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fwdstart.me > p > keep-converting-raises-2m-pre-seed-led-by-nuwa-capital-and-cotu-ventures

Keep Converting raises $2M pre-seed led by Nuwa Capital and COTU Ventures

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (566+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook The UAE startup has emerged from stealth with an AI platform that generates and tests personalised product pages for individual ecommerce shoppers, claiming an average 64% conversion-rate lift across early deployments. UAE-based ecommerce startup Keep…...

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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

6+ day, 11+ 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…...

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fwdstart.me > p > abwab-ai-raises-4m-led-by-speedinvest-and-mevp-for-saudi-sme-lending-platform

Saudi SME lending startup Abwab.ai raises $4M led by Speedinvest and MEVP

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (499+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook The startup says its technology is used by more than 13 financial institutions and has processed over SAR 1 billion in SME loans. Saudi fintech Abwab.ai has raised $4 million in seed funding from Middle East…...

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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, 4+ 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…...

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fwdstart.me > p > jordanian-edtech-abwaab-acquires-egypt-s-eduact-in-second-deal-this-year

Jordanian edtech Abwaab acquires Egypt’s Eduact in second deal this year

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook Acquisition adds teacher and learning-centre software to Abwaab’s platform, eight months after it bought university admissions startup Apex. Jordanian edtech Abwaab has acquired Egyptian teacher-focused software platform Eduact for an undisclosed amount, its second…...

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fwdstart.me > p > pinnacle-capital-launches-fund-combining-saudi-growth-rounds-and-secondaries

Pinnacle Capital launches fund combining Saudi growth rounds and secondaries

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (409+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook The CMA-licensed Riyadh firm, established in 2021 and affiliated with the Watar Partners network, will invest through primary rounds and secondary transactions. Pinnacle Capital, the Saudi investment firm, has launched a venture capital fund targeting…...

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fwdstart.me > p > saudi-edtech-aila-raises-3m-pre-series-a-led-by-rua-growth-fund

Saudi edtech AILA raises $3M pre-Series A led by Rua Growth Fund

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (334+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook Jordanian edtech Jo Academy also joins the cap table as a strategic investor alongside 500 Global, Bunat Ventures and Fikr Ventures, backing a platform whose AILA Tests product runs personalised exam preparation in Saudi schools....

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fwdstart.me > p > heybreez-raises-2-5m-seed-led-by-lunara-partners-as-call-volumes-pass-one-million-a-month

HeyBreez raises $2.5M seed led by Lunara Partners as call volumes pass one million a month

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (463+ words) 💸 MENA VC Playbook 📘 MENA Founder Playbook The oversubscribed round brings in Jabbar Group alongside returning backer DASH Ventures, seven months after the company's $1.3 million pre-seed. HeyBreez, the enterprise voice AI company formerly known as Breez AI, has raised an oversubscribed…...