Top 5 Gaming VC Funds &amp; Investors in Bahrain (June 2026)

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

Industry: E-Commerce, Coffee, Restaurants
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Bahrain, Oman, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 9
Round size: Seed $48k–$3M
Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow

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.

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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

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 116
Round size: Seed $100k–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $60k–$1.3M; Series A $1.3M–$27M
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
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!

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Khwarizmi Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks investments in startups with a passion for algorithms. It seeks to help create their vision, as they embark on a journey together that aligns their goals to improve quality of life using technology powered by algorithms. .

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Investor stats

Total investments: 57
Round size: Seed $1.6M–$16M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2.4M; Series A $5.5M–$37M
Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
Buildnow — BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.
Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.

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Nama Ventures is a seed stage venture capital fund focused on fueling innovation in the MENA region, particularly in Saudi Arabia. ama Ventures is built upon the fundamental idea of enabling entrepreneurs to succeed. And as founders of Nama, we are thrilled to finally have the platform to implement this idea. Our hope is that entrepreneurs willingto partner with us will see and feel our value-add approach to investing.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 33
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Cargoz — Cargoz is a logistics startup that connects SMEs looking for warehousing space with warehousing companies who has extra capacity, like Airbnb but for commercial warehousing & storage.
Muqbis — As the word Muqbis means, our main job is to connect talented hands and home based businesses to their targeted customers and support them to grow their businesses hassle free. On the other hand Muqbis opens a wide market to support customers find “the made with love home products and services” they look for and compare varieties, prices and findnearby providers. In Muqbis we believe that world is changing, life patterns are changing and for sure work styles are changing and we are here for it.
Messenger — Messenger is a one-stop logistics platform that finances and aggregates end-to-end logistics and supply chain operations in order to assist businesses and logistics asset owners in achieving an efficient supply chain framework.

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