{"id":61442,"date":"2026-03-03T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=61442"},"modified":"2026-03-15T03:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:26:54","slug":"startup-investments-hit-274m-in-feb-2026-saudi-arabia-tops-fintech-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2026\/03\/startup-investments-hit-274m-in-feb-2026-saudi-arabia-tops-fintech-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Startup Investments Hit $274M in Feb 2026; Saudi Arabia Tops FinTech Deals&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During the past February, startup investments in the Middle East and Africa showed growth, reaching a total of $274.23 million across 30 startups in 12 strategic sectors, most notably Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, E-commerce &amp; Retail, followed by PropTech and Logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to the monthly investment report published by <strong>entArbi<\/strong>, the FinTech sector captured the largest share of total investments, accounting for 35.92% or $98.5 million across 6 companies, followed by the E-commerce &amp; Retail sector with 23.6% in 4 companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Artificial Intelligence sector ranked third with 5 companies and total investments of $58.4 million representing 21.3%, while the PropTech sector came fourth with 3 companies receiving $39 million in investments, equivalent to 14.22%. The remaining 4.96% was distributed among other sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Report-investment-Feb2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Report-investment-Feb2026.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/entarabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Report-investment-Feb2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/entarabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Report-investment-Feb2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/entarabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Report-investment-Feb2026-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Repoet investment Feb2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Investments by Country<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The UAE led in investment volume with $97.63 million across 10 companies (35.6%), followed by Egypt with $63.6 million in 4 companies (23.1%), and Saudi Arabia in third place with $59.01 million in 11 companies (21.51%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Startup Investments by Sector<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>#<\/th><th>Companies<\/th><th>Sector<\/th><th>Investment Value (USD)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>SiFi, Madfou, CASHIN, WafR, Omnispay, InvestSky<\/td><td>FinTech<\/td><td>98.5M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Qureos, Tactful AI, Solidrange, Origen, Omaq<\/td><td>AI &amp; Advanced Technologies<\/td><td>58.4M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Breadfast, Flextock, QuicKart, ThrowMeNot<\/td><td>E-commerce &amp; Retail<\/td><td>64.65M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Stake, Smart Bricks, Daleel<\/td><td>PropTech<\/td><td>39M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Viero, Routech Express, Paquik<\/td><td>Logistics<\/td><td>2.285M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Hydrovest Technology, Nutra-GreeniX<\/td><td>AgriTech &amp; FoodTech<\/td><td>227K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>iBloxx Studios<\/td><td>Gaming &amp; Entertainment Tech<\/td><td>5.4M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Mersal Media Capital<\/td><td>Media &amp; MediaTech<\/td><td>1.33M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Jisr Al-Mustaqbal<\/td><td>Fashion &amp; Retail<\/td><td>1.067M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>HAQQ Legal AI<\/td><td>LegalTech<\/td><td>3M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>Juzur<\/td><td>Restaurant Solutions<\/td><td>213K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>Charikaty<\/td><td>RegTech<\/td><td>163K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td>30<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td><strong>274.23M<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Startup Investments by Country<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>#<\/th><th>Companies<\/th><th>Country<\/th><th>Investment Value (USD)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Viero, MMC, Jisr Al-Mustaqbal, Juzur, Safqa, Routech Express, Madfou, CASHIN, Solidrange, Omaq, SiFi<\/td><td>Saudi Arabia<\/td><td>59.01M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Receiptable, Qureos, Daleel, Omnispay, ThrowMeNot, QuicKart, Smart Bricks, Stake, Origen, Paquik<\/td><td>UAE<\/td><td>97.63M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Tactful AI, AntX, Breadfast, Flextock<\/td><td>Egypt<\/td><td>63.6M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>WafR, Charikaty<\/td><td>Morocco<\/td><td>4.16M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Hydrovest Technology<\/td><td>Qatar<\/td><td>27K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Nutra-GreeniX<\/td><td>Syria<\/td><td>200K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>HAQQ Legal AI<\/td><td>Lebanon<\/td><td>3M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Alfredo<\/td><td>Jordan<\/td><td>600K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Baims<\/td><td>Kuwait<\/td><td>undisclosed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>MedMasters<\/td><td>Iraq<\/td><td>undisclosed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td>30<\/td><td>\u2013<\/td><td><strong>274.23M<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Top Sector Investments by Country<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Companies<\/th><th>Sector<\/th><th>Country<\/th><th>Investment Value (USD)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>SiFi, Madfou, CASHIN, Safqa<\/td><td>FinTech<\/td><td>Saudi Arabia<\/td><td>76.7M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Origen, Qureos<\/td><td>AI &amp; Advanced Technologies<\/td><td>UAE<\/td><td>55M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Breadfast, Flextock<\/td><td>E-commerce &amp; Logistics<\/td><td>Egypt<\/td><td>62.5M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WafR<\/td><td>FinTech<\/td><td>Morocco<\/td><td>4M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hydrovest Technology<\/td><td>AgriTech<\/td><td>Qatar<\/td><td>27K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nutra-GreeniX<\/td><td>AgriTech<\/td><td>Syria<\/td><td>200K<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HAQQ Legal AI<\/td><td>LegalTech<\/td><td>Lebanon<\/td><td>3M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alfredo<\/td><td>EdTech<\/td><td>Jordan<\/td><td>600K<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the past February, startup investments in the Middle East and Africa showed growth, reaching a total of $274.23 million across 30 startups in 12 strategic sectors, most notably Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, E-commerce &amp; Retail, followed by PropTech and Logistics. According to the monthly investment report published by entArbi, the FinTech sector captured the largest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8850],"tags":[11738,11739,11419,7333,11371,4715],"class_list":["post-61442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venture","tag-cashin","tag-hydrovest-technology","tag-madfou","tag-omnispay-en","tag-safqah-capital","tag-sifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61442","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61444,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61442\/revisions\/61444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}