# Top 50 B2B Startup Investors in Middle East in June 2026

## Shorooq Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

## Merak Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Software, Financial Services

Merak Capital manages private funds in Venture Capital, Private Equity, Debt Financing, and other asset classes.

## Class 5 Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.

## Legziel Family
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

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## Wamda Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.

## BECO Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology

BECO Capital is a conviction-driven VC, backing exceptional founders across the GCC and MENA region with hands-on support, partnerships and sector expertise.

## 4DX Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics

4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community. 

## Flourish Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Redwood City, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.

## Knollwood Investment Advisory
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Knollwood Investment Advisory is focused on financing companies in the internet security sector.

## Arzan Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Arzan Venture Capital (Arzan VC) is a Kuwait-born VC firm that has been investing in startups with a MENA angle since 2014, making it one of the earliest VC firms in the region. Arzan VC's portfolio includes 30+ startups. The firm invests in young, fast-growing and innovative tech teams and it remains committed to building long-lastingrelationships with the region’s most talented entrepreneurs at an early stage.

## Outliers Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Backing outlier founders who build different.

## Magma Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software

Magma is Israel's leading venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in communication, semiconductors, internet and media. They seek bright ideas, infuse them with experience and foresight, and facilitate their rise as industry leaders that redefine the global communications sector. They use their experience and sectorspecialization in cooperating with entrepreneurs, industry experts, and other investors to define the future of the communication, semiconductors, internet and media arenas. Their goal is to foster and enable the flow of innovation from an idea's early stages and through a company's emergence as a leader within its dynamic market. They understand the local market and help to influence the global one.

## MSA Novo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

MSA Novo, a multi-stageglobal venture capital firm, boasts a diverse portfolio of startups and established businesses in tech, fintech, and consumer sectors.

## MSA Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services

MSA Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies from seed to growth stage. The firm manages capital from the world's top sovereign wealth funds, international asset managers, pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and family offices, as well as China's leading neweconomy entrepreneurs.

## Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yoqne`am `illit, HaZafon, Israel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, E-Commerce

Explore. Dream. Discover. has been helping build successful global Israeli companies since 1999. With entrepreneurial spirit, and flexible investment strategy, Explore's here to provide the whole package: experience and know-how (more than 14 years in the business), a team of professionals, financial backing, network, administrative assistanceand definite tenacity (not to mention their drive).

## Faith Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sharq Hawalli, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Faith Capital is a venture capital firm investing in talented MENA founders building long-term value by developing sound operations at home and abroad.A Kuwait based venture capital fund owned and managed by individuals with proven business experience and success in the GCC.The principal focus of Faith Capital is on e-commerce businesses,based in the region, which have high growth potential for the future.

## PICO Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Cyber Security

Pico Venture Partners invests in visionary Israeli entrepreneurs building future-defining technologies. We seek the leaders who are relentless in their quest to disrupt existing markets, industries, business processes, and consumer experiences.

## Wa’ed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Wa’ed Ventures is a $500 million venture capital fund with the aim to accelerate the development of an integrated startup ecosystem by investing in local tech-based startups and incentivizing global entrepreneurs to localize their tech innovations in the Kingdom.

## Oqal
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology

Oqal Group was formed as an endowment group by a group of young businessmen to be a platform that brings together angel investors and emerging entrepreneurs to form partnerships of economic feasibility that raise the welfare of society and enhance the quality of life. It enables the founders of entrepreneurial startups to develop innovative andfast-growing startups in a variety of sectors by providing access to smart capital and experienced angel investors.

## The Games Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Online Games

TGF is an early-stage VC fund founded by video games industry veterans.
We invest in future leaders: game developers, gaming technologies, and services.
We share best practices and offer our experience and personal touch.

## SEEDRA Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics

SEEDRA Ventures invests in companies from the very first stages of inception to Series-A and beyond, providing financing and hands-on development support.

## s16vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Castle, Delaware, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

s16vc is an early-stage founder-centric angel fund. The fund focuses on early stage technology investments, operating globally in Europe, and the US. We have brought together more than 80 founders & operators to support early stage companies in their growth. Fund partners are active founders and operators: - Oleg Bibergan - Co-founder &Co-Managing Partner at s16vc, venture investor & corporate finance executive with 15 years of experience spanning early, growth, and late stage deals as equity investor with GS SSG, Kismet Capital Group, and personal angel portfolio- Aleks Shamis - Co-founder & Co-Managing Partner at s16vc. Ex-Deputy CEO at Borzodelivery.com (global on-demand delivery business, operating in 10 countries)- Mike Peregudov - Founder & CEO at Pivot.ws (EdTech startup in the US market), Food Party (exit to Yandex)- Leo Batalov - Partner, Global Co-Head of Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital at DLA Piper, top international law firm- Egor Rudi - Founder & CEO at Profi.ru (leading services marketplace in Eastern Europe), Co-founder at Hands.ru (first Uber-like marketplace in home improvement market)- Tolya Marin - Founder at Payment systems (fintech company with profit per employee > PayPal
& 20m installs/ 5m MAU)- Andrey Khusid - Founder and CEO of Miro, the world's most popular visual collaboration platformBeing founders ourselves, we are confident that people succeed, not ideas, and feel immense respect for every founder who perseveres to the point of creating impact and monetizable value. We invest in teams who share our values: -  People succeed, not ideas- Community, not individual- Trust- Transparency- Intrinsic motivation to help- Pay forward- Beginner mindset

## Graphene Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series F
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Graphene - venture fund for innovative startups.

## PLUS Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Video

PLUS Ventures, part of the Moldawsky Group, is the first multi-vehicle early-stage investment firm - a structure which enables the company to tailor the right investment suited for each venture's specific needs.PLUS's investment specialization is in Israeli early stage, fast growth technology and media ventures. Its mission is to takea hands-on approach and help great entrepreneurs create great companies.In addition to, and as important as, straight-up cash, PLUS puts its long-term expertise, skills, and ecosystem to work with, and for, its portfolio companies.PLUS Ventures is one of the most active early-stage investors in Israel, and plans to continue to be a dominant player in this field for years to come.

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

## otf Jasoor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Muscat, Masqat, Oman
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Logistics, B2B, FinTech

otf Jasoor Ventures is an early stage VC fund that invests in tech and tech-enabled startups in the MENA region

## Sadu Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software

Sadu Capital is a global VC firm, backing bold MENA founders from seed to Series A with smart capital, global networks, and hands-on support to scale.

## Crystal Stream Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Food and Beverage

Crystal Stream Capital specializes in making early-stage investments in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector.

## Ahmet Bilgen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Education

Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor. 
He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life,  he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect.
Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba)  has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions.  
in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba.
Foriba did:
 - Series A With Revo Capital
 - Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst
 - Exit

## Plus Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

At Plus VC, we leverage over a decade of experience and 200+ transactions to empower MENA startups for sustainable growth. We offer fair...

## The Open Platform
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Online Games

Powerful Toolkit to Build on TON

## Accion Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Accion Ventures is an investment strategy that today pursues early-stage investments as part of Accion Impact Management.

## International Finance Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech

A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

## Aditum Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services

Aditum Ventures invests in early-stage FinTech and B2B software companies across the MENA Region.

## BNVT Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Apps, Travel

Multi-stage Investment Fund

## Better Tomorrow Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

We believe Financial Technology will create a better future. And we are Investing and building to create that future.

## Sarona Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning

Founded in 2019, Sarona Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The firm is a "people-first" investor, seeking founding teams with strong execution capabilities. The firm's investment scope focuses on enterprise software, and most of their deals concentrate on building the future of business with AI, helpingcompanies operate more efficiently, save money, and drive revenue.

## Assaf Rappaport
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Post-IPO Secondary
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Assaf Rappaport is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wiz. He previously worked at Microsoft as a General Manager, at Microsoft Israel R and D. Assaf Rappaport attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

## RZM Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

RZM Investments manages the shares of various companies that are in the field of health, education, hospitality, and tourism.

## Velo Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Sports

Founded in 2011 by Evan Hoff, Velo Partners is a venture capital firm that invests and manages a portfolio spanning the global gaming and gambling industry. Velo typically invests in Series A or early growth stage rounds. Our ideal investment candidates demonstrate strong early transaction and a clear understanding of their unit economics and growth trajectory. We also work in association with a gaming accelerator called RNG FOUNDRY for earlier stage investment in iGaming content.

## Khwarizmi Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Khwarizmi Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks investments in startups with a passion for algorithms. It seeks to help create their vision, as they embark on a journey together that aligns their goals to improve quality of life using technology powered by algorithms.

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## Vertex Ventures Israel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

We partner early with global-minded entrepreneurs seeking to disrupt large markets

## 2B Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Cheshin Venture Capital - Beyond funding, we provide: mentorship, strategy consulting, connections, and Joyon your way to becoming a truly exceptional company.

## Founders Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cyber Security, B2B, CRM

Founders Group is a selection of investors from various fields and industries, who are all founders themselves. United by the belief that the founder should be the center of any successful company, we provide multi-stage guidance, support and funding from seed to growth stages to companies across different sectors and strategies.

## AgFunder
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology

AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials.

## RMBV
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: B2B, Internet, E-Commerce

RMBV focuses on job creation and opening the consumption choices of low to middle income consumers.

## Raed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region

## Nir Zohar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Publishing, B2B

Nir has been with Wix since 2007 and he’s been the driving force behind the successful scaling of the company's operations from a small start-up into an international company serving tens of millions of users. Nir spearheads all efforts to develop and implement Wix' strategic plans geared towards accommodating the company's growthobjectives and business goals.Prior to joining Wix, Nir was the Budget and Production Manager for two years at M.B. Contact Ltd., a private Israeli event production company. Before that, Nir worked for The Jewish Agency and the Israeli Scouts. Nir’s experience stems from his position as Lieutenant Commander and Chief Engineer in the Israeli Navy.On his day off you catch him reading or avidly following the NBA scores.

## Jabbar Internet Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet

The exit of Souq to Amazon is the largest tech transaction of the region, and Souq continues to pave the way in e-commerce in the region. Souq was built from the ground up by the same team at Jabbar, who built the Maktoob portal before that. Maktoob was born out of a simple idea but with a vision that the Arabic Internet will grow and become anintegral part of everybody's life, and grew to become the largest Arabic Internet property before Yahoo acquired it.Both the Souq and Maktoob stories have become inspiring success stories in the region, where budding entrepreneurs and VC's alike, look to our team for inspiration and new ideas.Today Jabbar continues to grow and pave the way for tech in the region. It is in this spirit that we embrace any entrepreneur who is willing to innovate and take risks in order to create something great. Jabbar nurtures such individuals and supports nascent ideas that are in line with its mission. So join our journey :-)

## Acasia Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software

Cairo Angels is an angel investment network that invests in and supports early-stage startups it convenes regular investment meetings to review pre-selected potential investees.

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