Total raised: $12.2M
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 05.02.2025 | Seed | $10M | - |
| 10.06.2024 | Pre-Seed | $2.2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.09.2025 | Intella: $12.5 Million Series A Raised For Arabic Speech Intelligence Platform | Prosus Ventures announced that it has led a $12.5 million Series A funding round in Intella. Intella has established itself as a market leader in dialectal Arabic speech intelligence. This area holds considerable potential due to the lingui... |
| 11.08.2025 | Trailblazer of MENA Entrepreneurship: Celebrating Fadi Ghandour’s Legacy | Fadi Ghandour stands out as one of the most impactful entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders in the Middle East and North Africa. His journey spans globe-defining achievements in logistics, vibrant startup support networks, and social innovat... |
| 12.02.2025 | Haidilao's Pomegranate Plan: Cultivating a New Breed of Restaurant Managers | Haidilao, the hotpot giant, is on a mission. The company is not just serving steaming bowls of broth; it’s cooking up a new recipe for success. The “Pomegranate Plan” is the name of the game. This initiative aims to transform store managers... |
| 11.02.2025 | Deals in brief: Elon Musk leads consortium bid for OpenAI, East Ventures and SV Investment close first round of joint fund, Payd and Liquid8 secure funding, and more | Elon Musk leads USD 97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit entity Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and chairman of X, is leading a USD 97.4 billion bid to acquire the nonprofit entity that oversees ChatGPT maker OpenAI, according to ... |
| 08.02.2025 | A New Dawn in Capital Markets: SM Investments and the Rise of MENA Startups | In the bustling world of finance, two regions are making waves: the Philippines and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Each is carving its own path, driven by innovation and strategic investments. SM Investments Corporation, a titan i... |
| 07.02.2025 | MENA Digest: UAE’s Qeen AI, Egyptian firms Khazna and Simplex net big cheques | Qeen AI's founders Ahmad Khwileh, Dina Alsamhan and Morteza Ibrahimi The UAE-based AI startup Qeen AI led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week, securing one of the largest seed investments in the regi... |
| 06.02.2025 | "We Got Funded!": Dubai-Based qeen.ai Closes One of the MENA Region's Largest Seed Rounds The seed funding will support qeen.ai's growth strategy by expanding the reach and capabilities of i... | Qeen.ai, a Dubai-based company helping e-commerce businesses grow with proprietary, sales-oriented AI solutions, has raised USD$10 million in a seed round led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Wamda Ca... |
| 06.02.2025 | Deals in brief: Syfe bids for ASX-listed Selfwealth, Malaysia’s KMP backs Swift Bridge, SoftBank in talks to acquire chipmaker Ampere, and more | Syfe makes non-binding bid to acquire Selfwealth for AUD 65 million Syfe, a savings and investment platform in the Asia Pacific, has submitted a non-binding indicative offer to acquire Selfwealth, one of Australia’s publicly listed investme... |
| 05.02.2025 | AI solutions provider qeen.ai raised $10 M Seed funding from Wamda Capital, others | Leading e-commerce agentic AI solutions provider qeen.ai reports raising $10 million in funding, one of the biggest seed investments made in the MENA region to date. With participation from current investors Wamda Capital, 10x Founders, and... |
| 04.02.2025 | qeen.ai Raises USD 10M in Funding | qeen.ai, a Dubai, UAE-based provider of agentic AI solutions for e-commerce, raised USD 10M in funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $12M, was led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Wamd... |
Show more