{"id":61468,"date":"2026-03-15T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=61468"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:50:50","slug":"61468","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2026\/03\/61468\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup Investments Hit $23.86M in the Second Week of March 2026, Saudi Arabia Leads Fintech Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the second week of March, specifically from March 8 to March 15, 2026, startup investments across the Middle East and Africa reached a total of $23.86 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the weekly investment and acquisition report issued by entArabi<\/strong>, these investments were distributed across five Arab startups operating in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Morocco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This came in addition to international investments worth $1.73 billion, which were completed through several funding rounds involving the UAE-based venture capital firm Shorooq, particularly in AMI Labs, an artificial intelligence company that secured $1.04 billion in funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, Saudi Arabia led investments in the fintech and retail sectors, with funding directed toward Muhlah and Thunna, totaling $23.36 million, accounting for 97.9% of total investments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was followed by the logistics sector, represented by Qatar, which recorded $500,000 in funding through an investment in ShipBee, representing 2.09% of the total investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The retail sector captured the largest share of startup investments this week, accounting for 66.47% with a total value of $15.86 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was followed by the fintech sector, which accounted for 31.43% with investments totaling $7.5 million, while logistics technology ranked third with 2.09%, equivalent to $500,000 in investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Startup Investments by Sector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Sector<\/th>Number of Companies<\/th>Companies<\/th>Total Investment<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Fintech<\/td>1<\/td>Muhlah<\/td>$7.5M<\/td><\/tr>
Artificial Intelligence<\/td>3<\/td>AMI Labs, Eridu, Nexthop AI<\/td>$1.73B<\/td><\/tr>
Logistics Tech<\/td>1<\/td>ShipBee<\/td>$500K<\/td><\/tr>
PropTech<\/td>1<\/td>Rewa<\/td>Undisclosed<\/td><\/tr>
Digital Infrastructure \/ Tech Solutions<\/td>1<\/td>Netcom Technologies<\/td>Undisclosed<\/td><\/tr>
Retail & Fragrance<\/td>1<\/td>Thunna<\/td>$15.86M<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Investments by Country<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Country<\/th>Number of Companies<\/th>Companies<\/th>Total Investment<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Saudi Arabia<\/td>2<\/td>Muhlah, Thunna<\/td>$23.36M<\/td><\/tr>
UAE<\/td>1<\/td>Rewa<\/td>Undisclosed<\/td><\/tr>
Qatar<\/td>1<\/td>ShipBee<\/td>$500K<\/td><\/tr>
Morocco<\/td>1<\/td>Netcom Technologies<\/td>Undisclosed<\/td><\/tr>
International<\/td>3<\/td>AMI Labs, Eridu, Nexthop AI<\/td>$1.73B<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Countries\u2019 Share in Sector Investments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Country<\/th>Number of Companies<\/th>Key Sector<\/th>Companies<\/th>Total Investment<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Saudi Arabia<\/td>2<\/td>Fintech & Retail<\/td>Muhlah, Thunna<\/td>$23.36M<\/td><\/tr>
UAE<\/td>1<\/td>PropTech<\/td>Rewa<\/td>Undisclosed<\/td><\/tr>
Qatar<\/td>1<\/td>Logistics Tech<\/td>ShipBee<\/td>$500K<\/td><\/tr>
Morocco<\/td>1<\/td>Digital Infrastructure \/ Tech Solutions<\/td>Netcom Technologies<\/td>Undisclosed<\/td><\/tr>
International<\/td>3<\/td>AI Infrastructure<\/td>Nexthop AI, AMI Labs, Eridu<\/td>$1.73B<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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During the second week of March, specifically from March 8 to March 15, 2026, startup investments across the Middle East and Africa reached a total of $23.86 million. According to the weekly investment and acquisition report issued by entArabi, these investments were distributed across five Arab startups operating in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":61488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8850],"tags":[11678,11744,11745,8586,11746],"class_list":["post-61468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venture","tag-muhlah","tag-nexthop","tag-rewa","tag-shipbee","tag-thunna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61468","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61481,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61468\/revisions\/61481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}