Funding, launches and moves across the region's startups and investors — every story sourced and dated.
UAE-based healthtech Valeo Health has raised a $12 million Series B led by Flintera, bringing total funding to $20 million. Existing backers Nuwa Capital, FJ Labs, Oryx and Mindshift Capital joined, alongside new investors Oraseya and Eirad. The capital will fund GCC expansion.
Riyadh-based game studio Starvania has raised a $1.1 million investment to expand development of its culturally-rooted fantasy titles, including a game inspired by Arabian mythology.
Riyadh-based Mila Celebrations has raised a $227,000 pre-seed round to grow its tech-driven event-planning service across Riyadh, Jeddah and Khobar.
Saher Flow Solutions, a KAUST-spun Saudi deep-tech backed by KAUST Innovation Ventures, is scaling its patented non-radioactive AI-enabled multiphase flow meters for upstream oil and gas.
Riyadh road-safety startup Autilent won the TAQADAM accelerator People’s Choice award and $100,000 for its AI dashcam and fleet-safety platform.
Riyadh-based MALAKAH has closed a $600,000 pre-seed round to expand its AI legal research assistant and automated contract tools aligned with Saudi law.
Saudi AI startup vminds.ai has secured a six-figure pre-seed round to scale its platform that consolidates 150+ global AI tools into one unified workspace.
21Doctors has secured a pre-seed round to build an Arabic-first, AI-powered cloud platform for medical providers and appointment booking across Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Fantasy-football platform Copa Fantasy has raised $300K and is finalising a roughly $750K seed round to scale its Saudi Pro League and European fantasy game across MENA.
Riyadh-based Flawless has raised a $1.5 million pre-seed round to expand its generative-AI career-guidance and mentorship platform.
Riyadh-based dkilo has raised about $3.2 million from Flat6Labs, Revival Studio and Upturn Ventures to grow its street-level digital-out-of-home advertising network on moving vehicles.
Teleradiology platform Rology has closed a growth round — with backers including the Philips Foundation, Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi — to expand its AI-powered remote radiology across the Middle East and Africa, including Saudi Arabia.
Saudi foodtech Uvera has closed a seed round backed by Aramco’s LAB7 venture arm, Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures and Core Vision, to scale its UV-C food-preservation technology.
Riyadh-based Tygo has raised a $1.8M seed round led by Jawla Investments with BIM Ventures to expand its platform for subscribing to Saudi telecom services.
As LEAP returns to Riyadh, the Kingdom’s startup ecosystem has shifted from headline ambition to durable infrastructure — capital, talent pipelines and exits that keep founders in the region.