Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Beauty Brand Amaani Pockets US$3 Million From Peak XV’s... Inc. Arabia spoke to Amaani founder and CEO Shubham Poddar to learn more about the Dubai-based beauty and wellness platform's aim to bring Arab beauty to the global stage.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Tamara Cashes In Up To US$2.4 Billion Asset-Backed Facili... The transaction, announced at the Money 20/20 Middle East event in Saudi Arabia, is the largest of its kind in the region.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based VentureSouq Closes Second Fintech Fund With Sovereign And... The fund has sets its sights on early-stage fintech and software as a service disruptors across the MENA, zeroing in on payments rails, alternative credit, digital banking, proptech, insurtech, and the tools reshaping personal finance.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff 216 Capital And Plug And Play Introduce Accelerator To Support Tuni... The six-month program pairs founders with top global investors and VCs, while opening doors to Plug and Play’s worldwide network of mentors, backers, and corporate partners.
News Inc.Arabia Staff WHX Tech Opens in Dubai With A Focus On The Future Of Healthcare WHX Tech is a new platform dedicated to digital health innovation that is running from September 8-10, 2025 at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the UAE.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Women Of Influence 2025: Bayut And Dubizzle's Sahar Khan The Vice President of Marketing of Bayut and Dubizzle has been named one of Inc. Arabia’s Women of Influence 2025, which showcases 30 women rewriting the rules of business in the MENA region.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Franco-Tunisian AI Startup Addvocate Secures Backing From 216 Capital Addvocate co-founder and CEO Ridha Mami spoke to Inc. Arabia about how the new investment is set to strengthen its position as a frontrunner in artificial intelligence-powered sales.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Proptech Seraya Closes US$1.8 Million Seed Round Seraya co-founder Ibrahim Shami spoke to Inc. Arabia about the Dubai-based startup’s mission to build the first global brand defining premium serviced living.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia Launches US$400 Million Estrdad Program To Refund Fees... Saudi startups can reclaim 10 types of government fees in their first three years under Estrdad, cutting costs and boosting sustainability for stronger business growth.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Startups Called To Compete In FHS World 2025’s PitchPoint Contest I... PitchPoint is a new competition being staged at this year's edition of the Future Hospitality Summit, aka FHS World 2025, which runs from October 27-29 at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai, UAE.
News Inc.Arabia Staff FedEx expands in Saudi Arabia, aligning with Vision 2030 FedEx launches direct West-to-Kingdom flight and new freight forwarding services, boosting Saudi Vision 2030 goals for logistics, connectivity, and economic growth.
News Inc.Arabia Staff BlueFive Capital, CICC Capital Set Up Private Equity Fund To Help C... CICC Capital is the private equity arm of China International Capital Corporation Limited.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia To Host Inaugural Esports Nations Cup In 2026 The Esports Nations Cup extends the mission of the Esports World Cup—the world’s largest multi-title esports event—into a new layer of global competition.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Maalexi Lands US$20 Million Credit Facility From Amwal Ca... Founded by Rohit Majhi and Azam Pasha in the UAE in 2021, Maalexi enables SMEs to participate directly in cross-border food and agri-trade by reducing risk, optimizing capital, and improving transaction security.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Regional Telcos Come Together To Launch The GCC’s First Sustainabil... The event is designed to surface practical green technology solutions and reimagine how telecom networks are powered, maintained, and scaled.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Holo Bags US$22 Million Series A To Fuel GCC Expansion Inc. Arabia spoke with Holo co-founder and CEO Michael Hunter to understand how the investment—billed as one of the largest Series A rounds in the GCC—came about.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Zaher AI Raises US$150,000 To Advance Generative Engine... Zaher AI founder and CEO Anwar Aly tells Inc. Arabia how his startup is tackling a key issue in the MENA market: the near-invisibility of Arabic websites and brands in AI-generated responses.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Inc. Arabia’s Women Of Influence 2025: Meet The Female Leaders Shap... Women of Influence, Inc. Arabia’s annual celebration of women in the MENA business landscape, takes pride of place in the publication’s August 2025 issue.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff Savvy Games Group Partners With AWS To Develop Saudi Gaming Ecosystem Amazon Web Services (AWS) is bringing two of its programs to Saudi Arabia’s gaming scene—Skill Builder to train developers in cloud and AI, and Activate to equip startups with resources, perks, and growth support.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE’s CE-Ventures Backs US$100 Million Round in American Nuclear St... Inc. Arabia spoke to Sudarshan Pareek, Senior Vice President of CE-Ventures, to understand the motivation for the firm's inroads into the nuclear energy domain.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff Kuwait’s Academy X, Backed by Talabat and CODED, Graduates New Cohort Academy X is a Kuwait-based initiative to empower women in tech and entrepreneurship.
News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Gaming Accelerator Exel by Merak Stages First Demo Day Inc. Arabia spoke with Faisal Sedrani, Head of Exel by Merak, to understand the accelerator’s mission to combine funding with holistic support that strengthens both founders and their companies.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Flat6Labs, Google For Startups Launch Nawah Pre-Accelerator In Pale... Launching October 19 this year, the four-month-long Nawah program aims to take Palestinian founders from idea to minimum viable product, offering mentorship, workshops, and investor access.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Applications Open For The 2025 Edition Of The UAE's Future 100 Init... The initiative, which is run by the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism and the Government Development and Future Office, aims to recognize 100 of the country's most innovative and fastest-growing companies in new economy sectors.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Riyadh To Host Global Fintech Leaders At Money20/20 Middle East Thi... This year’s edition of Money20/20 Middle East is being hosted by the Saudi Financial Sector Development Program, Saudi Central Bank, Capital Market Authority, and Saudi Insurance Authority, and co-organized by Fintech Saudi and Tahaluf.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Ascend Esports Launches UAE Tournament For Female Gamers The Valorant Female Tournament is open to all casual and semi-competitive female players looking to test their skills, connect with like-minded gamers, and level up their game.
News Inc.Arabia Staff 500 Global Launches Sustainable Innovation Program With An Accelera... With this new initiative, 500 Global is seeking to mobilize mission-aligned capital and support venture development across emerging ecosystems in the Global South.
News Inc.Arabia Staff F6 Group Debuts In Egypt As Flat6Labs Restructures, Launches F6 Ven... Under the new setup, F6 Ventures, a new launched seed-stage investment firm, and Flat6Labs—which has been operating for nearly 15 years—will become subsidiaries of the newly formed F6 Group.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi-Based Synervest Group Raises US$4 Million Series A Synervest Group founder Alexander Oelfke spoke to Inc. Arabia about the company’s vision for building the infrastructure layer of global finance.
News Inc.Arabia Staff 7awi Media Group Joins SYNC25 in Damascus, Reinforces Commitment to... 7awi Media Group Marks Strategic Engagement at SYNC25, Fostering Syria's Re-emerging Digital and Creative Economy
News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Salasa Closes US$30 Million Series B Round Founded by Hasan Alhazmi and Abdulmajeed Alyemni in Saudi Arabia in 2017, Salasa provides end-to-end solutions for e-commerce, including fulfillment, shipping, inventory management, bonded zones, last-mile delivery, and cross-border logistics.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Suplyd Raised US$2 Million Pre-Seed With the newly-acquired funding, the startup aims to move beyond distribution and develop a full-stack infrastructure to serve Egypt’s $10 billion hotel, restaurant, and catering (HORECA) supply chain.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Libya-Based Mataa Closes Seed Round From Angel Investors Founded by Ibrahim Shuwehdi in 2022, Mataa is a shopping app adopting a marketplace model, where it empowers Libyan merchants to access the country’s over six million internet users.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Wuilt Raises US$2 Million To Democratize E-Commerce Wuilt co-founder and CEO Ahmed Rostom spoke to Inc. Arabia about his company's mission to make e-commerce accessible to all.