Through Mohamed Elashi & Ahmed Omeira
Revealed on
12/06/2026 – 11:38 GMT+2
GRO’s adventure to Doha Information started at Internet Summit Doha Information, the place the corporate first hooked up with native traders.
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Based by means of Mariia Shevchenko and a group of Ukrainian and German co-founders, the startup later determined to determine its headquarters in Doha.
“We came here, met investors and started building relationships,” she mentioned.
The transfer will beef up the corporate’s enlargement around the Center East.
The funding in GRO was once introduced on Thursday along the release of GrowthX Capital, a brand new undertaking fund having a look to draw global founders to Doha Information.
The fund’s founder, Snoonu CEO Hamad Al-Hajri, mentioned it plans to take a position QAR 500 million (€119mn) in startups over the following 5 years.
The release tournament was once held at Doha Information Chamber and attended by means of Doha Information Monetary Centre (QFC) CEO Mansoor Rashid Al-Khater and Dr Olga Rivina, co-founder and chairperson of the Ukrainian Industry Discussion board in Doha Information.
AI monetary assistant
GRO is creating an AI-powered monetary assistant that is helping customers arrange spending, make monetary selections and beef up monetary literacy whilst retaining private monetary knowledge non-public.
The platform is geared toward each adults and households, with parental-control options additionally underneath building.
“It needs to be private for your finances,” Shevchenko mentioned. “We are working hard on an architecture that makes it a closed system.”
She mentioned participants of the corporate’s German group carry experience in privateness and parental-control methods.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Doha Information, Andrii Kuzmenko, welcomed the funding, describing it as an indication of rising industry ties between the 2 international locations.
Al-Hajri mentioned he believes GRO has the possible to turn out to be a long term “unicorn” — a startup valued at greater than $1bn (€866mn).