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Saudi healthtech SDM took second place and $15,000 at the London Business School MENA Startup Competition 2026. Its AI tool SAARIA delivers one-minute diabetic eye reports. No patient volume was disclosed.
Doctors at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City in Abu Dhabi performed the UAE’s first robotic thyroid surgery on a 27-year-old woman. She was discharged the next day. The approach uses armpit incisions and avoids a neck scar.
Phoenix Venture Partners led the second close of Nabta Health’s ongoing $3 million Pre-Series A. The amount of this close was not disclosed. The deal mixes primary funding for the company with secondary share purchases.
Saudi Arabia has sent the first biological samples from the Middle East into space on the BioGravity-1 mission. Healthy cells will set a baseline for later Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis studies in microgravity. No results yet.
Perceptors AI says it is live at Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar and RGMBS in Saudi Arabia, with Iraq next for Arabic medical academies. The tutor answers only from approved sources. No learner count was published.
Alo Hakeem closed a $165,000 pre-seed led by EBLA Ventures. The Syrian firm books home visits in Damascus, Hama and Aleppo, and wants a public app in November. No valuation was disclosed.
Healthleap raised $38 million, an $8 million seed and a $30 million Series A, to flag hospital patients who may need a closer look. It says more than 50 hospitals use it. The valuation was not disclosed. The main published result is one malnutrition study.
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Egypt’s Anees Health closed an undisclosed seed in September 2026 to build connected care for older and chronic patients. Dr. Mahmoud Darwish says the gap is a single plan, not more clinics. Investors and the ticket size were not named.
Fitness technology company Enhance has raised $18.2 million in a combined equity and venture debt round, funding that supports its regional expansion.