Astra Tech (Astra), a UAE-born consumer technology development and investment company, has announced that G42, the UAE’s leading AI and cloud computing technology holding group, will be taking the role of Lead Investor in its latest funding round.

Dataiku, the Everyday AI platform, has raised $200 million in Series F funding led by new investor Wellington Management at a $3.7 billion valuation.

Silkhaus, is betting big on technology and the growing demand for short-term rentals (STR) to disrupt and transform the region’s real estate sector

Decline in MENA startups seems to continue even with raising $173 million across 51 deals in the month of September. The MoM decline in investment value is about 54% while it’s almost a 50% drop when compared to the same time the previous year.

The fund also took shares of other companies like Adobe Systems, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Salesforce, Home Depot, Costco, Freeport-McMoRan, Datadog, NextEra Energy etc.