Tech & Startups from the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey & Pakistan.
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Which medium do you prefer (as an attendee/reader) for interviews with founders and other stakeholders from MENAs startup ecosystem?
19%
Facebook/LinkedIn Live
57%
Podcasts
12%
Clubhouse/Twitter Spaces
12%
Q&A articles on MENAbytes
58 votes • Final results
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20 Aug 2025
Saudi vacation rental platform Gathern raises $72 million at a valuation of over $266 million, eyes IPO menabytes.com/gathern-series…
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4 Aug 2025
Saudi’s Salasa raises $30 million Series B to expand its ecommerce fulfillment platform across GCC menabytes.com/salasa-series-…
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29 Jul 2025
Saudi foodtech Calo raises $39 million Series B extension for AI push, global expansion menabytes.com/calo-series-b-…
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28 Jul 2025
Saudi’s Sawt raises $1 million pre-seed to automate call centers with Arabic AI agents menabytes.com/sawt-pre-seed/
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14 Jul 2025
Sukna launches Saudi’s first open-ended direct lending fund to fill SME credit gap menabytes.com/sukna-fund-dir…
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13 Jul 2025
Saudi embedded insurance platform Yasmina raises $2 million seed to help businesses sell coverage via APIs menabytes.com/yasmina-seed/
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28 May 2025
Saudi infrastructure fintech Stitch raises $10 million seed to help banks and fintechs build faster menabytes.com/stitch-seed/
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14 May 2025
STV launches $100 million AI fund with Google’s backing menabytes.com/stv-ai-fund/
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9 Mar 2025
Saudi quick commerce startup Ninja, by HungerStation’s founder, in talks to raise at $1B valuation: report menabytes.com/ninja-saudi-1-…
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4 Mar 2025
Fawry’s 2024 revenue soars 68% to EGP 5.5 Billion, net profit jumps 125% menabytes.com/fawry-2024-res…
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4 Mar 2025
Tamara receives SAMA license for consumer finance and BNPL services menabytes.com/tamara-consume…
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24 Feb 2025
UK’s Pinewood acquires Dubai-based automotive SaaS Seez for $46.2 million menabytes.com/pinewood-seez/
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20 Feb 2025
Nice One’s stock doubles in a month after its public debut, market cap crosses $2 billion menabytes.com/nice-one-2-bil…
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20 Feb 2025
Tunisia’s Dabchy raises over $1 million pre-Series A to grow its preloved fashion marketplace menabytes.com/dabchy-pre-ser…
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26 Nov 2024
Egyptian billionaire launches Moniify, a business media platform for young readers in emerging markets menabytes.com/moniify-launch…
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25 Nov 2024
Japan’s Giftee acquires Dubai-based digital gift card platform YouGotaGift for $28 million menabytes.com/giftee-yougota…
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25 Nov 2024
Saudi online beauty retailer Nice One heads for public listing on Tadawul menabytes.com/nice-one-heads…
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21 Nov 2024
Talabat sets IPO price range, targets up to $10 billion valuation menabytes.com/talabat-ipo-pr…
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13 Nov 2024
Dubai fintech Pemo raises $7 million pre-Series A for its spend management platform menabytes.com/pemo-pre-serie…
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