Eats, Darrbak, Decoil and Pack’N as part of […]
MENA-born enterprise voice AI startup HeyBreez has raised $2.5 million in an oversubscribed Seed round led by Lunara Partners, with participation from Jabbar Group, DASH Ventures and strategic angel investors. Founded in 2025 by Karim Malhas and headquartered in Delaware, with offices in Amman and Dubai, HeyBreez provides infrastructure for deploying and managing enterprise voice […]
Oraseya Capital deepens engagement with startup ecosystem Agreement strengthens pathways from startup incubation to venture capital Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Oraseya Capital, the investment arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NQubator, an innovation platform for early-stage tech venture creation, to establish a strategic framework supporting […]
Cairo, Egypt: Egypt-based investment advisory platform Exits MENA has signed a multi-seven-figure transaction, alongside Avanz Capital Egypt’s existing local management, to acquire Avanz Capital Egypt (ACE), a private equity and asset management firm. The transaction has received initial approval from Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) and marks a significant step in Exits MENA’s strategy to […]
A.P. Moller Capital – Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund II and APM Capital Morocco Fund to acquire majority stake in Globex, establishing a partnership with Founder and CEO Omar El Kadiri, who will remain in place along with an experienced management team Globex is underpinned by exclusive local market licensing agreements, with established market positions in […]