Top 50 Community VC Funds & Investors in United Arab Emirates (September 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, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $420k–$50M |
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Algebra Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, E-Commerce, Marketplace | $150k–$30M |
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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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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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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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Peak XV Partners
VC Fund
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3 | India, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $1.6M–$63M |
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F6 Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $15k–$1.2M |
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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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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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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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Speed Accelerator
VC Fund
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2 | Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Apps, Internet | $30k–$500k |
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Accel
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $1.4M–$75M |
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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, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $550k–$5.6M |
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Tenmou
VC Fund
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2 | Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Apps, SaaS, Internet | |
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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, Information Technology | $100k–$10M |
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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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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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Silicon Badia
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Egypt, Jordan | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $550k–$13M |
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iMENA Group
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, Jordan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | PropTech, Software, Recreation | |
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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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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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Prosus Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Singapore | Series B, Series A, Seed | Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $3.3M–$104M |
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EIGHTClouds
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Private Equity | Travel, Communities, Hospitality | |
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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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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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Falak Startups
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps | $6k–$2.4M |
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Sarya Holdings
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media | |
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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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Derayah Financial
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $800k–$17M |
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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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EQ2 Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Retail, Sales | $1M–$15M |
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M Venture Partners (MVP)
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1 | Singapore, India, Thailand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care | $500k–$18M |
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Rocket Internet
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1 | Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, FinTech | |
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Abu Dhabi Media Company
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates | Series A, Private Equity | Mobile, Retail, Lifestyle | |
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North Base Media
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Vietnam | Seed, Series A, Series B | Digital Media, Advertising, News | $75k–$23M |
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HV Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $1.5M–$80M |
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Sahra Growth Capital
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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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Acasia Group
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Mobile, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $50k–$2.6M |
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Endeavor Catalyst
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1 | United States, Brazil, Mexico | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $5.3M–$180M |
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Pinnacle Financial Partners
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Private Equity, Seed | Music, SaaS, Network Security | $25M–$100M |
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Shorooq Partners
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1 | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $600k–$29M |
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KFHC Ventures
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1 | Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Marketplace, Mobile | $1M–$3.2M |
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Nour Nouf Ventures
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care | $300k–$25M |
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Modus Capital
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1 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Apps | $100k–$3M |
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Financial Horizon Group
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1 | United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Finance | $800k–$2.3M |
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Triliv Holdings
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed | Marketplace, Event Management, Digital Marketing | $300k–$3.2M |
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MVI (MENA Venture Investments)
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1 | United States, Jordan, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $250k–$11M |
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Incubayt
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed | Legal, Solar, Software | |
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Kinnevik
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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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DAAL
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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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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, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Seed $420k–$6M; Series A $2.6M–$14M; Series B $4.6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $68M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Abwab.ai — Award winning AI-powered lending platform for financial institutions. Automating SME financing decisions. Empowering lenders, enabling SMEs. Bridging $170B gap.
- Keyper — Keyper simplifies real estate management for property owners, tenants, and partners. Manage portfolios, get market insights, apply for rent with flexible payment options, and explore partnership opportunities to earn passive income. Join Keyper today!
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: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates
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.
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.
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!
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: 80
- Round size: Seed $155k–$15M; Series A $700k–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $136M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- vfrog — The full physical AI loop. Any robot. Any model.
- RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
- MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
We help the daring build legendary companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 862
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$11M; Series A $5.8M–$26M; Series B $10M–$63M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1.3B in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Clouted — Clout Kitchen is THE Virality Engine for brands and creators, designing data-driven viral campaigns with distribution marketing.
- 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.
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:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 359
- Round size: Seed $15k–$1.2M; 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.
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 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: 132
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $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.
- Anecdote —
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $30k–$500k; Pre-Seed $30k–$300k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Xilia — Xilia is a platform connecting creative and digital agencies and freelancers to their clients in order to facilitate communication. It automates, optimizes, and centralize digital marketing strategy.
- PawPots — PawPots is a pet service that offers real and healthy food made for dogs. It is designed with the perfect balance of protein, carbohydrates, and healthy oils which help build strong immunity. The company provides a healthy diet alternative for pets and an online platform for pet parents and vets.
- Scriptofilm Corp. — Scriptofilm is an interactive platform that links scriptwriters and filmmakers to producers, investors, and buyers.
First partner to exceptional teams everywhere
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2431
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $4.4M–$40M; Series B $9.5M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $750M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- MoPub — Reach over a billion daily users in mobile games. AppLovin helps consumer brands and gaming apps scale their business profitably.
- Cloudera — Cloudera delivers a hybrid cloud platform for any data, anywhere, from the Edge to AI.
- 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.
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, E-Commerce, 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 — Flexible furnished stays from weeks to a year. Stay longer and save across hotels, serviced apartments, and managed holiday homes with one simple payment and no hidden fees.
- Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
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.
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% 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.
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, Information Technology
- 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.
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.
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.
Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm providing networks and support to leading technology entrepreneurs around the world.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Egypt, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Seed $550k–$6.6M; Series A $2.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
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:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% 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.
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
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
Prosus Ventures is a venture investing arm of Prosus that invests in technology startups. They identify companies and founders with high potential and the ambition to scale globally correctly. Their goal is to help companies quickly impact the communities where they operate and provide them with tailored support that enables them to be leaders intheir chosen markets.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 175
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$19M; Series A $10M–$36M; Series B $13M–$104M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- merXu — merXu is an online trading platform for companies from the CEE region operating in the B2B sector for small, medium-sized & large entities.
- Bibit.id — Beli Reksa Dana & Obligasi Negara dengan mudah di aplikasi. Mitra Distribusi SBN Terbaik 2022-2024. Diawasi OJK.
- Onsi — Making independent work, work for everyone!
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: 100% lead, 0% follow
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- Next'House — Join like-minded people in the heart of Dubai
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.
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.
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $31k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $6k–$360k
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
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 is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
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
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- 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.
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!
Derayah Financial is a digital investment firm and brokerage that provides online access to local and global stock, ETF, bond, margin trading, and derivatives markets, as well as Shariah-compliant advisory and robo-advisory services. The firm offers mutual funds, real estate investments, discretionary portfolio management, and research tools.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $800k–$1.5M; Series A $3.9M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alpaca — Alpaca API allows developers and businesses to build apps, embed investing, and trade algorithms
- D360 bank — D360 bank is an online digital bank. The company provides financial services through it's app.
- Mala'a Technologies — Make better financial decisions with Malaa. Manage your financials, track your expenses, take a loan or invest your money all from one app. Connect you bank accounts and start 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!Evergreen venture capital investing in Seed to Series A startups across MENA and Africa. 27 active investments, $71.8M portfolio NAV, 17% IRR.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Sales
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Coraly — Coraly helps real estate teams create listing-ready content, qualify leads, manage transactions, and share client-ready Packs from one AI-powered platform.
- Flowcart — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
- Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.
We support entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, and selectively India.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, India, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5M; Series A $3.3M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $55M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cube Asia — Cube Asia helps the world's leading brands, investors, and consulting firms access best-in-class e-commerce market data and insights.
- Intellend — Revolutionizing MSME lending in India with risk-first embedded financing platform. Working capital solutions with transparent pricing and flexible repayment.
- House Of Zelena — Premium Maternity dresses, Feeding Kurtis, Innerwear, Feeding Bras, Maternity Leggings and more at House of Zelena, India's most innovative Maternity wear brand
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.
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.
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- Industry: Mobile, Retail, Lifestyle
- Stage:Series A, Private Equity
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The Luxury Closet — Buy & sell online at The Luxury Closet and get discounts of up to 90% off retail price on authentic, new & pre-loved luxury brands for watches, bags, clothes, shoes for both men and women.
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Digital Media, Advertising, News
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $75k–$5.7M; Series A $1.5M–$7.5M; Series B $2M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $500k in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Zaiko — Zaiko is the market leader in providing ticketing technology for live events and streaming shows. Monetize your show, engage fans, user analytic data, memberships, and more.
- Spectrm — charles is the Conversational Marketing AI and CRM platform for brands to attract, convert, and retain customers via AI agents and marketing automations.
- Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!
HV Capital is one of the leading early-stage and growth investors in Europe. With nine fund generations in 23 years and €2.8 bn in managed assets, HV Capital is one of the continent's most active investors. The investment team has many years of experience in identifying European startups with great potential for success. In addition tointernational success stories like Zalando, Delivery Hero, Sumup, and Depop, innovation leaders such as Enpal, Flixbus, Sennder, and Isar Aerospace are also part of the portfolio. HV Capital has invested in around 225 internet and technology companies, supporting startups with ticket sizes ranging from €0.5 to €60m. It is one of Europe's few venture capital firms that can finance startups through all growth phases. HV Capital has a team of more than 40 investment and operations professionals who provide a variety of perspectives and expertise across the venture capital landscape.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 506
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $3.3M–$37M; Series B $7.7M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $783M in 2023
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- Exein — Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics.
- Flip — The AI employee experience platform for frontline workers without a company email. Flip unites comms, HR, identity and AI in one app. Book a demo.
- Ore Energy — Ore Energy is creating a new generation, cost effective, long-duration energy storage solution which will enable a decarbonized energy future by utilizing some of the most readily available materials
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
Cairo Angels is an angel investment network that invests in and supports early-stage startups it convenes regular investment meetings to review pre-selected potential investees.
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- Industry: Mobile, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Egypt, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.6M; Angel $200k–$300k
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Bosta — Bosta provides an on-demand courier app with a B2C focus, allowing users to send parcels to their customers. The platform connects its users to couriers and allows them to monitor the status of the delivery of the package. Bosta was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt.
- EFG EV Fintech — EFG EV Fintech is investing in startups and bolstering the Fintech ecosystem in the process. EFG EV Fintech combines the financial know-how of EFG Hermes and entrepreneurial expertise of Egypt Ventures to launch the a Fintech-focused startup accelerator.They invest in rising Fintech startups with the potential to grow domestically and expandbeyond the Egyptian market. EFG EV Fintech also provides innovators with the fully integrated services they need to thrive – from funding to mentorship, to training, and office space.
- 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.
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: 499
- Round size: Series A $5.3M–$37M; Series B $8.8M–$100M; Series C $20M–$180M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $300M in 2025
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- 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.
- Pagaleve — pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit.
- 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.
Pinnacle Financial Partners is a bank headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee operating in middle and East Tennessee.
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- Industry: Music, SaaS, Network Security
- Stage:Debt Financing, Private Equity, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Debt Financing $25M–$50M; Private Equity $100M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
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- Too Lost — Distribute your music to 450+ platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, and more. Start your music distribution journey today.
- Holder Properties — Founded in 1980, Holder Properties is a privately held, full-service commercial real estate company, headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
- Miamin Corp — We help you carve out the right plan to enhance your digital preparedness and measurable success
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 221
- Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $2M–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024
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- FMSi — FMSi is a SaaS company that helps with vehicle tracking solutions, administration and monitoring services for IVMS, and project management.
- Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
- Halo AI — Halo AI provides autonomous influencer marketing solutions.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Marketplace, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COFE App — COFE App gives coffee drinkers a smart way to order their daily coffee. The mobile application serves as an online coffee marketplace and aims to bring about a lifestyle change for its users by providing a smarter, more efficient way to get to their daily caffeine dose. With an intention to fulfil all the needs a coffee lover could possibly have,COFE App provides coffee beverages from both chain coffee houses as well as specialty coffee roasters. Users can also source coffee beans, coffee machines and coffee accessories through the mobile application.COFE APP is funded by a multi-national cross-sector base of entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) funds from the Middle East and Silicon Valley. The company's Series A funding round was led by KISP ventures a fund established by KFH Capital (Kuwait). Other investors include: Cedar Mundi (Lebanon), Towell Holding International (Oman), Takamul Capital and Dividend Gate Capital (Bahrain), and Nizar AlNusif Sons Holding and Arab Investment Company (Kuwait)
- CODED — CODED is the Middle East's First Coding Bootcamp. Learn everything you need to become a professional programmer.
- FinFirst Capital — Own Finfirst.com today. Secure checkout and guided transfer support. No hidden fees.
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, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $300k–$8M; Series A $5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Logexa — We are the first Saudi on-demand warehousing platform that provides different storage options within multiple locations. With Logexa’s services, warehouses can increase their utilization rate. On the other hand, businesses can benefit from flexible, dispersed storage and not worry about scalability issues with their inventory.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
- Squadio — Ibtikar Technologies Co was born in Saudi Arabia in 2010 at the hands of a group of visionaries working with a simple motto; helping business to digitally transform. The few years since our birth have been a joy ride to fill the gap in the Saudi market and contribute to it with scalable and reliable solutions.Ibtikar Technologies is one of themost experienced mobile applications development providers in the region. We believe in delivering credibility, integrity, reliability and good will with the products and solutions we provide to our clients using our enhanced knowledge and amazing work environment.
Modus is a holistic Venture Platform in MENA that provides entrepreneurs with more than just the financial capital needed to succeed
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Apps
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.2M; Series A $2.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $75M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
- Just2Pay — Just2Pay develops an API-driven fintech ecosystem that connects payment processing, financial services, and business management software into a single platform. Its technology enables businesses to integrate payment capabilities directly into SaaS platforms and digital products, allowing merchants to offer seamless checkout experiences and managetransactions more efficiently.The platform provides a wide range of digital tools including payment orchestration, intelligent transaction routing, reconciliation systems, and tokenization services, helping businesses accept and manage payments from multiple providers through a single dashboard.
- Oscar — The MENA's first automated Sustainable Procurement Platform to assess supply chain sustainability and mitigate Scope 3 risk.
Financial Horizon Group (FHG) specializes in financial consulting, executive recruitment, and business setup services designed for Saudi Arabia's dynamic market. Discover how our expert solutions can help your business thrive and succeed.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $800k–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Jigar Sagar, a top serial entrepreneur and board-level advisor in the UAE, mentors emerging businesses, scaling ventures with a portfolio worth over $350M.
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- Industry: Marketplace, Event Management, Digital Marketing
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Pre-Seed $300k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Someli.ai — SOMELI AI - AI POWERED PERSONAL BRANDING & EMPLOYEE INFLUENCE PLATFORM FOR CORPORATES & ENTERPRISE | 1,887 followers on LinkedIn. Turning your employees into your most powerful marketing, sales, and recruiting channel. visit www.someli.ai | Someli is an AI-powered employee advocacy and personal branding platform built for corporates and enterprises. We help organizations turn their workforce into an authentic, always-on channel for brand reach, sales pipeline, and talent attraction, by making it effortless for employees to discover, personalize, and share brand-approved content on their own social networks. With AI-driven content creation, employees and executives can build genuine personal and thought leadership presence in minutes, not hours, while marketing and management retain full control through built-in approval workflows.
- Tokinvest — Tokinvest is a pioneering marketplace that connects real-world asset issuers with investors.
- SpeakUp — SpeakUp is the world's first AI-powered platform to match speakers with events, podcasts, and media. Find the best public speakers, motivational speakers, business speakers, and book speakers for events.
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Jordan, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $250k–$3.2M; Series A $800k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2010
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.
- 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.
- littleBits Electronics — LittleBits is an open source library of over 60 electronic modules that snap together with magnets allows users to view, download, and share designs and make their own Bits through the use of prototypes. Deluxe kit, Smart home kit, Arduino coding kit, Synth kit, hardware development kit, and workshop set are some of the electronics learning modulesprovided by littleBits.LittleBits was launched by Ayah Bdeir in 2011 and is operated from New York, United States.
Incubayt Investments focuses on early-stage ClimateTech startups in the EMEA region, supporting sustainable innovation and impactful entrepreneurship across various industries.
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- Industry: Legal, Solar, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qadi — Qadi is a sovereign regulatory compliance platform that transforms regional laws, rules, and policies into artificial intelligence (AI) agents that automate compliance for the top institutions in the area.
- Planno — Planno develops software for assessing and planning commercial and industrial rooftop solar projects. The platform uses artificial intelligence, satellite imagery, and geospatial data to identify suitable rooftops, estimate solar potential, and support feasibility analysis for solar installations. Its tools are designed to help energy companies,solar developers, and infrastructure stakeholders streamline site evaluation and project planning workflows.
- SpeakUp — SpeakUp is the world's first AI-powered platform to match speakers with events, podcasts, and media. Find the best public speakers, motivational speakers, business speakers, and book speakers for events.
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: 182
- Round size: Series A $2M–$91M; Series B $23M–$120M; Series C $41M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Anterior — Lead your plan into the future.
- 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.
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!
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