yallacompare

Lead: Mulverhill Associates

Investors: Mulverhill Associates

2014, when the company was still compareit4me. Angel money from Mulverhill Associates (Jonathan Hall, ex-Abraaj): $300k in March/April 2014 plus $200k in December 2014 per founder interviews; the company's 2015 press release dates the first angel investment to March 2014. Also: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dubai-based-finance-comparison-startup-compareit4mecom-closes-3m-deal-300142782.html https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/uae-based-compareit4mecom-closes-first-round-of-funding-kat8g51e Confidence: confirmed (round 13, The National).

Lead: Gulf Insurance Group

Investors: Gulf Insurance Group

No round label given by any primary source. Investors: Gulf Insurance Group.

Lead: STC Ventures

Investors: STC Ventures, Wamda Capital, Argo Ventures, Precinct Partners, Saned Partners

Led by long-term investors STC Ventures (Iris Capital) and Wamda Capital with Argo Ventures (Argo Group's VC arm) as new investor; Precinct Partners and Saned named by The National. MAGNiTT called it the company's fifth round with $17.2M cumulative disclosed. Also: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/financial-comparison-platform-yallacompare-secures-8m-in-additional-funding-1.810202 https://gulfbusiness.com/uae-start-yallacompare-raises-8m-new-funding-round/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, PR Newswire (company press release)).

Investors: Wamda Capital, STC Ventures, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, Saned Partners

Company called this the 'initial closing' of a larger Series B, with Wamda Capital and STC Ventures doubling their Series A cheques; total raised to date 'over $9 million'. Kept separate from the January 2019 $8M because the company and MAGNiTT counted the 2019 round as the fifth round. Also: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/compareit4me-com-raises-3-5m-funding https://gulfnews.com/business/compareit4me-raises-35m-in-latest-funding-phase-1.2032396 https://www.menabytes.com/compareit4me-3-5-million/ https://www.tradearabia.com/News/325450/Compareit4me-secures-$3.5m-funding Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Wamda).

Investors: Wamda Capital, STC Ventures, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, Mulverhill Associates, Saned Partners, private investors

Described by the company as bridge funding raised on a convertible document in six to eight weeks; more than half from existing investors, Saned new. Company said total raised to date was $6M after this round. STC Ventures' own announcement page returned HTTP 500. Also: https://stcventures.com/618/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Entrepreneur Middle East).

Lead: STC Ventures

Investors: STC Ventures, Wamda Capital, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority

STC Ventures was managed by Iris Capital. Founder later said they set out to raise $1M and closed $3M. Also: https://www.finsmes.com/2015/09/compareit4me-com-raises-3m-venture-capital-funding.html https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/money/generation-start-up-yallacompare-the-financial-aggregator-bringing-transparency-to-uae-consumers-1.877532 Confidence: confirmed (round 13, PR Newswire (company press release)).