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Top 50 Gaming VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Arab Emirates in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Gaming startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Gaming companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Gaming VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Arab Emirates in January 2025

Investor	Gaming United Arab Emirates investments
Shorooq Partners	7
BECO Capital	6
Wamda Capital	5
Oqal	4
Enabling Future	3
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)	3
Vision Ventures	2
Faith Capital	2
MSA Novo	2
Animoca Brands	2
Vespertine Capital	2
BY Venture Partners	2
Global Ventures	2
AlTouq Group	2
The Games Fund	2
s16vc	2
The Open Platform	2
FJ Labs	2
Velo Partners	2
B&Y Venture Partners	2
MSA Capital	2
Derayah Financial	2
Tenmou	2
COTU Ventures	2
Crescent Enterprises	2
Valia Ventures	2
GINCO Investments	1
Silicon Badia	1
XVC Tech	1
OPgames	1
Nordstar	1
Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Group	1
Fenbushi Capital	1
Qu Ventures	1
AU21 Capital	1
V3V Ventures	1
Stake Capital Group	1
Cyfr Capital	1
VentureFriends	1
6G Capital	1
Spade Ventures	1
Undeads	1
Alturki Ventures	1
RTE Ventures	1
Zephyrus Capital	1
Vulpes Ventures	1
BMW Venture Capital	1
Exinity	1
Addicted hunters	1
Antler	1

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Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Pemo — Pemo is an all-in-one spend management solution that empowers your business by packing every company invoice, expense, approval and spending decision into one powerful platform.Our offering includes smart corporate cards, invoice payment systems and expense tracking functions. These are supported by automated approval flows, direct accountingintegration and real-time reporting - features that allow business owners to save time, save money, automate admin and every expense so you can get on with what you do best - building great businesses.
Corgea — Corgea is an AI-powered security platform that automatically finds, triages, and fixes insecure code. Sign up today for free to try Corgea.
Colabs — Colabs is Pakistan’s fastest growing flexible workspace. Our community today has 1000 seats and over 100 companies across multiple facilities in Lahore. COLABS has a network of 100+ ecosystem partners across universities, VC funds, corporates, government and industry leaders. COLABS is constantly innovating, creating new work experiences, andredefining the future of work in Pakistan. Our mission is to knit together a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs across Pakistan.

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United States, 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.
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Keyper — Keyper simplifies real estate management for property owners, tenants, and partners. Manage portfolios, get market insights, apply for rent with flexible payment options, and explore partnership opportunities to earn passive income. Join Keyper today!

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.
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.

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

Spare — Spare | Know Your Money
DESAISIV — DESAISIV, a MENA based InsurTech startup specialising in health insurance which is transforming health insurance for insurers and clients through exploiting their advanced AI solutions which were developed in collaboration with top machine learning scientists from the University of Oxford. DESAISIV’s philosophy is simply to put AI at the centre ofall decision making. This AI-driven approach guarantees that clients of Groups and SMEs will get optimized insurance policies tailored to their needs, also it will make sure that insurance companies will optimise their processes using the latest AI technologies. Benefitting from access to a vast database of hundreds of millions of patient records, DESAISIV has achieved an impressive average prediction accuracy of over 95%. Demonstrating their commitment to excellence, they have set an ambitious target to exceed 99% accuracy by the end of this year. Through their AI-driven products, DESAISIV streamlines various aspects of health insurance, including automating underwriting procedures, tailoring policy's benefits and coverage, improving quality of service by predicting developing diseases, identifying high-risk behaviours, and reducing customer attrition.
TWIG — TWIG is a Bank Agnostic Automated Savings Platform in the MENA region. Our flagship app provides Automated Saving Plans to help users save better; a Smart Budgeting tool with tailored insights; and Smart, customizable and user-specific Goals.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Arab Emirates, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

NÜWATER — NÜWATER was born out of a desire to combat the harmful impact that plastic bottles have on our environment today. With approximately 8 million tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean every year, NÜWATER is a recyclable alternative to plastic bottled water. We'd like to put the UAE at the forefront of driving sustainability, to ensure ourfuture generations live in a cleaner, healthier, plastic free world. NÜWATER is sourced from an artesian spring 500 meters underground, one of the deepest springs in the world. Filtered through rich volcanic rock, NÜWATER supplies the body with essential minerals for life. In comparison to desalinated water - a process that is highly energy intensive, removes all the minerals and produces toxic waste in the process. We are proud to say our manufacturing process is 100% Carbon Neutral. We aim to be a Carbon Net Positive company by 2023. see less
Trifacta — Trifacta has joined Alteryx to help customers and partners bring even more value to their businesses, powered by breakthrough data analytic insights.
Volt Lines — Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit.

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, 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.
invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.

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

Software, Information Technology, 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.
Astra Nova — Astra Nova is a Web3 RPG that throws players into the center of an inter-dimensional conflict between godlike avatars of Chaos and Order.In our dynamic, story-driven 3rd Person Action Adventure, players explore the mysteries of their new home planet, battle to unite warring factions & rally their forces against the coming onslaught of TheAccretion.As the Final Envoy, players control their destinies, from designing their own custom character & choice of specialty skills to navigating a storyline full of twists and turns.Action Gameplay is enhanced by a unique Companion System allowing players to swap in either story-based MPCs or NFT-powered NPCs.Diplomatic Gameplay includes a Resource Management game mode further enhanced by our unique NFT-compatible Outpost System.
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!

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.
Nana — Nana is an online grocery platform that provides doorstep deliveries of groceries and other home essentials. The company's platform offers a wide assortment of groceries, fruits, and vegetables, cosmetics, electronics, bakery items, and flowers that enables consumers to purchase products online and get them delivered to their homes.Nana wasestablished in 2016 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

MSA Novo, a multi-stageglobal venture capital firm, boasts a diverse portfolio of startups and established businesses in tech, fintech, and consumer sectors.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
Tap Protocol — Tap Protocol is a protocol that focuses on the development of bitcoin capabilities through the Ordinals system.
Yellow Metal — Fintech company that provides Gold loan

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.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

FLock.io — FLock.io aims to build a decentralised privacy-preserving solution for Artificial Intelligence.
Bounty Bay — Bounty Bay is a social commerce company.
Lava Network — Lava Network aims to be a marketplace for blockchain data.

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.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malta

Portfolio highlights

Dmail — Dmail Network is a decentralized mailbox that provides a safe and private environment for users' communication, storage, tokens, and NFTs. The company was founded by Mittal S. and Lucas L. in 2021.
Kyoko.finance — KYOKO. A cross-chain GameFi NFT lending market for guilds and players.
Cumulus Encrypted Storage System (CESS) — CESS, a Blockchain Based Decentralized DistributedCloud Storage, a Blockchain Based Decentralized CloudDataNetwork Infrastructure, a Decentralized Cloud Storage Online Data SharingPlatform, a Blockchain Based CloudStorageSolution

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

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.

We back global-minded, growth-stage and technology-focused founders in emerging markets and the world.

Investment focus

Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zension — Zension is a subscription e-commerce company for consumer tech. Each and every day, we set out to create a new standard for connectivity and access to the best technology tools for all.
Locad — Locad is a cloud-based solution for global e-commerce fulfillment. Access to an international warehousing network. Distributed fulfillment keeps products close to customers, reducing shipping time and cost.
Zinc Money — A suite of comprehensive solutions to help families navigate international education for their children and ensure a sound financial foundation for their academic journey.

AlTouq Group is a Saudi Arabian Family Office established in the 1970s 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.

Investment focus

Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Series A
Pakistan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

iKcon — iKcon – Innovative Kitchen Concepts – utilizes a network of smart kitchens in prime locations to quickly “extend the reach” of amazing F&B brands. Our modern kitchen spaces are kitted with the latest equipment utilizing smart tech solutions and staffed by highly trained chefs & customer service teams. Our infrastructure is supported byProcurement & Storage Facilities, Central Production Units, and Customer Service Centers.
MedznMore — MedznMore makes quality healthcare effortless, reliable, and affordable. MedznMore is a digital healthcare innovator, dedicated to improving access to healthcare by blending technology and innovation to solve problems associated with modern-day pharmacies.
Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.

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.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Cyprus, United States, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Playgama — Playgama is a fast-growing distributor of HTML5 games, connecting developers to an audience of 220 million monthly active players. We simplify game distribution and monetization, allowing developers to focus on creating exceptional games while we handle the rest. With open-source SDK, games distributed thought Playgama can reach players acrossleading high-traffic platforms, ensuring global exposure—from Europe to Asia and USA.
Drama Studios — Drama Studios is a video game development studio company. UNRECORD is a single-player FPS that follows the story of a tactical police officer via the eyes of body camera.
Dark Passenger — Dark Passenger is a firm that develops video games. The team consists of both new blood specialists and seasoned gamedev professionals. The objective is to develop incredibly thrilling online experiences that emphasize both collaboration and competition and are captivated by human connections, alliances, fearless conflicts, and surprising turns ofevents.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Playgama — Playgama is a fast-growing distributor of HTML5 games, connecting developers to an audience of 220 million monthly active players. We simplify game distribution and monetization, allowing developers to focus on creating exceptional games while we handle the rest. With open-source SDK, games distributed thought Playgama can reach players acrossleading high-traffic platforms, ensuring global exposure—from Europe to Asia and USA.
Wordsmith AI — Wordsmith offers the best AI tools for legal teams, including AI-powered contract review, document generation, and legal chatbots. Trusted by top companies, Wordsmith helps lawyers streamline workflows, speed up legal processes, and increase productivity.
Passionfroot — A workspace where you can manage your creator business and organise your finances so that you can optimise your creator-work-life balance.

The Open Platform We are a venture studio focused on building and scaling Web3 startups for mass audiences from the ground up. We partner with exceptional founders, and share our extensive expertise in product development, marketing and design with the goal to reach an escape velocity together.

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Online Games
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
France, Israel, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Playgama — Playgama is a fast-growing distributor of HTML5 games, connecting developers to an audience of 220 million monthly active players. We simplify game distribution and monetization, allowing developers to focus on creating exceptional games while we handle the rest. With open-source SDK, games distributed thought Playgama can reach players acrossleading high-traffic platforms, ensuring global exposure—from Europe to Asia and USA.
Fanton — The first P2E Fantasy Football game with Telegram integration
Pluto Studio — Pluto Studio operates as a GameFi publishing platform.

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Faks — Faks is an app development company. The company's application allows users to send faster requests, track the status of the requests, and settle any complaints, enabling the pharmacists to maintain a secure relationship with supplier laboratories.
Wurthy — Get instant access to low cost credit using your accounts receivable, so you can keep your business running smoothly.
Odyssey — Discover how Odyssey Energy Solutions unblocks bottlenecks in DRE project development. Access diverse financing, procure equipment efficiently, and remotely monitor system performance. Join over 2000 renewable energy companies that use Odyssey to scale. Get in touch today.

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.

Investment focus

Gaming, Mobile, Sports
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Playgama — Playgama is a fast-growing distributor of HTML5 games, connecting developers to an audience of 220 million monthly active players. We simplify game distribution and monetization, allowing developers to focus on creating exceptional games while we handle the rest. With open-source SDK, games distributed thought Playgama can reach players acrossleading high-traffic platforms, ensuring global exposure—from Europe to Asia and USA.
Jarvi Games — Jarvi Games is a team of young and enthusiastic people who share the goal of making the best MMO action game on mobile devices. We aspire to build the best gaming experience in open world!
Bettormetrics — Bettormetrics is a data analytics infrastructure for your sports trading operation.

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

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.
DP Technology — DP Technology is a global leader in the "AI for Science" research paradigm, where AI learns scientific principles and data, then tackles key challenges in scientific research and industrial R&D.DP's commitment to interdisciplinary research has led to the creation of the DP "Particle Universe", an array of pre-trainedlarge science models designed to bridge foundational research with practical industrial applications. DP's software suite includes the Bohrium® Scientific Research Space, Hermite® Computational Drug Design Platform, RiDYMO® Dynamics Platform, and Piloteye® Battery Design Automation Platform. Together, these platforms form a robust foundation for industrial innovation and an open ecosystem for AI in science, fostering advancements in key areas such as drug discovery, energy, material science, and information technology.
DP Technology — Deep Technology uses a new generation of molecular simulation technology to tackle micro-scale industrial design difficulties. Founded in 2018 and is based in Beijing China.

Derayah Financial is a financial services firm that has built and operates the first mutual fund supermarket in Saudi Arabia.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

eat — Powerful restaurant reservation and guest management system. Flexible enough to use at both small and large restaurants. Sign up today. It's free!
Sary — Sary is a B2B marketplace that connects small businesses with suppliers seamlessly. The company's mission is to empower organizations with smarter ways to operate and grow efficiently. Sary was founded in early 2018 by Careem ex-General Manager, Mohammed Aldossary, and his partner Khaled AlSiari, to fix the broken supply chain in thewholesale industry. Today, Sary operates in 12 major cities, where customers can order wholesale items ranging from a box to a truckload in a few clicks to be delivered as fast as 24 hours. Sary served 40,000+ customers, worked with 1700+ brands and wholesalers.
Speero — Speero is an automotive spare part market place.

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.

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, United States

Portfolio highlights

Faceki — Offering cutting-edge solutions including KYC, KYB, KYT, AML, and Biometric Authentication.
Tajweed — Tajweed is the first Arabic-language portal that teaches young people to recite the Holy Quran and revive their Arabic language skills.
Travilege — Travilege provides a comprehensive B2B2C ERP SaaS platform to travel agents and operators. Its technology digitizes day-to-day operations, automates reservation processes, and promotes cooperation via an e-Hub.

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, 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.

Crescent Enterprises operates across four distinct platforms, which work together in synergy to develop innovative, sustainable, and profitable businesses.

Investment focus

Delivery, Restaurants, Food Delivery
Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Kitopi — Kitopi is a managed cloud kitchen platform that partners with restaurants to grow their business and expand their delivery reach.

Valia is a venture capital firm backing founders building tomorrow's most iconic companies.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Egypt, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Diagon — Diagon's advanced platform for optimizing manufacturing equipment procurement and lifecycle management. Explore our innovative solutions to tackle global supply chain challenges and support the reshoring of manufacturing.
Bedrock Materials — Bedrock Materials pioneers affordable sodium-ion batteries with revolutionary materials and production techniques, changing energy storage for a more sustainable future.
Diagon Technologies — Diagon's advanced platform for optimizing manufacturing equipment procurement and lifecycle management. Explore our innovative solutions to tackle global supply chain challenges and support the reshoring of manufacturing.

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-enabled financier of light electric vehicles. Three Wheels United is a Global fintech lender for electric mobility in the Global South. The company is disrupting lending to low-income and less literate clients. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm providing networks and support to leading technology entrepreneurs around the world.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Cartona — Cartona is a B2b marketplace directly connects retailers with suppliers
Userpilot — Userpilot helps product teams deliver personalized in-app experiences to increase growth metrics at every stage of the user journey.
Padel Haus — Padel Haus develops and operates padel clubs in New York City. The flagship location opened in July 2022. Padel Haus is a premium hospitality brand offering state of the art amenities and curated programming, providing a multidimensional experience built around the fastest growing sport globally.

XVC Tech is a $125mn fund supported by founders of the XDC Blockchain Network that specializes in investing in early-stage Tech start-ups.

Investment focus

B2B, Blockchain, Fantasy Sports
Seed, Pre-Seed
France, Sweden, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Fanzword — Fanzword: Where Football Passion Meets Prizes. Immerse yourself in the ultimate sports fan experience. Predict, discuss, and earn rewards while playing trivia and Fantasy Football. With $2,000 in monthly giveaways and a massive $10,000 season finale, the excitement never ends. Join the game and fuel your love for sports today!
Swiftcourt — Swiftcourt helps buyers and sellers to perform safe and smooth peer-to-peer-transactions, by providing them with smart digital contracts, e-signing and transaction-related add-on services.Swiftcourt was founded in 2016 and has since then helped over 70 000 buyers and sellers complete over 40 000 transactions. At the moment, the company is insuccessful partnerships with FINN.no, one of the most prominent classified sites in the world and with Mittanbud.no, the market leading service finder classified site in Norway. Recently, Swiftcourt also closed a deal with the biggest classified site in Sweden, Blocket.se.Swiftcourt aims to be a global standard of conducting safe and smooth online transactions and help buyers and sellers with their deals worldwide.
Bolero — Access high-value music assets, and earn recurring yield. Simple, fast, the all-in-one platform.

Arcadia is a platform for discovering indie games, competing in tournaments, and the homebase of the Arcadian NFTs.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Azuro — Powerful tooling, oracle & liquidity solutions for any EVM predictions & gaming ecosystem
StableBattle — StableBattle is a real-time mass PvP tournament game with a prize pool generated from DeFi yields

We help our partners accelerate their journeys to shape the future.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

klikit — Founded in 2021, klikit is a Singapore-based venture helping restaurants across Southeast Asia grow their business. With a first-of-its-kind enterprise technology stack, klikit helps restaurants become far more efficient in food delivery operations, while also connecting restaurants to role-model creators to launch virtual food brands for extrarevenue. This team of 30 led by ex-Gojek, Uber, Twitch, Nike and other alumni is backed by Global Founders Capital, Wavemaker Partners, Uber alumni syndicate Moving Capital, Gojek co-founder Kevin Aluwi, Nuseir Yassin of NasDaily, Radish Fiction Founder Seung-yoon Lee, and more.In its first seven months, klikit has serviced over US$2.8 million in food delivery orders across 150 brands in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore, as well as Taiwan and Australia.We’re hiring — join us as we help restaurants take back their power in food delivery! http://bit.ly/joinklikit
Silkhaus — A seamless, sophisticated experience you can rely on. Choose from the wide variety of furnished Boutique Flats and apartments for short and long-term stays from Silkhaus.
BOND — Get closer to the people and products behind your screen than ever before. Step inside creator wardrobes. Shop their edits. Swipe their curations. Be inspired. We're bringing you a new way to discover.

Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Group operates diversified business interests in the following four main sectors: Automotive Sales and Distribution. Private and Public Transportation Services.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Series A
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

iKcon — iKcon – Innovative Kitchen Concepts – utilizes a network of smart kitchens in prime locations to quickly “extend the reach” of amazing F&B brands. Our modern kitchen spaces are kitted with the latest equipment utilizing smart tech solutions and staffed by highly trained chefs & customer service teams. Our infrastructure is supported byProcurement & Storage Facilities, Central Production Units, and Customer Service Centers.

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.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, China

Portfolio highlights

FLock.io — FLock.io aims to build a decentralised privacy-preserving solution for Artificial Intelligence.
Huma — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
Igloo — Our mission is to create the largest onchain community, driving the consumer crypto revolution.

Qu Ventures

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Events
Seed, Series A
United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

R Games — R Games (XRG) is the world’s first P2E, PvE/PvP/Multiplayer endless mobile multi-vehicle stimulating racing game universe. $XRG offers players an extensive range of vehicles to choose from, enabling them to personalize their racing encounters and experience an elevated level of thrill and engagement. Be it the swift and nimble motorcycleor the robust and sturdy truck, $XRG caters to the preferences of every player by providing a suitable vehicle.Apart from its NFT and P2E functionalities, $XRG provides an assortment of captivating racing modes, including single-player and multiplayer options, enabling players to interact with the game according to their preferences. $XRG's remarkable graphics, authentic hurdles, and interactive surroundings make it an ideal game for an immersive and thrilling racing encounter. As players progress through the game and reach higher levels, they will face increasingly diverse obstacles, tasks, and challenges. This keeps the game fresh and interesting, as players are constantly presented with new and exciting challenges to overcome.
dotin — dotin.us is a team of passionate technologists from Silicon Valley who are dedicated to understanding the art of decisions made by the subconscious mind to yield powerful business outcomes. We do this using the science of psychological, structured/unstructured social or enterprise data and machine learning to tap into the subconscious mind ofhumans. This enables us to capture the true digital personality fingerprint of every user. After all 95% of decisions are made by the subconscious mind.
Starship Technologies — The future of delivery - today!

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

A-World — A-world is a super metaverse card tower defense battle game based on BNB CHAIN.
Nillion — The Secure Processing Layer of Web3
Vue Protocol — Vue Protocol operates as a layer2 for Web3 Social.

V3V invests in early-stage IT projects, startups, and ventures.

Investment focus

Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Shieldeum — Shieldeum is an AI-driven decentralized physical infrastructure network platform. Its offerings includes data security, identifying threats, and advanced computer operations.
Directly — The Directly platform helps you purchase real estate straight from developers. Directly can provide you with the finest costs available because of our direct and close engagement with developers.
Algebra.Finance — Algebra.Finance is the Financial Services.

Stake Capital is operated by pioneers in Blockchain and DeFi, who are positioned at the crossroads of traditional industries and blockchain technology.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, Israel, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Magma — Magma is a decentralized liquid staking protocol built on the Monad Network, an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain.
Fluid Protocol — Fluid Protocol is a decentralized, over-collateralized lending mechanism designed especially for Fuel Network. In order to maximize capital efficiency, Fluid offers users a safe and effective method of releasing liquidity from their collateral without having to liquidate their underlying assets.
Neptune Protocol — Neptune Protocol is a decentralized lending platform. It enhances capital efficiency by enabling customers to obtain liquidity in a secure manner.

Cyfr operates as an investment firm.

Investment focus

B2B, Marketplace, Restaurants
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
Qpay — Qpay offers a convenient and flexible financing solution for consumers and pays for them over time, usually without interest. QPay is a popular choice for consumers as it is fairly easy to get approved for, compared to traditional credit cards and personal loans.
Strider Technologies — Strider develops tools that deliver valuable insights to enterprises that enhance their long-term competitiveness, including the ability to combat economic espionage threats beyond the cyber domain. Strider’s technology illuminates previously unseen risks and integrates seamlessly into existing corporate threat management programs.

We are an early stage investor investing in Seed and Series A startups.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Greece, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Embat — Keep your cash flows, cash accounts, debt positions and forecasts monitored and automated real time.
Embla — Embla provides an online medical weight loss treatment using prescription drugs and coaching. The company provides patients with evidence-based treatments, digital tools, medication, and coaching to facilitate sustainable weight loss. Embla was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.

6G Capital is the family office arm of the Allana Group, which invests in diverse sectors ranging from retail, healthcare, and fintech.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Restaurants
Convertible Note
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

ChatFood — ChatFood is a commission-free ordering platform that enables restaurants to take back control of their online business and sell via Instagram, WhatsApp, social media, and websites with built-in online payments solutions, third-party logistics integration, and marketing tools.

Spade Ventures is an angel syndicate that invests primarily in early stage.

Investment focus

B2B, Marketplace, Restaurants
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.

Play, earn crypto & mint NFTs while exploring the post-apocalyptic metaverse. Feature-rich gameplay never seen in Web3 space before. Join the Undeads Metaverse!

Investment focus

Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Undeads Metaverse — Play, earn crypto & mint NFTs while exploring the post-apocalyptic metaverse. Feature-rich gameplay never seen in Web3 space before. Join the Undeads Metaverse!

Alturki Ventures is to enpower the global digital transformation for sustainable progress.

Investment focus

Apps, Marketplace, Food and Beverage
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.

RTE Ventures

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Attarius Network — Attarius Network - the first and only all-in-one NFT ecosystem for game industry

capital

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Orbofi — Create and monetize AI-generated images and assets for games, media, and AI NFTs. Create your own finetuned AI models.
Blockus — Blockus enables game studios to build fast, reduce costs and laser focus on gameplay. Seamlessly integrated WaaS, first party NFT marketplace, and fiat + crypto payments.
LayerZero Labs — LayerZero Labs is an omnichain interoperability protocol that unites decentralized applications (dapps) across disparate blockchains.

Uninhibited Venture Investing Southeast Asia & Australia-New Zealand

Investment focus

Internet, Real Estate, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Singapore, Vietnam, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Cyabra — We break down social media so you can understand narratives, detect authenticity and reach true audiences.
JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
Veremark — A leading online background checking platform that is scalable, secure and fast. Featured Checks - Criminal Record Check, Reference Check, Employment Check.

BMW Venture Capital is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Gaming, Finance, Software
Seed
Singapore, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Fayre — Part NFT marketplace, part fan activation hub. We make tools that allow creators and brands to establish and manage NFT fan clubs, which gives NFTs unlimited purpose in real life, online and in virtual worlds.
R Games — R Games (XRG) is the world’s first P2E, PvE/PvP/Multiplayer endless mobile multi-vehicle stimulating racing game universe. $XRG offers players an extensive range of vehicles to choose from, enabling them to personalize their racing encounters and experience an elevated level of thrill and engagement. Be it the swift and nimble motorcycleor the robust and sturdy truck, $XRG caters to the preferences of every player by providing a suitable vehicle.Apart from its NFT and P2E functionalities, $XRG provides an assortment of captivating racing modes, including single-player and multiplayer options, enabling players to interact with the game according to their preferences. $XRG's remarkable graphics, authentic hurdles, and interactive surroundings make it an ideal game for an immersive and thrilling racing encounter. As players progress through the game and reach higher levels, they will face increasingly diverse obstacles, tasks, and challenges. This keeps the game fresh and interesting, as players are constantly presented with new and exciting challenges to overcome.
reBaked — reBaked delivers on-demand project teams to companies and entrepreneurs in need of skilled workers. The reBaked system is unique in its collaborative approach and merit-based pay. Team are created on the fly as project collaborators successfully negotiate a guaranteed minimum payment. Work is never done on pure speculation. As a side-effectthe project owns all materials and ideas that are submitted.ReBaked's value driven system of collaboration and governance allows anyone, anywhere, to effectively cooperate and build fast moving 3.0 infrastructure & products.Rebaked is the future of work. Collaboration beats competition. An incentive aligned meritocratic DAO that allows anyone, anywhere, to demonstrate value into real, tangible, high-impact projects. reBaked takes a unique approach to crowdsourcing and open innovation. Unlike pure contest plays, the reBaked system allows collaborators to negotiate a guaranteed minimum payment in exchange for convertible tokens from promising Web 3.0 Projects.

Exinity provides wealth management, investments, stocks, bonds, and financial services.

Investment focus

Online Games
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

PiP World — PiP World, in collaboration with GameFi, is dedicated to providing a really unique educational and enjoyable community experience.

Addicted hunters

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Attarius Network — Attarius Network - the first and only all-in-one NFT ecosystem for game industry

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Singapore, United Kingdom, Australia

Portfolio highlights

FitFlo — FitFlo brings to life the connected gym experience for Operators, Trainers and Members.
Mole — Mole is a digital business card and mobile website software. Connect with your clients, promote your business online and much more. Comes with free customised NFC business card.
Optacloud — Fostering a global AI powered ecosystem to achieve 100% cloud efficacy-> effortlessly, economically and eco-consciously. Dev tools stack for automating the entire development lifecycle of cloud apps across- Build, Deploy & Optimize.

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