May 2025 - Top 10 Funded Startups in MEAPT

MEAPT VC Funding Roundup – May 2025 | $5.87B Raised Across 247 Deals

May 2025 sends a clear message across the MEAPT venture landscape: while dealmaking cools, capital deployment remains razor-sharp. Total VC funding soared to $5.87 billion across 247 deals, marking a 17% year-over-year increase and a 65% month-on-month surge—even as deal count compressed further.

But that headline number leans heavily on a few outsized raises, especially Dream Games’ $1.25B debt round, which skews the month’s picture. Strip it out, and May still saw strong mid-stage action in AI, fintech, quantum, and deeptech infrastructure.

📌 Top 10 Funding Rounds – May 2025:

Dream Games (Turkey) – $1.25B debt round. Royal Match and Royal Kingdom drive 54M active users and $2.5B turnover.

AI21 Labs (Israel) – $300M Series D from Google and Nvidia. Multilingual enterprise AI models.

Classiq Technologies (Israel) – $110M Series C for quantum software development.

Nawy (Egypt) – $75M Series A + debt. AI-powered proptech platform.

Orca AI (Israel) – $72.5M Series B for maritime logistics and collision prevention.

Ox Security (Israel) – $60M Series B for software supply chain protection.

MNT-Halan (Egypt) – $49M bond issuance, Egypt’s largest to date.

Buildots (Israel) – $45M Series D for AI-driven construction oversight.

WakeCap (UAE) – $28M Series A for smart hardhats and IoT site safety.

Sett (Israel) – $27M Seed + Series A for gaming infrastructure.

With Turkey, Egypt, and Israel leading the charge, investors are doubling down on scalable tech and deep infrastructure. The question now: will early-stage innovation catch up?