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Big picture: The ad, which aired in SaudiArabia, is Volvos first spot made entirely with AI. Volvo veers into the uncanny valley The news: Volvo just released a new AI-generated ad, and it doesnt include a single car. That was probably a mistake.
YallaMarket, a Dubai-based quick-commerce startup, is planning to expand within the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), and to enter SaudiArabia and Qatar next year, to tap the appetite for speedy and convenient grocery shopping. million it has raised in the pre-seed round to fund expansion within the U.A.E.
Tamara, a buy now pay later platform for consumers in SaudiArabia and the wider GCC region, has raised $340 million in a financing round that values the fintech at $1 billion.
Invygo, a startup operating in UAE and SaudiArabia, has raised $10 million in its Series A funding led by MEVP as it works to scale its car rental service in the region. The Middle East-based startup, founded by Eslam Ahmed Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in 2019, has raised $14.3 There is Ekar, which last raised $17.5
The United Arabs Emirates (UAE) and SaudiArabia became the first member states to adopt the treaty in 2018, and its implementation meant that for the first time businesses in these territories were required to file VAT returns periodically. The startup is in the process of seeking approval from the Egyptian Tax Authority too.
Jordan-based mobile game publisher TamatemGames announced today it has raised $11 million in a Series B led by KRAFTON , a South Korean game developer behind PUBG, marking its first investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The startup will hire local talents in SaudiArabia to expand further.
The startup has also expanded to SaudiArabia, where it will be headquartered henceforth, after raising $1.2 This latest round had the participation of Launch Africa VC, 500 Global, Riyadh Angels, Alex Angels, Al Tuwaijri Fund and Saudi angel investor Faisal AlAbdulsalam. Egypt’s SideUp raises $1.2M
The company, founded by Manar Mahmassani, Rami Tabbara, and Ricardo Brizido in 2020, has raised $8 million in a pre-Series A round from investors like BY Ventures, MEVP, and Vivium Holdings to expand its portfolio and launch in SaudiArabia and Egypt. The company first raised a $4 million seed round last year.
Following this growth, it is planning on expanding to Egypt and the UAE, while doubling down on SaudiArabia, against the backdrop of $5 million pre-Series A funding it has raised, in a round led by Europe-based VC Speedinvest, which marked its debut into SaudiArabia, and RAED Ventures, with participation from MENA focused VC firm Wamda Capital. “We
Cybersecurity firm Dragos has raised $110 million in its Series C, almost triple the amount that it raised two years ago in its last round. ” Another one of those places is SaudiArabia, one of the world’s largest oil and gas producers, where Dragos has an office and now draws an investment.
Convertedin , an Egyptian startup that operates a marketing operating system for e-commerce brands, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by SaudiArabia-headquartered Merak Capital. The three-year-old Egypt-headquartered company also has offices in SaudiArabia and Brazil; it just recently opened one in the latter.
The company announced Thursday alongside its first-quarter earnings report that it was raising prices of the variants of its luxury Air sedan, beginning June 1. Considering that Lucid disclosed it has 30,000 reservations for the Air, it will be awhile before the company sees the benefit from these raised prices.
Dubai-based Zywa, a neobank for Gen Z, plans to fuel its growth in the United Arabs Emirates (U.A.E), and to kick-start its expansion to SaudiArabia and Egypt after raising $3 million seed funding at over $30 million (110 million AED) valuation. Image Credits : Zywa.
Terra Drone said today it has raised $14 million in Series C funding from Wa’ed Ventures , the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco , marking the VC firm’s first investment in Asia. For example, fossil fuel companies in SaudiArabia will utilize Terra Drone’s technology for inspection services.
El-Feky said when the company raises its next round of investment, expansion outside Egypt will be on the cards. SaudiArabia. . “It The most likely destination? It is one of the most vibrant markets and populous markets and has similar demographics and consumer behaviour.
The BNPL provider has raised $104 million in total Series B funding and plans to use this extension round to expand its consumer product offering and facilitate its international expansion, it said in a statement. Its two main markets are SaudiArabia and the UAE. BNPL payment startup Alma raises another $130 million round.
The company has raised $3.4 This suite of services is essential in the primary markets in which Nomod is aiming to build a significant merchant base, like SaudiArabia, the UAE and Bangladesh. In SaudiArabia, for instance, only 3% of more than 1 million registered businesses have access to bank credit.
The public listing is the second in the last week for the industry; fellow EV startup Faraday Future became a public company listed on the Nasdaq last Thursday and raised $1 billion in the process. That injection of cash, plus subsequent investments from the fund, have given SaudiArabia majority ownership of Lucid Motors. (It
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. This is the main target for us now and also to start operations in SaudiArabia.”
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.
Since launching in Egypt, Koinz has expanded to SaudiArabia and the UAE. African-focused VC 4DX Ventures and strategic angel investors from Egypt, Turkey and SaudiArabia participated as well. These consumers have redeemed almost 300,000 rewards, while almost 800,000 customers have left reviews.
The funding is coming at a high-watermark moment for edtech — with the shift to remote learning in the last year of pandemic living highlighting the opportunity to build better tools to serve that market, and a number of startups in the category subsequently raising hundreds of millions of dollars to tackle the opportunity.
million seed funding it has raised from 500 Global, P1 Ventures, Launch Africa, and Middle East VCs Seedra Ventures, Arzan Ventures, Propeller, Core Vision, as well as a number of regional investors. to give us access to Europe, and SaudiArabia for the GCC region,” said Khairy. “We Gameball raises $3.5M
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.
After its Egypt launch, Swvl expanded to Kenya, Pakistan, Jordan and SaudiArabia. Queen’s Gambit, the women-led SPAC in charge of the deal, raised $300 million in January and added $45 million via an underwriters’ overallotment option focusing on startups in clean energy, healthcare and mobility sectors.
Servify, a startup that manages lifecycle of devices for several popular smartphone vendors including Apple and Samsung in many markets, has raised $65 million as it eyes becoming a public company in two years. It anticipates raising another $5 million to $10 million in the current round.
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.
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, SaudiArabia, Brazil and parts of Europe, Lesun says.
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 SaudiArabia in the coming weeks. billion valuation.
Recent research suggests that the e-commerce market in SaudiArabia, 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
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. billion valuation.
The Singapore-based company announced today it has raised $44 million in Series C funding led by returning investors Itochu Corporation, which put in $32 million. The new capital brings Docquity’s total raised to $57.5 Docquity was created to help doctors collaborate in the same way, at scale, even if they live in different countries.
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 SaudiArabia. This brings GOMYCODE’s total financing to $8.85 One of its investors from the seed round, Wamda Capital, doubled down in this new financing.
and Karma Automotive, two electric vehicle startups with a long shared history, each announced this week that they’ve raised millions of dollars. Fisker has taken in $50 million of fresh capital from “hedge fund king” Louis Bacon and Karma Automotive has raised $100 million from undisclosed “outside investors.”. Fisker Inc.
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 SaudiArabia. Korea’s Riiid raises $175M from SoftBank to expand its AI-based learning platform to global markets. Canada, Brazil, and Vietnam. .
OneOrder , Egypt’s supply chain solutions provider for restaurants, has raised $3 million seed funding led by Nclude with participation from A15, and Delivery Hero Ventures. The latest funding brings the total funding raised by the startup to $10.5. We are exploring SaudiArabia and expanding south into our continent.
.” 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 SaudiArabia’s state oil company Aramco, led the new capital infusion.
Intellia is an up and running startup which has raised $1.5m It’s now set to launch in Riyadh, SaudiArabia and Lagos, Nigeria next month. Plus, countries like India are famous for offering back-office and research work at scale. A YC company Apollo Group is also in this space, roughly speaking.
Electric vehicle startups have raised an absurd amount of money in the last year by merging with special purpose acquisition companies , or SPACs. Ohio-based Lordstown Motors raised nearly $700 million when it went public late last year and has backing from America’s largest automaker, General Motors. Image: Lordstown Motors.
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
The last time we covered Vezeeta was in 2020, when it raised $40 million in Series D funding (the joint largest single healthtech round in Africa alongside Reliance Health ) from Gulf Capital and Saudi Technology Ventures (STV).
Summer batch graduate ShipBlu is the latest on that list and confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised $2.4 Over 100 million people live in the North African country compared to SaudiArabia’s 30 million+ people, yet the e-commerce market in Egypt is a third of SaudiArabia’s. million in seed funding.
Behind this rationale is that the six-month-old startup is backed by Y Combinator and has also raised $850,000 which is just the first part of its multi-million-dollar pre-seed round that will close sometime this year. “We were able to very quickly get the acceptance of YC given the size of the opportunity we are focused on.
Chinese electric vehicle maker Human Horizons has failed to raise the new capital it needed from Middle East investors, spurring the recent closing of two showrooms and prompting the firm to look at cutting headcount in some departments to reduce costs and attempt to remain in business, souces told Chinese media outlet Caixin on Sunday.
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