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Top 45 EdTech Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 45 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Edtech startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Edtech companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 45 EdTech Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in January 2026

Investor	EdTech United Arab Emirates investments
Oqal	3
Vision Ventures	3
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)	3
Eureeca	2
Acasia Ventures	2
Globivest	2
GINCO Investments	2
Mindshift Capital	2
Delta Partners	2
COTU Ventures	2
Al Zayani Venture Capital	1
Arya Bolurfrushan	1
F6 Ventures	1
Bashar Hamood	1
Hesham Zreik	1
Access Bridge Ventures	1
Hope Ventures	1
Mashael Isa Fairooz	1
BY Venture Partners	1
E20 Investment	1
Ivanka Trump	1
B&Y Venture Partners	1
Egypt Ventures	1
Sawari Ventures	1
Dtec Ventures	1
Ramit Harisinghani	1
LearnStart	1
Wamda Capital	1
Learn Capital	1
Smartup Ventures	1
Khalid AlHadlaq	1
Wa’ed Ventures	1
Plutus21	1
Musaab Hakami	1
Endure Capital	1
Arzan Venture Capital	1
Careem	1
A.L.M.A	1
Lisan Seed Round SPV	1
Othman AlOthman	1
Lamya Mahmood	1
Education in Motion	1
HALA Ventures	1
Abdulaziz Al Loughani	1
Joa Capital	1

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Oqal Group was formed as an endowment group by a group of young businessmen to be a platform that brings together angel investors and emerging entrepreneurs to form partnerships of economic feasibility that raise the welfare of society and enhance the quality of life. It enables the founders of entrepreneurial startups to develop innovative andfast-growing startups in a variety of sectors by providing access to smart capital and experienced angel investors.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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DESAISIV — Pioneering the charge in transforming how the insurance industry operates.
TruBuild — AI pre-construction tool to review tenders, compare bids, and manage contracts. Make faster decisions, reduce errors, and minimize admin.

Vision Ventures (VV) is an early stage venture capital firm founded by experienced entrepreneurs. Its slogan is:"By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs". We invest in innovative startups in the Seed and Series A across a wide range of verticals. We help startups realize their dreams and make a difference in a noisy world. We are an energeticteam that has a wealth of experience in starting companies and steering them to success and hyper growth. Our combined experience spans over 90 years in multiple countries which gives us extensive experience in multi-national, multi-cultural teams. We provide startups with hands on assistance and guidance on marketing, sales, product/service development, financial planning and management, expansion & growth strategy, and more.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ejari — Ejari is providing a Rent Now, Pay Later (RNPL) solution for residential rentals, Rent Now, Pay Later products enable tenants to better manage their budgets by converting rent from a yearly expense to a monthly expense, while landlords receive an entire year's rent in advance.
Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
MoneyHash — Emerging and Global markets first all-in-one flexible payment orchestration and revenue operations platform that covers all of your payment needs. We help you build, optimize, and scale your payment infrastructure at any stage of growth.

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, Financial Services, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sarwa — Sarwa is your all-in-one investment platform. We offer hands-off investing, real-time trading, and high-yield savings. With holistic financial tools at your fingertips, investing has never been easier. Sarwa SDWCL is regulated by the FSRA in the ADGM.
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TreasuryXpress — Your customers want an engaging payment experience. Bottomline can help.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Turpal — Turpal is a B2B platform offering an end-to-end solution enabling travel companies to boost their growth by offering experiences (tours, activities & attractions) to their customers in a seamless and scalable way. Turpal achieves this by offering:- A solution to sell experiences directly online to end-users ("web builder") or B2Bpartners (resellers) - A webapp and native app to help travellers have the best experience while in-destination ("post-departure app") - Access to a marketplace with more than 300,000 experiences around the world to be offered to travellers - A control panel to help travel companies manage all their day-to-day operations (inventory manager, product manager) - Marketing services to boost visibility and engagementTurpal's solutions rely heavily on high tech, such as AI and adaptive solutions, to deliver the best experience to B2B customers and their travellers.
eBen — eBen 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.

Acasia Ventures is a leading venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies throughout the Middle East and Africa. With a focus on being a first believer in innovation and entrepreneurship, the firm strives to support the growth of the next generation of market leaders through their unique and scalable solutions. Its Tech Fund I iscurrently targeting investments in tech-driven and tech-enabled startups at the pre-Seed to pre-Series A stages.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
Menthum — Saving Made Simple
Bluworks.io — bluworks is a mobile-first HR system, automates HR tasks to save time, cuts costs, and boosts workforce performance with compliance and real-time insights.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Iyris — iyris develops optical additives that tune sunlight. We help products perform in real-world heat while keeping light where it matters.
Kwara — Kwara turns analog credit unions into modern digital banks.
Vibrant Planet — Data-driven science and cloud-based technology to help make communities and ecosystems more resilient in the face of climate change.

We invest in Seed through Series B companies around the world. Our focus is to invest in companies where we can add material value through our deep relationships in UAE government as well as decades of developing successful enterprise software implementations. We invest directly and through our partners at Techstars and Human Ventures.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Big Data, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Arab Emirates, India

Portfolio highlights

Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
Nestrom — An all around EHS platform, Gather Observations, Inspections, Audits & Data and Action work-orders from one platform through a mobile app and web
Three Wheels United — Three Wheels United is a tech-enhanced financier for light electric vehicles in India, starting with the auto rickshaws.

Investing in global, female entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Health Care, Education, Wellness
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Arab Emirates, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Valeo — Get your lab tests done at the comfort of your home anywhere in Dubai through our personalized mobile health tracker app. Hassle-free blood sample collection.Wellness coach provided.
Making Space — Discover Making Space, a talent acquisition and learning platform that creates new pathways to employment and career advancement for Disabled people.
Mercy BioAnalytics — We are making early stage cancer 100,000x easier to find using extracellular vesicles found in blood, specific to their parent cells.

Early stage VC investments and funding for start-ups / founders in Ireland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Imvizar — Transform your buildings, office spaces, visitor attractions, and parks with an immersive and visual storytelling experience using augmented reality. Discover unique ways to tell your story at Imvizar.
ZeroMission — ZeroMission is an electromobility and lead innovator in software development, and power-energy infrastructure.ZeroMission offers fleet management software to businesses that own and operate fleets of commercial electric vehicles (EVs).
MarketSizer — MarketSizer offers subscription-based competitive intelligence and market insights for SaaS vendors who want to strategically grow their business.

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Huspy — Huspy is a proptech based in Dubai redefining the home financing process through a user friendly digital experience that puts the buyer first.
Rekaz — Rekaz provides system to automate recurring payments, enhance online presence, improve customer relationships and boost sales.
MoneyHash — Emerging and Global markets first all-in-one flexible payment orchestration and revenue operations platform that covers all of your payment needs. We help you build, optimize, and scale your payment infrastructure at any stage of growth.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Education
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Oliv — Oliv.com is a career marketplace based in Dubai, made for the youth of the Middle East. We connect students and graduates to employers for internships, part-time & graduate jobs. Launched in 2013, we set out to tackle a huge problem - a 30% youth unemployment rate in the MENA region. Oliv helps university students and graduates launch theircareers. And we're pretty good at it.Today, Oliv is home to thousands of students and graduates where their ambitions are aligned to opportunity. More than 1,000 businesses from startups to Fortune 500s use Oliv to hire top emerging talent to maintain a healthy talent pipeline and grow their business for the future.Our goal is to make launching careers simple, personal and rewarding. That's Oliv.
The Applied AI Company (AAICO) — AAICO is a leading AI technology company with a team of renowned Silicon Valley-based engineers, applied AI experts, and seasoned entrepreneurs.
Jingle Pay — Join now and get your ZERO fees, forever FREE account.

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Let'sGrant — Let’sGrant is a point of sale lending platform, partnering with lenders and consumer goods stores to make the lending process fast, simple and flexible for everyone. With a vision to be internationally recognized as a driving force in personal and consumer loans in the MENA region, Let’sGrant will soon be launching the first online peer to peerlending platform for personal loans in the MENA region which connects individual investors directly to potential borrowers in search of funding through debt.
lululittle — lululittle combines storytelling with cultural themes to create empowering personalized books where your children are the heroes. We use the power of personalized storytelling to create inspiring and engaging reading experiences, placing your kids at the center of these stories. Our stories are inspired by relevant cultural themes that aim toempower kids in their diverse cultural environments. Our first story is inspired by the Arab world's rich culture and is suited for kids age 0-10. lululittle's easy to use online platform lets you personalize, preview, and order their book in just a few minutes.
Ouda W Dar — Ouda W Dar is an online platform that helps hosts and guests book unique short-term accommodations.

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
SafeNest — SafeNest offers a comprehensive home security system integrating smart technology with professional monitoring services.

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

ToyFlix — Toyflix is a pioneering subscription-based toy rental platform transforming India’s US$2 billion toy industry by making premium.
LocationBit — it is a community-driven global location encyclopedia designed to tackle the fragmented and inaccessible nature of local knowledge in 2025.
Kyamaganda Community Development Organisation — it is a community-based nonprofit organization founded to restore hope and dignity among vulnerable children, youth, and families in Uganda.

Access Bridge Ventures (ABV) is a leading early stage venture capital fund. tha invests across the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and on a case by case basis outside these regions. We currently have investments in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan and aggressively expa

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Dawatech — Dawatech provides a cloud-based, SaaS pharmacy management ERP software that connects pharmacies, suppliers, and stakeholders through a single platform.
Teammates.ai — Autonomous AI agents that work 24/7 in 50+ languages. Handle customer support, qualify leads, and screen candidates. No code required. 5-minute setup.
Jiye Technologies — Jiye Technologies is revolutionizing Agri Marketplaces of Pakistan

Hope Ventures will empower and invest in the next generation of promising Bahraini entrepreneurs. Our mission is to identify ambitious entrepreneurs and provide them with the necessary tools, resources, and networks to scale and thrive in the region's entrepreneurship landscape.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Coffee, Restaurants
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Bahrain, Oman, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

ReQahwa — ReQahwa is a coffee upcycling startup that transforms coffee waste grounds into sustainable and bio-degradable products.
Ahlan App — Ahlan App offers users a safe and simple way to earn credit for recurrent online purchases and visits to selected merchants.
Thiqa Tutoring — Thiqa Tutoring (TT) is Tutors Providers, by customers, for educational and teaching services. International educational and teaching methodologies and standards.

Mashael Isa Fairooz

Investment focus

Tutoring, Education
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Thiqa Tutoring — Thiqa Tutoring (TT) is Tutors Providers, by customers, for educational and teaching services. International educational and teaching methodologies and standards.

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

Huspy — Huspy is a proptech based in Dubai redefining the home financing process through a user friendly digital experience that puts the buyer first.
Vasco — Vasco is a software company that provides revenue architect, finance, consultants, revops solution for startup companies.
Vessel — One platform for all your investor relations needs.

E20 Investment is an Investment firm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Ivanka Trump

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Bridged Media — Bridge the gap between empathy to action to boost your engagement and retention on text, audio, and video. The easiest way to help your audience create an impact.
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

Egypt Ventures is an investment firm that empowers the entrepreneurial ecosystem by investing in accelerators. The firm was founded in 2017 and is based in Columbia.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Educatly — We help you get into the University of your dreams. We are the only platform with all the information you need to Study Abroad
InfiniLink — Empowering Hyperscale Datacenters Building Energy-Efficient Ultra-High-Speed Connectivity Solutions
Synapse Analytics — We build data science and AI solutions for streamlined operations and data driven decisions. Synapse Analytics, enabling a smarter world.

The Middle East/North Africa is the next great investment opportunity. The Middle East has a collective population larger than the US, the vast majority of whom are ‘digital natives‘ (e.g.; under 30) with great appetites for consumer technology products and services. The region boasts higher per capita GDP and more disposable income than Indiaor China. In short, the Middle East is one of the technology sector’s high-growth regions, and offers tremendous potential for expansion in mobile, internet, social media and eCommerce services.Like the BRIC’s and other emerging markets, local partners are key to success. Sawari Ventures is at home in the Middle East, and knows its culture, context and business climate. They have experience and relationships working with technology and investment leaders world-wide. They know how to translate local visionaries into global hits.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Egypt, United States, Lebanon

Portfolio highlights

elves — Travel safely, explore freely.
Almentor — almentor.net is a cutting-edge continuous e-learning platform curating top-rated video-based training programs delivered by leading subject matter experts and accessible through B2C and B2B channels to serve the needs of Arabs across the world. The platform was officially launched in January 2018 and currently offers the biggest Arabic high qualitycontinuous learning video library in the world, including paid courses, free talks, crash courses and books, primarily in Arabic.
Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Ramit Harisinghani - General Manager, MENA @ b8ta

Investment focus

EdTech
Convertible Note
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

SecureMyScholarship — SecureMyScholarship is the world's number one Scholarship Finder Search Engine. With over 400 university partners and 40,000 course options, our Scholarship Portal assists with finding scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate international students. SecureMyScholarship is 100% free for students who receive opportunities to secure their guaranteed scholarship to study abroad. Save money on your higher education by filling in the required information and secure your guaranteed scholarship to study abroad, which is available for your secondary and higher educational students. SecureMyScholarship is sometimes also referred to as SMS or Secure My Scholarship.

LearnStart is a seed fund that focuses on the development of global education technology companies through seed funding.

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning, EdTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
Novakid — Novakid - an online English school for children. Engaging and fun classes with native speakers for children 4-12 y.o.
Englease — The most effective method to Learn English Online in the Middle East that is as flexible, affordable, and effective as possible. Get in touch Englease.com

We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

LearnCapital is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on funding entrepreneurs with a vision for better and smarter learning. They believe that the future is shaped by the way we teach and learn in the present, and that we’re in the middle of one of the great revolutions in the history of education. New technology platforms, applications, andservices are not only amplifying and augmenting classroom learning, but creating a world in which any Internet-enabled device can become a classroom on demand.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, E-Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Denmark, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Edmodo — Edmodo is a global education network that provides communication, collaboration, and training tools to enable all learners to reach their full potential. On the platform, educators are at the center of a dynamic and engaging network that connects them to fellow teachers, students, administrators, and parents. Founded in 2008 with more than 77million users across around 550,000 schools worldwide, Edmodo was designed to protect the privacy of students and teachers by providing a secure platform in which they can connect and share resources, leveraging both educational content and apps. Edmodo also offers tools that enable school leaders to take advantage of powerful analytics, deliver professional development, improve learning outcomes with frequent formative assessment, and curate all their educational content. It provides create technology, content and platforms that connect teachers, students and parents to each other and help all learners discover their passions and improve their skills.The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
Amplify Education — Amplify partners with teachers to make learning rigorous and riveting for every student. At Amplify, we believe all teachers and students des
Photomath — Photomath is the best app to learn elementary, high school and college math. We provide step-by-step explanations for textbook and homework problems like algebra, calculus, and more!

Smartup Ventures is a venture capital, a company that creates value by helping businesses grow faster. We create ventures by joining forces with everyone who shares our values and ambitions. By building strong partnerships with entrepreneurs, talents, business developers, angel investors, and venture investors.

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, CRM
Seed, Series A, Series B
Iran, Latvia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Landin — With landin, you can easily create your landing pages And convert click to customers
Vindad — We help Businesses manage their legal needs by providing access to everything they need to start and run their business, including blogs and legal guides, over 50 legal and commercial documents. Vanda Legal forms are common business legal documents that range from Investment, trademark, incorporation, NDAs, and Human resources. There is simplestep-by-step instructions help businesses customize documents for their specific needs. And to be sure it's done right; they can have their document reviewed by an attorney from our hand-picked network.
Salam Sakhteman — A platform that connects home-owners and builders to qualified service professionals such as painters, carpenters, electricians, etc.

Khalid is an active angel investor in early-stage technology companies with 17 years of experience and a General Management education from Harvard Business School. After an exciting career at Microsoft and Logica, Khalid co-founded and managed Xceed Ventures, a social media intelligence company that got acquired. He currently serves as the CreativeSolutions Director at the Central Payment System of Saudi Arabia to support the development of FinTechs in Saudi and bring disruptive innovation.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Social Network
Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Digitzs —
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QIDZ LLC — The family guide for best inspiration, deals and rewards for kids activities. Browse on QiDZ now and start creating family memories today.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hazen.ai — Enhance safety with our AI-powered camera, providing real-time monitoring and precise violation detection. This technology empowers authorities to enforce traffic laws effectively, ensuring safer roads for all.
FalconViz — FalconViz is a Saudi registered company focused on 3D surveying and mapping by Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) with autonomous integration of planes, copters and 3D software solutions.
UnitX — Automate inspection in-line for better yield

Plutus21 is an investment firm focused on alternative assets such as crypto, venture capital, and real estate.

Investment focus

Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Malta, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
Plutus21 — Plutus21 is an investment firm focused on alternative assets such as crypto, venture capital, and real estate.
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!

Founder, Ex-GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Lisan — Lisan is an AI writing platform offering state-of-the-art proofreading and grammar checking to help individuals who write in Arabic to maximize their productivity, create exceptional content using cutting-edge generative AI models, and automate tasks with AI accelerators.
Funding Souq — Funding Souq connects established SMEs with worldwide investors for sharia-compliant investments with 15% yearly income through small business debt crowdfunding.
Groundfloor — Groundfloor Club: A neighborhood workspace where productivity, connection & community come together.

Endure Capital is an early stage investment fund headed by entrepreneurs looking for startup teams. They look for founders who are relentlessly resourceful and imaginative, solving genuine problems that matter to a lot of people and building high growth companies that endure.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
Egypt, United States, United Kingdom

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Pyka — We believe that electrification and automation will make aviation safer, more affordable, and more accessible than has ever been possible in human history.
ShopLook — Online personal styling destination. Discover outfit ideas or virtually create your own using our outfit maker.
Cash Cows — Cash Cows helps startups hone their operations and strategies so they can expand profitably and create better brands. They collaborate with customers to close the gap between traditional business practices (experience) and cutting-edge approaches (solutions), allowing companies to operate successfully.

Arzan Venture Capital (Arzan VC) is a Kuwait-born VC firm that has been investing in startups with a MENA angle since 2014, making it one of the earliest VC firms in the region. Arzan VC's portfolio includes 30+ startups. The firm invests in young, fast-growing and innovative tech teams and it remains committed to building long-lastingrelationships with the region’s most talented entrepreneurs at an early stage.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

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Hulexo — UAE's leading ERP software for retail businesses. Integrated data, accurate info, real-time insights.
Nearpay — Focus On Building Deep Technology To Create Innovations
Revenya Capital — Revenya Capital, providing revenue-based financing to tech startups in MENA.

Ride, order food and grocery, make mobile payments and more. We're the region's leading multi-service app.

Investment focus

EdTech, Mobile, Travel
Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates

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Swvl — Swvl | Book Your Daily Ride or Make Money Driving Now
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

A.L.M.A

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Englease — The most effective method to Learn English Online in the Middle East that is as flexible, affordable, and effective as possible. Get in touch Englease.com

Lisan Seed Round SPV

Investment focus

Content, Language Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Lisan — Lisan is an AI writing platform offering state-of-the-art proofreading and grammar checking to help individuals who write in Arabic to maximize their productivity, create exceptional content using cutting-edge generative AI models, and automate tasks with AI accelerators.

Othman AlOthman

Investment focus

Content, Language Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Lisan — Lisan is an AI writing platform offering state-of-the-art proofreading and grammar checking to help individuals who write in Arabic to maximize their productivity, create exceptional content using cutting-edge generative AI models, and automate tasks with AI accelerators.

Lamya Mahmood

Investment focus

Tutoring, Education
Seed, Funding Round
Oman, United Arab Emirates

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Pottoin — NUnit is the most popular unit test framework for .NET.
Thiqa Tutoring — Thiqa Tutoring (TT) is Tutors Providers, by customers, for educational and teaching services. International educational and teaching methodologies and standards.

We are a global education company that aspires to be a leader in pioneering education for a sustainable future. Find out about our network of brands.

Investment focus

Education
Seed
United Arab Emirates

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School of Humanity — An online high school with an interdisciplinary curriculum and innovative learning model.

Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

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Nearpay — Focus On Building Deep Technology To Create Innovations
Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
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.

Abdulaziz is co-founder & CEO of Floward, a full-fledged flowers & gifts ecommerce solution servicing the largest customer base in the MENA region. Abdulaziz is also co-founder & Managing Partner at Faith Capital, a venture capital practice that is focused on the MENA region. Previously, Abdulaziz was the founding Executive ViceChairman of the Kuwait National Fund for SMEs Development, a USD7bn independent public institution responsible for developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kuwait (2013-2017). Prior to this role, he was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Talabat.com<http://Talabat.com> until 2010, and has since then been investing in technology startups and involved in a number of local and regional entrepreneurial initiatives. Abdulaziz has also previously served as Director at Global Capital Management, the alternative investments arm of Global Investment House “Global” where he has played a major role in managing key investments within the Private Equity Group of Global by handling various assignments on corporate restructuring, business planning, deal structuring, due diligence and managing portfolio companies' to exit. Abdulaziz has served as an executive and member of board on a number of companies within the MENA region in the technology, banking, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer finance, food & beverage and real estate sectors.Abdulaziz holds a Bachelor's degree - double major in Information Systems and E-Commerce from University of Toledo, and an MBA degree from London Business School.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Apps, Music
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates, United States, Kuwait

Portfolio highlights

Ghinwa — A mobile app for anonymous self-broadcasting and Karaoke.
Fakespot — Fakespot spots, analyzes and identifies fake reviews and counterfeits - helping you out when buying stuff online.
Yougotagift.com — Buy UAE's most popular gift cards and gift vouchers online! Personalize and digitally send them via email or SMS! Starting at 20 AED. Choose from 200+ Top Brands.

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

Investment focus

FinTech, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

Portfolio highlights

Prop-AI — Prop-AI is building the Bloomberg Terminal for real estate—an AI-powered platform that automates property discovery, evaluation, and acquisition.Headquartered in Dubai, Prop-AI uses proprietary machine learning and over 3 billion verified data points from government registries, real estate marketplaces, developers, and private sources. Itanalyzes all market listings and can access off-market opportunities by understanding all available supply and stakeholders. The platform delivers instant property valuations, investment scores, rental and appreciation forecasts, and fraud detection, giving investors and owners unmatched transparency and confidence.Prop-AI is focused on launching its Prop-AI Business platform and APIs for real estate professionals, alongside the region’s most advanced Agentic AI for Real Estate in 2025. These innovations aim to make intelligent, data-driven decision-making accessible to investors, real estate professionals, and eventually autonomous AI systems—setting a new standard for real estate investing in the region and beyond.
Markopolo ai — Markopolo is a complete paid marketing suite that helps you launch targeted ads in seconds. Generate the perfect creative and AI-powered copy, schedule posts ahead of time to save time and get real-time analytics on how well they perform! If you’re looking for a smarter, faster way to create ads and automate the boring parts of ad management,there’s a tool you need to meet.We have built the software for cookieless era. We use server side pixel to gather lossless data from each and every attribution point. Business that adopt Markopolo see 34% reduction in Cost per click, 41% increase in Conversion rate and 30% increase in Budget spending efficiency within first few campaigns. These are the benchmarks achieved with the algorithms behind Marokopolo, and we have just started! We provide an end to end solution in Paid Marketing, which is critical for a modern marketing team manager to improve efficiency. Finding the right audience to target is a complicated science that we have cracked at Markopolo. We have a patent pending status in USPTO on it. Lastly getting real-time analytics from all these platforms and actionable suggestions from Markopolo algorithm completes the whole user journey.Features: - Integrates with Facebook, Instagram, Google Ads and YouTube - Built in Campaign Manager for scheduling and managing all the ads from one place - Ad Engine that monitors and optimises all the Ads 24/7 - Suggestion Engine that guides like a professional marketer - Get a holistic overview of all the metrics from all the campaigns in one dashboard - Ad Maker that comes with AI Generated Copy and Creatives - Targeting AI generates custom Audience presets - GDPR Compliant1,000+ businesses use Markopolo to automate their campaign creation and management in Social and Search Ad platforms.Try us out- https://www.markopolo.ai/Watch our product demo- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VExF-j9sdg&t=87sWatch this how to get started video series- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFsYkb4YvQ&list=PLG1FKDs4H_wGH0NfxNflJgr0WVzn6m8Pj
medIQ — Do you need stress-free employee healthcare funds management services? Then MedIQ is here to provide you with the best cost-effective services. Reach us Today!

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