Egypt Egypt’s PIE acquires Exits for unknown amount Egypt-based Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory Firm PIE has acquired Exits, a regional online marketplace for buying and selling... News • 06 April, 2022 PIE exits acquisition
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... News • 02 September, 2021 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... News • 19 August, 2021 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... News • 14 July, 2021 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... News • 28 June, 2021 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... News • 28 June, 2021 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... News • 15 February, 2021 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... News • 27 August, 2020 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... News • 03 January, 2020 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... News • 11 December, 2019 audio visual transaltion
Egypt Trella acquires Trukto Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based Y Combinator-backed digital trucking marketplace Trella has acquired local rival Trukto, the... News • 04 December, 2019 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... Yasmeen Nabil • 09 October, 2019 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... News • 07 August, 2019 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... News • 19 June, 2019 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... News • 16 June, 2019 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... News • 28 May, 2019 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... News • 08 May, 2019 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... News • 10 April, 2019 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... News • 28 March, 2019 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... Fadi Ghandour • 27 March, 2019 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... News • 11 March, 2019 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... News • 25 February, 2019 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... News • 07 February, 2019 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... Wamda • 13 January, 2019 Dubizzle classifieds marketplace
