Diaspora
Startups
+4
Mar 26, 2026
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5 min read
Lebanese founder Tarek Mansour's Kalshi valued at $22B after latest $1B round
The round marks the third time in under a year that Kalshi's valuation has roughly doubled, from $5 billion earlier in 2025 to $11 billion in December to $22 billion now.
Sudan
+4
Mar 26, 2026
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4 min read
Scalvy, founded by Egyptian and Sudanese engineers, raises $13.9m Series A co-led by Silicon Badia to solve AI's power bottleneck
The company serves over 350 enterprise clients and has processed more than $2 billion in transaction volume across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Fintech
+2
Mar 20, 2026
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4 min read
Ramp, the $32B fintech co-founded by Lebanese entrepreneur Karim Atiyeh, acquires Billhop to expand into UK and Europe
Ramp, which combines corporate cards, expense management, vendor payments, procurement, travel booking and automated bookkeeping into a single platform, currently processes over $100 billion in purchases annually and serves more than 50,000 businesses.
Jordan
+4
Mar 12, 2026
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3 min read
Jordanian founder Amjad Masad's Replit triples valuation to $9B, as it targets $1B in ARR by year-end
The AI developer platform, founded in 2016 by Masad alongside Faris Masad and Haya Odeh, has raised a $400M Series D led by Georgian, with Qatar's QIA among the backers.
Startups
+5
Feb 12, 2026
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3 min read
Libyan-born founder Abdel Mahmoud's Anterior raises $40M, bringing total funding to $64M for AI-powered clinical review platform
Backed by Sequoia Capital, NEA, FPV Ventures, and Kinnevik, the company now supports organisations covering 50 million lives across major US health plans.
