Salehli raises $100,000 for services in Syria
Salehli secured $100,000 in a pre-seed led by EBLA Ventures, with Maynger Ventures and unnamed investors. The Aleppo marketplace books craftsmen and plans a business product. No valuation was disclosed.
Seed rounds and early-stage funding
Salehli secured $100,000 in a pre-seed led by EBLA Ventures, with Maynger Ventures and unnamed investors. The Aleppo marketplace books craftsmen and plans a business product. No valuation was disclosed.
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.
Doha’s Aligator raised a $1.2 million seed round led by Qatar Development Bank and Media City Qatar’s Next Ventures. The company builds PR agents. Valuation, customers and the private investors were not named in the 30 September note.
Mal is hiring UAE nationals from Abu Dhabi and will hold an open house on 19 October 2026 at Sky Tower, Al Reem Island. The firm has CBUAE in-principle approval and a $230 million seed. IPA is not a full banking licence.
GrowthX put a combined $1 million into Hired Valley and Talebhub and moved both into Snoonu Startup Factory. Hamad Al-Hajri is recycling Snoonu’s stack around an AI hiring platform and a student-economy app. The split of the $1 million was not disclosed.
Tunisia’s CDC-backed startup project takes ANAVA and InnovaTech to Le Kef, Monastir, Gafsa and Zarzis through 23 October 2026. About 80 percent of fundraising still sits in Greater Tunis. The roadshow is a map correction, not a new fund close.
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.
Abwab.ai raised $4 million in seed funding, about SAR 15 million, led by Speedinvest with MEVP. The Riyadh firm sells AI SME lending rails to banks and has claimed more than SAR 1 billion, and later SAR 10 billion, processed.
Octa raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by MEVP to take its AI agents for accounting firms into the US. Total equity is about $5.7 million. The company says 520-plus firms joined OCTA Flow in six weeks.
Morocco’s Charikaty closed a pre-seed at a 3 million euro valuation with Red Tape Ventures and Gulf angels. The cash amount was not disclosed. The legaltech wants accounting and a push into Egypt and the GCC.