TikTok’s US future is part-Abu Dhabi, Property Finder’s $170M mega-round
Over $212M in MENA funding this week alone, UAE's Stargate project costs balloon to over $30 billion, cross-border M&A activity surges, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Altman meets Abu Dhabi funds ahead of $50B raise, Mubadala backs Applied AI
Open raises $7M co-led by YC, G42 pitches foreign governments on digital embassies, QIA pumping the brakes on AI hype, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
MENA's biggest ever Seed round, Replit teams up with Arabic.AI
Saudi's PIF considering a wave of share sales and IPOs, Lean and Ziina complete the UAE’s first live Open Finance payment, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Revolut's hiring spree, Saudi opens its stock market
MEVP’s annual letter discloses unannounced funding rounds, Qatar Investment Authority and Abu Dhabi-based MGX anchor Musk's xAI $20B Series E, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Noon moves toward IPO, Kalanick walks back Gulf dual-listing
The Gulf's Hollywood gambit unravels, Egypt’s Nawah Scientific raises $23M Series A, Algerian traveltech VOLZ raises $5m Series A, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Qatar's new AI giant, Gulf funds team up to take on Netflix
Qatar sets up Qai as state backed AI firm, CoinMENA acquired by Paribu in up to $240M deal, QIA brings another VC to Doha via $1B fund-of-funds, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Saudi cybersecurity startup raises $9.2M Series A, Plus VC to fund 30+ startups and double deployment to $10M in 2026, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
erad secures $125M facility to scale SME finance across the GCC, Propeller launches $50M Fund III, Egypt's chip startup Infinlink acquired by global giant, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Musk announces 500MW xAI data centre in Saudi, Middle East Series A valuations outpace other EMs, HUMAIN leads Luma AI’s $900M Series C, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Tamara posts Q3 profit, Instashop struggles to keep pace
DataCamp acquires UAE’s Optima in a more than $15 million deal, Kamco Invest and TechInvest plan a $150 million JEDI Opportunity Fund, Lean eyes new bets ahead of a potential IPO, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
$4M Seed to automate recurring payments for MENA businesses, Dubai based VC closes 2nd fund, Zid makes acquisition to enter Egypt, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Tabby hits $4.5BN, HUMAIN shows no signs of slowing
BRKZ secures $30M growth debt from Stride Ventures, new $250M Saudi biotech growth fund, first casualty in Saudi food-delivery price wars, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Property Finder secures $250M in debt financing; backs Stake, Cercli raises $12M Series A to build AI-native HR stack for MENA, 1001 AI raises $9M to build sovereign AI, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Talabat's new CEO, Tabby launches AI push with NVIDIA
Chari raises Morocco's largest-ever Series A, Dubizzle kicks off $2B Dubai IPO process, Investcorp closes $750M Golden Horizon Fund, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
US approves NVIDIA sales to UAE, Revolut’s CEO relocates to Dubai
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick granted Saudi citizenship, Cerebras withdraws IPO filing after $1B raise amid G42 scrutiny, Egypt-based agtech Tagaddod raises $26.3M Series A, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
PIF’s $55B EA buyout, BECO closes $370M across two funds
UAE’s MGX to take 15% stake in TikTok US under White House deal, Aydi raises $7.5M seed to launch AI agronomy assistant Orth, Careem takes minority stake in Swapp to expand car rental play in UAE, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Saudi to ease foreign ownership limits, Shorooq's new $100M AI fund
Ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick lines up banks for Middle East IPO, Saudi stocks post biggest gain since 2020, erad secures $33M debt facility, PayPal to deploy $100M in MENA, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Tamara’s billion-dollar facility and a fintech frenzy
All things Money20/20, a staggering 23 funding announcements, HALA raises $157M Series B, inDrive launches in Riyadh, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up
Amir Farha on Property Finder and the last mile of venture investing, a new $200M growth-stage fund, Revolut gets UAE nod, Noon eyes $10BN dual Saudi-UAE listing, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
HUMAIN sells out AI capacity, Mistral sizing up GCC
Overseas clients drive 99% of HUMAIN AI infra demand, Impact46 invests $53M in Saudi gaming studio Kammelna, proptech Holo raises $22M Series A to fuel Saudi expansion, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Gathern lodges $72M, Robinhood sets sights on Dubai
The largest ever round for a female-led GCC startup, Dubai’s VARA fines Fuze over anti-money laundering failures, even more funding for Saudi gaming startups, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Breaking down H1 earnings for Talabat, Valu, Jahez and Presight, HUMAIN to launch Arabic-centric LLM by end of August, Impact46 invests $6.6M+ across five gaming studios, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Abu Dhabi eyes $25B AI fund, Saudi hosts OpenAI models
Alaan raises $48M Series A to scale AI finance agents, Egypt-born founder's startup jumps to $3.1B valuation, Salasa closes $30M Series B, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Calo closes $39M Series B extension, MENA’s new playbook for non‐dilutive funding, Breadfast valuation jumps 31% to $382M in six months, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
Anthropic's Gulf flip-flop, 500 Global's Abu Dhabi expansion
500 Global launches $300M Sustainable Growth initiative, Qlub raises $30M Series B, foreign startups flock to Saudi Arabia as VC funding hits $860M in H1, plus this week’s MENA startup, VC, and tech news round-up.
