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’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/

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

Saudi fintech Lean raises General Catalyst-led $67.5M Series B for its open banking platform menabytes.com/lean-series-b/

Elphinstone, a YC-backed Pakistani fintech acquires local investment platform Trikl menabytes.com/elphinstone-tr…

Saudi’s Syarah raises $60 million Series C to grow its new and used cars marketplace menabytes.com/syarah-series-…

Saudi’s SiFi raises $10 million seed for its spend management platform menabytes.com/sifi-seed/

Saudi fintech Rasan’s IPO oversubscribed 129 times, priced at top of range menabytes.com/rasan-final-ip…

Dubai’s Eyewa raises fresh funds from General Atlantic for its omnichannel eyewear platform: report menabytes.com/eyewa-general-…

Dubai’s Lune raises $1.5 million seed to supercharge financial apps with data enrichment and money management tools menabytes.com/lune-seed/

Swvl posts first annual net profit, thanks to settlement with creditors menabytes.com/swvl-first-ann…

Egypt’s Mnzl raises $3.5 million for its asset-backed lending platform menabytes.com/mnzl-investmen…

Saudi’s Abyan Capital raises $18 million Series A for its robo-advisory platform menabytes.com/abyan-capital-…

ZoodPay acquires Pakistani consumer lending fintech Tez menabytes.com/zoodpay-tez/

Bazaar raises $70 million Series B led by Dragoneer and Tiger to build an OS for traditional retail in Pakistan menabytes.com/bazaar-series-…

Middle Eastern crypto exchange Rain raises $110 million led by Kleiner Perkins and Paradigm menabytes.com/rain-bahrain-s…