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Saudi vacation rental platform Gathern raises $72 million at a valuation of over $266 million, eyes IPO menabytes.com/gathern-series…

Saudi’s Salasa raises $30 million Series B to expand its ecommerce fulfillment platform across GCC menabytes.com/salasa-series-…

Saudi foodtech Calo raises $39 million Series B extension for AI push, global expansion menabytes.com/calo-series-b-…

Saudi’s Sawt raises $1 million pre-seed to automate call centers with Arabic AI agents menabytes.com/sawt-pre-seed/

Sukna launches Saudi’s first open-ended direct lending fund to fill SME credit gap menabytes.com/sukna-fund-dir…

Saudi embedded insurance platform Yasmina raises $2 million seed to help businesses sell coverage via APIs menabytes.com/yasmina-seed/

Saudi infrastructure fintech Stitch raises $10 million seed to help banks and fintechs build faster menabytes.com/stitch-seed/

STV launches $100 million AI fund with Google’s backing menabytes.com/stv-ai-fund/

Saudi quick commerce startup Ninja, by HungerStation’s founder, in talks to raise at $1B+ valuation: report menabytes.com/ninja-saudi-1-…

Fawry’s 2024 revenue soars 68% to EGP 5.5 Billion, net profit jumps 125% menabytes.com/fawry-2024-res…

Tamara receives SAMA license for consumer finance and BNPL services menabytes.com/tamara-consume…

Saudi gaming studio Lobah raises $12 million menabytes.com/lobah-games-12…

UK’s Pinewood acquires Dubai-based automotive SaaS Seez for $46.2 million menabytes.com/pinewood-seez/

Nice One’s stock doubles in a month after its public debut, market cap crosses $2 billion menabytes.com/nice-one-2-bil…

Tunisia’s Dabchy raises over $1 million pre-Series A to grow its preloved fashion marketplace menabytes.com/dabchy-pre-ser…

Egyptian billionaire launches Moniify, a business media platform for young readers in emerging markets menabytes.com/moniify-launch/

Japan’s Giftee acquires Dubai-based digital gift card platform YouGotaGift for $28 million menabytes.com/giftee-yougota…

Saudi online beauty retailer Nice One heads for public listing on Tadawul menabytes.com/nice-one-heads…

Talabat sets IPO price range, targets up to $10 billion valuation menabytes.com/talabat-ipo-pr…

Dubai fintech Pemo raises $7 million pre-Series A for its spend management platform menabytes.com/pemo-pre-serie…