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With 1,500+ fintechs, $4.2B in 2023 funding, 7 IPOs, 30+ M&A exits, and the rise of unicorns and superapps, the Middle East’s #fintech sector is transforming into a global powerhouse. Discover more in our latest Special Report in collaboration with @SAP, 'The State of Fintech in the Middle East' 🔗 lucidityinsights.com/reports/state-… 📢 For a limited time, get unlimited downloads and enjoy a FREE month of All-Access to Lucidity Insights! Use code 'SAP25' at checkout and join our community today. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #LucidityInsights #SAP #MiddleEast #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Investments #VentureCapital #Scaleups #MENAT #GCC

Sky Kurtz, CEO of @PureHarvestSF shares how he found his way from global finance into #Agritech, what inspired him to launch Pure Harvest, and the mission that still drives him today. 🎧 Stream the full Startup Spotlights episode: 🔗lucidityinsights.com/podcasts-maste… ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #LucidityInsights #StartupSpotlights #PureHarvest #SustainableAgriculture #UAEStartups #MiddleEastInnovation

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🎙️ 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 | From Careem to Venture Capital: Omer’s Journey from Operator to Investor In our latest episode of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙋𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, we sit down with Omer Zabit (@m_omer_z), a fintech operator turned @Careem leader, now VC at @ShorooqPartners; sharing rare insights into what truly drives startup success in MENA and beyond. 🎧 Stream the full episode: 🔗lucidityinsights.com/podcasts-maste… 🔎 Explore Lucidity Insights' Investor Database to find the right investor for you: lucidityinsights.com/investors?utm_… ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡" is your exclusive masterclass series featuring top #Investors and thought leaders in #VentureCapital. Get the insights you need to fuel your entrepreneurial journey. 🚀 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #LucidityInsights #ThePerfectPitch #StartupFunding #FundraisingTips #MiddleEastStartups

Are you building in the right city for Africa’s next funding wave? 🌍 *This post contains fresh funding data from Africa’s 2025 startup landscape. Lagos may have led Africa’s VC story for years. But in 2025, Nairobi and Johannesburg now anchor the regions that attracted over US$1.7B in startup capital. －－－－－－－－－－－－ Read the full analysis: 🔗 lucidityinsights.com/infobytes/inve… #LucidityInsights #MEAStartups

“The emulative startups are winning, but the innovative ones are scaling globally.” In The Perfect Pitch podcast, Noor Sweid (@nsweid) breaks down how @GlobalVC_MENA's portfolio balances regional traction with global ambition, and why founders need to rethink copy-paste models. 🎧 Listen to Ep 2 → 🔗 lucidityinsights.com/podcasts-maste… Also on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts. #LucidityInsights #PerfectPitchPodcast #StartupStrategy #BuildInPublic #StartupCommunity

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Day 3 at Expand North Star 2025: The conversations just keep getting better. 🌟 We’ve met founders with bold visions, investors asking the right questions, and partners who see possibility where others see risk. One of our favorite moments? A candid exchange about storytelling in tech, how the right narrative can turn data into momentum. These are the kinds of conversations that remind us why we do what we do. If you’re at Dubai Harbour, swing by Stand H8-D40. Whether it’s a quick hello or a long brainstorm, we’d love to meet you. 📍 Dubai Harbour 📅 October 12–15, 2025 📍 Stand H8-D40 🚀 Ready to amplify your startup journey? Reserve your spot today and unlock our #ENS25 exclusive offer: Get 30% off our Startup Registration Plan when you join through Lucidity Insights: 🔗 lucidityinsights.com/ens2025?utm_so… 💭 What’s been your favorite conversation or unexpected moment at #ExpandNorthStar so far? Drop it in the comments.

Entering Day 2 at Expand North Star 2025! ⚡ (@expandnorthstar) One of our favorite annual events, once again taking place at Dubai Harbour, has us THRILLED to be surrounded by visionary founders, curious investors, and tech dreamers from every corner of the globe! We’ve loved hearing how our insights are sparking new strategies and collaborations. If you haven’t stopped by yet, come say hello at Stand H8-D40! 👋 📍 Dubai Harbour 📅 October 12–15, 2025 📍 Stand H8-D40 Meet us and explore what’s next together 🚀 #LucidityInsights #ExpandNorthStar #Networking #ProductDemo

AI Startups on X, are you safe from these allegations... or should we check your pitch deck again? 👀 🚨 【 A Thread 】

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We're back again this year at Expand North Star! (@expandnorthstar ) See you at Dubai Harbour this 12-15 October! 👋 🔗visit.expandnorthstar.com/event-detail?e…

"IPO is a very healthy sign of market maturity," says @MEVPcapital's Chief Exit Officer, @RabihDeKhoury, on why IPOs are so crucial for the growth of the ecosystem. 📈 Catch the full discussion on "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡" podcast Season 1 episode 8! 🎧 lucidityinsights.com/podcasts-maste… 🌐 Check out MEVP's portfolio companies: lucidityinsights.com/investors/midd… ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡" is your exclusive masterclass series featuring top investors and thought leaders in #VentureCapital. Get the insights you need to fuel your entrepreneurial journey. 🚀 #LucidityInsights #Podcast #MENAStartups #MEVP #VentureCapital #SaudiArabia #UAE #GCC #MENA #GoingPublic #Listing #IPO

We're officially a Media Partner for Expand North Star Dubai! 🚀 More details of the event: 🔗visit.expandnorthstar.com/event-detail?e…

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Rabih I. Khoury, Partner & Chief Exit Officer at @MEVPcapital shares how his team approaches early-stage bets, LP alignment, and the real tension between fund structure and founder potential. 🎧 Watch or Listen to the full episode on Lucidity Insights → lucidityinsights.com/podcasts-maste… ▶️ Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=NHcVnT… 🌐 Explore #MEVP's investment portfolio: lucidityinsights.com/investors/midd… "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡" is your exclusive masterclass series featuring top investors and thought leaders in #VentureCapital. Get the insights you need to fuel your entrepreneurial journey. 🚀 🎉 Enjoy 𝟭 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 of 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 at Lucidity Insights by entering this coupon【INFOBOOST】 👉 lucidityinsights.com/pricing?utm_so… ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #LucidityInsights #VC #StartupFunding #FounderTips #MENA #MiddleEast

#LucysWeeklyRoundup: A look back at MEAPT’s latest funding moves ⤵️ 1. MYCRANE Trading raises $50M from a DIFC-based investment holding company. ( 🇦🇪 | Heavy equipment / Contech ) 2. Chowdeck raises $9M Series A led by Novastar Ventures. ( 🇳🇬 | Food Delivery) 3. Impact46 invests over $6.6M in five gaming studios: Fahy Studios, NJD GAMES, Game Cooks, Starvania Studio, and Alpaka Games from its $40M Gaming Fund. ( 🇸🇦 | MENA gaming ) 4. Coraly (formerly Coralytics) lands $2M Pre-Seed led by Salica Oryx Fund, managed by Salica Investments. ( 🇦🇪 | Proptech ) 5. Takataka Plastics secures $1M grant from international donors to build a recycling facility in Uganda. ( 🇺🇬 | Climate tech ) 🤝 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: 1. iKhokha acquired by Nedbank Group in a $94M (ZAR1.65B) all-cash deal. ( 🇿🇦 | Fintech SME ) 📢 Get your most up-to-date daily Funding News at: 🔗 lucidityinsights.com/?utm_source=tw… ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #LucidityInsights #FundingAlert #MiddleEast #Africa #MENA #MEAPT #TechStartup

Can the GCC become an AI Powerhouse? Rabih I. Khoury (@MEVPcapital) thinks so, and not by chasing the same playbook as Silicon Valley. 📖 Read the full op-ed → lucidityinsights.com/opinions/can-g… 🎉 Unlock 𝟭 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 of 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 at Lucidity Insights with code【 INFOBOOST 】 at checkout. Sign Up Now! #LucidityInsights #AI #GCC #MiddleEast #VentureCapital #DataCenters #AIaaS

🙌 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗣: 🔎 1. Sun King secures $156M Securitization to scale off-grid solar across Kenya. ( 🇰🇪 | Clean Energy Finance ) 2. Good Job Games raises $60M Series A from Menlo Ventures, Anthos Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners. ( 🇹🇷 | Social mobile gaming ) 3. @Calo_app raises $39M Series B extension from AlJazira Capital. ( 🇸🇦 | AI-powered FoodTech ) 4. @STON_fi raises $9.5M Series A from Ribbit Capital and CoinFund. ( 🇦🇪 | TON-based DeFi infrastructure ) 5. Synervest raises $4M Series A from Jura Investment Group and CMT Digital. ( 🇦🇪 | Institutional Fintech ) 6. @Tabadulat raises $2.3M pre-launch funding after ADGM approval. ( 🇦🇪 | Shariah-compliant investing ) 7. Altera Biosciences raises $1.6M Pre-Seed from OneBio Venture Studio and E Squared Investments. ( 🇿🇦 | Universal donor cell therapy ) 8. Sawt (@UseSawt) raises $1M Pre-Seed from T2 and STV. ( 🇸🇦 | Voice AI ) 9. @OliveryApp secures Seed funding from Ibtikar Fund and Flat6Labs Mashreq Seed Fund. ( 🇵🇸🇯🇴 | B2B logistics SaaS ) 10. Flex League raises six-figure Seed round from The Professional Tennis Academy and PAD-L Group. ( 🇸🇦 | SportsTech for racquet sports ) 11. @Mataa_app closes Seed round from local angel investors. ( 🇱🇾 | E-commerce for express delivery and Facebook sellers ) 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗧: 🔄 📈 Microsoft joins $4T club after AI-fueled earnings surge, following NVIDIA. 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗩𝗖 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦: 💰 1. @HAVAIC_SA secures $25M second close for African Innovation Fund 3. 🇿🇦 2. @IFZAuae & Plug and Play (@PlugandPlayTC) launch accelerator @Scale360_global to connect startups with corporates. 🇦🇪 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗦 & 𝗔𝗖𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦: 🤝 1. @KamcoInvest acquires stake in @Foodics ahead of expected Tadawul IPO. ( 🇸🇦🇰🇼 | FoodTech ) 📢 Get your most up-to-date daily Funding News at: 🔗 lucidityinsights.com/?utm_source=tw…

Sleep is your richest stream of health data, and @UltrahumanHQ built a movement around that insight and packed it into 2 grams of hardware. Founder & CEO Mohit Kumar (@deeppurpled) shares how #Ultrahuman scaled wearable health tech, redesigned the ring from scratch, and raised $35M on the way to profitability. 🎧 Tune in now: 🔗lucidityinsights.com/podcasts-maste… ᯤ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3tEj5M… 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/ep2… ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #LucidityInsights #HealthTech #FundraisingTips #WearableTech #Podcast #StartupSpotlights