
Palestine-based Chat Cola Takes on Coca-Cola and Pepsi amid Boycotts
Chat Cola challenges Coca-Cola and Pepsi amid boycotts, gaining popularity in Palestine as consumers seek alternatives to foreign brands.
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Chat Cola challenges Coca-Cola and Pepsi amid boycotts, gaining popularity in Palestine as consumers seek alternatives to foreign brands.
UnifyApps raises $20M in Series A funding from ICONIQ Growth to expand its AI platform and drive growth in the Middle East market.

Epik Foods secures $15.5M investment from Ruya Partners to expand in Saudi Arabia and UAE, supporting acquisitions and growth in the F&B sector.

Dubai Angel Investors teams up with MEVP to boost MENA tech startups, offering capital, portfolio management, and support for early-stage entrepreneurs.

Dubai, UAE-based Pemo, a spend management platform has secured $7 million in Pre-Series A round led by Augmentum Fintech and Shorooq.

A team from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has received the Google Academic Research award.

United States-based startup TeaLeaf which offers a marketplace for buying and selling quality tea, has raised $6 million with support from Dubai-based FasterCapital.

Dubai-based venture capital firm BECO Capital has today raised $20 million from Riyadh, Saudi Venture Capital (SVC).

Ramallah, Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund, last week closed its second fund 'Ibtikar Fund II' at $25 million - aims to invest in 25 innovative startups.

Abu Dhabi, Hub71-based startup EpiBone, today successfully closed a convertible note funding round led by Boston-based Kendall Capital Partners.

Hub71 startup Greengage, a digital finance startup has today joined the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Declaration.
Silicon Valley-based General Catalyst, on Monday led a whopping $67.5 million Series-B round for the Riyadh-based fintech startup Lean Technologies.