Top 5 FinTech Startup Investors in Kuwait in May 2025
A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Fintech startups based in Kuwait. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Fintech companies from Kuwait. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 FinTech Startup Investors in Kuwait in May 2025
Investor | FinTech Kuwait investments |
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BECO Capital | 2 |
Maqamees Holdings | 1 |
Vision Ventures | 1 |
Timothy Li | 1 |
Tether.io | 1 |
Founded in 2012, BECO Capital pioneers early-stage venture capital firms, focusing on MENA and beyond. It proudly partners with regional success stories like Careem, Kitopi, SWVL, PropertyFinder, MaxAB, Tribal, and others, shaping the tech landscape
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt
Maqamees Holdings is a investment firm.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Payments
- Pre-Seed
- Kuwait
Portfolio highlights
- Kem — Kem was started with the idea of achieving a simple goal, to make it easy to send money to your friends. Millions of people in the Gulf were facing this issue, and we built Kem for the purpose of removing the pain from peer-to-peer payments.Today, Kem is the fastest growing payments app in Kuwait & the GCC. Pay anyone instantly, receiveeverywhere, spend anywhere. Join the thousands already using the Kem app.The Kem App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Kem’s bank partner(s). Kem Company for Electronic Payment & Settlement Systems W.L.L is a service of Kem Technologies Holding Ltd.
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
- 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 — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Timothy has been working in FinTech and Marketplace Lending industry for the past decade. He has launched various marketplace lending platforms and held c-level positions at RealtyMogul.com, loanDepot.com, Quick Bridge Funding, Think Finance and JPMorgan Chase.Timothy also co-founded LendFoundry.com, KuberFinancial.com MaxDecision.com. He alsosits on various advisory boards such as Ziero Finance, Solar Mosaic, Blinker Inc., Docitt and CreditExchange.in.Timothy holds various degrees from Harvard Business School, University of Southern California and San Jose State University.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Kuwait
Portfolio highlights
- Verdata — Introducing Verdata,the data networkfor POS financing companies. With Verdata, identify the fraud associated with bad merchants, and avoid the fines associated with regulatory complaints.
- Kem — Kem was started with the idea of achieving a simple goal, to make it easy to send money to your friends. Millions of people in the Gulf were facing this issue, and we built Kem for the purpose of removing the pain from peer-to-peer payments.Today, Kem is the fastest growing payments app in Kuwait & the GCC. Pay anyone instantly, receiveeverywhere, spend anywhere. Join the thousands already using the Kem app.The Kem App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Kem’s bank partner(s). Kem Company for Electronic Payment & Settlement Systems W.L.L is a service of Kem Technologies Holding Ltd.
- Truv — With Citadel, users can easily connect their payroll account and instantly share the information you need to run verifications—and we make it more affordable and faster than your manual verifications.
Tether.io is one of innovation, resilience, and relentless pursuit of breaking barriers.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Mobile Payments, Financial Services
- Corporate Round
- Kuwait
Portfolio highlights
- Kem Technologies — Kem Technologies a flexible P2P quick payment system. And bridges financial gap by ensuring user security.
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