U.A.E Popcorn AI closes $500,000 pre-seed UAE-based conversational commerce platform Popcorn AI has raised a $500,000 pre-seed funding round, with participation from Spring... News • 13 November, 2024 Popcorn AI AI E-commerce
U.A.E Brands.io secures Seed financing to drive expansion UAE-based AI startup Brands.io has secured a Seed funding round for an undisclosed value from unidentified investors. Founded in 2024 by... News • 05 November, 2024 Brands.io AI
U.A.E Warburg AI secures $250,000 Seed funding UAE-based AI startup Warburg AI has secured $250,000 in seed funding from undisclosed investors. Founded in 2024 by Ben Pfeffer,... News • 04 November, 2024 Warburg AI AI
Global Insider closes $500 million Series E led by General Atlantic US-based AI-native omnichannel experience Insider has closed a $500 million Series E funding round, led by General Atlantic. Founded... News • 01 November, 2024 Insider AI omnichannel
Saudi Arabia Wa’ed Ventures earmarks $100 million to invest in Saudi AI sector Aramco’s $500 million VC fund, Wa’ed Ventures, has allocated $100 million for early-stage AI investments to support... News • 28 October, 2024 Wa'ed Ventures Aramco AI
Regional Startupbootcamp partners with Meta to support MENA startups The US tech giant Meta has joined forces with Startupbootcamp MENA to encourage the adoption of AI use cases in the MENA business... News • 02 August, 2024 startupbootcamp Meta AI
Saudi Arabia Saudi deeptech Intelmatix scores $20 million Series A Saudi Arabia-based deeptech AI company Intelmatix has closed a $20 million Series A funding round, led by Shorooq Partners and joined by... News • 30 July, 2024 Intelmatix Deep-tech AI
Egypt Synapse Analytics secures $2 million to propel expansion plans Egypt-based AI startup Synapse Analytics has raised $2 million in investment led by Silicon Badia. Synapse Analytics, part of Hub71... News • 31 July, 2024 Synapse Analytics silicon badia Hub71
U.A.E UAE’s Sentient Labs secures $85 million Seed round UAE-based Web3-focused startup Sentient Labs has raised a $85 million Seed investment round, co-led by Pantera Capital, and Framework... News • 15 July, 2024 Sentient Labs Web 3.0 AI
Regional AI leverages real estate sector in MENA An article by Anna Skigin, co-founder of Frank Porter The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) extends across all industries as... Thought Leadership • 15 July, 2024 Real Estate Proptech AI
Regional AI redefines MENA corporate travel business An article by Stan Klyuy, a Chief Commercial Officer at Tumodo, an online business travel platform. In 2024, the digital... Thought Leadership • 24 June, 2024 AI Artificial intelligence Travel
U.A.E Polynome Group launches $100 million fund to invest in AI startups UAE-based event management company Polynome Group has announced a $100 million fund to invest in AI startups. The fund will invest in... News • 13 June, 2024 Polynome Group AI
U.A.E qeen.ai closes $2.2 million pre-Seed led by Wamda Capital UAE-based AI startup qeen.ai has secured a $2.2 million pre-Seed funding round, led by Wamda Capital, with participation from... News • 05 June, 2024 qeen.ai Wamda Capital AI
Tunisia Tunisia-born Clusterlab raises $600,000 pre-Seed Tunisia-born and UAE-headquartered AI startup ClusterLab has raised $600,000 in a pre-Seed funding round from regional investors,... News • 20 March, 2024 Clusterlab AI
U.A.E Dubbing platform CAMB.AI raises $4 million seed UAE-based AI dubbing startup CAMB.AI has raised $4 million in a Seed funding round led by Courtside Ventures, along with TRTL Ventures,... News • 07 February, 2024 CAMB.AI AI Dubbing
Egypt DXwand secures $4 million Series A to fuel regional expansion Middle East-based AI startup DXwand has closed a Series A funding round of $4 million, led by Shorooq Partners, Algebra Ventures, and... News • 25 January, 2024 DXwand Shorooq Partners Algebra Ventures
U.A.E UAE’s G42 pledges new investment in newly-born AI startup Analog UAE-based AI and cloud computing giant G42, has allocated an undisclosed investment in the Abu Dhabi-headquartered AI company... News • 18 January, 2024 Analog G42 AI
Saudi Arabia Cycls raises $1 million pre-Seed round Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Cycls has raised $1 million in pre-Seed funding from angel investors. Founded in 2021 by Mohammed... News • 12 October, 2023 Cycls AI
Egypt Acasia Ventures leads pre-Seed round in Senegal’s Lengo AI Egypt-based VC firm Acasia Ventures has led a pre-Seed investment round in Senegal-based SaaS startup Lengo AI, co-led by Ventures... News • 04 October, 2023 Acasia Ventures Lengo AI AI
U.A.E Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai? In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well... Triska Hamid • 10 August, 2023 deeptech XPANCEO Russia
Palestine Ibtikar Fund invests in DataQueue Palestine-based AI data training company DataQueue has raised an undisclosed amount from the Ibtikar Fund. Founded in 2021 by Bashir... News • 08 August, 2023 Ibtikar Fund DataQueue AI
Egypt Talents Arena raises $750,000 pre-Seed round Egypt-based AI recruitment company Talents Arena, has raised a $750,000 pre-Seed funding round from UI Investments, alongside several... News • 08 August, 2023 Talents Arena HR solutions AI
Regional Advice for investors: what to bear in mind when looking at AI startups Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai There are those who are calling AI a bubble.... Thought Leadership • 13 July, 2023 overwrite.ai generative AI AI
U.A.E MBZUAI partners with OurCrowd Arabia to accelerate AI growth in UAE The UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has signed an MoU with Israeli VC fund OurCrowd, to... News • 09 May, 2023 MBZUAI OurCrowd AI
