{"id":98936,"date":"2024-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/refurb-tech-startup-revibe-closed-a-usd-7-mn-series-a-funding-round\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:00:00","slug":"refurb-tech-startup-revibe-closed-a-usd-7-mn-series-a-funding-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/12\/18\/refurb-tech-startup-revibe-closed-a-usd-7-mn-series-a-funding-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Refurb tech startup Revibe closed a USD 7 mn series A funding round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>UAE-based <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/revibe.me\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Revibe<\/a><\/strong><strong>, a guarantee-backed refurbished tech B<\/strong><strong>2C e-commerce startup, closed a USD 7 mn series A funding round<\/strong>, co-led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isai.fr\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ISAI<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resonance.vc\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Resonance<\/a>, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/12\/1639.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement (pdf)<\/a>. The round also saw participation from Kima Ventures and Edouard Mendy. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Where\u2019s the money going? <\/strong>The latest investment adds to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/wealth\/alternative-investments\/uaes-refurbished-electronics-startup-revibe-raises-23mln-to-expand-in-mena-x1nal8k5\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 2.3 mn<\/a> it raised last year, and will support the expansion of Revibe\u2019s geographical footprint across emerging markets and the expansion of its sustainable tech business. The capital should also bolster its customer care and quality assurance teams<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>About Revibe: <\/strong>Founded in 2022 by Abdessamad Benzakour (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abdessamad-benzakour-43a91723\/?originalSubdomain=ae\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) and Hamza Iraqui (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hamza-iraqui-4337594b\/?originalSubdomain=ae\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), the Dubai-based startup specializes in refurbished electronics, offering consumers like-new devices at 30%-70% below retail prices. The startup operates across KSA, UAE, Kuwait, and South Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The investment will support its expansion in emerging markets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1548],"tags":[659,7,1342,1353,78,1341],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-98936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-watch","tag-e-commerce","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-investment","tag-startup","tag-startup-watch","tag-tech","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"320624db-c944-4026-8670-a72fff0e7dfd","order":"10","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/12\/1684.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Refurb tech startup Revibe closed a USD 7 mn series A funding round","related_issue":[98918],"teaser":"The investment will support its expansion in emerging markets","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/12\/.539c6cc9-dfb5-4501-b8a9-46905506978c.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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