# Top 50 Gaming Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in June 2026 ## BECO Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology BECO Capital is a conviction-driven VC, backing exceptional founders across the GCC and MENA region with hands-on support, partnerships and sector expertise. ## Shorooq Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Shorooq Partners is the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world. ## Wamda Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services 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. ## Oqal - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology 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. ## Enabling Future - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Enabling Future (EF) is a sector agnostic, family office backed Venture Capital firm head quartered in Dubai. EF provides seed and early stage funding to entrepreneurs who challenge conventional wisdom and look to create true disruption. Our goal is to enable entrepreneurs to build companies of the future. We provide our portfolio companies withcapital, experience, strategy and network. ## Arzan Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS 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. ## Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech 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. ## AlTouq Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care AlTouq Group is a Saudi Arabian Family Office established in the 1970's as an investment vehicle for the AlTouq family. It has grown into a sophisticated local and international investor with a global revenue generating asset base. ## Nazer Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage Nazer Group provides investment services in the health care sector. ## The Games Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Online Games TGF is an early-stage VC fund founded by video games industry veterans. We invest in future leaders: game developers, gaming technologies, and services. We share best practices and offer our experience and personal touch. ## Faith Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sharq Hawalli, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Faith Capital is a venture capital firm investing in talented MENA founders building long-term value by developing sound operations at home and abroad.A Kuwait based venture capital fund owned and managed by individuals with proven business experience and success in the GCC.The principal focus of Faith Capital is on e-commerce businesses,based in the region, which have high growth potential for the future. ## Global Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services We back global-minded, growth-stage and technology-focused founders in emerging markets and the world. ## COTU Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software 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. ## Crescent Enterprises - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Seed - Focus: Delivery, Robotics, Web Design A multinational firm with diverse operations across strategic sectors. ## s16vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: New Castle, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence s16vc is an early-stage founder-centric angel fund. The fund focuses on early stage technology investments, operating globally in Europe, and the US. We have brought together more than 80 founders & operators to support early stage companies in their growth. Fund partners are active founders and operators: - Oleg Bibergan - Co-founder &Co-Managing Partner at s16vc, venture investor & corporate finance executive with 15 years of experience spanning early, growth, and late stage deals as equity investor with GS SSG, Kismet Capital Group, and personal angel portfolio- Aleks Shamis - Co-founder & Co-Managing Partner at s16vc. Ex-Deputy CEO at Borzodelivery.com (global on-demand delivery business, operating in 10 countries)- Mike Peregudov - Founder & CEO at Pivot.ws (EdTech startup in the US market), Food Party (exit to Yandex)- Leo Batalov - Partner, Global Co-Head of Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital at DLA Piper, top international law firm- Egor Rudi - Founder & CEO at Profi.ru (leading services marketplace in Eastern Europe), Co-founder at Hands.ru (first Uber-like marketplace in home improvement market)- Tolya Marin - Founder at Payment systems (fintech company with profit per employee > PayPal & 20m installs/ 5m MAU)- Andrey Khusid - Founder and CEO of Miro, the world's most popular visual collaboration platformBeing founders ourselves, we are confident that people succeed, not ideas, and feel immense respect for every founder who perseveres to the point of creating impact and monetizable value. We invest in teams who share our values: - People succeed, not ideas- Community, not individual- Trust- Transparency- Intrinsic motivation to help- Pay forward- Beginner mindset ## SEEDRA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics SEEDRA Ventures invests in companies from the very first stages of inception to Series-A and beyond, providing financing and hands-on development support. ## AngelSpark - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Internet Originating from the dynamic hub of Dubai, AngelSpark is revolutionizing the angel investment landscape. More than just an investment group, AngelSpark is a confluence of community-driven collaboration, flexibility in investment, and a genuine desire to uplift founders from the get-go. Our mission is straight forward: to cultivate an environmentwhere founders, especially those in their earliest stages, can thrive, innovate, and scale with the right resources and backing. We invest from $100K and lead larger syndicates in exceptional founders at the earliest stages to help them launch new ideas, create new companies, go to market, and win first customers. ## Valia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech Valia is a venture capital firm backing founders building tomorrow's most iconic companies. ## Derayah Financial - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce Derayah Financial is a digital investment firm and brokerage that provides online access to local and global stock, ETF, bond, margin trading, and derivatives markets, as well as Shariah-compliant advisory and robo-advisory services. The firm offers mutual funds, real estate investments, discretionary portfolio management, and research tools. ## B&Y Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally. ## Vespertine Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Flagtown, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Vespertine Capital is a blockchain advisory, investment, and education firm dedicated to helping early-stage crypto ventures drive digital innovation and real-world use cases using blockchain technology. ## FJ Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups. ## Animoca Brands - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cyberport, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. ## MSA Novo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech MSA Novo, a multi-stageglobal venture capital firm, boasts a diverse portfolio of startups and established businesses in tech, fintech, and consumer sectors. ## The Open Platform - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Online Games Together with exceptional founders and their teams, we are on a mission to ignite the mass adoption of crypto and move towards the worldwide usage of blockchain technology. ## Vision Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce 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. ## Velo Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Sports Founded in 2011 by Evan Hoff, Velo Partners is a venture capital firm that invests and manages a portfolio spanning the global gaming and gambling industry. Velo typically invests in Series A or early growth stage rounds. Our ideal investment candidates demonstrate strong early transaction and a clear understanding of their unit economics and growth trajectory. We also work in association with a gaming accelerator called RNG FOUNDRY for earlier stage investment in iGaming content. ## Tenmou - Type: VC Fund - Location: Droichead Uí Bhriain, Clare, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Internet Tenmou is Bahrain´s first Business Angels Company, which provides both mentor-ship and capital to high-potential, innovative Bahraini entrepreneurs from the seed stage. Through the support and mentor-ship provided by our Angel shareholders, all of whom are established businessmen and successful entrepreneurs in their own right, we look to givethese new entrepreneurs the greatest chance of success. ## AU21 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space ## MSA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services MSA Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies from seed to growth stage. The firm manages capital from the world's top sovereign wealth funds, international asset managers, pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and family offices, as well as China's leading neweconomy entrepreneurs. ## BY Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: St. Helier, NA - Jersey, Jersey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally. ## Game7 - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Mobile Apps Our gaming nation is a radical experiment in a meritocratic governance, where power, status, influence and rewards are distributed to those who make the most valuable contributions to the Game7 society. ## HALA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages. ## Samih Toukan - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance In the year 2000 Samih founded and became the CEO of Maktoob.com the world’s first Arabic email and largest Arab Online community. In 2005 Samih cofounded Souq.com, the Arab Worlds largest ecommerce site. In 2009 Maktoob was acquired by Yahoo! and in 2017 Souq.com was acquired by Amazon in the largest technology acquisition deals in the history ofthe region.Samih is currently the Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group (Jabbar.com). Jabbar today is one of the leading investors in Internet and technology companies in the region. ## Pioneer Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce 300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups ## Dingaling ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, PC Games, Software Dingaling is an individual investor and crypto twitter celeb. ## Fenbushi Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Fenbushi Capital is the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia. Founded in Shanghai in 2015 by veterans across both blockchain and traditional financial industries, it has to date supported over 80 leading projects across 4 continents leveraging blockchain technology to reshape myriad industries such as finance,healthcare, supply chain, and consumer goods. Fenbushi’s mission is to drive healthy and sustainable growth in the global blockchain ecosystem, and actively works as a long-term strategic partner to its portfolio projects. ## OIG Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency OIG Ventures is an investment firm. ## Venom Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, Web Apps Venom Ventures Fund (VVF) invests in the people, projects, and creative ideas that will lead the way for adoption and towards a fairer financial system. ## 6G Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Restaurants 6G Capital is the family office arm of the Allana Group, which invests in diverse sectors ranging from retail, healthcare, and fintech. ## Oddiyana Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Bitcoin Oddiyana Ventures is an investing firm focused on funding the innovation in the decentralization movement, Defi, NFT and web3 application, that are building game changing business models in the crypto space. ## Ton Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B - Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Payments Ton Ventures ## R-930 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Privacy R-930 Capital encourages worldwide economic growth, with a particular focus on blockchain and disruptive technology. R-930 Capital was founded in 2021 and is located in Palo Alto, California. ## Elena 🌸 - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Elena is researching and investing NFTs/ DeFi News. ## YellowSpoon Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Yellow Spoon Capital is a community based investment firm that brings high marketing support and growth strategic partnerships specialized in GameFi, Web 3.0, Metaverse, Defi, and other fields in the blockchain. They are working with quality KOLS to achieve good visibility on the French market. They also help projects by connecting them to theirnetwork for following needs. ## Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Group operates diversified business interests in the following four main sectors: Automotive Sales and Distribution. Private and Public Transportation Services. ## Minted Lab - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Information Technology Minted Labs ## XVC Tech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Blockchain, Fantasy Sports XVC Tech is a $125mn fund supported by founders of the XDC Blockchain Network that specializes in investing in early-stage Tech start-ups. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Moonwhale Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Moonwhale is an STO Financial Advisory offering companies strategic advice on STO process & structure, as well as token issuance incl. lifecycle management and secondary market on-boarding for their projects. Moonwhale is also building an End-to-End Security Token Offering (STO) Investment Platform will cater to investors looking to invest inSTO projects, and to companies looking to raise capital through STO to finance business expansion or new ventures. Investors will be presented with vetted projects incl. due- diligence reports and will be able to manage their investments through our platform.