Diaspora
Startups
+4
Apr 17, 2026
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1 min read
Egyptian cybersecurity startup Raspire joins Y Combinator with no-code runtime protection platform
Raspire's platform allows engineering teams to add runtime protection to their applications without requiring complex integrations, specialised security teams or changes that slow down release cycles.
Algeria
+4
Apr 10, 2026
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2 min read
Algerian founder Ines Boutemadja becomes the first Algerian woman in Y Combinator with AI insurance startup Klaimee
The company audits AI agents' architecture, processes and failure modes, then backs them with AI-specific liability coverage through a self-service platform aimed at startups deploying AI agents to enterprise clients.
Startups
+5
Mar 31, 2026
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4 min read
Egyptian-American founder Will Ahmed's Whoop raises $575m at $10.1bn valuation with QIA, Mubadala and 2PointZero all participating
Whoop now has over 2.5 million members globally, was cash flow positive in 2025 and doubled bookings year on year to a $1.1 billion run rate.
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.
