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The Riyadh-based payments giant absorbs TAPn'GO's contactless technology in a full 100% acquisition, targeting 20,000+ businesses across retail, hospitality, healthcare, and more.
Phoenix Venture Partners-backed GAGA offers live, gamified learning across 1,000+ programmes — and now has $4.2M in total funding to accelerate its Saudi Arabia push.
The UAE-based investment firm joined a global investor group backing the Paris-headquartered artificial intelligence startup founded by former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.
The funding round, backed by Abu Dhabi’s Al Nahyan family and the Al-Ketbi family, will help TruDoc expand its virtual-first healthcare and hospital-at-home services across the GCC.
Middle East cloud infrastructure damaged amid ongoing conflict; services disrupted as recovery efforts continue
Oversubscribed round led by LoftyInc Capital with Attijariwafa Ventures and Almada Ventures will support expansion of WafR’s nationwide merchant-based fintech distribution.
Scopely acquires a majority stake in Istanbul-based Loom Games, developer of the hit game Pixel Flow!, in a deal valuing the studio at over $1 billion.
Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN has taken a major minority position in Elon Musk’s xAI, contributing $3 billion to the company’s Series E round ahead of its SpaceX merger.
U.S. Justice Department disclosures linking the DP World leader to Jeffrey Epstein trigger leadership change at the Dubai government-owned global ports operator.
MENA-based social trading platform enters Saudi market after securing Capital Market Authority approval, announces strategic partnership with anb Capital, and confirms $4 million seed round bringing total funding to $7.4 million.
Partnership targets decentralized drinking water access for schools, with 30 atmospheric water systems to be deployed over two years.
Angel-backed bridge round will help accelerate logistics, supply chain operations, and internal systems as the company prepares for mid-2026 Series A.