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Fatura's team. Courtesy of Fatura via MENAbytes.

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Light on assets, Fatura consolidates orders for existing wholesalers, and counts on them to ship their own products.

Egypt’s Fatura raises seven-figure seed to provide inventory and lending solutions to grocery stores | KrASIA

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Egypt’s Fatura raises seven-figure seed to provide inventory and lending solutions to grocery stores

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The founders of Nomad Homes. Courtesy of Nomad Homes via MENAbytes.

The firm plans to go online in Europe too.

Dubai’s Nomad Homes raises USD 4 million seed to make buying and renting homes easier | KrASIA

Dubai’s Nomad Homes raises USD 4 million seed to make buying and renting homes easier

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Mobilexpress claims to be one of the largest online payment platforms in Turkey processing nearly 10 million transactions per month.

Turkey’s Mobilexpress raises USD 2 million Series A for its online payments platform | KrASIA

Turkey’s Mobilexpress raises USD 2 million Series A for its online payments platform

Fawry currently offers over 250 electronic payment services through its network of over 105,000 service points across 300 cities in Egypt. Courtesy of Fawry via MENAbytes.

As the leading player in Egypt's payments space, Fawry is receiving a lot of interest from investors.

Fawry’s market cap swells to USD 830 million | KrASIA

Fawry’s market cap swells to USD 830 million

Social Impact

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Focusing on people-stage investments, the fund eyes underexplored opportunities in emerging regions.

Talent investor People Equity Fund raises USD 12.5 million for founders in Morocco, Algeria, Pakistan, and Bangladesh | KrASIA

Talent investor People Equity Fund raises USD 12.5 million for founders in Morocco, Algeria, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

The e-commerce began by carrying products for women, but expanded to include men’s fashion last year.

Kuwait’s Boutiqaat looking to raise fresh funds at a valuation of up to USD 1 billion: report | KrASIA

Kuwait’s Boutiqaat looking to raise fresh funds at a valuation of up to USD 1 billion: report

Ahmed Wadi, founder of MoneyFellows. Courtesy of MoneyFellows via MENAbytes.

The company digitized money circles, which offer are a convenient, conventional way for people to save money in Arab countries.

Egypt’s MoneyFellows raises USD 4 million Series A to expand its digital money circles platform to Africa | KrASIA

Egypt’s MoneyFellows raises USD 4 million Series A to expand its digital money circles platform to Africa

Noon Academy's founders. Courtesy of Noon Academy via MENAbytes.

Edtech

The company currently employs about 120 people spread across its offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India, and Pakistan.

Saudi education tech firm Noon Academy raises USD 13 million led by STV to accelerate its global expansion | KrASIA

Saudi education tech firm Noon Academy raises USD 13 million led by STV to accelerate its global expansion

Courtesy of Shorooq Partners via MENAbytes.

Shorooq Partners counts companies like Pure Harvest, Trukker, Souqalmal, Sarwa, and Munchon in its portfolio.