TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

This investment comes a year after the company raised a $2.5 million round, which takes its total investment raised to $9.2 You buy in our local currency, and we buy everything, handle the shipping, customs, clearance and bring it to your doorstep,” the CEO added. “You can use Bosta to get anything to your doorstep.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Last year, MaxAB , the food and grocery B2B e-commerce and distribution platform serving a network of traditional retailers across Egypt and Morocco, raised its $55 million Series A in two tranches ; the latter accompanied its acquisition of the Morocco-based and YC-backed WaysToCap. million orders within this timeframe.

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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. Bouhlel says the company has local teachers in every country — over 500 in number — and they teach students in over 12 languages.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Volopay , a Singapore-based fintech startup, raised a $29 million Series A in debt and equity financing as it seeks to further expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa. . To date, Volopay has raised approximately $31.4 million since its inception in 2019, which includes its $2.1

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MARCH 19, 2012

The program is managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented with a coalition of leading new media experts and local and international partners from the public and private sectors. Afterwards, I had a dinner with Rami at local restaurant famous for their Arabic sweets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 28, 2022

At the same time, as the venture market slowed dramatically and suddenly, raising capital was much harder. In a press release , co-founder and chairman Amit Haller said “the challenging real estate and financial market conditions and unfavorable capital-raising environment” led to the decision to wind down operations. Ahem, Brex).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The reasons were unclear, as both parties didn’t publicly comment on the situation; however, from various local news outlets, they ranged from mismanagement of funds to failure to report to the board and work out a potential merger, as well as internal disagreements over management methods. Founders versus investors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Less than seven months after closing on a $57 million Series B , fast-growing fintech Jeeves has raised $180 million in a Series C round that values the company at $2.1 Financial technology companies raising multiple rounds in a short period of time has become more the norm than an exception as of late.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A few years ago, Richard Schrems was working as a human resources consultant in Riyadh, and at one point sought to implement a tech-solution for his clients to help them better their huge teams, but couldn’t find a localized solution. With a similar, but localized approach, we believe that palm.hr For instance, in Saudi Arabia, palm.hr

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

For the unacquainted, Ramp is a spend management startup that last August raised $300 million at a $3.9 Other prominent players in the space include Brex, which last month announced a $300 million raise at a $12.3 It is gearing up to formally launch in the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

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. The total raise of $18.5 Regional expansion (with an imminent entry into Saudi Arabia this year) is one of Paymob’s objectives following this raise.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The exceptional capacity of Langoo in its local business with Riiid Tutor was the main reason for this acquisition,” said co-founder and CEO of Riiid YJ Jang. The company expects to address local remote learning and education in the market. The Japanese remote learning industry was estimated at $2.6 billion in 2020, increasing 22.4%

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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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