Wamda

U.A.E

Pollen Street acquires majority stake in Ding

Mobile top-up services company Ding has sold its majority stake to the London-based alternative investment management company, Pollen...

Ding Pollen Street acquisition

Global

Swvl to enter Spanish market via Shotl acquisition

The UAE’s latest unicorn Swvl, has agreed to buy Spain-based Shotl, an on-demand shuttle-booking platform according to...

Swvl acquisition

Egypt

US-based Bevy acquires Egypt’s Eventtus

US-based events company Bevy has acquired the Egyptian event management software company Eventtus for an undisclosed...

Bevy eventtus acquisition

Bahrain

UAE’s Shorooq Partners acquires Bahrain’s Autarky Capital

UAE-based venture capital firm Shorooq Partners has acquired Bahrain-based investment and advisory firm Autarky Capital for an...

Shorooq Partners Autarky Capital acquisition

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Tamer Group acquires majority stake in Mumzworld

Saudi Arabia’s Tamer Group, a healthcare distributor and logistics company has acquired a majority stake in UAE-based e-commerce...

acquisition news Mumzworld

Saudi Arabia

Savola Group establishes CVC arm with two investments

Saudi Arabia-based food and retail conglomerate Savola Group has established a corporate venture capital (CVC) arm and has completed two...

foodtech Last mile egrocery

Regional

Delivery Hero acquires UAE-based InstaShop

UAE-based e-grocery startup InstaShop today announced that it has been acquired by Germany’s Delivery Hero in a deal worth $360...

Delivery Hero instashop acquisition

Global

Uber completes acquisition of Careem

Uber has confirmed the official close of its acquisition of UAE-based Careem for $3.1 billion, but is still awaiting regulatory approval in...

Careeem Uber acquisition

Jordan

Tarjama.com acquires Captivate Arabia

Source: Slator In a transaction concluded in November 2019, Tarjama.com has acquired Captivate Arabia, an audio-visual...

audio visual transaltion

Egypt

Trella acquires Trukto

Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based Y Combinator-backed digital trucking marketplace Trella has acquired local rival Trukto, the...

acquisition trucks digital marketplace

Egypt

RiseUp acquires StarterHub

Egypt-based RiseUp, the organiser of the biggest entrepreneurship summit in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), has acquired...

acquisition online platform

Egypt

Match group acquires Harmonica

Source: MenaBytes Match Group, the online dating giant with a market cap of over $20 billion that owns different dating websites...

Investment acquisition Egypt

Regional

Morocco-based Mubawab acquires Jumia House

Source: MenaBytes Mubawab, the leading real estate portal of Morocco that was acquired by Dubai-based Emerging Markets Property Group...

reak estate portal

Turkey

Turkey-based Iyzico acquired for $165 million

Source: MenaBytes PayU, a Netherlands-headquartered online payment service provider, owned by South African internet and entertainment...

Fintech online PAYMENT

U.A.E

Careem acquires Abu Dhabi's Cyacle bike-share company

Source: The National Careem has acquired UAE-based bike-sharing company Cyacle for an undisclosed sum as the ride-hailing company makes...

cycling acquisition bike-sharing

Egypt

Cairo-based ArqamFC gets acquired by UK’s StatsBomb

Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based sports data startup ArqamFC has been acquired by English football analytics company StatsBomb, the...

football Statistics acquisition

U.A.E

UAE’s Bayut acquires real estate portal Lamudi

Source: The National UAE property listings and research company Bayut acquired Lamudi, a rival portal owned by Middle East Internet...

acquisition Real-estate tech

Turkey

Turkey-based Prisync acquires Spotlite

Prisync, a provider of competitor price tracking in the e-commerce market has acquired its Australia-based competitor Spotlite. The...

E-commerce Prices Tracker

Regional

Careem's sale to Uber and how it affects the Mena startup ecosystem

I would have liked Careem to go public and remain independent because that is how you make the biggest statement about the maturity of the...

careem Uber acquisition

U.A.E

Namshi’s CEO Hosam Arab steps down after company’s full acquisition

Source: Menabytes Hosam Arab, the co-founder and CEO of Dubai-based fashion ecommerce platform Namshi has stepped down from his role...

E-commerce acquisition ceo

Regional

Emaar fully acquires Namshi

Dubai’s Emaar Malls has fully acquired e-commerce retailer Namshi. This follows acquiring the remaining stake of Global...

ecommerce Retail Fashion

U.A.E

Global video ads marketplace Teads acquires Dubai-based Buzzeff

Source: Menabytes Teads, a New York-headquartered global video ads marketplace has acquired Dubai-based video ads...

Videoads Dubai acquisition

U.A.E

Dubizzle stake acquired for $190 million

UAE-based online classifieds website dubizzle has been fully acquired by Naspers, a South Africa-based investor through its subsidiary OLX...

Dubizzle classifieds marketplace

Saudi Arabia

Maharah acquires a strategic stake in UAE's Bloovo

Source: Entreprenuer Bloovo, one of UAE’s algorithm-based online recruitment platforms, has brought Saudi-based Maharah Human...

acquisition HR saudi

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