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Top Funding Deals in Fintech

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$22M

Series

  • UAE
  •  August 25, 2025

Holo raised $22M to expand its digital mortgage solutions across GCC. ..Read More

Holo raised $22M to expand its digital mortgage solutions across GCC.
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Strategic investment

Strategic

RIFD scored a “strategic” investment from Antler to build Saudi’s first Shariah-compliant receivables se ..Read More

RIFD scored a “strategic” investment from Antler to build Saudi’s first Shariah-compliant receivables securitisation infrastructure.
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$30M

Series B

  • UAE
  •  July 21, 2025

Qlub closes $30M Series B round to scale globally. ..Read More

Qlub closes $30M Series B round to scale globally.
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Undisclosed

Pre-seed

Egypt-based fintech PALM has raised a 7‑figure pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures, with additional support f ..Read More

Egypt-based fintech PALM has raised a 7‑figure pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures, with additional support from Plus VC and global angel investors.
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$7.5M

Series-A

Egypt’s Ora Technologies has closed a $7.5 million Series A, marking a record round for the MENA SaaS sector ..Read More

Egypt’s Ora Technologies has closed a $7.5 million Series A, marking a record round for the MENA SaaS sector, to accelerate its Korean-engineered DevOps platform’s expansion across the Middle East and Africa.
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Strategic Funding Round

Saudi-based sukuk fintech Tarmeez Capital has secured strategic funding led by Tali Ventures, transitioning fr ..Read More

Saudi-based sukuk fintech Tarmeez Capital has secured strategic funding led by Tali Ventures, transitioning from a bootstrapped startup to VC-backed.
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$5.2M

Undisclosed

Egyptian fintech Octane raises $5.2M to scale AI-powered fleet expense platform across MENA Cairo-based fle ..Read More

Egyptian fintech Octane raises $5.2M to scale AI-powered fleet expense platform across MENA Cairo-based fleet-tech startup Octane has secured $5.2 million in a funding round led by Shorooq Partners, Algebra Ventures, and SC Holding. The capital will fuel the expansion of Octane’s acceptance network, enhance its AI capabilities for fraud detection and route optimization, and support regional growth across Egypt and the broader MENA region. Octane’s closed-loop digital wallet simplifies and consolidates on-road fleet expenses—fuel, maintenance, petty cash—into one platform, delivering real-time control, cost savings, and operational transparency to over 1,600 clients managing 250,000 vehicles. With a growing footprint across 2,800 fuel and CNG stations, Octane is redefining enterprise mobility payments in the region.
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$20M

Credit Facility

  • UAE
  •  June 17, 2025

OCTA, a UAE-based fintech platform automating financial operations for SMEs, has secured a $20 million credit ..Read More

OCTA, a UAE-based fintech platform automating financial operations for SMEs, has secured a $20 million credit facility from the Sukna Fund for Direct Financing (SFDF). Co-founded in 2024 by Jon Santillan, Andrey Korchak, and Nupur Mittal, OCTA integrates invoicing, payments, collections, and embedded credit into one platform. This funding enables OCTA to deliver real-time, embedded working capital financing—allowing SMEs to unlock cash tied up in receivables and smooth out payables without relying on traditional banking channels. The facility strengthens OCTA’s mission to become the foundational contract-to-cash infrastructure for SMEs in Saudi Arabia and across the MENA region.
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