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MENA's biggest ever Seed round, Replit teams up with Arabic.AI

Jan 16, 2026

MENA's biggest ever Seed round, Replit teams up with Arabic.AI


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Jan 16, 2026

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Flooss secures $22M Shorooq-backed credit facility in Bahrain’s first private asset-backed fintech financing

Jan 15, 2026

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Arabic.AI partners with Amjad Masad’s Replit to launch free, fully localised Arabic coding courses across MENA

Jan 14, 2026

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Governata raises $4M seed to build Saudi Arabia’s first Arabic-first, AI-ready data governance platform

Jan 13, 2026

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Saudi-based Madeed raises $400K as Eight Sleep exit founder Adam Bataineh launches preventative health and longevity platform

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Abdallah Abu-Sheikh’s Mal, raises $230M in largest Seed round in MENA for AI-powered Islamic finance platform

Jan 13, 2026

Abdallah Abu-Sheikh’s Mal, raises $230M in largest Seed round in MENA for AI-powered Islamic finance platform

Governata raises $4M seed to build Saudi Arabia’s first Arabic-first, AI-ready data governance platform

Jan 14, 2026

Governata raises $4M seed to build Saudi Arabia’s first Arabic-first, AI-ready data governance platform

Saudi-based Madeed raises $400K as Eight Sleep exit founder Adam Bataineh launches preventative health and longevity platform

Jan 13, 2026

Saudi-based Madeed raises $400K as Eight Sleep exit founder Adam Bataineh launches preventative health and longevity platform


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Jan 14, 2026

The Rise of Egypt’s Semiconductor Industry (Part I)

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🇦🇪 UAE

Jan 15, 2026

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Arabic.AI partners with Amjad Masad’s Replit to launch free, fully localised Arabic coding courses across MENA

Jan 13, 2026

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Abdallah Abu-Sheikh’s Mal, raises $230M in largest Seed round in MENA for AI-powered Islamic finance platform

Jan 9, 2026

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Revolut continues UAE hiring spree, as it eyes acquisition of neobank FUPS in Turkey

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Jan 14, 2026

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Governata raises $4M seed to build Saudi Arabia’s first Arabic-first, AI-ready data governance platform

Jan 13, 2026

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Saudi-based Madeed raises $400K as Eight Sleep exit founder Adam Bataineh launches preventative health and longevity platform

Jan 7, 2026

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Musk's xAI raises $20B Series E as Qatar Investment Authority and Abu Dhabi-based MGX anchor mega-round

🇪🇬 EGYPT

Dec 19, 2025

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Egypt’s Nawah Scientific raises $23M Series A as it marks a decade in deeptech labs

Dec 17, 2025

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Egypt’s iVoiceUp raises funding led by A15 to scale AI-powered whistleblowing platform across MENA

Dec 11, 2025

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