Orca Fraud has raised $2.35 million in seed funding to advance its real-time transaction monitoring and fraud intelligence capabilities across Africa and other emerging markets. The round was led by returning investor Norrsken22, with participation from OneDayYes, Enza Capital, and CV VC Africa. Founded by Thalia Pillay and Carla Wilby, the company has grown to process over $5 billion in monthly […]
Dubai: TruDoc Healthcare, the GCC’s premier virtual-first, full-stack healthcare platform, today announced the successful closure of a $15 million Pre-Series B funding round. The round saw significant participation from the Al Nahyan family and the Al-Ketbi family, alongside continued support from existing investor Pulsar Capital. The investment reflects growing confidence in healthcare models that move […]
US semiconductor startup Ayar Labs has raised $500 million in a Series E funding round to expand its production capacity and accelerate the deployment of its optical AI infrastructure technology. The round was led by Neuberger Berman and included participation from global institutional investors such as AKR Invest, Insight Partners, Sequoia Global Equities, and 1789 […]
Riyadh KSA, Dubai, UAE; Singapore — Dyna.Ai, a leading AI solutions company headquartered in Singapore, today announced the close of an undisclosed eight-figure multimillion-dollar (USD) Series A round led by Lion X Ventures, a Singapore based venture capital fund, advised by OCBC Bank’s Mezzanine Capital Unit. The round also included participation from ADATA, a Taiwan-listed technology […]
Abu Dhabi, UAE: Skipr, the autonomous trust fabric for the age of AI, today announced the close of its USD 2 million seed funding round at a USD 10 million valuation. The funding supports the startup’s expansion from Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, as it scales sovereign AI infrastructure for national and enterprise deployments. As […]
Dubai-based startup Ledgers has raised $250,000 in an Angel funding round to accelerate its AI Operating System for founders, a platform built to redefine how companies are run in the age of AI. The founder stack is evolving. Starting a company is easier than ever, but running it well is still brutally hard. Most startups […]
Dubai: Artificial intelligence startup Angelic Intelligence, founded by entrepreneur and inventor Shekhar Natarajan, has secured $15 million in seed funding and is preparing for global expansion, with the Middle East identified as a priority growth market. The company develops an enterprise software platform designed to help organisations integrate artificial intelligence into existing systems while aligning automated decision-making with operational priorities, […]
Run agentic AI at a 3X lower cost than GPUs — slashing inference costs and maximizing margins [2] SoftBank Corp. will be the first customer to deploy SN50 within its next‑generation AI data centers in Japan SambaNova, Intel plan multi-year strategic collaboration to deliver cloud-scale AI inference to unlock multi-billion-dollar market opportunity $350 million in […]
Abu Dhabi, UAE: Since it launched in September 2025, The Presight-Shorooq Fund I, a $100 million global AI innovation fund, has invested in five cutting-edge AI startups led by experienced alumni from DeepMind, Google X, Meta, and Stanford across the U.S. and UAE markets. These companies are Nodeshift, Candid, Hebbia, Blue and Crunched. Launched as a […]
Takeem, the UAE-based proptech that takes the anxiety out of renting and owning, has secured investment from REACH, an accelerator created by Second Century Ventures, the strategic investment arm of the US National Association of Realtors (NAR), which is widely recognised as the world’s most active and one of the largest venture capital investors in […]