MEAPT VC Funding November 2025: Record Dollars, Sparse Deals

Snapshot: What November Says About 2025

MEAPT venture funding finished November on a familiar note: more money, fewer deals. As of MEAPT VC Funding November 2025, startups across the Middle East, Africa, Pakistan, and Turkey (MEAPT) raised US $14.01B YTD, up 58.3% YoY from 2024’s US $8.85B. Deal activity moved the other way: 1,015 rounds YTD, down 36.9% YoY and roughly half of 2023’s pace. Capital is concentrating at the top—the ten largest 2025 rounds account for ~24% of total value (US ~$3.34B of US $14.01B)—a sign that investors are backing fewer names with bigger checks.

MEAPT VC Funding November 2025’s Distribution: Mid-Tier, Deep Tech, and Debt

November itself was steady rather than spectacular. The month’s top ten deals summed to US ~$628M, and no single round cleared the US $160M floor required to enter 2025’s YTD top 10. There were two mega-rounds (≥US $100M)—Saudi Arabia’s erad (US $125M, debt) and Israel’s Wonderful (US $100M, Series A)—but most tickets clustered between US $30–$80M. Israel captured 7 of November’s top 10, led by AI and cybersecurity, underscoring where the region’s deepest technical bench is attracting capital. Structured finance also featured, with debt and hybrid facilities increasingly used to extend runway without heavy dilution.

Top 10 Startup Deals: MEAPT Venture Capital in November 2025

Much of the activity in MEAPT VC Funding November 2025 was driven by a mix of massive debt facilities for fintech expansion and high-value equity rounds for generative AI and cybersecurity.

1. erad (US $125M): The largest disclosed deal of the month, this Saudi fintech secured significant debt financing to accelerate its embedded finance solutions, bridging the US $250 billion SME credit gap across the GCC.
2. Wonderful (US $100M): Emerging from stealth with a massive Series A, this AI platform is set to disrupt customer service by deploying multilingual AI agents.
3. Guardio (US $80M): The company will use this Series B capital to bring enterprise-grade protection to individual users, leveraging AI to detect sophisticated scams.
4. Sweet Security (US $75M): Focused on cloud and AI security, Sweet Security raised this Series B to expand its real-time protection capabilities for enterprise cloud environments.
5. Tenzai (US $75M): In a massive Seed round, Tenzai is positioning itself to challenge major consulting firms by using autonomous AI agents.
6. EasyCep (US $45M): Turkey’s leading refurbished electronics marketplace secured this funding to scale its operations, aiming to dominate the second-hand market for smartphones and consumer tech.
7. Chargeflow (US $35M): Combining Series A equity with debt, Chargeflow is automating chargeback management for merchants, launching new tools to combat friendly fraud in digital commerce.
8. Daylight Security (US $33M): This Series A investment fuels Daylight’s mission to provide agentic security services, offering real-time threat awareness and operational control for modern digital enterprises.
9. Clover Security (US $30M): Embedding AI directly into developer workflows, Clover Security helps engineering teams spot and fix vulnerabilities early in the coding process, reducing security bottlenecks.
10. CratD2C (US $30M): The last in the MEAPT VC Funding November 2025 list is a blockchain innovator using Delegated Proof of Stake technology. The company is building a decentralized e-commerce ecosystem to connect businesses and consumers directly.

Why the Market Looks This Way

Globally, World Bank signals through late-2025 point to resilient-but-subdued growth and softer commodity prices—conditions that keep risk premia elevated. In MEAPT VC Funding November 2025, that translates into fewer, larger, more structured rounds getting done, while seed and early Series A remain tight. Unless December unleashes an early-stage flurry, 2025 is on track to be the most capital-rich yet least deal-dense year in recent MEAPT history.