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  • Saudi’s Nejree raises $15 million Series A for its try-before-you-buy fashion ecommerce platform

    OhSaudi-based fashion ecommerce platform Nejree has raised $15 million in a Series A led by Impact46’s growth fund, it announced in a statement today. The round takes Nejree’s total financing to over $19 million. The Riyadh-headquartered startup had raised $4 million in a Pre-Series A round in December 2019. Founded in 2018 by Ibrahim Al Mogren, Nejree started as an online retailer for sneakers but now also sells apparel. The web and mobile-based platform features products for men, women, and kids, from leading international brands, including Adidas, Nike, Lacoste, Puma, Under Armour, Rebook, Converse, and many more.

  • Series of attacks target U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria

    U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, U.S. and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces, wounding two American service members.

  • Netflix Announces A New Season Of The Saudi Animation Series “Masameer County”

    The new season is packed with fun and adventure. It offers a humorous view of the changing Saudi and follows the Masaamer gang as they venture into a global media war, a long-standing tribal feud, and a health craze gone too far. “Masameer County” will air over 8 episodes exclusively on Netflix.

  • Global golf superstars confirmed for $1 million Aramco Team Series in London

    Some of the biggest names in women’s golf will tee off in the inaugural Aramco Team Series event in London next month. The groundbreaking three-day event, which has a $1 million total prize pool, is the first of four over the coming months in a new format that gives amateur golfers the chance to play alongside professional stars of the Ladies European Tour (LET). It is part of series of initiatives by the Saudi energy company to support sport and diversity

  • Abu Dhabi’s Rizek raise $10 million Series A to expand its home services platform to Saudi & Egypt

    Launched in 2020, the startup calls itself the super-app for on-demand home services – and rightly so. It offers tens of services in eight main categories – including cleaning, beauty and wellness, healthcare, men’s grooming, maintenance, business and design, automotive, and packers and movers.

  • Guinness World Record: Saudi girl aged 12 becomes world’s youngest novel series author

    A young girl from Saudi Arabia has broken the Guinness World Record to become the globe's youngest writer of a novel series. Ritaj Alhazmi, 12, has published a series of three English-language novels, two of which came out before her last birthday.

  • Research in north-west Arabia uncovers one of world’s oldest series of monumental structures as AlUla reveals details of its new global hub for archaeology

    The Kingdoms Institute, the recently unveiled centre for archaeological research and conservation studies in AlUla, today announced a significant archaeological discovery in north-west Saudi Arabia: the monumental, complex structures called mustatils are more ancient than previously believed. The update comes on the anniversary of the announcement of Saudi Vision 2030, which was unveiled five years ago this week, and to which The Kingdoms Institute will be a key contributor.

  • Commentary: Saudi Ramadan Series Links Economic Development and Civic Duty

    Shugairi travels around the kingdom exploring various development projects and highlighting potential for further initiatives. As part of these visits, he sheds light on government initiatives that aim to improve the quality of life for residents in the kingdom. Many still seem to be largely unknown, as shown by Shugairi’s interviews with Saudi residents. Therefore, an added dimension to the show seems to be to create awareness for the government’s achievements, while at the same time encouraging the population to take an active role in the changes around them.

  • E-commerce platform Zid raises $7M Series A funding

    Zid, KSA-based E-commerce enablement platform, has successfully raised $7M (26M SAR) in a Series A funding round, led by Global Ventures and alongside existing investors Elm and Arzan VC. This is the second round of investment Zid has received since the business was founded in 2017 and follows a pre-series A investment round of $2M in July 2019, led by Elm.

  • Saudi’s Hala raises $6.5 million Series A to become a digital bank for SMEs

    Riyadh-based fintech Hala (previously known as Halalah) has raised $6.5 million in a Series A round led by Impact46 (who invested through their growth fund). The round also included participation of Wamda and some other investors.