Middle East-based retail franchise operator MH Alshaya has invested an undisclosed amount in Noon, the Kuwait-headquartered developer of an e-commerce marketplace that is intended to serve customers across the Middle Eastern region. Noon’s founding investors are entrepreneur Mohamed Alabbar and the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund, and the startup plans to launch its platform before the end of 2017.

US-based big data software developer FlyData closed a $4m series A round on Tuesday that included time-measurement device maker Amano…