Egypt-based deeptech company Nawah Scientific has raised $23 million in a Series A funding round, combining equity and debt, as it marks ten years since its founding. The round was led by Life Ventures Holding, with participation from Den Ventures, Empire M, AfricInvest, Elsewedy, alongside banks and angel investors.
The funding will support Nawah’s next phase of expansion, including the development of a 10,000-square-metre global R&D centre in Rwanda, the doubling of laboratory capacity in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and geographic expansion into North Africa and Europe. The company aims to strengthen its research infrastructure and scale its cloud lab model globally.
Founded in 2015 by Omar Shokry Saqr, Nawah operates a cloud-based laboratory platform that allows researchers and companies to access advanced testing services remotely. Its operations span four business units: Life Science Research, Food and Agriculture testing, Pharmaceutical R&D and formulation support, and Certified Reference Materials (CRM). Through its CRM unit, Nawah is among a small group of global producers supplying certified standards used in calibration, method validation, and quality control across regulated industries.
Over the past decade, Nawah has tested more than one million samples, employs around 160 researchers, and serves clients in more than 30 countries. Speaking on the funding, founder and CEO Omar Saqr said the investment reinforces the company’s research and technology foundation as it enters its next growth phase. At the anniversary event in Cairo, GAFI CEO Hossam Heiba described Nawah as an example of how advanced research can be transformed into export-ready, value-added capabilities.
