MENA's ten biggest deals took 58% of all its funding
Concentration at that level means regional totals describe a handful of companies rather than an ecosystem — and deal count, down 41%, is the number that survives it.
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Concentration at that level means regional totals describe a handful of companies rather than an ecosystem — and deal count, down 41%, is the number that survives it.
CargoX and Mal raised $480m between them — more than a third of all MENA venture funding in the first half of 2026. Strip them out and the half looks very different.
$895m of $1.35bn went to the UAE in the first half of 2026, on MAGNiTT's count — even as the country's own deal count fell 37%.