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| 28.07.2026 | PIF-backed Jada bets on Saudi PE firm's maiden fund | Bandr Mohammed Alhomaly, CEO and managing director, Jada FoF
Jada Fund of Funds, an investment vehicle created by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF), has signed on as a limited partner to the debut vehicle of ... |
| 16.06.2026 | Algebra AI obtains $7 M to provide mid-market businesses with managed AI services | Algebra AI today announces its official launch, emerging from stealth with clients across the financial services, food and beverage, distribution and manufacturing sectors and $7 million in financing from investors including Infinity Conste... |
| 14.05.2026 | Stream raises additional $5.2 M, totalling $9.2 M in Seed funding | Stream, the Riyadh-born payments and billing platform, has announced a $5.2 million seed extension. This comes less than six months after closing its initial seed round, bringing total seed funding to $9.2 million. The round was led by BECO... |
| 24.04.2026 | COLABS: $8 Million Raised To Launch Riyadh Workspace Campus And Expand Across Middle East, North Africa, And Pakistan | COLABS, a Saudi-headquartered community-led workspace platform, has launched a 4,000-square-meter campus in northern Riyadh, marking its entry into Saudi Arabia amid growing competition to serve the Kingdom’s expanding startup and SME secto... |
| 30.01.2026 | Proptech Giant Property Finder Secures $170 Million, Boosts MENA Dominance | Proptech leader Property Finder secured $170 million. Mubadala and another UAE sovereign fund led the round. BECO Capital also invested. This push solidifies its regional influence. Total equity raised nears $700 million. Debt financing add... |
| 30.01.2026 | Property Finder Raises $170M in Funding | Property Finder, a Dubai, UAE-based proptech company providing a real estate property portal, raised $170M in funding.
The round was led by Mubadala Investment Company, alongside another UAE sovereign wealth fund and BECO Capital.
The inves... |
| 28.01.2026 | Mubadala leads $170 mn investment in Property Finder | Mubadala, the second-largest sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi that manages assets worth over $330 billion across multiple countries, has led $170 million (around Rs 1,563 crore) fresh investment round in Property Finder, which is Middle E... |
| 28.01.2026 | Property Finder: $170 Million Raised In Round Led by Mubadala And UAE Sovereign Investors | UAE-based proptech Property Finder has secured a $170 million investment led by Mubadala Investment Company, alongside another UAE sovereign wealth fund and BECO Capital, reinforcing its standing as one of the region’s best-capitalized prop... |
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| 02.11.2025 | BRKZ: $30 Million Growth Debt Raised From Stride To Advance Saudi Arabia’s Construction Sector Expansion | BRKZ, a leading B2B managed marketplace for building materials in Saudi Arabia, has secured up to $30 million in growth debt financing from Stride Ventures. The new facility aims to strengthen BRKZ’s ability to offer flexible payment soluti... |
| 23.10.2025 | Hub71 Launches New Founder Program and Expands Its AI Ecosystem Hub71 launched Initiate, a program for early-stage founders developed with SC Ventures and VentureOne. | Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, announced new programs and partnerships at its Impact Event 2025 to advance innovation and entrepreneurship across the UAE.
The company launched Initiate, a program for early-stage founders develope... |
| 29.09.2025 | BECO Capital marks final close of two funds for early stage, growth-stage startups | Dany Farha, co-founder and managing partner, BECO Capital
UAE-based venture capital firm BECO Capital, which manages assets worth around $820 million (around Rs 7,279 crore), has announced the final close of its two funds, with an early-sta... |
| 29.09.2025 | BECO Capital raises $370m for two new funds | - |
| 08.09.2025 | Startup Funding: Mokhtar Ibrahim, Investment Principal, BECO Capital Mokhtar Ibrahim, Investment Principal, BECO Capital, showcases the principles that inspire investor faith and sustainable outcomes. | This article is part of Startup Funding - Investor Insights Every Entrepreneur Needs by Entrepreneur Middle East, a series where the MENA region's leading venture capitalists share practical advice to help founders navigate the challenges o... |
| 15.06.2025 | Thndr, an Egyptian-based digital investment platform, has raised US $15.7 million in a Series A round | Thndr, a Cairo-based digital investment platform, has raised US $15.7 million in a Series A round led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from BECO Capital, JIMCO Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, Y Combinator, a U.S. university endowment, and... |
| 27.05.2025 | Thndr: $15.6 Million Raised For Digital Investment Platform | Prosus Ventures announced it has led a $15.7 million investment round in Thndr, the MENA region’s leading digital investment platform, along with The Raba Partnership, BECO Capital, JIMCO Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, and Y Combinator. This m... |
| 18.02.2025 | BECO Capital outlines new fund's AI investment strategy | Premium
Dany Farha, co-founder and managing partner, BECO Capital
BECO Capital, a UAE-based venture capital firm that is currently deploying from its fourth investment vehicle has outlined its AI investment strategy amid the rapidly evolvin... |
| 17.02.2025 | Top social e-commerce platform Taager raised $6.75 M Pre-series B funding | The $6.75 million pre-Series B funding round for Taager, the top social e-commerce platform in the MENA region, was completed. Norrsken22, an Africa-focused tech growth fund, led the round.The company will be able to support its expansion i... |
| 13.02.2025 | Beco Capital onboards another Saudi LP for fourth venture capital fund | Premium
Dany Farha, co-founder and managing partner, Beco Capital
Beco Capital, a UAE-based venture capital firm that manages assets worth around $500 million, has brought on board another Saudi state-owned firm as a limited partner to its ... |
| 11.02.2025 | BRKZ: Transforming Construction Procurement in Saudi Arabia | In the heart of Saudi Arabia, a revolution is brewing in the construction industry. BRKZ, a tech-driven marketplace, has secured $17 million in Series A funding, pushing its total to $22.5 million. This funding is not just a number; it’s a ... |
| 10.02.2025 | "We Got Funded!" Saudi Arabia-based BRKZ Raises USD$17 Million in Series A Funding Founded in 2023 by Ibrahim Manna, serial entrepreneur and former Managing Director at Careem, BRKZ emerged ... | Saudi Arabia-based marketplace for construction materials BRKZ has completed its Series A funding at USD$17 million, bringing total funding to USD$22.5 million, to scale its technology platform to transform construction procurement as Saudi... |
| 20.12.2024 | The 100: Dany Farha, Co-founder and CEO, BECO Capital The 100: A Definite Guide to Success | Dany Farha is the Co-founder and CEO at BECO Capital, a venture capital firm that provides early-stage growth capital and hands-on operational support for technology companies in the MENA region with a focus on the GCC. Farha has a 20-year ... |
| 07.11.2024 | UAE's Beco Capital onboards Saudi LP for fourth fund | Premium
Dany Farha, co-founder and managing partner, Beco Capital
UAE-based venture capital firm Beco Capital, which backs early-stage tech startups in the Gulf region and manages assets worth around $500 million, has onboarded a Saudi Arab... |
| 23.10.2024 | Ejari: Transforming Saudi Arabia's Rental Landscape with $14.65 Million Seed Funding | In the heart of Saudi Arabia, a revolution is brewing in the rental market. Ejari, a prop-tech and fintech startup, has raised $14.65 million in a seed funding round. This investment, a blend of debt and equity, is a lifeline for a company ... |
| 23.10.2024 | "We Got Funded!" KSA-Based Ejari Raises US$14.65 Million In A Seed Round Led By Partners For Growth, BECO Capital And anb Capital "Our broader ambition is to evolve into a comprehensive... | Ejari, a Saudi Arabia -based property technology (proptech) and fintech platform that offers a Rrent-now-pay-later (RNPL) solution for residential units has raised US$14.65 million (SAR 55 million) in a seed round led by Partners for Growth... |
| 13.09.2024 | Fintech Surge Amidst VC Drought in MENA | The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is witnessing a fintech revolution. This week, fintech startups are at the forefront of fundraising, even as venture capital (VC) investment takes a significant hit. The numbers tell a stark st... |
| 13.09.2024 | MENA Digest: Fintechs lead fundraising this week; VC investment falls in August | Credit: 123RF.com
Venture capital funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was led by fintech startups this week. These included Egyptian digital payments solutions provider Paymob, and UAE-based fintech firm FlapK... |
| 13.09.2024 | Fintech platform FlapKap raised $34 M Pre-series A debt and equity funding | Nearly two years after receiving $3.6 million in seed funding, FlapKap, a fintech platform based in Abu Dhabi and originally from Egypt, has raised $34 million in a pre-Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $37.6 million.
Le... |
| 27.07.2024 | Vectara: GenAI Product Platform Company Raises $25 Million In Series A | Vectara, a trusted Generative AI (GenAI) product platform, announced it has closed a $25 million Series A round led by FPV Ventures and Race Capital. The additional investors include Alumni Ventures, WVV Capital, Samsung Next, Fusion Fund, ... |
| 18.07.2024 | Vectara Revolutionizes Generative AI with Mockingbird LLM | Vectara, a leader in generative AI technology, secures $25 million in Series A funding to advance the trustworthiness of Retrieval Augmented Generation with the introduction of Mockingbird, a new large language model tailored for high-accur... |
| 16.07.2024 | Vectara Secures $25 Million Series A Funding to Advance the Trustworthiness of Retrieval Augmented Generation with New Mockingbird LLM | Vectara announces recent funding rounds totaling $53.5 million and introduces Mockingbird, a new large language model ideal for high-accuracy tasks in the health, legal, finance, and manufacturing industries.
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| 19.06.2024 | Profitability Creates Optionality: Property Finder Founder And CEO Michael Lahyani With the journey their enterprises were on together coming to an end, Lahyani reflects on the successful founder-inve... | It's been almost eight years since Property Finder founder and CEO Michael Lahyani advised entrepreneurs during a 2016 Entrepreneur Middle East interview to "not to build a business to sell it," and although a lot has changed for ... |
| 15.05.2024 | UAE’s Property Finder raised $90 M Debt funding from Francisco Partners | Property Finder, a Dubai-based company, raised $90 million in debt from Francisco Partners to assist in funding the acquisition of its first institutional investor, indicating ongoing foreign interest in the booming real estate market in th... |
| 21.08.2022 | Dubai’s Dukkantek seals €10m funding round | Dubai store management platform Dukkantek has announced completion of a €10m pre-series A funding round.
Dukkantek was founded in January 2021 by Ali Al Sayegh, Sanad Yaghi and Shadi Joulani. Originally conceived as a service aimed at retai... |
| 11.02.2022 | Egyptian investment startup, Thndr, secures $20M in Series A | Thndr, the Egyptian digital investment platform, has secured $20 million in a Series A investment round co-led by Tiger Global, BECO Capital and Prosus Ventures. Base Capital, first-minute and existing investors Endure Capital, 4DX Ventures... |
| 11.02.2022 | Egyptian investment startup, Thndr, secures $20M in Series A | Thndr, the Egyptian digital investment platform, has secured $20 million in a Series A investment round co-led by Tiger Global, BECO Capital and Prosus Ventures. Base Capital, first-minute and existing investors Endure Capital, 4DX Ventures... |
| 16.07.2021 | Social ecommerce platform Taagar closes $6.4M round | Share this:
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| 10.07.2021 | VCBay Weekly News Roundup – Ecommerce startups MaxAB, Furlenco and many others raise fresh funding | Welcome to VCBay Weekly News Roundup. Here are some important developments in the startup space and major funding rounds this week – |
| 06.07.2021 | Egypt-based e-commerce marketplace MaxAB raises US$ 40M | MaxAB, an Egypt-based B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects food and grocery retailers to suppliers, raised US$ 40 million in a Series A funding round on 5 July 2021. |
| 05.07.2021 | Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform MaxAB has raised $40M Series A | Share this:
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| 27.06.2021 | Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based North Ladder Enables Selling Of Second-hand Goods To Enable Quick Cash Injection | June 27, 2021 4 min read
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| 21.04.2021 | Proximie Raises $38M to Expand Augmented Reality Surgical Platform in U.S. & European Markets | What You Should Know:
– Proximie, a health technology platform company focused on digitizing operating and diagnostic rooms, announced the completion of its $38 million Series B equity financing led by F-Prime Capital, with participation fr... |
| 20.05.2020 | BECO Capital to invest up to USD 150,000 to help founders build and launch startups in the Middle East | BECO Capital, one of the leading VC firms of the region that closed its second fund with USD 100 million late last year has launched a new pre-seed initiative to fund exceptional founders and teams build and launch (tech-enabled) startups i... |
| 06.01.2020 | Here are 10 African startups to watch in 2020 | Wondering what 2020 has in store for Africa’s tech startup scene?
If you’re looking to keep tabs on the movers and shakers that will define this year then join us as we look at the 10 startups that you should consider paying attention to in... |
| 06.01.2020 | Here are 10 African startups to watch in 2020 | Wondering what 2020 has in store for Africa’s tech startup scene?
If you’re looking to keep tabs on the movers and shakers that will define this year then join us as we look at the 10 startups that you should consider paying attention to i... |
| 08.10.2019 | BECO Capital's Dany Farha On Raising US$100 Million To Invest In MENA Tech | October 8, 2019 4 min read
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| 03.10.2019 | Dubai-based BECO Capital secures $100 Million MENA-focused Tech startup Fund | BECO Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Dubai has secured $100 million for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focused tech startup fund, tagged ‘BECO Fund II’.
According to BECO Capital, the secured $100 million for ... |
| 03.10.2019 | Dubai-based BECO Capital secures $100 Million MENA-focused Tech startup Fund, YouTube Music to replace Google Play Music on Android 10 and More | Hi Guys!
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| 02.10.2019 | BECO Capital closes $100m MENA-focused tech startup fund | Dubai-based early-stage venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital has announced it has closed a capital raise for a $100-million Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focused tech startup fund, BECO Fund II.
The VC said in a statement today that... |
| 02.10.2019 | BECO Capital closes $100m MENA-focused tech startup fund | Dubai-based early-stage venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital has announced it has closed a capital raise for a $100-million Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focused tech startup fund, BECO Fund II.
The VC said in a statement today tha... |
| 25.09.2019 | Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform MaxAB nets over $6m | Cairo-based B2B e-commerce marketplace MaxAB announced today that it has closed a $6.2-million seed round.
MaxAB said in an earlier statement that the round was co-led by Beco Capital, 4DX Ventures and Endure Capital with the participation... |
| 25.09.2019 | MaxAB an Egyptian B2B e-Commerce marketplace Closes $6.2 Million Seed Round | Share this:
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| 25.09.2019 | Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform MaxAB nets over $6m | Cairo-based B2B e-commerce marketplace MaxAB announced today that it has closed a $6.2-million seed round.
MaxAB said in an earlier statement that the round was co-led by Beco Capital, 4DX Ventures and Endure Capital with the participation ... |
| 20.08.2019 | Investor bets Egypt’s Swvl will hit $1bn in revenue by 2023 | Will Egypt’s Swvl the next big thing to come out of Africa? Maybe.
Swedish venture capital (VC) fund Vostok New Ventures is betting on the Egyptian startup turning a revenue of $1-billion by 2023.
In June the Cairo-based transportation st... |
| 20.08.2019 | Investor bets Egypt’s Swvl will hit $1bn in revenue by 2023 | Will Egypt’s Swvl the next big thing to come out of Africa? Maybe.
Swedish venture capital (VC) fund Vostok New Ventures is betting on the Egyptian startup turning a revenue of $1-billion by 2023.
In June the Cairo-based transportation star... |
| 28.06.2019 | Here are six of the biggest VC deals so far in 2019 by Egyptian startups | As summer hits Egypt it’s not just the streets that are cooking, with maximum temperatures in the capital Cairo expected to remain above 38 degrees C for the remainder of this week, investment in Egyptian tech startups is also hotting up.
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| 28.06.2019 | Here are six of the biggest VC deals so far in 2019 by Egyptian startups | As summer hits Egypt it’s not just the streets that are cooking, with maximum temperatures in the capital Cairo expected to remain above 38 degrees C for the remainder of this week, investment in Egyptian tech startups is also hotting up.
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| 20.06.2019 | Egypt’s Swvl raises $42-million on a reported $156m valuation [Updated] | UPDATE (20 August 2019): Swvl‘s $42-million raise was based on a valuation of the Egyptian startup of $156.86-million. The valuation was calculated from a disclosure published in a financial report released by Vostok New Ventures this month... |
| 20.06.2019 | Egypt’s Swvl raises $42-million on a reported $156m valuation [Updated] | UPDATE (20 August 2019): Swvl‘s $42-million raise was based on a valuation of the Egyptian startup of $156.86-million. The valuation was calculated from a disclosure published in a financial report released by Vostok New Ventures this month... |
| 23.11.2018 | Egypt’s Swvl closes BECO Capital led Series-B round in the ‘tens of millions’ | Cairo-based transportation startup Swvl has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series-B funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital.
The startup — which was founded last year by Mostafa Kandil, Ahmed Sabbah and Ma... |
| 23.11.2018 | Egypt’s Swvl closes BECO Capital led Series-B round in the ‘tens of millions’ | Cairo-based transportation startup Swvl has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series-B funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital.
The startup — which was founded last year by Mostafa Kandil, Ahmed Sabbah and M... |
| 19.09.2018 | Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta raises $12m in Series-C round led by Riyadh VC STV | Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta has closed a $12-million Series C funding round led by Riyadh-based venture capital fund Saudi Technology Ventures (STV).
At least three of Vezeeta’s existing investors — BECO Capital, Vostok New Ventures... |
| 19.09.2018 | Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta raises $12m in Series-C round led by Riyadh VC STV | Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta has closed a $12-million Series C funding round led by Riyadh-based venture capital fund Saudi Technology Ventures (STV).
At least three of Vezeeta’s existing investors — BECO Capital, Vostok New Venture... |
| 07.08.2017 | Raising Capital In The MENA Region: The How-To | August 7, 2017 6 min read
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| 29.04.2017 | Middle East startups are growing fast, and that’s even before the flying taxis arrive | The flight from Tehran to Dubai is about two hours, similar to the flight from New York to Chicago. The flight from Cairo to Beirut is one hour and 15 minutes. In more peaceful times, the drive from Beirut to Damascus in Syria would take yo... |
| 07.04.2017 | Meet Alvaro Abella, Managing Partner at BECO Capital | BECO is based in Dubai and invests in companies in the Middle East and North Africa region
Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh how times have changed. While there ar... |
| 06.01.2017 | Top African technology news for January 6, 2017 | 5. Drone delivery service, Zipline is expanding its operations into Tanzania
The service which has been delivering blood and other medical supplies in Rwanda is expected to kick off operations in Tanzania in early 2017. The trial is being f... |
| - | Dubai-based BECO Capital secures $100 Million MENA-focused Tech startup Fund, YouTube Music to replace Google Play Music on Android 10 and More | Hi Guys!
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| - | Dubai-based BECO Capital secures $100 Million MENA-focused Tech startup Fund | BECO Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Dubai has secured $100 million for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focused tech startup fund, tagged ‘BECO Fund II’.
According to BECO Capital, the secured $100 million for ... |
