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fwdstart.me > p > inside-abhi-ipo-the-bank-the-gold-book-and-the-logic-behind-its-listing-804b

Inside Abhi’s IPO: the bank, the gold book and the logic behind its listing

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (675+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook Abhi is preparing to list the Pakistani microfinance bank that now accounts for roughly four-fifths of its lending, with gold-backed loans at the heart of the business. We dug into the numbers and spoke…...


fwdstart.me > p > gaia-raises-1-5m-pre-seed-led-by-seedra-ventures-for-saudi-enterprise-ai-platform

Gaia raises $1.5M led by SEEDRA to build sovereign AI layer for Saudi enterprises

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (399+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook The Riyadh startup is building a permission-aware search, assistant and AI agent layer across companies’ internal systems, with data kept inside Saudi or deployed on-premise. Saudi enterprise AI startup Gaia has raised $1.5 million in…...


fwdstart.me > p > sav-raises-3-5m-pre-series-a-led-by-phoenix-venture-partners-for-saudi-expansion

Sav raises $3.5M pre-Series A led by Phoenix Venture Partners for Saudi expansion

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (483+ words) The UAE consumer fintech has broadened from a savings app into a regulated personal-finance platform spanning cards, investments and account aggregation, taking total funding to about $6 million. UAE consumer fintech Sav has raised $3.5 million in a pre-Series A round led…...


fwdstart.me > p > dubai-s-enhance-raises-18-2m-from-global-ventures-and-stride-ventures-to-expand-personal-training-os

Usman Gul’s Metal raises $4.5M seed backed by a16z, YC and Phaze Ventures

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (376+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook Round follows an earlier investment from Oman’s Phaze Ventures, with the fundraising software startup saying paying customers have raised more than $500M through its platform this year. Metal, the AI fundraising startup founded by former…...


fwdstart.me > p > humain-invests-in-arabic-ai-and-tarjama-to-expand-saudi-enterprise-ai-offering

HUMAIN invests in Arabic.AI and Tarjama to expand Saudi enterprise AI offering

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (434+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook Undisclosed investment brings Nour Al Hassan’s Arabic language technology business into the PIF-backed AI group’s growing application stack. HUMAIN has made an undisclosed strategic investment in Arabic.AI and Tarjama, partnering with the companies…...


fwdstart.me > p > what-vnv-s-portfolio-marks-imply-for-breadfast-baly-vezeeta-and-wasoko

What VNV’s portfolio marks imply for Breadfast, Baly, Vezeeta and Wasoko

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (781+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook The Stockholm-listed investor’s first-half accounts offer a rare read-through on private-market values across its MENA portfolio, with Breadfast held at its latest funding round, Baly marked higher and Vezeeta, El Basharsoft and Wasoko written…...