Top 10 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Crowdfunding startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Crowdfunding companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in January 2025

Investor	Crowdfunding United Arab Emirates investments
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)	2
Combined Growth Real Estate	2
Vivium Capital	2
Mubadala	1
Mishaal Alireza	1
Republic	1
Verve Ventures	1
Lama Holding	1
BY Venture Partners	1
Wa’ed Ventures	1

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Combined Growth Real Estate is a real estate investment company.

Investment focus

FinTech, Real Estate, Residential
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Stake — Thousands investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just USD 136

Vivium Capital is a private family office.

Investment focus

B2B, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Evorra — Evorra is a SaaS marketplace for brands and agencies to simply build and scale the most valuable audiences in the world while respecting privacy and providing data-source transparency.
Stake — Thousands investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just USD 136

Mubadala Investment Company

Investment focus

Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Energy
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series C
United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Odoo — From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.
Flink Food — Flink is a developer of an online platform used to offer and deliver multi-category grocery products. Its application offers a wide selection of convenience items like fresh herbs, fruits, bread, essentials, and home supplies among others that enable people to get necessaries delivered to the door within ten minutes while saving transit costs.Thecompany was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Crusoe Energy Systems — Crusoe is on a mission to help the oil industry reduce routine flaring of natural gas. They are passionate about creating solutions that benefit the environment, local communities, and energy producers.Crusoe Energy Systems provides oil and gas companies with a fast, low cost and simple solution to natural gas flaring. As the energy industrystruggles with pipeline constraints and increasing regulations around flaring and combusting, Crusoe is here to help. Their service lets operators preserve or regain regulatory compliance, maintain existing production and facilitate future development.

Mishaal Alireza - Board Member @ DokkanAfkar

Investment focus

iOS, Apps, Video
Series A, Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hang w/ — Hang w/ was developed by MEDL Mobile: http://www.crunchbase.com//organization/medl-mobileMeet Hang w/ – the first and only app where you can Hang w/ your favorite people in live real-time video – captured on their phone and played on yours – from anywhere at anytime for any reason. At the push of abutton, you instantly get to see, hear and experience everything your favorite people do – uncut, as it happens, unfolding before your eyes.Hang w/ features cutting-edge technology that empowers you to stream and broadcast live high-quality video to hundreds– thousands– even millions of other phones – using only your standard wireless service.When you go live, Hang w/ lets your viewers text-chat with you and each other. When the people you follow go live, you’ll get a push notification with the message: “______ wants to Hang w/ you!”New features include live streaming to Facebook, longer broadcast, new celebrities, custom push messages, and chat messaging during a live broadcast. Hang w/ recently released their new Web Platform which allows users to watch and chat on live broadcasts without needing a mobile device as well as share archived or live broadcast via facebook, twitter, or SMS. Users also now have the ability to download videos that they have archived. Hang w/ has been featured in Billboard, CNBC, USA Today, Mashable, The Guardian, The OC Register, TNW, Mactrast, and many more. There is no way to fake it on Hang w/, whether you’re already a star or one download away from becoming one, Hang w/ is real and cannot be faked or “managed” by a “social media team.” No ghost posts or dummy profiles – stars can Hang w/ their fans face-to-face, and Hang w/ even gives you the chance to become a celebrity yourself!
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Stake — Thousands investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just USD 136

Republic gives people the opportunity to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, and connected world, Republic has facilitated over $500 million in investments from over one million members of the global community. With a globalteam in six countries, Republic is backed by Galaxy Digital, The Motley Fool, Binance, Naspers, AngelList, and more.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Pentagon Games — Pioneering the Future of Gaming Development and Distribution. In the fast-evolving gaming landscape, Pentagon Games stands at the forefront, marrying the digital with the physical through groundbreaking AI and Web3 technologies.
Stake — Thousands investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just USD 136
Sentient Labs — Creatify is a minimalist, dark-themed Webflow template designed specifically for design agencies and creative studios. It features a timeless design, subtle animations, a fully functioning CMS, and everything you need to elevate your online presence to the next level.

Verve Ventures has invested in more than 140 science and technology startups. We support visionary and resilient entrepreneurs from day one and are a reliable partner for the entire journey. We typically invest EUR 1-3m in early as well as later stage rounds of European high tech startups.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Switzerland, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
tozero — Truly bringing lithium-ion battery waste tozero by recovering all critical matierlas, like lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite.
Orakl Oncology — Cultivated with love by the Orakl team.

Lama Holding is a private investment company.

Investment focus

FinTech, Real Estate, Residential
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Stake — Thousands investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just USD 136

Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
Finverity — Finverity provides technology, working capital and expertise to give banks, NBFIs, financiers and companies a strategic advantage in supply chain finance
Quench.ai — Quench is a tech infrastructure for video creators to deliver exclusive content, engage and reward their true fans.

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