Series C

Series D

Series B

PE Round

Others

Series A

Series E

Europe

Africa

Rest of World

Asia (ex. GCC & Levant)

Levant

Dubai

Private Equity

Tayyab Tareen

Oumar Khalid

Ashish Dave

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Bangalore

BigBasket

Logistics & Storage

E-Commerce

Marketplace

BigBasket is an online food and grocery store that offers a smart and efficient shopping experience with a wide range of products, convenient delivery options, and customer-friendly policies.

Series F

Careem

Transportation

Delivery

Ride Sharing

Providing a range of daily services, Careem is a Dubai-based ride-hailing and super app company that aims to simplify people's daily lives in over 100 cities across 13 countries.

Selina

Technology

Ninja Van

Rainbow Hospitals

Healthcare

Hind High Vacuum

Industry

NYMGO

IT & Communication

Joint Medical Holdings Ltd.

Support & Management Services

Tunis

Tunisie Télécom

Telecommunications

Fully integrated telecom services operator in Tunisia, with leading market positions across all segments with over 7 million customers and an employee base of c.7,500

QBCo

Retail & Wholesale

Cinepax

Netlog Lojistik

Islamabad Diagnostics Centre

Capa de Ozono

Fibabanka

Finance

CEPRO S.P.A

TIBA

Yu-Ce Medical

Kudu

Foodtech

BRN Sleep Products

Istanbul

Hepsiburada.com

Fashion

Marketing/Sales

Hepsiburada operates as a subsidiary of Dogan Online Holding Group, Turkey’s leading internet and digital media company. The company was founded in 1998 by five people working from a studio flat in Istanbul focusing on online orders for IT hardware, driving them out to customers. Company later continued to expand its category and selection base asHepsiburada from 2000 on.

Plastic Electromechanic Company

Fan Milk

Consumer

Synapse Algerian

Moulin D'Or

Food and Beverage

The Entertainer

Beauty

UAP Group

D1 Stores

Oksa Maroc

Construction

2016 is almost out but there’s just time to anoint one more ride-sharing unicorn. Careem, one of Uber’s lower profile rivals in emerging markets, has taken a step into the global limelight today after it announced that it has raised $350 million led by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten and Saudi Telecom Company (STC).
Beyond Rakuten, which is already an investor in Uber rivals Lyft and South America-based Cabify, and STC, which is the largest telecom operator in the Middle East, other investors in the round include Abraaj Group, Al Tayyar Group, Beco Capital, El Sewedy Investments, Endure Capital, Lumia Capital, SQM Frontier and Wamda Capital.

Uber’s Middle Eastern rival Careem raises $350M at a $1B valuation

Middle East-founded car-hailing app Careem has raised $60 million in Series C funding, led by The Abraaj Group.This round is The Abraaj Group’s first investment in Careem, and it now stands alongside other investors Arzan Venture Capital, Al Tayyar, STC Ventures, BECO Capital, Impulse (a subsidiary of Kuwait Investment Authority), Lumia Capital and Wamda Capital. Al Tayyar remains the largest institutional investor.

Car-hailing app Careem raises $60M Series C

SuperMarket Grocery Supplies Pvt Ltd, which owns the BigBasket brand, has raised $300 million (around Rs 1,921 crore) in a Series E round of funding led by Chinese e-tailer Alibaba, the online grocer's chief executive officer told VCCircle.
CEO Hari Menon, who is also BigBasket's co- founder, said that Alibaba contributed around 75% (around $225 million or Rs 1,440 crore) of the total funding while existing investors Abraaj, International Finance Corporation (the investment arm of the World Bank), and Sands Capital accounted for the rest.

BigBasket inches closer to unicorn tag after raising $300 mn from Alibaba, others

Bengaluru-based e-grocer BigBasket has raised Rs 32.65 crore led by Helion Ventures Partners. According to RoC(registrar of companies) filings, the funding was made through allotment of 50,000 shares at Rs 6,509.25 apiece on September 27, 2017, reported Financial Express.

Other investors of the company include Trifecta Capital, Brand Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Ascent Capital, Paytm Mall, Alibaba Group and Abraaj Group, among others.

BigBasket closes Rs 32.65 Cr funding round led by Helion Venture

There’s more money flowing into India’s e-commerce space after BigBasket, a Bangalore-based company that sells and delivers groceries online, landed a $150 million investment led by The Abraaj Group in the UAE.

The Series D round also includes participation from new backers International Finance Corporation and Sands Capital, as well as existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Helion Advisors, Zodius Capital and Ascent Capital. BigBasket’s last funding activity came in August 2015 when it landed $50 million.

India’s BigBasket lands $150M to expand its online grocery service

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