Nawah Scientific, a deep-tech and life sciences company in Egypt that provides scientific and industrial testing services, has raised $23 million in a Series A funding round (a mix of equity and debt). This milestone comes as the company celebrates 10 years since it was founded.
The funding round was led by Life Ventures Holding, with participation from Den Ventures, Empire M, AfricInvest, and Elsewedy, as well as banks and angel investors.
Nawah Scientific will use the capital to build a 10,000-sqm global R&D centre in Rwanda, double lab capacity in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and expand its operations across North Africa and Europe.
Founder and CEO Omar Shokry Saqr said the round strengthens Nawah’s research and tech backbone for its next growth phase. At the anniversary event in Cairo, Hossam Heiba, CEO of GAFI highlighted Nawah as a model for turning advanced research into value-added, export-ready capabilities.
Founded in 2015, Nawah Scientific’s cloud lab model allows researchers and companies to perform advanced testing remotely.
Nawah Scientific operates four business units: Life Science Research, its main platform for advanced testing and research services; Food & Agriculture, which provides certified safety and quality testing for producers and exporters; Pharma offering R&D and formulation support for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and CRM (Certified Reference Materials), producing critical standards used for calibration, method validation, and quality control across labs and regulated industries.
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