| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.02.2026 | Digital Real Estate Disruptor Stake Secures $31M Series B Funding | Stake, a digital real estate platform, raised $31 million in Series B funding, led by Emirates NBD, bringing total investment to $58 million. This capital fuels aggressive expansion. Stake targets deepened market presence in Saudi Arabia an... |
| 19.02.2026 | Stake: $31 Million Series B Raised For Digital Real Estate Investment Platform | Stake, a digital real estate investment platform focused on democratizing cross-border property investing, has raised $31 million in an oversubscribed Series B round, bringing its total funding to date to $58 million. The Series B round was... |
| 20.01.2026 | International appetite for Saudi Arabia VC is growing, fintech leading the way: Analyst | Monday - Friday: 12:00 - 13:00 SIN/HK | 0600 - 07:00 CET |
| 09.12.2025 | Bringing capital & innovation to the Middle East | Monday - Friday: 12:00 - 13:00 SIN/HK | 0600 - 07:00 CET |
| 08.10.2025 | Startup Funding: Sietse van de Kerkhof, Investment Manager, STV Saudi Sietse van de Kerkhof, Investment Manager at STV Saudi, on how to differentiate your startup, attract investors, and grow strategi... | This article is part of Startup Funding - Investor Insights Every Entrepreneur Needs by Entrepreneur Middle East, a series where the MENA region's leading venture capitalists share practical advice to help founders navigate the challenges o... |
| 19.09.2025 | Clarity’s $12 M round supported by Wamda Capital | Clarity, an AI-powered customer experience and voice-of-customer (VoC) platform for highly regulated industries, has raised $12 million in new funding. The round is led by Prosus Ventures with participation from STV Al Fund (backed by Googl... |
| 16.09.2025 | Clarity Raises $12M in Funding | Clarity, a London, UK-based provider of an AI-powered customer-experience and voice-of-customer (VoC) platform for highly regulated industries, raised $12M in funding.
The round was led by Prosus Ventures with participation from STV Al Fund... |
| 26.08.2025 | MENA Tech Surge: Gathern's $72M Ignites IPO Path, Regional Startups Thrive | MENA tech thrives. Saudi's Gathern secured $72M, nearing IPO. The vacation rental giant dominates its market. Other startups also attracted significant capital. Saudi gaming studios Starvania and Fahy landed investments. UAE's Professional.... |
| 23.08.2025 | Ahead of Tadawul’s IPO, Gathern raises $72 M in Series B funding | Gathern, Saudi Arabia’s leading vacation rental platform, has raised $72 million in a Series B round led by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), with participation from STV, Pinnacle Capital, N... |
| 22.08.2025 | MENA Digest: Saudi’s Gathern, UAE’s Professional.me, Morocco’s Hypeo AI get funding | Credit: 123RF.com
Gathern, a Saudi Arabian vacation rental marketplace platform, led startup funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week, raising an eight-digit pre-IPO round.
Several other startups raised e... |
| 04.08.2025 | Saudi Arabia Leads MENA Startup Funding in First Half of 2025, Securing US$1.34 Billion | Saudi Arabia emerged as the most funded startup market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) during the first half of 2025, securing US$1.34 billion about 64 percent of the region’s total startup capital — according to data from MAGNiT... |
| 03.08.2025 | Calo: $39 Million Series B Extension Raised For Food Tech Platform | Calo, a Middle East-based foodtech startup, announced it has raised a $39 million Series B extension round. AlJazira Capital led the oversubscribed round. This strategic funding round also saw participation from existing investors, includin... |
| 01.08.2025 | MENA Digest: Libya’s Mataa, Saudi firm Calo, Jordan’s Olivery get funding | Credit: 123RF.com
Saudi Arabia-headquartered foodtech platform Calo, which plans to go public in 2027, led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week. The company raised an eight-digit Series B extension ro... |
| 01.08.2025 | Stake in Foodics acquired by Kamco Invest | Kamco Invest, a leading regional non-banking financial powerhouse, has announced that its private equity division has acquired a stake in Foodics, one of the MENA region’s fastest-growing cloud-based restaurant technology and payments platf... |
| 31.07.2025 | To revolutionize voice-based customer service, Sawt raised $1 M | Sawt, the Saudi-based startup pioneering AI voice call systems, announced the closing of its $1 million (SAR 3.75 million) pre-seed round, led by T2 and STV. The funding will accelerate the development of Arabic-native voice AI models and p... |
| 31.07.2025 | To spur global growth, Calo raises $39 M in Series B extension round | Calo, the Middle East’s largest foodtech startup, revolutionising personalised meal subscriptions, today announced it has raised $39 million (SAR 146.27 million) in a Series B extension round led by AlJazira Capital. The raise brings Calo’s... |
| 22.07.2025 | Qlub Raises $30M in Funding | Qlub, a Dubai, UAE-based fintech company offering a payment system in restaurants, raised $30M in funding.
The round was led by Shorooq, and Cherry Ventures, with participation from strategic partners including e&, Mubadala Investments,... |
| 26.06.2025 | STV supports Morni through its recently established NICE fund | STV, MENA’s largest independent technology venture capital fund, has invested in Morni, a Saudi tech-enabled automotive services platform, from its newly launched $100 million NICE fund. The undisclosed backing reflects STV’s confidence in ... |
| 22.05.2025 | Bridging the Funding Gap: The Rise of Southeast Asian Startups | Southeast Asia is a vibrant tapestry of innovation. Startups are sprouting like wildflowers, each one unique, each one promising. Yet, the landscape is not without its challenges. A significant gap looms in late-stage funding, threatening t... |
| 20.05.2025 | Attracting global VCs to bridge late-stage funding gap: DIFC Innovation Hub CEO | Mohammad Alblooshi, CEO, DIFC Innovation Hub
To address the late-stage funding gap facing startups in Dubai, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Innovation Hub is actively working to attract global venture capital (VC) firms tha... |
| 16.05.2025 | MENA Digest: Egypt's Nawy, Saudi startup WakeCap bag big Series A cheques | The Nawy team
Nawy, an Egyptian proptech startup that offers a full stack of the real estate ecosystem, led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week, securing growth capital from top venture capital funds in the... |
| 06.05.2025 | Calo's Bold Leap: Bahrain's Foodtech Startup Sets Sights on the UK | Calo, a Bahraini foodtech startup, is making waves by entering the UK market. This move comes through the acquisition of two local meal delivery companies: Fresh Fitness Food and Detox Kitchen. It’s a strategic step, marking Calo’s first fo... |
| 03.05.2025 | Through acquisition of two local businesses, Calo enters UK | Calo, a Bahraini foodtech startup, has entered the UK market by acquiring Fresh Fitness Food and Detox Kitchen, two UK-based meal delivery companies.
In an effort to expand on its success in the Middle East, this is its first international ... |
| 02.05.2025 | Saudi VC firm STV closes maiden non-dilutive capital fund | Saudi Technology Ventures (STV), the region’s largest tech-focused venture capital firm and a backer of unicorns like buy-now-pay-later platform Tabby, has marked the final close of its inaugural non-dilutive fund to offer growth capital to... |
| 17.02.2025 | Tabby raised $160 M Series E funding, eyes IPO | With a $160 million Series E funding round and a $3.3 billion valuation, Tabby, the top financial services and shopping app in MENA, has solidified its position as the most valuable fintech business in the area. STV and Wellington Managemen... |
| 13.02.2025 | MENA Region Fintech Tabby Announces $160M Series E | Listen to this article
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Tabby, the MENA’s financial services and shopping app, has reportedly raised $160 million in a Series E round at “a $3.3 billion valuation.”
The latest investment round was led by existing i... |
| 13.02.2025 | Gulf fintech Tabby doubles valuation to $3.3 billion ahead of IPO | Gulf fintech Tabby has more than doubled its valuation to $3.3 billion after completing a new funding round, as the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm prepares for a stock market listing within 18 months, its chief executive told Reuters.
The c... |
| 13.02.2025 | Deals in brief: Gobi Partners backs Malaysia’s ArmourZero, Klook secures USD 100 million, ADI anchors AC Ventures’ climate fund, and more | ArmourZero raises investment from Gobi Partners to expand AI-powered cybersecurity for SMEs
ArmourZero, a Malaysia-based cybersecurity company, has raised an undisclosed investment from Gobi Partners through its Gobi Dana Impak Ventures (GD... |
| 03.01.2025 | The Digital Economy's New Frontiers: Mergers, Innovations, and Investments | The digital economy is a fast-moving river, constantly reshaping its banks. Recent developments illustrate this fluidity, as companies across Asia and beyond make strategic moves to stay afloat and thrive. Grab's acquisition of Nham24 in Ca... |
| 02.01.2025 | Deals in brief: Grab acquires Cambodia’s Nham24, Alibaba to sell majority stake in Sun Art and form JV with Shinsegae, 14 new China deals, and more | Grab acquires Cambodia’s Nham24 to expand digital services in the region
Grab has acquired the operations of Nham24, a leading food delivery platform in Cambodia, following regulatory approval. This merger aims to bolster the region’s digit... |
| 06.08.2024 | Saudi Unicorns: Makkah-Based Salla Aims To Become The Go-To Platform For All E-Commerce Needs In KSA And Beyond "Today, we are extremely proud that Salla merchants have sold over SAR21 billion wo... | This article is part of a series covering enterprises that have been a part of the Saudi Unicorns Program, a national program by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), National Technology Development Program (NTDP... |
| 15.12.2022 | The week in agrifoodtech: NotCo scores $70m, HealthKart’s mega-round, new funding for Winter Farm | Another week, another funding round for Chilean foodtech startup NotCo. But it wasn’t the only company to land funding during this downturn. Nutrition platform HealthKart secured a mega-round, while indoor farming and restaurant tech both s... |
| 08.08.2021 | UAE based BNPL Fintech tabby Acquires $50M via Series B led by Global Founders Capital, STV | UAE-headquartered Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech tabby has acquired $50 million in capital as part of its recent funding round.
tabby’s Series B investment round has been led by Global Founders Capital and STV. Delivery Hero, CCVA and se... |
| 11.02.2020 | Egypt’s Vezeeta raises $40m in Series-D round | Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta has secured $40-million in a Series-D round led by Gulf Capital, one of the Middle East’s largest alternative asset management firms.
The company, which was founded in 2012 by Amir Barsoum (pictured above seated ... |
| 11.02.2020 | Egypt’s Vezeeta raises $40m in Series-D round | Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta has secured $40-million in a Series-D round led by Gulf Capital, one of the Middle East’s largest alternative asset management firms.
The company, which was founded in 2012 by Amir Barsoum (pictured above seated... |
| 24.01.2020 | Top African startups are upbeat over plans for 2020 – here’s why | It might still be early days, but 2020 seems set to be a good year for African tech startups.
This is the general sentiment from some of Africa’s top tech startups — such as Egyptian healthtech firm Vezeeta, Nigerian mobility platform Max.... |
| 24.01.2020 | Top African startups are upbeat over plans for 2020 – here’s why | It might still be early days, but 2020 seems set to be a good year for African tech startups.
This is the general sentiment from some of Africa’s top tech startups — such as Egyptian healthtech firm Vezeeta, Nigerian mobility platform Max.n... |
| 19.09.2018 | Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta raises $12m in Series-C round led by Riyadh VC STV | Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta has closed a $12-million Series C funding round led by Riyadh-based venture capital fund Saudi Technology Ventures (STV).
At least three of Vezeeta’s existing investors — BECO Capital, Vostok New Venture... |
| 19.09.2018 | Vezeeta, the leading MENA healthcare startup, secures $12M Series C led by STV | One of the major structural issues in the Middle East is the lack of consistent healthcare across the region. So this market was clearly waiting to be disrupted by technology.
In 2011 Vezeeta came along to change that. Launched initially in... |
| 19.09.2018 | Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta raises $12m in Series-C round led by Riyadh VC STV | Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta has closed a $12-million Series C funding round led by Riyadh-based venture capital fund Saudi Technology Ventures (STV).
At least three of Vezeeta’s existing investors — BECO Capital, Vostok New Ventures... |
