Dubai’s Eyewa raises $2.5 million in fresh funds to grow its online eyewear platform

Dubai’s Eyewa raises $2.5 million in fresh funds to grow its online eyewear platform

Eyewa, a Dubai-based online eyewear retailer has raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series B round from Nuwa Capital, Wamda, and EQ2 Ventures, the startup announced today. The round takes total investment raised so far by Eyewa to over $11 million. It had raised $7.5 million in a Series A in April 2019 led by Wamda Capital. EQ2 Ventures (which was previously known as Equitrust) had also participated in it.

It is the first investment announced by Nuwa Capital, the $100 million fund launched by Wamda's former Managing Partner Khaled Talhouni earlier this year. Khaled was at Wamda when the firm led Series A of Eyewa in 2019 and has been apparently working very closely with its team since then.

Founded in 2017 by Anass Boumediene and Mehdi Oudghiri, Eyewa's online platform sells