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Why Dream's $3 billion valuation marks a turning point for Gulf sovereign AI
A $260 million round at a $3 billion valuation places the Abu Dhabi cyber defence company among the region's most heavily backed sovereign technology ventures, as governments move to own rather than rent the intelligence systems running critical infrastructure.
Saudi Arabia’s webook.com buys Portuguese sports-tech firm SmartMove in first European acquisition
The Riyadh-built live experiences platform takes control of the technology behind Portugal’s biggest football clubs, turning a Vision 2030 success story into a cross-border export.
From a Dubai Villa to the UAE's First Pet Care Super App: The Petshop's Fifteen-Year Bet on Trust Over Transactions
The Petshop launched the UAE's first integrated pet care super app in February 2026 — the culmination of a model built on in-house delivery, compounding household relationships, and a fully owned operating system for a $2.2 billion market.
Yango Ventures backs UAE-based Fintech company Comfi AI in its first MENA investment
Yango Ventures has made its first MENA investment, backing Dubai embedded-finance startup Comfi AI in a Pre-Series A round, and the choice of a UAE fintech as its regional entry point says as much about where strategic capital expects emerging-market financial infrastructure to be built as it does about the company itself.
How CUSP Wealth Built a DFSA-Licensed Platform to Close the UAE's Investing Accessibility Gap
Founders Ramesh Murthy and Fedor Panteleev spent decades watching structured investment advice get rationed by wealth. Their answer is a hybrid model that starts at $25.
Andreessen Horowitz makes its first GCC bet with a $25M investment in Saudi fintech platform Stitch
a16z's first GCC investment backs Stitch, the Saudi-based infrastructure platform rebuilding the core systems that financial institutions need before AI can do anything useful.