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01 / 04 · BusinessUAE Non-Oil PMI Eases to 54.8 as Price Rises Hit Record PaceOutput, exports and purchasing stayed strong in October, but input costs climbed at their fastest rate since mid-2022 and firms passed them on.The LedgerLatest rounds · USD
Mamun$3M
3C Coding School$3M
Fincart$2.8M
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Exits & M&A · 09:42PureHealth Buys Six Aspen Clinics Sites for SEHA NetworkFintech · 09:35Al Etihad Payments Picks Aref Al Ramli as Chief ExecutiveFunding & Investment · 08:53Oman's mamun raises $3 million to widen Gulf–Asia trade financeStartups · 08:43Algebra's Anis Harb on Why Hiring Is Not the Answer to Scale
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Exits & M&A2 minPureHealth Buys Six Aspen Clinics Sites for SEHA NetworkTariq Benali · 4 Nov 2026Fintech2 minAl Etihad Payments Picks Aref Al Ramli as Chief ExecutiveNadia Mansour · 4 Nov 2026Fintech1 minMastercard, uwallet and Jordan Post Launch BareedPay CardNadia Mansour · 4 Nov 2026Business2 minADNOC Gas, EtihadWE to Study Gas Supply for Northern Emirates PowerTariq Benali · 4 Nov 2026Fintech1 minFAB Moves Digital Asset Portfolios In and Out of Komainu Custody for CollateralNadia Mansour · 4 Nov 2026Funding & Investment3 minJournify raises $12M Series A at four times its previous valuationAnecdoted Desk · 4 Nov 2026
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Karma Al-Taher: Strong Brands Are Built on Strong BusinessesKarim El-Sayed · 8 Oct 2026Mistral's Arthur Mensch: Open Models Cover 99% of Enterprise Use CasesKarim El-Sayed · 6 Oct 2026UAE's AI Edge Is Agility, Not Model Size, Adviser Tells Abu Dhabi SummitKarim El-Sayed · 6 Oct 2026Lucidya's Abdullah Asiri on Why Arabic-First AI TravelsKarim El-Sayed · 1 Oct 2026
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Where the money went
$6.33B
$1.42B
$602.1M
$40M
$21.4M
$20.5M
$4M
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Journify raises $12M Series A at four times its previous valuationOman's mamun raises $3 million to widen Gulf–Asia trade financeGymNation Foundation Launches AED 1 Million Fund for Health StartupsArcapita to Put $1.5B More Into GCC Industrial and Logistics Property
Al Etihad Payments Picks Aref Al Ramli as Chief ExecutiveMastercard, uwallet and Jordan Post Launch BareedPay CardFAB Moves Digital Asset Portfolios In and Out of Komainu Custody for CollateralMumtalakat and ARP Group Win Initial Backing for AI-Native Bahrain Bank