Startups
Emirati-founder unveils lifestyle booking platform, iReserved in the UAE
In a significant leap for the UAE’s tech and hospitality sectors, iReserved, the first smart lifestyle booking platform purpose-built for premium venues, is making its market debut. The Emirati-...
Upscale AI secures over $100 million in Seed round
Upscale AI, a new high‑performance AI networking company, announced the official launch of the company after being incubated by Auradine, a rapidly growing infrastructure player in the blockchain and ...
Spare raises $5M to scale open banking infrastructure
Spare, a fast-growing open banking infrastructure provider based in Riyadh, has raised USD 5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by anb Seed Fund, the venture capital fund of ANB Capital —a su...
Luxury For You unveils members-only luxury platform
Luxury For You, a Dubai-born, members-only luxury platform, has officially launched in the UAE. Offering access to over 1200 designer brands and worldwide shipping to 130 countries, the platform provi...
Intella secure $12.5 million in A round led by Prosus
Intella, the market leader in dialectal Arabic speech intelligence, today announced it has closed $12.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Prosus, with participation from 500 Global, W...
IPT Africa selected for Visa Accelerator Program – Africa
IPT Africa, a purpose-driven leader in the B2B global cross-border payments sector, announces its selection into the prestigious Visa Accelerator Program – Africa 2025, becoming the first Maurit...
Olivery secures seed funding from Ibtikar Fund, Flat6Labs
Olivery, a fast-growing B2B SaaS startup, has secured joint seed funding from Ibtikar Fund and Flat6Labs Mashreq Seed Fund to accelerate its expansion across the MENA region.
Calo raises $39 million in Series B extension round
Calo, the Middle East’s largest foodtech startup revolutionizing personalized meal subscriptions, has raised $39 million (SAR 146.27 million) in a Series B extension round led by AlJazira Capital. The...
Tabadulat to launch Shariah-compliant trading platform
Tabadulat, a UAE-based Shariah-compliant investing platform, has received In-Principle Approval from ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) to launch a 100% Shariah-compliant global tra...