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Qatar’s Rasmal And Deniz Ventures Back TeamSec With $7.6M Investment
Funding for the AI-powered securitization platform will help scale operations and fuel expansion across the wider MENA region.
Qatar’s Rasmal Ventures and Deniz Ventures — the venture capital arm of DenizBank under Emirates NBD Group — have jointly invested $7.6 million in TeamSec, the world’s first AI-driven securitization platform. TeamSec operates on a “Securitization-as-a-Service” model, using AI and data analytics to make financial markets more efficient and transparent.
The significant investment will fuel TeamSec’s expansion across the MENA region, helping to scale operations, while diversifying the company’s offerings and enhancing existing services.
Esad Erkam Köroğlu, TeamSec’s CEO and founder, sees the cash injection as a key enabler for the company’s growth: “The investment we received from ENBD and Rasmal Ventures demonstrates the trust placed in TeamSec’s vision and technological prowess by these renowned institutions. With this investment, we endeavor to strengthen our position as a global game-changer in the field of securitization”.
Meanwhile, Alexander Wiedmer, Co-Managing Partner at Rasmal Ventures, emphasized the transformative potential of TeamSec’s technology: “TeamSec’s bold vision to revolutionize the securitization industry across the Middle East and beyond resonates strongly with us. Their mission-driven, execution-focused team exemplifies the kind of ambition and innovation we are excited to support”.
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Finally, Ahmed Al Qassim, Group Head of Wholesale Banking at Emirates NBD, added: “Our strategic investment in TeamSec, a fintech innovator specializing in Securitization-as-a-Service, underscores our commitment to shaping this market and enabling its growth. We are the first investor in TeamSec, supporting the founder and team in their growth journey at an early stage”.
The backing of TeamSec by Emirates NBD and Deniz Ventures builds on previous investments in startups such as Erguvan and NewBridge Fintech Solutions and reinforces their commitment to driving digital transformation and reshaping financial markets with cutting-edge technology.
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Nano Banana 2 Arrives In MENA For Google Gemini Users
Google brings its latest image model to Gemini and Search, adding 4K output and tighter text control for regional users.
Google has opened access to Nano Banana 2 across the Middle East and North Africa, pushing its newest image model into everyday tools rather than keeping it inside the exclusive (and expensive) Pro tier.
The rollout spans the Google Gemini desktop and mobile apps, and extends to Google Search through Lens and AI Mode. Developers can also test it in preview via AI Studio and the Gemini API.
Nano Banana 2 runs on Gemini Flash, Google’s fast inference layer. The focus is speed, but also control. Users can export visuals from 512px up to 4K, adjusting aspect ratios for everything from vertical social posts to widescreen displays.
The model maintains character likeness across up to five figures and preserves fidelity for as many as 14 objects within a single workflow. This enables visual continuity across scenes, iterations, or edits — supporting projects like short films, storyboards, and multi-scene narratives. Text rendering has also been improved, delivering legible typography in mockups and greeting cards, with built-in translation and localization directly within images.
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Under the hood, the system taps Gemini’s broader knowledge base and pulls in real-time information and imagery from web search to render specific subjects more accurately. Lighting and fine detail have been upgraded, without slowing output.
By embedding the model inside Gemini and Search, Google is normalizing advanced image generation for a mass audience. In MENA, where startups and marketing teams are leaning heavily on AI to scale content across languages and borders, that shift lands at a practical moment.
The move also folds creative tooling deeper into search itself, so that image generation is no longer a separate workflow. It now sits right next to the query box.
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