Bluente Secures $1.5M to Drive MENA Expansion

Singapore-based Bluente, a fast-growing enterprise translation platform, has raised USD 1.5 million in a seed-plus round led by Informed Ventures, with plans to accelerate its expansion into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

With the new capital, Bluente will grow its presence in MENA through product development, hiring, and regional partnerships.

The startup views the Middle East as a priority growth market, citing the region’s high concentration of multilingual business transactions, cross-border trade, and demand for Arabic-language solutions.

“The Middle East, alongside the US and Asia-Pacific, represents one of the largest opportunities for us,” said Daphne Tay, founder of Bluente. “Our multilingual capabilities, particularly in Arabic, give us a strong competitive edge in supporting global enterprises and regional firms alike.”

Streamlining Cross-Border Communication

Bluente’s platform enables enterprises to translate documents into more than 120 languages—including Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, French, and German—while preserving original formatting across texts, images, numbers, and units.

This one-click solution eliminates the hours lost to copy-pasting, reformatting, and translation errors, delivering precision at scale for law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies.

Already serving 70+ enterprise clients, Bluente is positioning itself to help MENA’s growing corporate sector save thousands of work hours annually, boosting productivity while reducing operational costs.

Building Toward a Regional Hub

As MENA economies digitize and internationalize under long-term visions such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the UAE’s digital transformation strategies, Bluente aims to establish itself as a key enabler of cross-border business communications.

By embedding AI-driven translation into enterprise workflows, the startup is set to play a role in supporting the region’s global business ambitions.