Top 50 Community Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund
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9 | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $420k–$50M |
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HALA Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $450k–$440M |
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Globivest
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Biotechnology, Software | $1M–$16M |
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Tenmou
VC Fund
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3 | Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Apps, SaaS, Internet | $100k–$1.4M |
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Al Sanie Group
VC Fund
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3 | United Arab Emirates | Series A | Travel, Leisure, Tourism | $4M–$7M |
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Peak XV Partners
VC Fund
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3 | India, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $1.5M–$63M |
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Algebra Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Jordan | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software | $150k–$30M |
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F6 Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $15k–$1.1M |
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Oraseya Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $155k–$15M |
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Accel
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.3M–$75M |
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Silicon Badia
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Jordan, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $500k–$13M |
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Empede Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Sweden | Venture - Series Unknown, Series F | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $300k–$360M |
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COTU Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $300k–$37M |
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BECO Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software | $905k–$60M |
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | $600k–$65M |
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Dtec Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, FinTech, E-Commerce | $170k–$3M |
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Eureeca
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | SaaS, Consulting, Fruit | $202k–$817k |
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Plus Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $550k–$5.6M |
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Oqal
VC Fund
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2 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace | $100k–$10M |
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Speed Accelerator
VC Fund
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2 | Lebanon, United States, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, E-Commerce, Software | $30k–$500k |
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twofour54
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Publishing | |
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iMENA Group
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, Jordan | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | PropTech, Software, Recreation | |
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Ivanka Trump
Angel
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, Farming, CleanTech | |
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Ion Pacific
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, Israel | Secondary Market, Series C | Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital | $27M–$450M |
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Manu Gupta
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1.5M–$160M |
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Kinnevik
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Sweden, Germany | Series B, Series C, Series A | E-Commerce, Health Care, Financial Services | $2M–$200M |
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Sahra Growth Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | SaaS, E-Commerce, FinTech | $520k–$70M |
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Rocket Internet
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, FinTech | |
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Paul Sherry
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed | Social, Software, Mental Health | |
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Basim Anwer
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | Women's, mHealth, Health Care | |
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Sarya Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media | |
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Carl Kidd
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed | Social, Software, Mental Health | |
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M Venture Partners (MVP)
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, India, Thailand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech | |
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Nour Nouf Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt | Seed, Convertible Note | Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care | |
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Nabeel Al-Kady
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates, Canada, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Logistics, Lifestyle, E-Commerce | $300k–$1.6M |
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Endeavor Catalyst
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Brazil, Mexico | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $5.5M–$200M |
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DAAL
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $100k–$5M |
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The Case for Her
VC Fund
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1 | Israel, Sweden, Ethiopia | Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed | Wellness, Women's, Health Care | $500k–$664k |
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Klaus Hommels
Angel
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, News | $1.3M–$260M |
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Forward Angel
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed | Fashion, Lifestyle, E-Commerce | |
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E20 Investment
VC Fund
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1 | India, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series D | Video, Training, Parenting | |
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Plutus21
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Malta, United Arab Emirates | Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed | Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency | |
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Al Zayani Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Pakistan, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed | EdTech, Education, Logistics | |
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Careem
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, Ireland, United Arab Emirates | Corporate Round, Seed, Pre-Seed | Internet, EdTech, Mobile | |
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Oskar Hartmann
Angel
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1 | Germany, India, Russian Federation | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive | $125k–$52M |
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Colle Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1.1M–$126M |
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EIGHTClouds
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Private Equity | Travel, Communities, Hospitality | |
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DeepMinds
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed | Social, Wellness, Veterinary | |
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Nabtah Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed | Travel, Tourism, Internet | |
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Nadia Mannell
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | Women's, mHealth, Health Care | |
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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.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $420k–$6M; Series A $2.6M–$22M; Series B $4.6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $68M 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
- PinPay — Pin-Pay is an innovative mobile payment service offered at our Partner Banks which aims to bring our subscribers the most secure, reliable and intelligent payment experience.Using Pin-Pay, you can perform a number of different transactions directly from your mobile phone. Since all transactions are conducted live and under 20 seconds, you cansafely receive money straight to your account in no time.
- OCTA — OCTA brings you the clients and runs the work behind them, from books and reconciliations to billing and close. You grow the firm without adding headcount.
Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.3M; Series A $500k–$35M; Venture - Series Unknown $450k–$440M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.
- intella — AI-powered voice agents, call center analytics, transcription, and speech-to-text for banks and telecoms across MENA. 86+ Arabic AI experts.
- Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!
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.
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- Industry: FinTech, Biotechnology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $2M–$3M; Series A $1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
- Goodvest — Goodvest is an investment app (life insurance) that builds a better world, in line with your values and promoting performance.
- BioSapien — BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life.
Tenmou supports early-stage startups in Bahrain with angel investment, mentorship, resources and connections to help entrepreneurs achieve ..
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $100k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
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.
Al Sanie Group is a consortium of Saudi-based investors. Al Sanie Group is a holding company with interests in ownership and operation of poultry farms; civil contracting for water treatment plant projects.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Tourism
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $4M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Umrahme — Umrahme offers complete package for your Umrah journey. Find exclusive and custom packages, Hotels, Flights, Local Transport and more. One stop solution for your Umrah Tour.
- HolidayMe — HolidayMe travel technology and leisure travel platform that provides digital solutions for airlines, tourism boards, travel agencies, DMCs, and online travel businesses. Founded in 2013–2014 under Traveazy DMCC, the company focuses on helping travel businesses build scalable booking platforms, manage global travel inventory, and create customizedtravel experiences.
We help the daring build legendary companies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 883
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Series A $5.5M–$26M; Series B $10M–$63M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1.3B in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- MEANT 2B — MeantToBe is an AI-powered matchmaking platform designed to move beyond swipe-based dating apps by using personalized recommendations and behavioral signals to suggest more compatible romantic and social connections. It leverages machine learning to understand user preferences over time, aiming to improve match quality, reduce swipe fatigue, andcreate more meaningful interactions between users in a modern, AI-driven social discovery experience. Focused on next-generation relationship discovery.
- Neo Asset Management — India's Premier New Age Asset Management and Financial Advisory Firm #neogroup #DoGood
- Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $400k–$7M; Pre-Seed $150k–$13M; Series A $750k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
- Synapse Analytics — We build data science and AI solutions for streamlined operations and data driven decisions. Synapse Analytics, enabling a smarter world.
- Blnk — Blnk is a fintech firm that provides lending, financing, affordability, commission, reporting and settlement, and e-commerce services.
F6 Ventures is a leading seed stage venture capital firm operating across emerging markets. We back exceptional founders from idea-stage all the way to Series A, combining early capital with strategic support and a commitment to long-term partnership. With deep ties across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, we empower innovative startups to scalewith purpose and impact. We manage over $90M in AUM across more than 300 investments in seven countries. By investing early in Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A rounds, we help founders cover initial costs, develop their product, and take it to market. This early capital acts as a launchpad, enabling startups to hit key milestones like securing first customers, attracting follow-on funding, and making significant strides forward.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 365
- Round size: Seed $15k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $49k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $95M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Tagaddod — Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company, started in February 2013 and operating in Cairo –Egypt. Currently focusing on clean fuels, Tagaddod is working on Biodiesel production from Vegetable Oils. Biodiesel is a fuel alternative that is produced from waste vegetable oils and used in conventional diesel engines, whichcan directly substitute for or extend supplies of traditional petroleum diesel.
- Makan Home — SHEN168 adalah situs toto togel online yang terpercaya, menawarkan pengalaman bermain yang aman dan menyenangkan bagi para penggemar togel online.
- MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
A Diez Venture Capital Arm. Fueling Dubai's New Business Ideas.
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- 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.
First partner to exceptional teams everywhere
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2492
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Series A $4.3M–$40M; Series B $10M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $750M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Vectra AI — Vectra AI, the cybersecurity AI company that protects modern networks from modern attacks.
- MobStac — Developer of a cloud-based mobile marketing platform designed to connect the digital and physical worlds through the use of innovative technology. The company's platform is based on the principals of proximity marketing and engage customers in a personalized, context-aware way that leverages indoor location and proximity, enabling businessesand brands to leverage BLE beacon technology to deliver context-rich experiences to their end users.
- Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Jordan, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $550k–$6.6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.5M; Series A $2.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- ZeroDrift — The Enforcement Runtime for AI // Your policies and regulations, enforced on everything AI says. Before it ships.
- Algebra AI — Algebra AI designs and runs agentic AI workflows that turn complex, manual operations into reliable, production-ready systems with human oversight and real accountability.
- Synapse Analytics — We build data science and AI solutions for streamlined operations and data driven decisions. Synapse Analytics, enabling a smarter world.
Empede Capital is a Venture Capital investor with a clear focus on innovation & industry disruption
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series F
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Series F $38M–$360M; Venture - Series Unknown $300k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$10M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3M; Series A $12M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
- Stitch — The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments.
- Safqah Capital — Safqah Capital is an innovative fintech and proptech company headquartered in Riyadh. We specialize in structuring and distributing Sharia-compliant Sukuk for small and medium-sized real estate developers. Safqah's digital investment platform enables secure participation from both retail and institutional investors, backed by rigorous duediligence, transparency, and smart governance. Safqah operates at the intersection of technology, finance, and real estate, positioning itself as a key enabler of Vision 2030’s housing and development goals.
BECO Capital is a conviction-driven VC, backing exceptional founders across the GCC and MENA region with hands-on support, partnerships and sector expertise.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Seed $905k–$9.5M; Series A $2M–$27M; Series B $5M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $4.5M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
- Amaani — World-class beauty and wellness brands from the Middle East. Brands and products made for Arab consumers, with uncompromising global quality and a true reflection of Modern Arabia. Born in region, designed for the world. Backed by PeakXV, Formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA.
- Property Finder — PropertyFinder owns and operates real estate portals across Dubai. Available in both English and Arabic, its websites provide visitors with search facilities covering residential and commercial properties for rent or for sale, real estate news, home advice, and buying and selling guides.PropertyFinder provides its users with the tools to helpconsumers find the properties that fit their needs. It works with brokers to list properties in one convenient site, and make it easier to see all of the information about those properties while browsing from its users’ desktop or on the move.
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HeyBreez AI — The operational layer for Voice AI. Real phone calls. Real-time speed. Built for real operations.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
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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.
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- Industry: Apps, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $170k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M; Series A $1.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
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 — AlgoDriven is an automotive data platform that helps car dealers, classifieds, banks and insurance companies accurately identify and price used cars. Car dealers use our patented mobile app, EvalExpert to appraise their cars, while enterprise clients access our platform through our APIs
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: SaaS, Consulting, Fruit
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $202k–$817k; Pre-Seed $252k–$370k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Turpal — Turpal is a travel technology company that provides software and digital solutions for tour operators, travel agencies, and attraction providers. The platform supports online booking management, inventory distribution, and reservation processing for travel experiences and activities. Its services are designed to help travel businesses manageoperations, connect with distribution channels, and streamline customer booking workflows across web and mobile platforms.
- eBen — eBen is an Employee benefits provider utilizing work technology and world-class people engagement approaches.
- Bhatia Labs — Bhatia Labs provides productized services, platforms and infrastructure at affordable costs to individuals, startups and businesses all over the world.
At Plus VC, we leverage over a decade of experience and 200+ transactions to empower MENA startups for sustainable growth. We offer fair...
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $550k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- estaie — With increasing global mobility, extended stays are rapidly emerging as one of the fastest-growing segments in hospitality and real estate. estaie is building the first global OTA uniquely focused on extended stays ranging from 15 - 365 nights.Incubated at in5 Dubai, estaie bridges the gap between travellers seeking short-term accommodation andlonger-term commitments by offering negotiated rates, on average, 32% lower than the market. Using an AI-driven dynamic pricing model and machine learning (ML) to personalise choices, estaie provides a seamless booking solution tailored to digital nomads, expats, and corporate travellers. By partnering with hotels, serviced apartments, and short-term rentals, estaie helps optimise inventory and revenue.Disruptive and scalable, estaie is positioned to resolve key challenges of inconsistent pricing and inventory inefficiencies, making it a game-changer for both guests and property partners withthe potential to transform the extended stay market.
- Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $220k–$1.1M; Series A $133k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raff — RetailTech startup aiming to be the center of commerce.
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
- Mantas — Cloud outage insurance, built for cloud-first businesses.
Speed is a tech accelerator based out of the Beirut Digital District that empowers software startups to succeed and scale globally through a 3-month mentorship-driven program, $30,000 in funding, and a lifelong network of mentors and partners.The accelerator offers software startups $30,000 in financial support, an intensive 3-monthmentorship-driven program that includes in-house mentorship, mentorship from experts, workshops, access to a network of investors, and a free working space at BDD, in exchange for 5% equity in common shares. Startups also receive lifelong support from a network of 100+ local and international mentors, the opportunity to be sponsored by Speed for a 2-week immersion program in Silicon Valley in partnership with LebNet, technology perks worth $1M+ through the accelerator’s partnership with the Global Accelerator Network (GAN), and a fast-track referral to the 47 Techstars programs around the world.
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- Industry: Apps, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Lebanon, United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $30k–$500k; Pre-Seed $30k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grappem — Grappem builds a network of university students from all majors, trains them according to the highest standards of hospitality, and links them to clients through an online platform. Whether you are a student looking for a part-time hospitality job, or a business organizing an event and need a team, Grappem is the platform you need.
- SawaNsafer — SawaNsafer is an online platform that enables users to search and compare travel packages curated by local travel agencies. In using the platform, the users have to send their request with their destination. They will receive a lot of offers from multiple agencies and they have to choose their favorite offer then book their vacation using differentpayment methods. It helps in saving time, money, and stress of booking vacation. It was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon.
- Scriptofilm Corp. — Scriptofilm is an interactive platform that links scriptwriters and filmmakers to producers, investors, and buyers.
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Browse database — It's Free!twofour54 is a business incubator that offers production facilities, training, and support services to the media industry. It works with businesses in television, radio, film, publishing, online, mobile, music, gaming and animation to create local content and grow the Arab media industry. It is a tax-free media and entertainment free zone thatfacilitates the development of Arabic media and entertainment content in the region. The company offers its users with business setup, government and travel, film and television, professional training, creative lab, investment, and media zone authority services.twofour54 is a U.A.E.-based company.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Publishing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Collectionair — An online platform where invited curators showcase the work of artists from around the world through online exhibitions.
- Mumzworld — Shop at Mumzworld, the leading online store for newborn and child essentials across the Middle East and worldwide. Find motherhood must-haves and shop today!
- Silkroad Images — Silkroad Images is the only authentic oriental & Middle Eastern stock photography & editorial content library in the world. Their content, whether sourced from professional photographers or produced exclusively by their team, is handpicked based the most stringent standards of quality control. Their mission is to capture, accuratelyportray & disseminate the unique culture & traditions of the Middle East & beyond, treading along the Silk Road map. This cause fuels their team as many before us have overlooked the responsibility of authentically reflecting the beauty & diversity of the Middle East. They also aim to shed light on those who have no voice, such as the region’s minorities & refugees. By sourcing their content from, & collaborating with, hundreds of photographers from across the region, they take pride in giving them a chance to showcase their work on an international stage. Their generous compensation schemes also allow young, talented photographers to generate a healthy income & consequently develop their skills further. As a moral company with social responsibilities, they strive to impact those who are less fortunate in a positive manner by introducing & implementing special programs through which Silkroad Images can contribute to the poor, the refugees, the victimized children, & the terminally ill. Supporting these groups will always remain one of the company’s cornerstones & an inseparable part of their business model
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.
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- Industry: PropTech, Software, Recreation
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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!
- JRD Group — JRD Group is a pioneering PropTech company, passionate about technology and how it can be used to improve the real estate industry.Their proprietary real estate products – seven market leading property portals across the MENA region and a proprietary real estate SaaS tools – help thousands of real estate professionals on a daily basis managetheir business activities online.
Ivanka Trump is based out of New York and is the Entrepreneur and Co-Founder is the Planet Harvest.
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- Industry: Education, Farming, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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
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
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
- Stage:Secondary Market, Series C
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Series C $27M–$450M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1.3M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Ayoconnect — API pulsa, token listrik, e-money, dan PPOB terlengkap. Ayoconnect menghubungkan 50+ platform ke 3.000 produk digital.
- Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership across Africa. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenueanalytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
- Dapple — The Enterprise OS Cloud. A new category of AI infrastructure between the public cloud and the private data center. When the outcome matters, it runs on Dapple.
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.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.7M; Series A $11M–$30M; Series B $27M–$160M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
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 Pet Clinic provides human-grade pet healthcare across 65 clinics & 11 cities in India. Pet grooming, consultation, pet surgeries, pet supplies at Vetic.
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, Sweden, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 188
- Round size: Series A $2M–$91M; Series B $23M–$120M; Series C $38M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zalando — Zalando is a European online fashion platform- offering a broad assortment of fashion for men, women and children. It carries over 1.500 brands and over 150.000 product choices for over 17 million customers in 15 countries. By constantly optimising its processes and platform offerings, using its e-commerce expertise and lots of can-do spirit,Zalando have become Europe's leading online fashion retailer in only a few years. Its goal is to create the world’s best online fashion experience. The cores of its business are what the company focuses on, always striving to be cutting-edge in fashion, technology, marketing, and logistics. Zalando SE in Berlin is the group’s centrepiece which focuses on the development of its core product: the online shopping experience. Zalando SE operates the international business and takes care of their business development. Zalando SE comprises functions like the management, marketing, administration, and technology.
- Tandem Health — Focus on providing care, while Tandem helps you easily write medical notes directly after the patient consultation.
- Enveda Biosciences — Enveda exists to give hope to millions of people around the world by accelerating the discovery of better medicines.
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.
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- Industry: SaaS, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $520k–$11M; Series A $5.4M–$23M; Series B $14M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
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.com is a dynamic, 7-letter domain that exudes focus, wellness, and innovation. This brandable name is perfect for startups in the health and wellness industry, productivity tools, or personal development services. With just 2 syllab
Rocket Internet incubates, builds, develops operationally and strategically invests in internet and technology companies globally. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Rocket Internet's selected companies are active in a large number of countries around the world.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 132
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Apata — Apata the go-to fraud prevention provider for fintech issuers.
- Knoma — Search hundreds of courses from leading schools and bootcamps. Learn now and pay later with Knoma and spread the cost with ethical finance
- The Coterie — https://blog.thecoterie.co/introducing-the-coterie-34e739cb85dcThe Coterie builds financial software for people who may make more from assets than salary. We offer founders access to venture capital investments, estate planning strategies and, coming soon, lending products. Our founders—Ethan Agarwal, Jeson Patel, and ChrisBoies—have all founded and sold companies before. We built The Coterie, alongside our incredible team, because we saw the need for these products first hand, and we created the world we want to live in. We’ve raised $50M in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Garry Tan (Midas List), Gokul Rajaram (IFKYK), Mar Hershenson (Midas List), Stanley Tang (Doordash co-founder), and more. Loans are made by Coterie Finance LLCLoans are made by Coterie Finance LLC. Investment advisory services provided through The Coterie Management Co LLC. Not investing advice, no guarantee of future results.
Paul Sherry
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- Industry: Social, Software, Mental Health
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- EaseUp — EaseUp makes building social confidence easy and fun. Our app turns exposure therapy into a gamified experience, rooted in science - accessible to all.
Basim Anwer of Regionality Group of Companies.
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- Industry: Women's, mHealth, Health Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nabta Health — Personalised, preventive healthcare for women across every life stage. Track your health, access expert care, take control of your wellbeing.
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Browse database — It's Free!Sarya Holdings is a private-owned company engaged in various sectors ranging from AgriTech, Chemical Manufacturing, and a strong emphasis on FMCG.
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- Industry: Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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.
Carl Kidd
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- Industry: Social, Software, Mental Health
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- EaseUp — EaseUp makes building social confidence easy and fun. Our app turns exposure therapy into a gamified experience, rooted in science - accessible to all.
We support entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, and selectively India.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, India, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
- Aanaab — Aanaab offers online courses in Arabic for teachers and educators to help them improve their skills in different areas including self-development, educational strategies, education techniques, and educational tools and techniques.
- HealTec — HealTec provides B2B healthcare rehabilitation manufacturing facility that enables the local production of medical prosthetics and other devices to serve Long-Term Care and rehabilitation patients.
Nabeel Al-Kady - Managing Director @ Prime Venture Partners
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- Industry: Logistics, Lifestyle, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Canada, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $300k–$360k; Series A $1M–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cognitev — Making the internet a better place through A.I powered Push-Button marketing technologies @instascaler @metadsp
- AirGo Design — Injection molded composite | Lightweight structural components | Affordable metal replacement | Aircraft Seat | Food grade materials
- Nail the Deal — Do you want awesome deals at up to 90% discounts? Live, Eat & Party like a millionaire everyday in Dubai! Follow us now & welcome a whole new way of living!
Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 445
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$37M; Series B $10M–$100M; Series C $23M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $292M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- NG.CASH — NG.CASH is a digital bank designed to help the new generations (ages 12 to 30) achieve financial independence. It lets users take charge of their money through solutions like PIX (Brazil’s instant-payment system), prepaid and virtual cards, allowance management, and now credit products tailored for young adults. As a financial hub, NG.CASH is builtto grow with its clients, boosting financial literacy and supporting them at every stage of life.
- Rain — Rain is a vertically integrated issuing partner for global platforms. Enabling innovative financial products through modern APIs, flexible infrastructure, supporting electronic and digital money. Launch a card program in days not months.
- Circeus — Shop Circle is a tech-driven company that acquires and grows the best e-commerce apps. We empower thousands of brands to build experiences that customers will love.
The aim of Daal is to create excellent opportunities for investment by providing mentorship and business development insights to companies within the IT space.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Egypt, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
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!
Amplifying the issues of menstruation and female sexual health and pleasure through funding and advocacy at The Case for Her.
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- Industry: Wellness, Women's, Health Care
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Israel, Sweden, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Angel $500k–$664k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mauj — Mauj is a sexual and menstrual wellness company. Mauj is driven by a common goal to challenge the stigma and misinformation surrounding female sexuality in their region.
- LEIA — LEIA is an application that provides postpartum support for new parents.
- YeneHealth — We help women gain self-agency over their reproductive health through our period & pregnancy tracking app, online pharmacy and Telehealth services. #FEMTECH
Klaus Hommels is the Chairman of Lakestar. Klaus previously worked at NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) as a Chairman. Klaus Hommels attended the University of Fribourg.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, News
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$50M; Series A $10M–$98M; Series B $7M–$260M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WooMe — Woome.com is the ultimate domain name for any cutting-edge startup looking to make a bold statement in the market. This short, 5-letter, 1-syllable domain exudes confidence and innovation, making it easily memorable and brandable. With its
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Fashion, Lifestyle, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Get Outfit — Get Outfit is a truly personalized fashion discovery app with an AI-powered stylist
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- Industry: Video, Training, Parenting
- Stage:Seed, Series D
- Geography: India, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Omooma — Omooma is a online motherhood training platform, led by experts, and empowering women with the knowledge they need to grow healthy families.
- 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.
Backing and building the companies of tomorrow.
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- Industry: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Malta, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
- Plutus21 — Backing and building the companies of tomorrow.
- Cupidstone — Spice up your look with high-quality fashion jewelry from Cupidstone. We offer a wide array of fashion jewelry including necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings at a price that will fit right into your budget. Treat yourself or your love to a gift from the best online fashion jewelry store!
Al Zayani Venture Capital focused on investing in start-ups and disruptive technology.
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- Industry: EdTech, Education, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
- Trukkr — Real-time fleet tracking, route optimization, and ERP integration for logistics companies. Transform your supply chain operations today.
Ride, order food and grocery, make mobile payments and more. We're the region's leading multi-service app.
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- Industry: Internet, EdTech, Mobile
- Stage:Corporate Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, Ireland, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
- elmenus — Discover Delivery And Dineout Restaurant Menus from over 6,000 restaurants in Cairo. Order your food online and check out photos, reviews, ratings and phone numbers of the best restaurants
- Swapp — Swapp is a peer-to-peer car subscription platform that gives users a digital and flexible alternative to buying or leasing a car. JoinSwapp is an AI-powered real estate visualization platform that creates virtual staging, renovation previews, and property redesigns from photos. It helps agents, developers, and homeowners present spaces withrealistic AI-generated concepts, improving property marketing, buyer engagement, and design planning through fast, affordable, and visually compelling presentations.
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, India, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $300k–$52M; Pre-Seed $125k–$200k; Series A $7.4M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
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.
- MoonAI Inc — MoonAI enables businesses to deploy no-code AI agents—referred to as “AI salespersons”—within one day, with no installation cost. These agents automate lead qualification, escalate warm leads to managers, schedule meetings, and integrate with CRMs, messaging platforms.The solution operates 24/7, supports multiple languages (includingRussian, English, and informal Kazakh), and processes customer interactions in just seconds. It has helped companies double the volume of processed inquiries, reduce response times from minutes to seconds, and even autonomously close a portion of leads—all while reducing sales team workload and improving customer satisfaction.
Colle Capital Partners is a global, opportunistic, early stage technology venture fund. Managers have dealt in various verticals and across capital structures.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Series A $5M–$21M; Series B $3.7M–$126M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Itera — Itera provides digital consulting, AI, cloud, software development and technology services for businesses across industries.
- Bread Financial — Bread Financial offers personalized payment, lending, and savings solutions. They provide customers and partners with a wide range of digitally enabled options that are easy, empowered, and flexible financially. Their service includes credit card facility, loan options, and flexible payment options.
- Dandelion Health AI — Dandelion Health AI develops a clinical data and artificial intelligence platform that enables life sciences companies and researchers to analyze real-world patient data and accelerate drug development and clinical research. The company provides a precision medicine platform that aggregates multimodal healthcare data, including clinical notes,medical images, and physiological waveforms, into a unified dataset representing patient journeys over time. Its platform applies validated AI models to transform large volumes of unstructured clinical data into structured, research-ready datasets, allowing researchers to uncover insights into disease progression, treatment effectiveness, and patient outcomes. This capability enables more comprehensive analysis compared to traditional datasets that rely primarily on structured records such as claims or diagnostic codes.
EIGHTClouds is a private equity company that provides financial support and strategic guidance to businesses.
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- Industry: Travel, Communities, Hospitality
- Stage:Private Equity
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Next'House — Join like-minded people in the heart of Dubai
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.
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- Industry: Social, Wellness, Veterinary
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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
Nabtah Ventures operates as a venture studio.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Internet
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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.
Nadia Mannell Founding General Partner of Seed South Capital.
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- Industry: Women's, mHealth, Health Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nabta Health — Personalised, preventive healthcare for women across every life stage. Track your health, access expert care, take control of your wellbeing.
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