TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

Egypt, one of the most active e-commerce countries in the region, is anticipated to grow 33% annually to reach $3 billion by 2022. This investment comes a year after the company raised a $2.5 million round, which takes its total investment raised to $9.2 increase from when it raised its previous round, Ezzat stated.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

E-commerce roll-up play Opontia launched in June, raising $20 million in debt and equity to acquire older, small e-commerce brands in the Middle East and Africa. Roll-up plays are generally known to secure more debt than equity when they raise mega-round deals. Also, none of these players except Opontia is active in the Middle East.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Since launching in Egypt, Koinz has expanded to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Since leaving Tinder in 2014, Mateen has been an active investor in early-stage companies. African-focused VC 4DX Ventures and strategic angel investors from Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia participated as well.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

MENA-based buy now, pay later startup Tabby has raised $58 million, led by Sequoia Capital India and STV, at a valuation of $660 million. The fintech has raised more than $410 million in equity and debt since its 2019 launch. . Dubai-based buy now, pay later platform tabby raises $50M at $300M valuation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

VOCHI , a Belarus-based startup behind a clever computer vision-based video editing app used by online creators, has raised an additional $2.4 Vochi, the ‘computer vision’-based video editing and effects app, raises $1.5M Others hail from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and parts of Europe, Lesun says.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Recent research suggests that the e-commerce market in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt account for a combined $21.4 The company, which allows e-commerce businesses to scale and grow by targeting businesses with limited bank or venture financing access, is announcing that it has raised $3.6 Wayflyer raises $150M on a $1.6B

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

It raised $850,000 seed in October 2020. The startup hopes that the Series A funding will drive its presence in 12 countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. The edtech platform has grown from 100 students in its first year to around 4,000 active students today.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Riiid has been actively penetrating the global market since 2020 after it opened the U.S. Beyond the TOEIC mobile app, the company launched an ACT prep mobile app with ConnectMe Education in early 2021 in Egypt, Turkey, UAE, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. How is edtech spending its extra capital? arm, Riiid Labs, in Silicon Valley.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

.” The firm has raised $35 million on the heels of its last tranche in June , bringing its total Series D investment to $95 million. Prosperity7, the venture capital arm of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco, led the new capital infusion.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

According to COO Siam, the founders noticed that as e-commerce activities in the Middle East and North African regions accelerated due to the pandemic, merchants were left overwhelmed with the volume of orders they received. Founded by Mohamed Mossaad and Enas Siam in September 2020, the Egyptian company launched in stealth this January.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Aside from Bahrain, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, Fenix also has a presence in Saudi Arabia, specifically with its shared and subscription scooter service. When people move and do more, it drives economic activity and quality of living, so we’re really focused on how we can reduce that friction to move.”

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OCTOBER 16, 2006

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

On March 25, PitchBook released its 2021 Annual Fintech Report , which found that the fintech industry raised $121.6 In what was not a surprise but is still noteworthy, corporate spend and expense management startup Ramp confirmed that it raised $200 million in equity, secured $550 million in debt and doubled its valuation to $8.1

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Rather, this course of action was undertaken after the founders abdicated their responsibilities, failed to enact Board-approved corporate actions, and began to actively subvert the abilities of the company to stabilize its financial and operational affairs. Egyptian startup Capiter raises $33M to expand B2B e-commerce platform across MENA.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Southeast Asia is already home to a thriving fintech scene, where Grab , GoTo and Sea have built super apps that encompass financial services, and startups like Xendit , Akulaku and Dana (to name a few) have raised hundreds of millions of dollars for payments, banking services and other financial tools. PayHalal, which has received $4.5

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The company raised additional funding at a $9 billion valuation back in 2021. There are around 80 million monthly users as numbers reported midway through last year, but that's a steep decline from the game's peak of 232 million active players. Niantic also has not been immune to the broad layoffs affecting the games industry.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

While Nigeria and Kenya have been at the forefront of African fintech innovation, activities in Egypt are beginning to shape up nicely. In July 2020, Paymob raised $3.5 In July 2020, Paymob raised $3.5 An additional $15 million was raised from the same investors led by Dubai-based VC firm Global Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Earlier this year, the company raised a whopping $709 million , which is no doubt going to help fuel this expansion. Other deals that caught my attention this week … BattGenie , a University of Washington startup that developed software to improve performance of batteries, raised $1.5 and Canada, has just raised a $43.5

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