Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Headquartered Receiptable Closes Funding Round Backed By Region... Founded by Chris Purdie in Bahrain in 2023, Receiptable is a fintech enterprise that empowers retailers and financial institutions to drive higher customer engagement through frictionless digital receipts.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Lebanon-Based HAQQ Raises US$3 Million To Scale Its AI-Powered Lega... Founded by Antoine Kanaan and Maître Abbas Kabalan, the company will use the funding to strengthen its legal AI architecture, scale enterprise and institutional deployments, and expand across the MENA, Europe, and North America.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Kitopi Raises US$50 Million Growth Capital Round Led By S... Kitopi is EvolutionX’s first investment in the GCC.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Qatar And Germany Launch DEEP Qatar To Support Deeptech Startups In... The hub will feature the region’s first Creative Destruction Lab and aims to accelerate ventures in artificial intelligence (AI), health, food technology and agriculture.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Qatar-Based PayLater Cashes In US$10 Million In Seed Funding PayLater co-founder Mohammed Al-Delaimi told Inc. Arabia that his buy now, pay later platform's next phase of growth will focus on deepening merchant penetration and expanding use cases beyond retail.
AI Everything Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based HRtech Qureos Pockets US$5 Million Seed Round Founded by Alex Epure and Usama Nini, the AI-driven hiring platform streamlines sourcing, screening, and interviewing to help organizations hire at speed and make better decisions, while delivering a smoother candidate experience.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Stake Partners With Investcorp Saudi To Bring Institution... Through the partnership, Stake, which was founded by Rami Tabbara, Manar Mahmassani, and Ricardo Brizido, will unlock institutional investment opportunities for individuals.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group, NEOM Partner To Support Gaming St... The partnership aims to streamline the journey of Saudi gaming startups from incubation to acceleration, strengthening the Kingdom’s gaming ecosystem under Vision 2030.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia-Based Wealthtech Vennre Bags US$9.6 Million In Pre-Ser... Inc. Arabia spoke with Vennre co-founder Ziad Mabsout to learn how the new funding will support the company’s next phase of growth.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Jordan-Based Abwaab Acquires Egypt-Based Apex To Build End-To-End A... The deal will see Apex co-founder Leila Hassan join Abwaab co-founders Hamdi Tabbaa and Sabri Hakim, with the trio aligning on a shared vision for expanding academic guidance across the region.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Insurtech Mantas Launches With US$1.77 Million Seed Fundi... Mantas co-founder and CEO Basil Mimi spoke to Inc. Arabia about how his startup is building a scalable insurance layer for digital infrastructure to mitigate the financial risks of cloud downtime.
News Inc.Arabia Staff MBRIF's Innovation Accelerator Program Welcomes 21 New Startups For... The MBRIF, i.e. Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund, an initiative established by the UAE's Ministry of Finance, has supported nearly 200 innovative businesses since its launch in 2018.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Jordan-Based OpenCX Pockets US$7 Million Ahead Of Saudi Expansion Founded in 2023, OpenCX is an artificial intelligence (AI)-native enterprise platform that manages customer interactions end to end across voice, messaging, email, and other communication channels for large, regulated organizations.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Doha To Host Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2026 The four-day event will see entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders come to the capital of Qatar to forge partnerships, explore investment prospects, and scale ventures across borders.
Sustainability Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Agritech Grove Bags US$5 Million Seed Round Led By Outliers VC Founded by Mohammed bin Ghanam and Ayman AlFifi, the startup will use the fresh funding to expand across Saudi Arabia, grow its network of partner farms, and further develop the systems and standards that support its operating model.
Grow Hesham Mohamed Sound Finances, Steady Growth: Seven Habits That Keep Startups Aliv... In the end, the strongest startups aren’t necessarily the ones with bigger balance sheets, but those with clearer sightlines.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt- And UK-Based KNOT Technologies Wraps Up US$1 Million Pre-Seed Founded by Ahmed Abdalla and Hussein ElBendak, KNOT is developing an AI-native ticketing and access control platform aimed at curbing fraud, enhancing demand visibility, and limiting revenue leakage into unregulated resale markets.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based Khosouf Studio Raises US$600,000 In Seed Funding From KSA... Inc. Arabia spoke with Khosouf Studio founder and CEO Ahmad Al-Natsheh to learn more about the independent game developer's latest funding round and its plans to relocate to Saudi Arabia.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Governata Nets US$4 Million Seed Round To Scale Its AI-Re... Founded by Khalid Almudayfir, Jehad Senan, and Djamel Mohand, the enterprise data management and governance startup will use the fresh capital to enhance its platform, integrate AI models, and expand across Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East.
Sustainability Inc.Arabia Staff Four Startups Advancing Global Food Security Win The UAE FoodTech C... The startups will receive US$2 million to scale climate-smart agriculture and food waste solutions across the UAE and the Global South.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egyptian Entrepreneur Hashem Abdou On Securing US$4.6 Million For H... Inc. Arabia spoke to Abdou to learn more about Oasys Health's artificial intelligence-native operating system designed to support more continuous, data-informed mental health care.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Bahrain-Based Fintech Flooss Raises US$22 Million Credit Facility F... Inc. Arabia spoke with Flooss co-founder Fawaz Ghazal to learn how the newly structured facility will be deployed to expand the fintech's Sharia-compliant lending products for digitally active consumers.
Money Sam Tidswell-Norrish For Entrepreneurs In The MENA, Capital Isn’t The Problem—Access Is The money is there, but the pipes that connect it to the builders who need it most are still under construction.
Press Releases Sponsored Content BuzzYourPR Debuts The MENA’s First Bilingual Press Release Publishi... Built in the MENA for the MENA, BuzzYourPR offers guaranteed visibility across Arabic and English media.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based UNITS Secures Backing From Falak Angels To Scale Its Smar... UNITS co-founder Mubarak Alosaimi told Inc. Arabia that the new investment comes as his company moves from early validation into a more structured growth phase.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Headquartered MilkStraw AI Pockets US$2 Million Seed Round Founded by Jawad Shreim, Ibraheem Tuffaha, and Anas Abdullah, Milkstraw AI helps companies cut cloud infrastructure costs, charging them only when savings are realized.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Rology Secures Funding To Scale Its AI-Powered Teleradi... Rology co-founders Amr Abodraiaa, Moaaz Hossam, and Mahmoud Eldefrawy tell Inc. Arabia how their Cairo-based healthtech startup is setting a new benchmark for innovation driven by real-world impact.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Cairo-Based Business For Teens Wraps Up Pre-Seed Funding Round Founded by Nadeem Barakat, the startup is aiming to use the fresh capital to expand its operations, develop new program offerings, and deepen partnerships with schools and educational institutions.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Algeria-Based Volz Raises US$5 Million To Scale Its Travel Platform... Founded by Mohamed Abdelhadi Mezi and Hacene Seghier in Algiers in 2023, Volz enables travelers to book flights in Algerian Dinars using hybrid payment methods.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based Nawah Scientific Cashes In US$23 Million In Series A Round The deeptech and life sciences firm will use the new capital to double its laboratory capacity in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and support expansion into North Africa and Europe.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt-Based iVoiceUp Raises A15 Funding To Scale Ethics Platform Ac... iVoiceUp, which was founded by Ahmed Genedy in Egypt in 2019, aims to use the new capital to accelerate its expansion across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
AI Everything Inc.Arabia Staff Jordan-Based Propeller Launches Kernel Camp To Bring MENA AI Startu... Kernel Camp shall embed select MENA founders in Silicon Valley's AI ecosystem, enabling them to refine their products and expand their networks.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi-Based Planys Raises US$12 Million To Fuel Its Global Expa... Founded in 2015, the India-born, UAE-based industrial inspection startup is reshaping the way asset owners think about safety, uptime, and long-term infrastructure resilience.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Google For Startups Accelerator 2026 Now Open For Applications From... The program will culminate in a graduation and Demo Day in June 2026, where founders will showcase their progress and achievements to an audience of potential investors, partners, and industry leaders.
News Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Nabt Raises US$3.4 Million To Scale Its Agritech Platform... Nabt, which was founded by Abdullah Alotaibi in Riyadh in 2022, aims to use the new capital to expand its fresh produce infrastructure across Saudi Arabia.