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Pakistani trucking marketplace Truck It In adds $3 million to close its $4.5 million pre-seed menabytes.com/truck-it-in-4-…
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#Pakistan #fintech TAG aspires to build the first digital retail bank in Pakistan - addressing the population's unbanked segment including youth and women.
#Innovation
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Lahore-based Tajir, a B2B online marketplace for mom and pop stores, raises $17M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins, its first investment in a Pakistani startup (@xparacha / MENAbytes)
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Riyadh-based Retailo raises $6.7 million seed to grow its B2B marketplace in MENAP menabytes.com/retailo-seed/
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Saudi fintech Tamara raises $110 million in record Series A led by Checkout dot com menabytes.com/tamara-series-…
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Nine-month-old Saudi buy now pay later startup Tamara raises $110 million Series A (yes, you read that right) - comprised of debt and equity - led by London-headquartered global payment processor Checkout dot com.
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Pakistan's Truck It In raises $1.5 million pre-seed for its trucking marketplace menabytes.com/truck-it-in-pr…
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For folks in UAE: would love to hear any stories you have about challenges with online payments to date + what you plan on building with Stripe. patrick@stripe.com
Stripe is now available in the United Arab Emirates. 🇦🇪
مرحبا!stripe.com/newsroom/news/str…
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Kuwaiti beauty ecommerce platform Boutiqaat acquitted in money laundering case menabytes.com/boutiqaat-acqu…
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Saudi’s Hala raises $6.5 million Series A to become a digital bank for SMEs menabytes.com/hala-series-a/
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Jordan’s Propeller hits first close for its new $15 million fund menabytes.com/propeller-seco…
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Egyptian fintech Dayra (YC W21) enables companies of different sizes to provide financial services to their workforce through APIs and its mobile app. Congratulations to the team on their $3M pre-seed round! menabytes.com/dayra-pre-seed…
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We're excited to support the rapidly-growing internet ecosystem in Pakistan!
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Pakistani fintech Safepay raises seed funding from Stripe, others menabytes.com/safepay-seed/
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Food delivery wars in the Middle East: A breakdown of industry’s dynamics menabytes.com/food-delivery-…
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Dubai-based Camelan gets Y Combinator’s backing for its peer-to-peer video-based marketplace menabytes.com/camelan-y-comb…
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4/ This tells you how much the Saudi ecosystem has progressed in the last few years. Their startups today can raise a seed round as big as this without having to look for investors outside the country.
More on Tamara here: menabytes.com/tamara-seed/
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3/ And today, Saudi buy now pay later platform @useTamara has announced the closing of its $6 million seed round (the largest-ever by a Saudi startup according to MENAbytes data).
The entire round was raised from Saudi VCs (and family offices) - it was led by Impact46.
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2/ We then had Dubai P2P social payment app Ziina announce yesterday that it's part of @YCombinator's Winter 2021 batch - and has raised a seed round (did not disclose the size).
menabytes.com/ziina-yc-seed/