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Top 50 Community Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Community startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Community companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Community Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in May 2025

Investor	Community United Arab Emirates investments
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)	7
Eureeca	2
Dtec Ventures	2
Algebra Ventures	2
Oqal	2
Wamda Capital	2
Globivest	2
Tenmou	2
Nour Nouf Ventures	1
DeepMinds	1
Carl Kidd	1
iMENA Group	1
Plus Venture Capital	1
Cairo Angels	1
Kinnevik	1
Ion Pacific	1
BECO Capital	1
Falak Startups	1
M Venture Partners (MVP)	1
Ivanka Trump	1
Forward Angel	1
DAAL	1
E20 Investment	1
Pinnacle Financial Partners	1
Empede Capital	1
Derayah Financial	1
Shorooq Partners	1
Peak XV Partners	1
Manu Gupta	1
Oskar Hartmann	1
Klaus Hommels	1
Al Zayani Venture Capital	1
EQ2 Ventures	1
Sahra Growth Capital	1
KISP Ventures	1
Modus Capital	1
HV Capital	1
Sarper Tanli	1
Abu Dhabi Media Company	1
Integrated Networks	1
North Base Media	1
Financial Horizon Group	1
Endeavor Catalyst	1
Nabtah Ventures	1
Paul Sherry	1
MVI (MENA Venture Investments)	1
COTU Ventures	1
Priya Oberoi	1
Max Burger	1
Sarya Holdings	1

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MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative tech companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries. With a team of 20 VC professionals across offices in Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, MEVP manages 5 regional funds with more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management. MEVP is the largest and most established VC firm in the region, with clear cross border investment appetite.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ziina — Pay and get paid fast. Ziina is the easiest way to send and receive money in the UAE. Accept cashless payments anywhere with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.
invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.

Eureeca matches companies ranging from growth businesses to Pre-IPO ventures with institutional and individual investors that add value to the companies’ strategic expansion plans. Our vision is to democratise financial opportunities across multiple regions. We are currently regulated and operate in the UK, the Middle East, and South East Asia,with plans for further expansion and integration globally. Eureeca is the only multi-regulated platform globally. Eureeca UK is regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. Eureeca SEA is regulated by the Securities Commission in Malaysia. We continue to build on this and obtain authorization in multiple regions.

Investment focus

SaaS, Consulting, Travel
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Turpal — Turpal is a B2B platform offering an end-to-end solution enabling travel companies to boost their growth by offering experiences (tours, activities & attractions) to their customers in a seamless and scalable way. Turpal achieves this by offering:- A solution to sell experiences directly online to end-users ("web builder") or B2Bpartners (resellers) - A webapp and native app to help travellers have the best experience while in-destination ("post-departure app") - Access to a marketplace with more than 300,000 experiences around the world to be offered to travellers - A control panel to help travel companies manage all their day-to-day operations (inventory manager, product manager) - Marketing services to boost visibility and engagementTurpal's solutions rely heavily on high tech, such as AI and adaptive solutions, to deliver the best experience to B2B customers and their travellers.
eBen — eben provides solutions to assist employers in finding ways to serve employees by providing a benefit of appreciation and a reward for hard work and commitment at work. They offer comprehensive, secure managed software solutions that assist businesses in meeting the needs of their employees through an all-inclusive platform of employee-centricengagement utilities.
Bhatia Labs — Bhatia Labs provides productized services, platforms and infrastructure at affordable costs to individuals, startups and businesses all over the world.

Dtec Ventures is the venture capital unit of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority and an integral part of the Dtec ecosystem. We invest in early-stage technology businesses in the MENA region with a nucleus in Dubai, that are disrupting or enabling traditional industries.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Oman

Portfolio highlights

Letswork — Work, meet and connect from the best coworking spaces, cafes and hotels across the UAE and Bahrain. Buy a membership, book meeting rooms or rent an office via the Letswork app.
AlgoDriven — Appraise, inspect & evaluate vehicles using cutting-edge automotive solutions to make your automotive business more profitable. Contact us!
Ghost Financial — Ghost Financial is a comprehensive financing and business services platform to support ghost kitchen and restaurant ventures by offering financial products such as insurance, payroll, credit cards and expansion loans for startup & growing kitchens.

Algebra Ventures invests in technology startups that leverage innovation to transform large markets. They seek high-growth companies, led by passionate and capable teams, that have a unique value proposition, and that can generate significant economic returns.Algebra Ventures looks for entrepreneurial teams that possess vision and insight as wellas the execution skills needed to build scalable companies. Algebra Ventures focuses on Series A and Series B rounds in Egypt although they do not exclude investments in earlier-stage startups or in other parts of the MENA region. They prefer to meet startups early on and get to know the team as the opportunity is shaping up.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Marketplace
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

enza — Our focus on providing the richest possible API environment means that enza clients can concentrate on solving business challenges and not waste valuable time and effort on technical integrations.
Cartona — Cartona is a B2b marketplace directly connects retailers with suppliers
EFreshli — Furnishing & decorating is exciting with our expert designers, curated shopping experience, and professional setup. Transform your space with our easy 3-step process.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

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DESAISIV — DESAISIV, a MENA based InsurTech startup specialising in health insurance which is transforming health insurance for insurers and clients through exploiting their advanced AI solutions which were developed in collaboration with top machine learning scientists from the University of Oxford. DESAISIV’s philosophy is simply to put AI at the centre ofall decision making. This AI-driven approach guarantees that clients of Groups and SMEs will get optimized insurance policies tailored to their needs, also it will make sure that insurance companies will optimise their processes using the latest AI technologies. Benefitting from access to a vast database of hundreds of millions of patient records, DESAISIV has achieved an impressive average prediction accuracy of over 95%. Demonstrating their commitment to excellence, they have set an ambitious target to exceed 99% accuracy by the end of this year. Through their AI-driven products, DESAISIV streamlines various aspects of health insurance, including automating underwriting procedures, tailoring policy's benefits and coverage, improving quality of service by predicting developing diseases, identifying high-risk behaviours, and reducing customer attrition.
TruBuild — AI pre-construction tool to review tenders, compare bids, and manage contracts, faster decisions, fewer errors, less admin.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
BloomPath — Bloompath gives engineering team leads clear visibility into project progress, team contributions, and what's gaining traction, without digging through tools. Stay aligned, spot blockers early, and keep your team moving forward.
Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

Globivest is a private investment firm with a diversified portfolio of assets. Our primary focus is on innovative and scalable early stage start-ups. We seek to establish long-term relationships with visionary entrepreneurs while adding clear value in strategy and execution.

Investment focus

FinTech, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Iyris — Iyris Advanced Desert Greenhouses is the Middle East's premier agriculture glazing specialist, providing tailored solutions for increased desert crop output. iyris collaborates closely with the glass industry's greatest companies to provide ultra-clear glazing with the most advanced anti-reflective and light diffusive coatings.
Kwara — Kwara turns analog credit unions into modern digital banks.
Vibrant Planet — Data-driven science and cloud-based technology to help make communities and ecosystems more resilient in the face of climate change.

Tenmou is Bahrain´s first Business Angels Company, which provides both mentor-ship and capital to high-potential, innovative Bahraini entrepreneurs from the seed stage. Through the support and mentor-ship provided by our Angel shareholders, all of whom are established businessmen and successful entrepreneurs in their own right, we look to givethese new entrepreneurs the greatest chance of success.

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, United States

Portfolio highlights

Faceki — Offering cutting-edge solutions including KYC, KYB, KYT, AML, and Biometric Authentication.
Tajweed — Tajweed is the first Arabic-language portal that teaches young people to recite the Holy Quran and revive their Arabic language skills.
Travilege — Travilege provides a comprehensive B2B2C ERP SaaS platform to travel agents and operators. Its technology digitizes day-to-day operations, automates reservation processes, and promotes cooperation via an e-Hub.

We inspire to build societies where knowledge empowers every individual to realize their full potential to contribute to the greater good and to be responsible for future generations. Investment in startup business, Community Services, Shared Offices.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

YNMO — YNMO is the first Arabic/English digital solution that aims to improve the quality of care and educational services for individuals with special needs by allowing service providers such as schools, centers & clinics to design and monitor individualized treatment plans.
Safanad — Safanad is a global holding company focusing on key investment platforms in Education, Healthcare, Digital Infrastructure, and Real Estate sectors, delivering strong risk-adjusted returns through partnership and operational excellence.
Affinity — Join over 60,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage your personal banking needs and qualify for an Affinity Instant Loan

About DeepMinds is a cutting-edge technology company that delves into the realm of advanced AI and machine learning solutions. With a focus on pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the digital landscape, DeepMinds is dedicated to crafting intelligent systems that can learn, adapt, and evolve, mirroring the intricacies of human thought processes. Rooted in innovation, the company is committed to exploring the depths of artificial intelligence to transform industries, revolutionize problem-solving, and pioneer a future where technology and human potential intertwine in unprecedented ways. At DeepMinds, the quest for profound insights and breakthroughs drives every endeavor, paving the way for a smarter, more connected world.

Investment focus

Social, Wellness, Veterinary
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Noog — About Noog is Building the AI-Powered Platform for Revolutionary Camel Care.
Lomina.ai — Lomina.ai solves the problem of creating and selling personalized merchandise for micro-influencers.
NCircle — About NCircle is Building the AI-Powered Platform

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Investment focus

Social, Software, Mental Health
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

EaseUp — EaseUp makes building social confidence easy and fun. Our app turns exposure therapy into a gamified experience, rooted in science - accessible to all.

iMENA is a holding company focused on capturing the hyper-growth phase of the consumer Internet opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The company invests in, builds, and partners with great founders and organizations across sectors and businesses with globally proven technology and business models. iMENA supports them withstrategic and operational services that address the challenges of building, growing, and creating value out of online businesses in the MENA region.

Investment focus

Recreation, Restaurants, Reservations
Series A
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

OpenSooq — OpenSooq is an online classified platform that allows users to freely trade property, cars, products, and services in the Middle East & North Africa region. Sellers can offer products and services to millions of users online without intermediaries. Buyers can browse a wide variety of goods and services, including automotive, Real Estate,Electronics, and much more.
ReserveOut — Reserveout, choose a city to find out the best restaurants & promotions near you ..RESERVE A TABLE NOW!

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
BloomPath — Bloompath gives engineering team leads clear visibility into project progress, team contributions, and what's gaining traction, without digging through tools. Stay aligned, spot blockers early, and keep your team moving forward.
Metric — Metric is a digital accounting app.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Marketplace
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Lebanon

Portfolio highlights

Nawah Scientific — Nawah is MENA & Africa's first Cloud Lab providing Analytical and R&D services to the region's life science, food, agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors.
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The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids

Kinnevik is an industry-focused investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. Its purpose is to build digital consumer businesses that provide more and better choices. The company does this by working in partnership with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast-growing businesses in developed and emergingmarkets.Kinnevik believes in delivering both shareholder and social value by building well-governed companies that contribute positively to society. Kinnevik was founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor, and von Horn families. Kinnevik's shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's list for large-cap companies under the ticker codes KINV A and KINV B.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Internet
Series B, Series C, Funding Round
United States, Germany, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Mews — Cloud-native, Mews PMS is an innovative hospitality management system that enables automation to boost revenue and empowers remarkable guest experiences.
Enveda Biosciences — Enveda Biosciences is a biotechnology company building new medicines from plants. It harnesses the complexity of the natural world to tackle today’s biggest healthcare challenges. With the help of the advancements in knowledge graphs, machine learning, and metabolomics, they discover the next generation of small molecules. Its technologiessystematize the discovery of small molecules and novel targets for complex diseases. By probing novel chemical space and mechanisms of action, they are breaking the status quo for challenging diseases with a need for effective treatments, such as fibrosis or neurodegeneration.Enveda, launched in 2019, is based in San Francisco, California.
Breathe Battery Technologies — Breathe Battery Technologies is a research-led technology company developing advanced battery management algorithms

Ion Pacific invests creative capital in the technology sector to galvanize opportunities, connect markets and tackle the challenges of building a great business. As the technology sector has grown and matured, venture capital LPs, GPs, corporate venture capital funds and technology companies face new challenges that require creative capitalsolutions. Ion Pacific has a blindpool venture capital structured secondaries fund. Ion Pacific was founded in 2015 and has offices in Hong Kong, New York City and Europe

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
Funding Round, Secondary Market, Series C
United States, Singapore, Israel

Portfolio highlights

UJET — Transform your customer service with UJET's AI-powered cloud contact center platform. Deliver intuitive, personalized experiences that boost satisfaction and reduce costs. See why leading brands choose UJET.
Carbon Health — Carbon Health Provides Smart, hassle-free Primary & Urgent Care. Book same day Adult & Pediatric appointments instantly.
Chocolate Finance — Making life richer

Founded in 2012, BECO Capital pioneers early-stage venture capital firms, focusing on MENA and beyond. It proudly partners with regional success stories like Careem, Kitopi, SWVL, PropertyFinder, MaxAB, Tribal, and others, shaping the tech landscape

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
Mala Inc. — This is meta description
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.

Falak Startups is a start-up accelerator designed to support and empower the next generation of Egyptian entrepreneurs and contribute to the development of the start-up ecosystem in Egypt.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada

Portfolio highlights

InCurA — Why InCurA ProductsWe Innovate Medical Devices for Today, Tomorrow and What's Needed NextInCurA is developing a pipeline of products based on its unique
Tafatifi — Tafatifi is an online music platform that provides information regarding music events in Egypt. It is also a music based social media.
Fincart — Fincart helps e-commerce SMBs access working capital through streamlining their last-mile operations through multi-courier shipping platform.

We support entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, and selectively India.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Stimuler — Your personal AI speech coach
Visa2Fly — Online visa application- Apply for a tourist visa online to top destinations like Dubai, UK, USA, Dubai, etc. hassle-free with Visa2fly. know more about Apply Visa Online- Visa2fly
Pallav Technologies — Pallav leverages AI to analyze customer applications, enhancing approval rates and improving loan repayments. Our cutting-edge machine learning models and deep technology integration provide real-time creditworthiness insights to banks.

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Investment focus

Education, Farming, CleanTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Twigtale — Twigtale is the first company to provide parents with personalized, high-quality, accessible expert advice for every major transition a child undergoes, such as welcoming a new baby, moving, even experiencing death or cancer. The personalized stories are scripted by child development experts, then personalized by parents. The books are engaging forkids and a powerful playbooks for parents. Customers are parents, groups, partners & sponsors.
HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
University of The Community/ Indigenous Cultural Arts Museum — UNIVERSITY FOR SELF LEARNING

Forward Angel Investors are value-added investors who operate active co-investment funds to fund and expand early-stage enterprises in collaboration with experienced angel investor syndicates.

Investment focus

Fashion, Lifestyle, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Get Outfit — Get Outfit is a truly personalized fashion discovery app with an AI-powered stylist

The aim of Daal is to create excellent opportunities for investment by providing mentorship and business development insights to companies within the IT space.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
Tunisia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Pulppo — Pulppo is the first Tech Enabled broker for Latin America. We partner with the best brokers in the region and empower them with tools, technology and resources to create a simple and transparent buying process. Pulppo was founded by Agustin Iglesias, former GM of Inmuebles24 and founder of Tokko Broker (Acquired by Navent) and Matias Gath, formerGM of Glovo in Argentina and founder of Kadabra (acquired by Glovo).
Kamioun — Kamioun is a mobile platform that connects FMCG manufacturers to local retail shops by fast free delivery of inventory.
Paper.id — Atur tempo pembayaran bisnis serta kirim & terima pembayaran dengan kartu kredit, invoice juga langsung sah dengan e-Meterai. Coba Sekarang!

E20 Investment is an Investment firm.

Investment focus

Video, Training, Parenting
Seed, Series D
India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Omooma — Learn more information about pregnancy, miscarriage, breastfeeding, babycare and more from Omooma blog
Freshtohome — Freshtohome is an online grocery store that sells a range of seafood and meat to its users.The website’s range of products include fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and fillet. Fish consists of shell, freshwater, and marine. Furthermore, it enables suppliers to supply their seafood and meat to the website.Freshtohome was launched in 2015 by ShanKadavil and is based in Bangalore.

Pinnacle Financial Partners is a bank headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee operating in middle and East Tennessee.

Investment focus

Music, Apps, Cloud Security
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Apiture — Apiture's consumer and business banking solutions meet a wide range of needs, from leveling the playing field with large institutions, to supporting growth.
Miamin Corp — We help you carve out the right plan to enhance your digital preparedness and measurable success
Amplified Music Rights — AMR Songs is a music library rights acquisition service.

Empede Capital is a Venture Capital investor with a clear focus on innovation & industry disruption

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, United Arab Emirates, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Rippling — Rippling eliminates the friction from running a business, combining HR, IT, and Finance apps on a unified data platform.
Roofstock — Roofstock is an online marketplace for investing in leased single-family rental homes in a transparent and low-friction way. The company provides its clients with research, analytics, and insights to evaluate and purchase independently certified properties at set prices. It enables its investors to treat their real estate investments more likestock portfolios, focusing on asset allocation, rather than researching, and buying vacant homes that need to be repaired and leased.Founded in 2015, Roofstock gets its funding from Bain Capital, Ron Conway, Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, and other investment companies. It is headquartered in Oakland, California.
Spring Health — Eliminating barriers to mental healthcare. Clinically-proven technology with world-class providers to deliver precisely what your employees need.

Derayah Financial is a financial services firm that has built and operates the first mutual fund supermarket in Saudi Arabia.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Eat App — Powerful restaurant reservation and guest management system. Flexible enough to use at both small and large restaurants. Sign up today. It's free!
Sary — Sary is a B2B marketplace that connects small businesses with suppliers seamlessly. The company's mission is to empower organizations with smarter ways to operate and grow efficiently. Sary was founded in early 2018 by Careem ex-General Manager, Mohammed Aldossary, and his partner Khaled AlSiari, to fix the broken supply chain in thewholesale industry. Today, Sary operates in 12 major cities, where customers can order wholesale items ranging from a box to a truckload in a few clicks to be delivered as fast as 24 hours. Sary served 40,000+ customers, worked with 1700+ brands and wholesalers.
Speero — Speero is an automotive spare part market place.

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

NymCard — <p><span style="color:#ce9178;">NymCard is providing, in the MENA region and around the globe, dynamic and secure building blocks for building fast and easy card programs.</span></p>
CQR — CQR is dedicated to offering unrivaled protection by combining proactive techniques, cutting-edge technology, and guidance.
The Box Self Storage Services LLC — The Box Self Storage Services offer complete protection for your goods both for domestic and commercial purposes. As an added advantage, They offer you the flexibility of accessing the stored items at any time through Their 24-hour access control log. Moreover, They provide insurance for your goods should there be any unexpected damage duringcalamities.They provide the best moving and relocation services in Dubai and UAE. They design a customized relocation plan for you based on your requirements and budget. One of Their relocation experts will always be around keeping an eye on the loading and unloading process and making sure that your items stay safe and undamaged.

We help the daring build legendary companies.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

PagarBook — PagarBook is a staff's salary, work, and attendance management app for small and medium enterprises.The easy-to-use mobile and desktop application manage the attendance, salary, advance payment, bonuses, overtime, and work done per piece or work basis staff, enabling SMEs to handle all their employee-related tasks in a single app thatsynchronizes across multiple devices in real-time.It was established in Bangalore City, Karnataka in 2019 by Arya Gautam, Adarsh Kumar, and Rupesh Mishra.
Relevance AI — Developer-first vector platform for rapid experimentation. Build great vector-based applications with flexible developer tools for storing, querying and experimenting with vectors.
SquareX — SquareX keeps you safe, anonymous, and private online! Unlike existing products that block access to files and websites, SquareX allows you to open even suspicious or malicious resources fearlessly!

Manu is the founder of Blue Lion Global VC, and was previously a founding member and Partner of Lakestar VC (>$1.4bn). He splits time between San Francisco and London.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
Vetic — Vetic is a network of cutting-edge clinics with an emphasis on providing comprehensive pet health care.
Sunhero — Sunhero delivers custom-built solar panel solutions. Sunhero offers consumers a hassle-free method of installing customised photovoltaic solar systems on their homes, be that either purchasing outright or renting for a 20 year period.

Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Russian Federation, India

Portfolio highlights

Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.

Klaus Hommels is Founder of Lakestar. Lakestar invests in European as well as U.S. companies that show fast international growth. Klaus has been involved in the early days of investments such as Skype, Xing, King, Facebook, Spotify and Airbnb. More recent investments include online men's grooming business Harry's, GoEuro, Opendoor andFiveAI. Klaus started his career at Bertelsmann, before joining AOL Germany in 1995 as a Board Member. He was also a venture partner of Benchmark Capital Europe. He earned his MBA and PhD in finance from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He was ranked as one of the top Europe-based venture capital investors in the global Midas List 2013, 2014 and 2015 and just became third best European investor in the first European list of the same ranking. Lakestar is the leading European VC with a true global presence with offices in Zurich, Berlin and London as well as satellites in New York and Hong Kong. Klaus has a strong voice in the European Tech Ecosystems which he supports passionately with various initiatives, eg. the 'Internet Foundation'.Klaus started his career at Bertelsmann, before joining AOL Germany in 1995 as a Board Member. He was also a venture partner of Benchmark Capital Europe. He earned his MBA and PhD in finance from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He was ranked as one of the top Europe-based venture capital investors in the global Midas List 2013, 2014 and 2015 and just became third best European investor in the first European list of the same ranking. Lakestar is the leading European VC with a true global presence with offices in Zurich, Berlin and London as well as satellites in New York and Hong Kong. Klaus has a strong voice in the European Tech Ecosystems which he supports passionately with various initiatives, eg. the 'Internet Foundation'.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, News
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Enfore — EnFour is a business platform paired with a collection of versatile, easy to use apps that run on smartphones, tablets and personal computers. It was founded in 2009 by Marco Boerries. Enfour's solution creates a level playing field by giving small businesses instant access to the tools, capabilities insights normally only available to largercompanies. Their goal is to provide the majority of small businesses around the world with similar efficiencies and scale effects to those that large enterprises possess. They founded enfore to re-imagine how these businesses utilize technology and to enable them to stay competitive in a connected world. By combining innovative hardware, powerful and easy to use software as well as comprehensive services, enfore delivers an amazing solution to connect all business aspects.
Citra Style — Citra Style designs and produces fashion for Muslim Women that follows contemporary runway and mainstream trends. Products are available both online and offline across the globe, with strong footprint in USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and Germany. The quality of merchandise is considered best in the segment.Citra Style’s fashion experts combinefashion items to looks which are made available online in a distinguished “Shop-By-Look” feature to inspire online shoppers.The team consists of Western born/raised Muslims with extensive fashion and ecommerce experience. Citra Style has a solid investor base that will help grow the company into a Multi 100 million USD business.
Factory Berlin — Factory Berlin is the strongest innovation network in Europe: a curated community of 3500+ creators from the world of startups, tech, and corporates.

Al Zayani Venture Capital focused on investing in start-ups and disruptive technology.

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, Logistics
Seed, Pre-Seed
Pakistan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
Trukkr — Trukkr is Pakistan's First and Largest Online Logistics Platform. They make the process of booking commercial cargo fast by linking a shipper with transporters over a secure, intuitive and powerful platform. We ensure that shippers have complete transparency in price discovery, visibility, flexibility, and choice while at the same time givetransporters easy access to more jobs, whenever they want them. Founded in 2019, Trukkr is committed to reinventing the old school trucking industry in Pakistan by making it easier for millions of truckers to book a load and move at capacity, while ensuring shippers have access to the right truck, at the right time.

EQ2 Ventures is an investment firm that invests in Seed to Series B-stage startup companies. It was incorporated as a spin-off of Equitrust, a corporate VC arm launched in 2015 by Choueiri Group to capture opportunities linked to the digital transformation of the Middle East. Relying on a strong network of strategic investors and mentors, EQ2Ventures helps talented entrepreneurs solve major consumers and business problems, build sustainable companies. and create long-term value.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
Sukhiba — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
Uncover — Experience nourishing and rejuvenating Uncover Skincare products in Kenya. Made just for you, using the finest ingredients to offer innovative & effective solutions.

We are Sahra Growth Capital, a middle east based venture fund investing in frontier technology companies with a specialization in SaaS technologies. We bet on the next generation of unicorns, companies that are engorging on the technology space. We aim for unique founders, with distinct backgrounds, who are disrupting the traditional sectors.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Arab Emirates, India

Portfolio highlights

Airalo — Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store for travellers to access over 190+ eSIMs at the most affordable, local rates from around the world, all via eSIM compatible smartphone, tablet or PC. Airalo offers you both connectivity and freedom - you’ll never have to carry multiple SIM cards or change your number again, no matter where you are in theworld.
Channels Inc. — Channels Inc. - Learn how you can leverage the Channels SaaS platform and apps to listen and understand your employees better while simplifying collaboration.
FocWell — FocWell is a psychology-based digital wellness platform powered by data, technology, and coaches that helps many people meet their wellness goals from mental health management to stress reduction

KISP Ventures is a shariah compliant venture capital firm that invest in early stage technology companies in the MENA region. It is sponsored by KFH Capital, the investment arm of Kuwait Finance House (KFH). Its goal is to provide entrepreneurs with growth capital and the right strategic support to build innovative companies with acceleratedgrowth. The company’s shariah compliant ethics means it is committed to building an ecosystem in the region by encouraging ‘Founder-Friendly’ financing terms that give the portfolio companies a level playing field.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Seed, Series B
Kuwait, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Melltoo — Best quality & prices for new and used mobiles, computers & laptops, electronics, furniture, clothing, toys, autos. FREE DELIVERY UAE. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
COFE App — Coffee Ordering Fast & Efficient. Your very own online coffee marketplace!Home of your favourite coffee brands. Discover COFE App caters to all your coffee needs & essentials. It is designed to brew your coffee with top of the notch technological advancements. 1 2 3 1 COFE Nearby Select our Pick Up & Go, Get COFE ... Read more
CODED — CODED is the Middle East's First Coding Bootcamp. Learn everything you need to become a professional programmer.

Modus is a holistic Venture Platform in MENA that provides entrepreneurs with more than just the financial capital needed to succeed

Investment focus

Software, Apps, FinTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ogram — Ogram provides temporary and part-time staffing solutions for business that are looking to grow and improve their workflow. Hire Waiters, Runners, Kitchen Staff, Retail Staff, Warehouse Staff, E-Pickers and more.
Koble — Our technology automatically identifies early-stage investment opportunities that outperform the market, capturing sustainable alpha for investors.
Oscar — The MENA's first automated Sustainable Procurement Platform to assess supply chain sustainability and mitigate Scope 3 risk.

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Upvest — Upvest empowers financial institutions to offer investment products in their app with a modular, scalable, and accessible API. Upvest brings together everything that’s required to offer a broad range of investment products on the website and app. They are connected to the world’s leading asset providers and exchanges to provide the bestinvestments, at the best prices and execution speed.
Green Fusion — Green Fusion is developing a cloud-based energy manager for the intelligent control of heat, electricity, and e-mobility. The focus here is on hybrid heating systems in buildings such as heat pumps + gas boilers and the coupling to photovoltaic systems and electric vehicle charging stations.
NEURA Robotics — NEURA Robotics is revolutionizing the world of robotics by using cognitive capabilities to bring robots and humans closer together.

Sarper brings over 28 years of experience in medical and healthcare management, planning, and development, and operations. He holds a Medical Doctor and a Masters in Healthcare Administration degree from Istanbul University as well as a Ph.D. degree in Healthcare Management from Marmara University. He worked in International divisions of HoustonMethodist Hospital Global and Harvard Medical International in the region during the last 15 years. Dr. Sarper started the first home health and disease management company in Turkey in early 2002. He has held key positions in the development of Dubai Healthcare City.

Investment focus

Women's, mHealth, Health Care
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Nabta Health — Nabta’s unique model of hybrid healthcare seamlessly combines digital health with traditional healthcare to improve health outcomes in women living with NCDs.The growing epidemic of NCDs threatens the ambition of countries around the world to achieve sustainable, universal access to health and universal health coverage for their populations.Moreover, NCDs leave populations more susceptible to communicable diseases such as coronaviruses, influenza and tuberculosis. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, 78% of people admitted to ICU in the US and 94% of those who died had underlying health conditions (CDC).NCDs remain underesearched and underserved in women. Until the mid-1990s, clinical research and clinical trials largely excluded women. Only since 1994, when the United States’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandated that women and minorities were to be included as subjects in clinical research, has the research community entertained the fact that sex and/or gender differences might affect clinical outcomes.Today, women using drugs that were approved by the early 90s, are 50–75% more likely than men to suffer adverse reactions to those therapies. Ironically, a significant proportion of the drugs in this category are those designed to treat or manage NCDs. Examples include statins and potassium channel-blockers used to manage cardiovascular disease or hypoglycaemic drugs such as Rezulin used to control diabetes.Nabta’s first hybrid care pathway supports women in preventing, identifying and managing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a hormonal disorder responsible for 70% of female fertility issues. Women who use Nabta’s platform will be able to achieve a formal diagnosis of PCOS within 90 days. The average time taken to diagnose PCOS currently is 2.5 years.

Located in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) the largest and most diversified media group in the Arab world. It enjoys some editorial and administrative independence. Its dependence on government and federal funding through the Ministry of Information and Culture since 1999 was scrapped in February of 2006.Its currentproduct portfolio include the broadcast division, ADMC which aims to play a leading role in the evolution of the television industry in the Arab world. Several radio stations covering the UAE on FM and AM frequencies as well as online streaming. Some of the region's leading publications like Al Ittihad Newspaper, The National, Zahrat Al Khaleej and Majid Magazine.Its digital arm, ADMC Digital Group, aims to be at the forefront of developments in digital media and operates across the digital landscape. Its business media ventures inclute Getmo.ae, Gazillion.com, and Subsidaries include a TV-facility and Production services to broadcasters and production houses called livehd.ae, a film production company called Imagenation Abu Dhabi. And UPP, the largest print and publishing company in Abu Dhabi.The current strategy is to expand to the western media world.

Investment focus

Mobile, Retail, Lifestyle
Series A, Private Equity
United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

The Luxury Closet — The Luxury Closet is a fast growing online market platform that buys, sells, and consigns luxury items, mostly pre-owned, at a discounted price maintaining brand and item integrity and the assurance of authenticity. The Luxury Closet is the first of its kind in the GCC region in terms of size, market reach and scalability. It has achievedmassive traction in a short period of time, and double digit monthly growth.
Gazillion, Inc. — Gazillion Entertainment, we develop, publish and operate diverse games on many platforms. Our goal: To build breakthrough experiences featuring world-class brands and original franchises, superior production quality and unmatched gameplay. Gazillion is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

INTEGRATED NETWORKS CO. LTD. “INET” is a private organization founded in 2001 by a group of prominent Saudi investors, with an aim to provide unique blend of system integration using top-of-the-line products, revolutionary technology and proven expertise & experience.Authorized service provider licensed by Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency forproviding Payment Solutions, including; Point-of-Sales connectivity & management, ecommerce and Loyalty Solutions.Authorized Service Provider licensed by Communication and Information Technology Commission for providing Internet Services as well as network operation services.

Investment focus

FinTech, Mobile, Internet
Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Enhance Ventures — Enhance is already live in 7 countries and can rapidly develop vertical marketplaces across Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey with a higher chance of success.
Magnitt — Magnitt is a startup directory that connects investors, mentors, and emerging companies in the Middle East. The discovery platform is a database with over 5,500 MENA startups and over 200 investors.
Joi Gifts — Joi Gifts is the best online gift shop for any occasion. Send flowers, cakes, and more with same-day delivery in KSA, UAE, Jordan, Egypt and Middle East.

NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.

Investment focus

Digital Media, Advertising, Publishing
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.
Vietcetera Media — Vietcetera Media - Understanding Vietnam
Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!

Financial Horizon Group is a family office that was established in 2014 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its services vary from Investment, Recruitment, and Consultancy.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Magnitt — Magnitt is a startup directory that connects investors, mentors, and emerging companies in the Middle East. The discovery platform is a database with over 5,500 MENA startups and over 200 investors.
Telfaz11 — Telfaz11 is a creative media studio from Saudi Arabia specializing in locally-relevant entertainment content
POSRocket — Traditional cash registers are a thing of the past. POSRocket modernizes this near-obsolete system by providing business owners with an intuitive, user-friendly, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) platform.

Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Brazil, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Nawy — The ultimate real estate broker in Egypt. Browse areas, compounds, and properties by price, location, and amenities to find the perfect place.
Thndr — Investing in U.S. stocks made easy with thndr global
Tarjama — Tarjama, a certified translation agency in Dubai and across the region, understands that in order to compete in today’s global market, businesses must be able to connect with their customers and stakeholders and communicate about their products and services in a way that fits into the regional and cultural context. What works in Europe or the USmay simply not work in the Middle East. As cultural and linguistic experts, we help you transcend geographic borders and communicate globally!

Nabtah Ventures operates as a venture studio.

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, Internet
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Seeru — Seeru is a Dubai-based TravelTech Startup with a mission to simplify travel. We combine competitive travel content aiming at the lowest possible rates via a unified API. Our platform empowers travelers, agents, companies, and developers to access optimal travel deals from a centralized dashboard.

Paul Sherry

Investment focus

Social, Software, Mental Health
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

EaseUp — EaseUp makes building social confidence easy and fun. Our app turns exposure therapy into a gamified experience, rooted in science - accessible to all.

Mena Venture Investments (MVI) is an angel fund that invests in early stage startups with strong growth potential in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region and beyond. We work with entrepreneurs to build solid, scalable businesses and ensure access to capital at early stages of a venture to fuel their growth. Beyond financial investment,MVI offers support through mentorship, access to markets, networks, and clients, as well as cross-border operational support.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

liwwa — liwwa connects small businesses in need of capital with people who want to invest in them. The company’s peer-to-peer lease-to-own model addresses the capital access and interest-free investor return opportunities. Liwwa conducts in-house reviews of a small business's creditability and enables them to pay a monthly fee to investors. Foundedin 2013, Liwwa raised seed funding with DASH Ventures, al Etihad, and MENA Venture Investments, which it plans to use to hire several new team members, including an underwriting team and to support a new product offering.
Shippify — Shippify is an innovative logistics service that connects businesses with a diverse network of drivers & 3PLs to provide same day delivery . Shippify is backed by strategic leading venture capital and angel investors. Currently available in Brasil, Mexico, Chile and Ecuador. The company was founded in 2014.
Connecterra — Remove data silos across your systems, quantify your decisions with data, get insights and analysis powered by advanced AI delivered to your inbox and to your wider team.

COTU stands for Champions Of The Underdog. We are on a mission to reinvent how seed investing is done in the Middle East by backing extraordinary founders and showing them how to believe in themselves when they are at the loneliest, earliest, and most challenging parts of their journeys.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Education
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India

Portfolio highlights

AdalFi — AdalFi provides digital lending infrastructure services.It identifies, qualifies, engages, activates, and delights lending prospects for our partner banks.
Cercli — Cercli is a human resources, modern payroll and employee data platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.

Priya Oberoi Founding Partner at Oberoi Capital Partners, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor.

Investment focus

Women's, mHealth, Software
Seed
United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Anya — NHS-trusted healthcare support with 24/7 expert guidance, innovative tools, employee benefits, and trusted healthcare partnerships worldwide.
Nabta Health — Nabta’s unique model of hybrid healthcare seamlessly combines digital health with traditional healthcare to improve health outcomes in women living with NCDs.The growing epidemic of NCDs threatens the ambition of countries around the world to achieve sustainable, universal access to health and universal health coverage for their populations.Moreover, NCDs leave populations more susceptible to communicable diseases such as coronaviruses, influenza and tuberculosis. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, 78% of people admitted to ICU in the US and 94% of those who died had underlying health conditions (CDC).NCDs remain underesearched and underserved in women. Until the mid-1990s, clinical research and clinical trials largely excluded women. Only since 1994, when the United States’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandated that women and minorities were to be included as subjects in clinical research, has the research community entertained the fact that sex and/or gender differences might affect clinical outcomes.Today, women using drugs that were approved by the early 90s, are 50–75% more likely than men to suffer adverse reactions to those therapies. Ironically, a significant proportion of the drugs in this category are those designed to treat or manage NCDs. Examples include statins and potassium channel-blockers used to manage cardiovascular disease or hypoglycaemic drugs such as Rezulin used to control diabetes.Nabta’s first hybrid care pathway supports women in preventing, identifying and managing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a hormonal disorder responsible for 70% of female fertility issues. Women who use Nabta’s platform will be able to achieve a formal diagnosis of PCOS within 90 days. The average time taken to diagnose PCOS currently is 2.5 years.

Max Burger is an Angel Investor in Asia, Europe and the United States. He is the co-owner of FMCG.

Investment focus

B2B, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Spain, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Smartvel — Are you looking to boost your marketing and SEO strategy? Check out our curated travel content solutions with AI. More information here!
Clara — End-to-end spend management for companies in Latin America.
Managed by Q — Keep your workplace running smoothly with Eden Workplace's all-in-one workplace management and desk booking software. Discover how Eden Workplace's suite of solutions can streamline your workflow today!

Sarya Holdings is a private-owned company engaged in various sectors ranging from AgriTech, Chemical Manufacturing, and a strong emphasis on FMCG.

Investment focus

Social, Social Network
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Hayi — Hayi is a free, private social network for neighbourhoods in the UAE. The mobile application provides neighbours with an exclusive platform to connect, share information and befriend those in close proximity.

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