Top 40 Education Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in December 2024
A list of 40 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Education startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Education companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 Education Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in December 2024
Investor | Education United Arab Emirates investments |
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Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) | 3 |
Vision Ventures | 3 |
Mindshift Capital | 2 |
Globivest | 2 |
GINCO Investments | 2 |
Acasia Ventures | 2 |
COTU Ventures | 2 |
Delta Partners | 2 |
Abdulaziz Al Loughani | 1 |
Careem | 1 |
Flat6Labs | 1 |
Learn Capital | 1 |
HALA Ventures | 1 |
Colle Capital Partners | 1 |
BY Venture Partners | 1 |
Sawari Ventures | 1 |
Ramit Harisinghani | 1 |
Eureeca | 1 |
Khalid AlHadlaq | 1 |
Wamda Capital | 1 |
Arya Bolurfrushan | 1 |
Kaustubh Wagle | 1 |
Plutus21 | 1 |
Al Zayani Venture Capital | 1 |
Ivanka Trump | 1 |
Egypt Ventures | 1 |
B&Y Venture Partners | 1 |
Smartup Ventures | 1 |
Endure Capital | 1 |
Oryx Fund | 1 |
E20 Investment | 1 |
Lamya Mahmood | 1 |
Education in Motion | 1 |
A.L.M.A | 1 |
Hope Ventures | 1 |
Mashael Isa Fairooz | 1 |
Bashar Hamood | 1 |
LearnStart | 1 |
Sabban Corp Investment | 1 |
Dtec Ventures | 1 |
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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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.
- Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.
- Stake — Thousands investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just USD 136
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.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Rewaa — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.
- Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
- 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!
Investing in global, female entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Education, Wellness
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Arab Emirates, Jordan
Portfolio highlights
- FORTË — FORTË enables fitness brands globally to create a high-quality, premium digital fitness platform cost-effectively. FORTË installs its proprietary streaming hardware and software at one or more of its clients’ locations, deploys a customized website and accompanying mobile apps, and assists the client to launch and promote its new virtual offering.End-users can stream live and on-demand fitness classes from their favorite gym while interacting with their community on two-way video, tracking their performance in real-time on leaderboards and through wearable integrations, participate in challenges, and get social with their friends. FORTË powers UFC, Goodlife Fitness, YMCA's, NFL Player's Association, The Edge, Heartcore, GYMVMT, and many other well-known gym chains and boutique studios.
- Vivoo — At home testing made simple! Get personalized insights and expert advice tailored just for you. Begin your journey to wellness now!
- Making Space — Discover Making Space, a talent acquisition and learning platform that creates new pathways to employment and career advancement for Disabled people.
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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Investment focus
- FinTech, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Iyris — Iyris Advanced Desert Greenhouses is the Middle East's premier agriculture glazing specialist, providing tailored solutions for increased desert crop output. iyris collaborates closely with the glass industry's greatest companies to provide ultra-clear glazing with the most advanced anti-reflective and light diffusive coatings.
- Kwara — Kwara turns analog credit unions into modern digital banks.
- Vibrant Planet — Data-driven science and cloud-based technology to help make communities and ecosystems more resilient in the face of climate change.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions.
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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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Education
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India
Portfolio highlights
- AdalFi — AdalFi provides digital lending infrastructure services.It identifies, qualifies, engages, activates, and delights lending prospects for our partner banks.
- Cercli — The single platform for MENA companies to hire, manage and pay your global workforce
- MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Early stage VC investments and funding for start-ups / founders in Ireland.
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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 a technology focused provider of integrated data for intelligent fleet electrification planning, operations and reporting.
- MarketSizer — MarketSizer offers subscription-based competitive intelligence and market insights for SaaS vendors who want to strategically grow their business.
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.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Apps, Music
- Seed, Funding Round
- United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Ghinwa — A mobile app for anonymous self-broadcasting and Karaoke.
- Snapbook — Visit the Snapbook store to customize you're gifts, photo prints, unique phone cases, and wall art with Snapbook.
- Yougotagift.com — YouGotaGift offers a range of online card gifts from more than 400 brands through email, SMS and its app. It operates across three major business verticals including consumer gifting and employee and customer rewards.
Ride, order food and grocery, make mobile payments and more. We're the region's leading multi-service app.
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Investment focus
- EdTech, Mobile, Travel
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
- Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- 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
Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Yamm — Yamm is an e-commerce platform that offers a method for refunding customers' money.
- Wateer — Wateer is a digital partner that meets the needs of the real world with solutions from the digital world. Wateer offers paperless invoices at retail points "Receipt as a Service (RaaS)" using a low friction process for shoppers and retailers. It was founded in 2022 and is located in Riyadh, Riyadh.
- Zofa — Zofa provides integrated solutions that promote long-term change while improving productivity and patient care and enabling fast delivery of medical products.
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.
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Investment focus
- Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Denmark, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
- Feeling Great — Feeling Great is a mental wellness app that offers a revolutionary AI-powered chatbot and interactive learning program, which have been developed based on the groundbreaking work of David Burns, MD and his T.E.A.M. approach to cognitive behavioral therapy.
- Emergence — Emergence is technology company that advances science and development of AI agent systems for enterprise.
Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
- 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.
Colle Capital Partners is a global, opportunistic, early stage technology venture fund. Managers have dealt in various verticals and across capital structures.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Medical Device
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Seam AI — Chat with all of your sales and marketing data. Answer questions, get summaries, and sync information across GTM tools.
- Sensydia — The Sensydia Cardiac Performance System (CPS) enables the rapid assessment of critical care and heart failure patients by non-invasively measuring key hemodynamic metrics.
- Vergent Bioscience — Targeting cancer through enhanced tumor visualization
Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally.
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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.
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.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Egypt, United States, Lebanon
Portfolio highlights
- Axis — axis for Business enables small businesses to seamlessly manage employee payroll, salary advances, and expenses - all from one place.
- 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.
- Pearl Semiconductor — Pearl Semiconductor has been developing for the past few years reference clocks and clock generators based on piezoelectric MEMS resonators that are built on top of CMOS
Ramit Harisinghani - General Manager, MENA @ b8ta
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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.
Eureeca is the first and most regulated global online crowdinvesting (or Equity Crowdfunding) platform where businesses can source funding from the crowd in exchange for equity in their business. Harnessing the power of the internet and social media, Eureeca’s platform connects Angel and Institutional investors to small & medium enterprises(SMEs) online to pool their funds and resources - creating a game-changing alternative to traditional funding. We operate across 3 continents and over 100 countries. We have pioneered cross border investing; building a digital solution to enable investors to build a portfolio of early growth stage investments from around the globe.From our offices in Dubai, London, Kuala Lumpur, and Amsterdam, Eureeca offers high-yield potential investment opportunities from the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia to its investor network who range from casual and angel investors to institutional firms. Businesses raising funds can leverage this network for capital, strategic connections, and expansion into new markets.Eureeca was recently highly ranked in the MENA Forbes “Top 100 Startups 2017” and won “Innovator of the Year” by Forbes in 2017. Other accolades include “Innovator of the Year” at the 2014 Gulf Business Awards and “Most Innovative Online Platform” by Frost and Sullivan in 2015.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, eSports, Internet
- Seed, Series A
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Bhatia Labs — Bhatia Labs provides productized services, platforms and infrastructure at affordable costs to individuals, startups and businesses all over the world.
- Pole Position — Automotive events agency in Dubai with creative new activation ideas and a single source for turnkey automotive event management and delivery
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, Social Network
- Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Arab Emirates
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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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.
- 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
- Salus — Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health.
Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010.
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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.
Kaustubh Wagle
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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.
Plutus21 is an investment firm focused on alternative assets such as crypto, venture capital, and real estate.
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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!
Al Zayani Venture Capital focused on investing in start-ups and disruptive technology.
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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.
Ivanka Trump
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Investment focus
- Education, Farming, CleanTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Twigtale — Twigtale is the first company to provide parents with personalized, high-quality, accessible expert advice for every major transition a child undergoes, such as welcoming a new baby, moving, even experiencing death or cancer. The personalized stories are scripted by child development experts, then personalized by parents. The books are engaging forkids and a powerful playbooks for parents. Customers are parents, groups, partners & sponsors.
- HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
- University of The Community/ Indigenous Cultural Arts Museum — UNIVERSITY FOR SELF LEARNING
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.
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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
- Gahez Market — Gahez Market Online store
- Synapse Analytics — We build data science and AI solutions for streamlined operations and data driven decisions. Synapse Analytics, enabling a smarter world.
Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally.
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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
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.
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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.
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.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
- Pylon — Reliable smart energy solutions within the reach of emerging markets.
- 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.
Oryx Fund is a MENA-focused Investment fund from Hambro Perks. Investing in game-changing early-stage technology companies at late Seed and Series A, led by outstanding entrepreneurs in sectors we have deep expertise such as Fintech, Healthtech, Enterprise tech, Logistics tech, and Edtech.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Growdash — Growdash is a business intelligence and analytics tool built specifically for restaurants to support profitable growth strategic decisions across online sales channels.
- GrubTech — An end-to-end kitchen management platform with food aggregator, online ordering, POS, ERP and 3pl integrations; to streamline online food delivery orders and create efficiencies for delivery-centric restaurants and cloud kitchens (ghost kitchens, dark kitchens, virtual kitchens).
- Merit Incentives — Merit Incentives provides gifts, rewards, and engagement strategies using innovative technologies in the MENA region.
E20 Investment is an Investment firm.
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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.
Lamya Mahmood
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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.
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- Education
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
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- School of Humanity — School of Humanity is breakthrough online high school reinventing education, offering alternative models of learning to high school level learners worldwide
A.L.M.A
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- Education, E-Learning
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
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- 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
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.
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- E-Commerce, Coffee, Restaurants
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Bahrain, Oman, United Arab Emirates
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- 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
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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.
Bashar Hamood is the Managing Director and co-founder of FasterCapital and attended Heriot-Watt University. He has broad experience across various organizational domains, including marketing strategy, branding, direct marketing, product launches, analysis, and reporting. As an entrepreneur, he has expertise in brand development and communityoutreach. Bashar is skilled in optimizing team dynamics, aligning diverse agendas, and leveraging strategic and operational drivers to achieve results. He also has a strong analytical approach, carefully studying each case and parameter variation.
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- Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- Tikkno — Tikkno is a dynamic and innovative company offering an extensive portfolio of 100 high-quality services across key sectors such as technology, marketing, education, training, management, and design. Our mission is to empower businesses and individuals by providing cutting-edge solutions tailored to their unique needs.In technology, Tikknodelivers comprehensive IT services that streamline operations, boost efficiency, and enhance digital transformation. From software development to cybersecurity, our solutions are built to keep businesses ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.In marketing, we craft data-driven strategies designed to maximize brand visibility, engagement, and growth. Our team excels in digital marketing, SEO, social media management, and advertising, helping businesses connect with their target audiences effectively.Our education and training services focus on upskilling teams and individuals through tailored programs that combine industry-leading knowledge with practical application. We offer specialized training to ensure that clients stay competitive in today’s fast-paced environment.Management and design services from Tikkno ensure that businesses operate efficiently while presenting a strong visual identity. Our management consulting aids in optimizing workflows and strategic planning, while our design services deliver creative, visually compelling solutions that resonate with audiences.Investing in Tikkno means investing in a forward-thinking company that is dedicated to delivering measurable value, innovative solutions, and long-term growth. With a commitment to excellence and a proven track record of success, Tikkno is positioned to become a key player in driving business success across various industries.
- Accel Growth — Accel Growth has created an amazing super oxygenation machine that uses a radical technique to supersaturate water with oxygen by forming new chemical interactions with the minerals in the water.
- Intech Research Group — Welcome to the world of TROT FTRs. Empowering the world like never before. Opens up many new business opportunities. And opportunities for the businesses. The opportunities you can’t afford to miss. An ideal for investors. TROT FTRs enjoy huge potential to become a trillion-dollar business. Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Robust, sustained revenuestreams. Saves on future inflation for the global households. Year after year, Plan your budget without worrying. Hedge your costs or sell the rights for a good profit. Save big on your vacation, buying a home, children's education, healthcare. And many more. Why not earn while hedging? Good returns. Anytime liquidity, High Safety. Buy, sell, redeem, gift – all from your home comfort. No brokers. FTRs sold by vetted, reputed businesses. Blockchain registered. Legally compliant. Many Govt. corporations may soon offer their FTRs. Tourism, healthcare, agriculture, real estate, education, lifestyle, and many others. Freely tradable on TROT Exchange. ideal investment for households and businesses alike. FTRs for HNIs as the Market Makers. Multiply your returns. Minimal risk. One platform to weave the world's largest and the best network of all the participants – from businesses to households to the service providers An ideal solution for businesses. Meet all your finance needs. No ownership sharing. Think big. Plus, a huge marketing boost. Market Maker support as the up-front buyers.
LearnStart is a seed fund that focuses on the development of global education technology companies through seed funding.
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Investment focus
- Education, E-Learning, EdTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Kenya
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- Neol — Neol is a decentralized and tokenized cohort-based learning and on-demand talent platform, powered by a curated global creative community.
- Capybara — Enabling teens to on-ramp into the creative economy
- Fluence — Training in psychedelic integration and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. International workshops, conferences, and consultation related to and mental health, MDMA, Psilocybin, ketamine, Ayahuasca, and other compounds.
Sabban Corp Investment is an investment firm which invest in your Bussiness idea.
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- 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.
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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- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates, United States, Oman
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- 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.
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