Top 20 Biotech Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates (October 2026)

Alpha Wave is an investment company that has three main verticals; private equity, private credit, and public markets. The objective of the private equity partnerships is to invest in best-in-class venture and growth stage companies and endeavors to be helpful, long-term partners to these exceptional founders and management teams; credit, whichincludes direct private lending to businesses looking for funding solutions; and public markets in an uncorrelated strategy.Alpha Wave has offices in New York, Miami, London, Monaco, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, and Sydney.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 123
Round size: Series A $4.7M–$70M; Series B $15M–$135M; Series C $30M–$150M
Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $10B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

FanClash — Fanclash is Asia's first real money esports fantasy platform and world's first fantasy product on Pubg and Free fire esports. We host free to play and real money games on popular esport titles across the globe.
Dailyhunt — Dailyhunt offers personalized news in 14 Indian languages. Stay updated with the latest in news, cricket, football, viral content, entertainment, technology, travel, politics, business, lifestyle, and more. Available on Android, iOS, and the web.
DealShare — Buy with friends and save

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Annex Investments is a Multifaceted Hybrid Venture Single-Family Office, (Located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), strategically blending the patient capital and long-term vision of a traditional SFO with the dynamic, high-growth strategies of a venture firm. We actively build businesses, forge strategic partnerships, and shape the future ofthe MENA business landscape. Our integrated approach is built upon four core pillars: Venture Capital, Joint Ventures/Strategic Partnerships, a proprietary Venture Studio and comprehensive Market Entry & Advisory services

Investment focus

Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 16
Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

eMushrif — You no longer have to compromise on your child's safety on school transportation.
Cobi — Cobi provides AI-based business intelligence tools for fintech companies. Its platform analyzes transaction and customer behavior data to segment users based on spending and shopping patterns. The company helps businesses use these insights to improve customer targeting, product planning, and engagement through merchant platforms.
Keyper — Keyper simplifies real estate management for property owners, tenants, and partners. Manage portfolios, get market insights, apply for rent with flexible payment options, and explore partnership opportunities to earn passive income. Join Keyper today!

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We back global-minded, growth-stage and technology-focused founders in emerging markets and the world.

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 135
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Series A $3M–$27M; Series B $8M–$50M
Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

Paymob — Paymob runs millions of transactions for different business sizes across the Middle East and Africa. Start using Paymob’s solutions and API’s to accept and send payments for your online business now.
PoliCloud — PoliCloud is a cost-effective, sustainable, and independent cloud solution designed for people that desire complete control over their data.
Enhance Fitness — Enhance Fitness is a fitness and wellness company that provides personal training services through a mobile and web-based platform. The company connects users with certified trainers for one-on-one fitness sessions conducted at home, gyms, outdoor locations, or partner facilities. Its platform supports booking management, trainer matching, workouttracking, nutrition guidance, and progress monitoring. Enhance Fitness operates primarily in the Gulf region, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar, and also develops software tools for fitness businesses through its Enhance Tech platform..

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Oryx Fund is a MENA-focused Investment fund from Hambro Perks. Investing in game-changing early-stage technology companies at late Seed and Series A, led by outstanding entrepreneurs in sectors we have deep expertise such as Fintech, Healthtech, Enterprise tech, Logistics tech, and Edtech.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman

Investor stats

Total investments: 31
Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $1000k–$2.2M; Series A $5M–$13M
Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

Armoir — Armoir is a luxury luggage brand that designs quality suitcases inspired by travel trunks.
Coraly — Coraly connects marketplace benchmarking with practical real-estate AI for property portals, MLSs and real-estate organizations.
Qanooni — The legal AI operating system for law firms. Qanooni connects your matters, precedents and 5,000+ cited legal authorities, inside Word and Outlook.

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A radical investment platform reshaping the relationship between founders and capital.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Investor stats

Total investments: 62
Round size: Seed $1.3M–$13M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$5.5M; Series B $5M–$39M
Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
Bundle — Tap into our shared reward pools to increase user growth and engagement with meaningful rewards.
Keep Converting — Keep Converting is a technology company that develops AI-driven tools for e-commerce personalization and conversion optimization. The platform analyzes visitor behavior and shopping patterns to help online stores deliver tailored product recommendations, customized user experiences, and automated engagement strategies. Its services are designed tosupport digital retailers in improving customer interaction, increasing sales efficiency, and enhancing overall website performance across online commerce channels.

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Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 1121
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $575k–$5M; Series A $5M–$30M
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

Benford — Benford is a modern, licensed audit firm that provides technology-driven statutory audit services using its custom software, AuditOS.
Primo — A birdseye view of your IT.
sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.

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

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Investor stats

Total investments: 1805
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.8M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $10M–$65M
Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
Causa Prima — Causa Prima develops software to help finance teams handle both sides of every transaction on one network. The company's AI agents handle invoicing, disputes, and discounts on behalf of clients. It provides a network for the financial operations of businesses.
Goodweek — The AI management platform that gives partners and businesses one secure place for every AI model.

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Ibtikar (Innovation, in Arabic) is a disruptive fund that will invest in innovative Palestinian companies. Ibtikar’s investments begin at the seed level through local accelerators, continue in post-acceleration phases and can also include series A investments in its portfolio companies. Through this investment strategy we aim to close a criticalfunding gap between acceleration and VC and other later-stage investors. Our goal is to maximize return for our investors by helping high-potential Palestinian companies answer regional and global needs. We will do this through direct support from our management team and select group of advisors, and will leverage the strong network of our investors and partners for the benefit of each of our portfolio companies.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Palestinian Territory, United States, Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 38
Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $60k–$750k
Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Nabeeh — Nabeeh is an online platform that allows users to book housekeeping, cleaning services, maintenance, repairs, and renovation services.
DataQueue — Discover essential strategies for AI readiness with DataQueue. Learn how to prepare your business, choose the right AI tools, and develop a strategic AI plan for future success
Churn Solution — Churnsolution is a subscription retention and revenue recovery platform for B2C subscription businesses. It reduces cancellations with save flows, recovers failed payments with smart retries and dunning over email and SMS, and wins back lapsed subscribers with campaigns keyed to cancellation reason. Native integrations include Stripe, Braintree,WooCommerce, Paid Memberships Pro and RecurPay, plus webhooks for custom billing stacks. Built for growing subscription teams that want fast time to value without enterprise budgets or a long implementation.

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Almoayed Ventures is the venture arm of Almoayed General W.L.L. The company focuses on partnering with investment professionals with a track record of supporting and scaling innovative businesses. The company also makes direct investments in passionate entrepreneurs and supports them throughout their journey.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Information Technology, Payments
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, India, Bahrain

Investor stats

Total investments: 28
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$13M; Series A $8M–$15M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

BARQ — BARQ enables bullet delivery for any business. From e-commerce to food, e-groceries and various sectors, BARQ utilizes its state-of-the-art delivery technologies to deliver orders as fast as 15 minutes up to same day delivery service.BARQ converts retail outlets to micro-fulfilment centers/dispatching hubs making delivery faster &easier. Once a customer places an order through the business platform, order gets fulfilled by the closest retail outlet and delivered to the customer once ready for pick up (bullet delivery).BARQ also serves warehouses and fulfillment centers with several delivery options, 4hrs up to same day or next day, depending on the business’ need. While restaurants and food aggregators enjoy 30-45 minute delivery service & paying a delivery fee ONLY.
Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
Unipal — Unipal provides university students access to tailored discounts and promotions through a digital identification.

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Private capital across asset-backed lending, venture investment, and private equity development.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Spain, Kenya

Investor stats

Total investments: 11
Round size: Seed $4M–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$25M
Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow

Portfolio highlights

Klaim — Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments.
Savana — Electronic Health Records reuse, with Clinical Natural Language Processing.
Alma Health — Alma Health is a digitally-native chronic illness management platform serving an addressable market of 20m patients in GCC. Through its cloud pharmacy and virtual doctor consultations, Alma Health is translating patient behavior and insights into personalized services and products like digital treatments and at home monitoring systems. Alma Healthis based in Hub71-Abu Dhabi.

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Joa Capital: Pioneers in financing technology and innovation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, PropTech, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Round size: Seed $1.6M–$15M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.4M; Series A $6M–$35M
Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
Aya — Aya is a modest fashion e-commerce platform that strives to unite the fragmented modest fashion industry into a single discovery platform.
InvestSky — InvestSky offers zero commission investing in your favorite stocks. Invest smarter, together. Trading mobile app is coming soon, join the waitlist!

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Business Angels Syndicate

Investment focus

Industry: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

BIOVOLF — We create agriculture's future technologies

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Emirates Angels investors association is a non-profit founded in 2020.

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Life Science
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

Takalam — Connect with licensed mental health professionals and counselors through Takalam. Get personalized support, therapy sessions, and mental wellness resources.

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Nowais Capital is the holding group for the next generation of Nowais investment leaders. The company's objective is to continue building on the legacy of the funding fathers of the family and the successful businesses that they have created. Nowais Capital focuses on international investments in Real Estate, Capital Markets, and PrivateEquity.

Investment focus

Industry: Banking, Delivery, Internet
Stage:Private Equity, Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Round size: Private Equity $120M–$120M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Takalam — Connect with licensed mental health professionals and counselors through Takalam. Get personalized support, therapy sessions, and mental wellness resources.
Dtek.AI — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
MNT-Halan — MNT-Halan is a microfinance lending and payments company.

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e& capital invest in the ideas and people that are making a better, alternate future for all.

Investment focus

Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Video
Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 14
Round size: Series A $5M–$25M; Series B $10M–$60M; Venture - Series Unknown $11M–$31M
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Revibe — Buy refurbished & used electronics (Smartphones, Laptops) in UAE at Revibe. Free delivery & 12 months warranty. Certified tech by our experts. Order Now!
Clockwork Systems — 100% Software based solution to speed AI Jobs, eliminate Link/NIC failures and boost GPU utilization. Clockwork.io is built on breakthrough technology developed at Stanford University.
Traydstream — Traydstream is a pioneer in Trade Finance Technology. They build software that revolutionises the inefficient and protracted methods of Trade Finance processing, facilitating smarter and safer transactions world-wide, joining the financial dots with 21st century methods. Traydstream is a cloud-based platform whose modular technology digitisesand stores Trade Finance documentation, extracting the data intelligently and, based on machine-learnt experience, validating the transaction documentation against a vast, evolvable library of Trade Rules and Compliance checks. The platform redefines and streamlines Trade Finance processing.

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Oraseya Capital is a venture capital firm that is the venture arm of the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 81
Round size: Seed $155k–$15M; Series A $1.5M–$12M
Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $136M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
vfrog — Egocentric data collected by professional workers on real jobs. Six cameras, hand tracking, signed consent on every hour.
MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.

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Venture Capital Firm

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Health Care, Life Science
Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

InvestSky — InvestSky offers zero commission investing in your favorite stocks. Invest smarter, together. Trading mobile app is coming soon, join the waitlist!
Alma Health — Alma Health is a digitally-native chronic illness management platform serving an addressable market of 20m patients in GCC. Through its cloud pharmacy and virtual doctor consultations, Alma Health is translating patient behavior and insights into personalized services and products like digital treatments and at home monitoring systems. Alma Healthis based in Hub71-Abu Dhabi.

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Pinnacle Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, Consulting, Health Care
Stage:Series A, Series B
Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Series A $10M–$10M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Zeal — Zeal transforms your current card machines, enabling them to unlock powerful insights and deliver seamless loyalty. Zeal integrates with all card machines and is trusted by industry leaders.
Alma Health — Alma Health is a digitally-native chronic illness management platform serving an addressable market of 20m patients in GCC. Through its cloud pharmacy and virtual doctor consultations, Alma Health is translating patient behavior and insights into personalized services and products like digital treatments and at home monitoring systems. Alma Healthis based in Hub71-Abu Dhabi.

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Nowaisi Investments

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Life Science
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Takalam — Connect with licensed mental health professionals and counselors through Takalam. Get personalized support, therapy sessions, and mental wellness resources.

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