Spend management startup Alaan raised a $48M Series A led by Peak XV, one of the Middle East's largest Series A rounds for a fintech, after a $2.5M seed in 2021
When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey's Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied …
Dubai-based Huspy, which offers proptech tools to home buyers, agents, and brokers, raised a $59M Series B led by Balderton, after a $40M+ Series A in June 2022
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Dubai-based NymCard, whose APIs let financial institutions in 10+ MENA countries manage card issuance, transaction processing, and more, raised a $33M Series B
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How Dubai and the rest of Middle East embraced drone shows, with the average show using 400+ drones and costing $112K+; SPH: the market was worth $339M in 2023
The Middle East hosts some of the world's largest and most expensive drone shows, but the work is seasonal and doesn't guarantee regular pay. X: @joannachiu X: Joanna Chiu / @joannachiu : In Dubai, th...
An analysis of the $1.46B Bybit hack, by far the largest crypto heist of all time, ahead of Poly Network's $611M in 2021, and possibly the biggest theft ever
On February 21st 2025, approximately $1.46 billion in cryptoassets were stolen from Bybit, a Dubai-based exchange.
A profile of Dubai property tycoon Hussain Sajwani, who, alongside Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, pledged a $20B investment in US data centers, drawing skepticism
- Hussain Sajwani has seen big wins from Dubai's property boom — Sajwani has pledged to invest $20 billion in US data centers Bluesky: @sararose007 Bluesky: @sararose007 : more trouble
Delivery Hero's Talabat, one of the largest food delivery services in the UAE, sets its Dubai IPO price at the top end of its range and plans to raise ~$2B
Delivery Hero's Talabat, one of the largest food delivery services in the UAE, sets its Dubai IPO price at the top end of its range and plans to raise ~$2B
Talabat, one of the largest food ordering businesses in the Middle East, is set to raise about $2 billion from the largest initial public offering …
Dubai-based Ziina, a P2P payments app with 50K retail and business customers, raised a $22M Series A led by Altos Ventures, bringing its total funding to $30M+
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A look at Dubai-based Bybit, whose co-founder says it became the world's second largest crypto exchange by trading volume partly by serving former FTX users
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