Latest Startup News & Stories

Tarfin, the agriculture fintech startup based in Turkey, on Monday (21 September 2020) has secured $5 million in a Series A round.

US-based Walzay, a full-stack hiring solution for businesses has now entered the MENA region by launching a branch in the UAE.

Gurgaon, Haryana-based meditation and mental wellness startup Mindhouse, on Sunday (20 September 2020) announced its launch in the UAE.

MENA-based e-commerce enterprise Wiz Holding secures $2 million from international investors from KSA, US, and Canada for Wiz Shops.

Virtuzone has partnered with Zbooni to allow its clients quick and seamless access to transaction solutions via Whatsapp

Egypt’s FreshSource is selected among 20 finalists for the 2020 Grow-NY food and beverage innovation and agriculture technology business challenge.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based SaaS startup, Penny Software on Monday raised $1.35 million seed funding from Wamda, Class 5 Global, and others.

Kuwait-based laundry marketplace platform JustClean, on Sunday raised $8 million in a series B round led by Faith Capital Holding.

The Khadija RA Initiative is the world’s largest and exclusive cohort, incubation & acceleration program for 1001 Female Entrepreneurs.

Here’s to this week’s news roundup, featuring the top startup news and stories from MENA and India published on LAFFAZ from 14 to 20 September, 2020.

Alsaree3, a Baghdad, Iraq-based food delivery app and its sister company Al Zajel, have recently closed a 6-figure seed funding round

Google on Friday (18 September 2020) has reportedly removed the popular payments and e-wallet app Paytm from Google Play Store.

Edtech unicorn BYJU’S on Thursday (September 17 2020) acquired LabinApp, an edtech startup backed by Unitus Ventures.