{"id":42826,"date":"2025-04-18T13:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=42826"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:13:48","slug":"metric-raises-seven-figure-seed-round-to-advance-ai-powered-financial-access-in-emerging-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2025\/04\/metric-raises-seven-figure-seed-round-to-advance-ai-powered-financial-access-in-emerging-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Metric Raises Seven-Figure Seed Round to Advance AI-Powered Financial Access in Emerging Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"153\">UAE-based fintech company <strong data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"63\">Metric<\/strong> raised a seven-figure Seed round to expand across the Gulf, Asia, and emerging markets.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"153\">The company launched <strong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"184\">Max<\/strong>, the world\u2019s first AI Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to support small business owners with automated financial guidance.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"307\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"307\">Metric aims to grow its financial marketplace and deepen its presence in the MENA region, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"857\"><strong data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"545\">Metric<\/strong>, a UAE-based AI fintech startup, has successfully raised a <strong data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"637\">seven-figure Seed investment<\/strong> round to scale its operations across the Gulf, Asia, and emerging markets. The round was backed by <strong data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"825\">Sanabil 500 Global, Hub71, i2i Ventures, Plus VC, Epic Angels, Accelerate Prosperity<\/strong>, and prominent angel investors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1084\">The company connects small business owners to <strong data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"953\">financial services and funding opportunities<\/strong> through its <strong data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"1002\">AI-powered financial marketplace<\/strong>, offering products such as business debit cards and automated financial advisory.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1086\" data-end=\"1124\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Launching the World\u2019s First AI CFO<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1126\" data-end=\"1370\">Metric also announced the launch of <strong data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1171\">&#8220;Max&#8221;<\/strong>, which it claims is the <strong data-start=\"1196\" data-end=\"1240\">world\u2019s first AI Chief Financial Officer<\/strong> \u2014 a digital financial advisor designed to empower entrepreneurs with real-time business support and strategic financial insights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1417\">According to <strong data-start=\"1385\" data-end=\"1399\">Mina Tariq<\/strong>, CEO of Metric:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1617\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1420\" data-end=\"1617\">\u201cThis new capital will help us accelerate access to financial AI tools for entrepreneurs, expand our pilot programs in business funding and debit card solutions, and scale our fintech marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1670\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Strategic Expansion and AI Financial Enablement<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"2006\">Metric plans to <strong data-start=\"1688\" data-end=\"1754\">expand its reach in the MENA region, Pakistan, and Afghanistan<\/strong>, while adding more features and value to its ecosystem. The newly raised funds will also support <strong data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"1881\">deepening AI integrations<\/strong>, helping underserved business owners streamline operations and access critical financial tools without traditional barriers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2234\">Previously, Metric closed a <strong data-start=\"2036\" data-end=\"2079\">$900,000 over-subscribed Pre-Seed round<\/strong>, further validating market demand and investor confidence in the company\u2019s mission to <strong data-start=\"2166\" data-end=\"2233\">redefine financial enablement for emerging market entrepreneurs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2241\" data-end=\"2422\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAE-based fintech company Metric raised a seven-figure Seed round to expand across the Gulf, Asia, and emerging markets. The company launched Max, the world\u2019s first AI Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to support small business owners with automated financial guidance. Metric aims to grow its financial marketplace and deepen its presence in the MENA region, Afghanistan, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":42824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1810],"tags":[7853,7852,3952,7851,7854,5258,7850],"class_list":["post-42826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fintech","tag-accelerate-prosperity-en","tag-epic-angels-en","tag-hub71-en","tag-i2i-ventures-en","tag-metric-en","tag-plus-vc","tag-sanabil-500-global-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}