Startup Inc.Arabia Staff UAE-Based InvestSky Expands Into Saudi Arabia After US$4 Million Se... InvestSky's move into Saudi Arabia has been backed by a partnership with KSA-based investment firm anb Capital, which enables the platform to provide retail investors in the Kingdom with regulated access to both US and local equities.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia-Based Safqah Capital Nets US$15.2 Million In Seed Round Inc. Arabia spoke to Safqah Capital co-founder and CEO Abdullah Alsubaie to learn more about his platform that provides Shariah-compliant debt financing to small and medium-sized (SME) real estate developers in the Kingdom.
Startup Lorenzo Jooris From Setup To Scale: A Practical Founder’s Roadmap For Launching, B... In the global race to attract founders, Qatar has quietly moved from emerging to intentional.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia-Based Declic Cashes In US$1 Million Seed Round Inc. Arabia spoke to co-founder Alice Othmani to understand how Declic functions as a mobile-first social networking platform built around real-world and virtual experiences.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai-Based Smart Bricks Raises US$5 Million Pre-Seed Round Led By... Founded by Mohamed Mohamed in the UAE in 2024, Smart Bricks is building an end-to-end platform for real estate investing serving both individual and institutional capital.
News Inc.Arabia Staff SC Ventures, Sanabil Studio Partner To Grow SME-Focused Fintech In... The partnership is designed to support the development of financial solutions that respond to the evolving needs of Saudi SMEs, while contributing to the country’s Vision 2030 objectives.
Sustainability Inc.Arabia Staff Qatar-Based Hydrovest Technology Secures US$275,000 Funding Round Founded by Jeacim Francis Adaya in Qatar in 2020, Hydrovest Technology develops climate-smart farming solutions alongside crops and value-added food products.
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.