Saudi Arabia and the UAE are at the top of the daring capital in the region

Bold capital investments in the Middle East and North Africa jumped during the first quarter of 2025, powered by interest rate discount that strengthened investor confidence. The startups in the region have raised $ 678 million, and it is considered the strongest for them since the end of 2023, according to the ‘Magnit’ data platform. The average size of the transactions has also increased, which reflects an increase in the flowing capital to the larger startups. Magnet reported that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia attracted investments in the Middle East and North Africa, ranked first place in the world under emerging markets and attracted $ 391 million. While the United Arab Emirates raised almost half of this amount (195.5 million). Investments dispute the slowdown of the Middle East the broader slowdown in raising funds in emerging markets, thanks to this partly to active sovereign funds, and the establishment of events in Riyadh and Dubai that motivated the activity, according to “magnit”. You can also like it: The daring investment avoids the most important businesses in the Middle East, and the platform has indicated that this momentum is now threatened, as US customs tariff policy causes a state of global uncertainty, and the decline in oil prices can affect investment decisions in Soverine funds. The ambiguity affects the daring capital, Philip Bhashi, CEO and founder of the “Magnit” platform: “In the field of daring capital, this ambiguity is likely to affect three areas, transferring money from investors (retirement funds or sovereign funds) to daring capital companies, and the willingness of these businesses to get financings.” Bazashi added that the local capital power and government policies that support emerging businesses still pave the way for long -term growth, and that the technology paid sectors appears to attract new capital. The funding of the financial technology sector was 57% of the total daring capital raised during the first quarter in the Middle East and North Africa region led by a $ 160 million financing tour for Tabby, based in Saudi Arabia. ‘Magnet’ said that the institutions of institutional and educational software are a strong growth, while the performance of the E -commerce and retail sectors has delayed. The most active investment companies included the list of the most active investment companies in the “Blue Pool Capital” and “Wellington Management”, in addition to the “STV” and “Saudi investment”. The Middle East and Africa registered a record number of integration and procurement agreements during the first quarter. The total number of regional offers has increased to 21, that is, more than two times registered in the same period last year, Magnit said. Egypt and the UAE have the existing above -on the existing, with nine transactions each.