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Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in September 2025

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

Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in September 2025

Investor	Hardware United Arab Emirates investments
Hesham Zreik	4
BECO Capital	4
Bashar Hamood	4
Wamda Capital	4
Arzan Venture Capital	4
Shorooq Partners	3
Vision Ventures	3
SOSV	3
Inspire Ventures	2
Prosper global	2
Global Ventures	2
Algebra Ventures	2
F6 Ventures	2
Consolidated Contractors Company	2
AMK Investment Office	2
Endeavor Catalyst	2
Abunayyan Holding	2
Comma Capital	2
Crescent Enterprises	2
Graphene Ventures	2
VentureSouq	2
Colle Capital Partners	2
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)	2
Sprint Vc	1
The Case for Her	1
UP Partners	1
Omar Bajarash	1
Further Ventures	1
Dtec Ventures	1
Al Faisaliah Ventures	1
Raed Ventures	1
Kareem Anabtawi	1
Oqal	1
SEDCO Capital	1
Yahya Bajarash	1
Odin Financial Advisors	1
Opportunity Venture	1
Hamdi Osman	1
Muhammad Ismail	1
Sanabil	1
Venom Ventures	1
HB Investments	1
Gowri Narayanan	1
MSA Capital	1
G42	1
Wamda	1
Reshape	1
Andy Preikschat	1
Global Founders Capital	1
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Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

TEQUILA SUPREMO — A premium tequila brand crafted in the heart of Jalisco, Mexico, using the finest Agave tequilana Weber Azul.
LocationBit — it is a community-driven global location encyclopedia designed to tackle the fragmented and inaccessible nature of local knowledge in 2025.
Ethnic Youth Development Organization (EYDO-SL) — it is a Sierra Leone–based agribusiness established to transform the way smallholder farmers engage with markets.

Conviction-driven VC backing technology startups across MENA and the Gulf from pre-seed to growth stage

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
Mala Inc. — This is meta description
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
SafeNest — SafeNest offers a comprehensive home security system integrating smart technology with professional monitoring 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.

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.
BloomPath — Bloompath gives engineering team leads clear visibility into project progress, team contributions, and what's gaining traction, without digging through tools. Stay aligned, spot blockers early, and keep your team moving forward.
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

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Hulexo — UAE's leading ERP software for retail businesses. Integrated data, accurate info, real-time insights.
Nearpay — Focus On Building Deep Technology To Create Innovations
Revenya Capital — Revenya Capital, providing revenue-based financing to tech startups in MENA.

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, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Rekaz — Rekaz provides system to automate recurring payments, enhance online presence, improve customer relationships and boost sales.
NymCard — <p><span style="color:#ce9178;">NymCard is providing, in the MENA region and around the globe, dynamic and secure building blocks for building fast and easy card programs.</span></p>
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

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

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.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Venture Capital Company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that Invests in Seed & Early-Growth stage companies

Investment focus

Information Technology, Apps, Sports
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Salla — Salla a Saudi-based e-commerce platform that allows users to set up their e-commerce store in Arabic and sell their products and services to customers. In addition, users can set up their own branded store (with their own domain name) by selecting a design of their liking available on Salla. The owners of the e-commerce stores can then manage theirinventory by using Salla’s website or app. Salla provides different types of reports and tools that help store owners with automatic invoices, integration, Instagram, customer database, the ability to block customers, pin favorite products, have offers and discounts, and more.
Gathern — Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.
WakeCap Technologies — WakeCap Technologies RTLS is an IoT-based enterprise solution designed to support the digitization process of work sites, Construction, Oil and Gas, Industrial, Manufacture.

Venture capital, M&A, Real-Estate, Pharma

Investment focus

SaaS, Payments, Logistics
Convertible Note
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

AHOY Holding — Through AHOY's core tech, we are able to optimize any process related to movement, tasks, consent, and resources on this earth. People, goods, money, and information meet spatial capabilities in a serverless cloud. Get in touch and explore our APIs and technology.

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.
PoliCloud — PoliCloud is a cost-effective, sustainable, and independent cloud solution designed for people that desire complete control over their data.
BioSapien — BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life.

Algebra Ventures invests in technology startups that leverage innovation to transform large markets. They seek high-growth companies, led by passionate and capable teams, that have a unique value proposition, and that can generate significant economic returns.Algebra Ventures looks for entrepreneurial teams that possess vision and insight as wellas the execution skills needed to build scalable companies. Algebra Ventures focuses on Series A and Series B rounds in Egypt although they do not exclude investments in earlier-stage startups or in other parts of the MENA region. They prefer to meet startups early on and get to know the team as the opportunity is shaping up.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Marketplace
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

enza — Our focus on providing the richest possible API environment means that enza clients can concentrate on solving business challenges and not waste valuable time and effort on technical integrations.
Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

F6 Ventures is a leading seed stage venture capital firm operating across emerging markets. We back exceptional founders from idea-stage all the way to Series A, combining early capital with strategic support and a commitment to long-term partnership. With deep ties across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, we empower innovative startups to scalewith purpose and impact. We manage over $90M in AUM across more than 300 investments in seven countries. By investing early in Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A rounds, we help founders cover initial costs, develop their product, and take it to market. This early capital acts as a launchpad, enabling startups to hit key milestones like securing first customers, attracting follow-on funding, and making significant strides forward.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Wuilt — Wuilt is a website builder where you can create your own Arabic website in under 5 minutes.
Olivery — Olivery is a comprehensive logistics platform designed to streamline logistics and delivery operations for businesses. It offers smart solutions including efficient route planning, real-time shipment tracking, automated insights, and seamless digital interactions to improve fleet performance and customer service. The platform integrates withleading tools to ensure smooth operations and enhanced customer satisfaction. Olivery focuses on making logistics more efficient, cost-effective, and reliable, empowering companies to save time, reduce expenses, and deliver faster. It also supports various delivery features such as zero-contact delivery via OTP, automatic photo/KYC capture, online payments for cash-on-delivery, and configurable driver information capture.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

CCC is the top construction company in Middle East as per the ENR list of top 250 international contractors, carrying out construction, engineering, procurement, development and investment activities.

Investment focus

Wearables, Construction, Internet of Things
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

WakeCap Technologies — WakeCap Technologies RTLS is an IoT-based enterprise solution designed to support the digitization process of work sites, Construction, Oil and Gas, Industrial, Manufacture.

AMK Investment Office is a generation private family office.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
Supy — The data-driven restaurant inventory software: get real-time insights to cut costs, reduce waste, and boost profits for multi-location operations.
Nexford University — Transform your career with affordable, flexible degrees and job skills designed for today's workforce. Skip debt and learn at your own pace with Nexford.

Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Brazil, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Gathern — Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.
Woba — Woba is a software that provides an ecosystem with work solutions for office and remote teams.
Tarjama — Translation services, certified translation agency, legal translation, medical translation, website translation, video translation, and subtitling.

Abunayyan Holding are turnkey partners who provide integrated solutions in water, power and energy applications in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and Africa.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Food and Beverage
Series A, Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Saee — Saee Jeddah-based last-mile delivery startup.
Lucidya — Lucidya is a tool for social media analytics powered by artificial intelligence and big data solution. lucidya have many uses like market research, benchmarking, crisis management , product development ..etc
MUNCH:ON — MUNCH:ON is a food tech startup that has cracked the subscription space in the UAE & KSA, focusing on offering meals from the best restaurants at a significant discount and with free delivery. The company has invested heavily in its scheduling, bundling and order prediction software which has enabled it to achieve massive cost savings for itsrestaurant partners that they then pass on to their users, often offering up to a 55% discount vs. restaurants' regular price. Whether it's employees ordering from their company's curated menu or users ordering for their families at home, the platform takes the usual hassle and cost out of food delivery in a financially (and environmentally) sustainable manner for all stakeholders

Comma Capital operates as an early stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Software, B2B, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Amigo AI — AI as diverse as you. Amigo’s cloning platform enables any professional to scale their expertise, preserving your uniqueness. Increase your revenue, not your hours.
Quanta — Quanta provides software companies with real-time financial clarity and empowerment. Quanta envision a world in which all business accounting tasks that are not creative in nature are automated, leaving finance teams and business owners to focus solely on strategic and creative work.
Baselayer — Baselayer automates business risk assessment and eliminates B2B fraud in the financial sector. It offers services such as business verification (KYB), fraud detection, business onboarding optimization, risk profiling, portfolio monitoring & alerting, and workflow automation. Baselayer empowers 100s of financial institutions, governmentagencies, lenders, and fintech to unlock instant trust with any business in America.

A multinational firm with diverse operations across strategic sectors.

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.

Graphene - venture fund for innovative startups.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series F
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Datalogz — Datalogz is a BI Ops solution that enables teams to bridge the gaps in their business intelligence environment.
Start Careers — Start Careers offers Publicize the vacancies in a practical way to the best universities in the country.
Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.

VentureSouq (VSQ) is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio. VSQ manages thematic funds, with a current focus on FinTech and ClimateTech.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
Nawy — The ultimate real estate broker in Egypt. Browse areas, compounds, and properties by price, location, and amenities to find the perfect place.
Tradoor — Tradoor protects traders, LPs, and the protocol against unforeseen market fluctuations by using clever math and safety measures to enable traders to trade with confidence.

Colle Capital Partners is a global, opportunistic, early stage technology venture fund. Managers have dealt in various verticals and across capital structures.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical Device
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Findigs — Simplify every step of tenant screening with airtight fraud protection. Meet the screening and decisioning system built to get renting right.
Ema — Ema is developing next-generation AI technologies to help every employee in the workplace be their most creative and productive. Ema is a seamless, accurate, and secure Enterprise Generative AI system that simplifies complex tasks using enterprise tools.
Neuron Factory — Neuron Factory is an AI technology company specializing in the development of advanced AI coworker platforms designed for complex enterprise environments, with an initial focus on the construction industry. The company’s platform leverages a proprietary enterprise task graph, enabling AI agents to intelligently coordinate, delegate tasks, andfacilitate real-time decision-making across large organizations.

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.
xfolio — XFOLIO AI is an innovative software platform for treasury and portfolio management.

Sprint VC is a New York based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Freakins — Looking for a wardrobe upgrade? Check out the collection of latest, trendy and stylish denim apparel by Freakins Online! Shop & enjoy Free delivery on all orders.
Plus — India’s first true savings app
Kandle — Kandle offers ways to make money in Crypto & Stocks through fantasy trading games. Trusted globally by 180,000+ users and growing.

Amplifying the issues of menstruation and female sexual health and pleasure through funding and advocacy at The Case for Her.

Investment focus

Wellness, Content, Women's
Angel, Pre-Seed
Sweden, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Mauj — Mauj is a sexual and menstrual wellness company. Mauj is driven by a common goal to challenge the stigma and misinformation surrounding female sexuality in their region.
LEIA — LEIA is an application that provides postpartum support for new parents.

UP Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs building companies that support multi-dimensional mobility.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Transportation
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Mexico, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Sayso — Sayso is a speech editing software that uses audio and Artificial Intelligence. The company aims to help English-speakers around the world communicate their expertise clearly and understand each other with ease.
Infinitform Inc — Explore InfinitForm, the leading Gen-AI platform for rapid, precise, and innovative engineering design solutions.
WakeCap Technologies — WakeCap Technologies RTLS is an IoT-based enterprise solution designed to support the digitization process of work sites, Construction, Oil and Gas, Industrial, Manufacture.

Omar Bajarash

Investment focus

SaaS, Payments, Logistics
Debt Financing
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

AHOY Holding — Through AHOY's core tech, we are able to optimize any process related to movement, tasks, consent, and resources on this earth. People, goods, money, and information meet spatial capabilities in a serverless cloud. Get in touch and explore our APIs and technology.

No frills, no red tape, just building great companies with people you like to work with. Join us.

Investment focus

FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

KAIO — The first protocol purpose-built for RWAs, ensuring seamless movement, compliance, and liquidity in DeFi through a sovereign AppChain.
Dfns — Supercharge your platform with keyless custody as a service. One API to generate secure wallets, manage your crypto, sign transactions, set up business rules, monitor security, and more.
BridgePort — SaaS, Fintech, Middleware, Trading Infra

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Oman

Portfolio highlights

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.

Al Faisaliah Ventures is created Corporate Ventures Capital arm of Al Faisaliah Group.

Investment focus

Mobile, Shopping, E-Commerce
Series A
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Awok.com — Today AWOK.com has close to 700 employees with its own courier service fleet, which enables the company to keep control on the quality of service delivered to customers as well as timely delivery. The company sells its products in at least 120 countries through its cross border services and has its own fulfillment center and logistics.Offeringapproximately 70,000 products across 30 plus categories, the vision has always been to be the preferred E-Commerce channel across all locations that the company operates in, where customers are assured of affordable, effortless and seamless shopping experience. At Awok.com, we believe that in order to create the best shopping experience and deliver highest quality of customer satisfaction technology needs to exploited to the fullest. With this in mind we have built a reliable and scalable technology network and are constantly looking to innovate with the help of our highly skilled and creative team.

We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
Stitch — The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

Kareem Anabtawi

Investment focus

Sports, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Holo — Find your dream home with Holo, the digital home-buying platform in the UAE. Get expert help, compare mortgages, and simplify your journey to ownership!
Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
Epic Padel Inc. — EPIC is a premier padel sports management and investment company based in Arlington, VA, focused on becoming the leading operator of padel clubs across North America.

A group of young entrepreneurs to connect young people with ideas.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

AlGooru — AlGooru is a tutoring network marketplace that connects students with qualified tutors on a mobile app. Our mobile app uberizes the tutoring market. Students can find reliable tutors, and tutors can manage their sessions/price their own rates.
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.
Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.

SEDCO Capital is a global asset management firm that offers a range of services in asset allocation, real estate, private & public equity, liquidity instruments, agriculture, timber, and commodities.

Investment focus

Beauty, Wearables, Construction
Seed, Post-IPO Equity
Canada, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Venus Concept — Venus Concept is a progressive thinking company driven by their passion to create cutting edge technologies and products. While resting on strong ethical morals, they push boundaries in order to create new standards in the medical aesthetics industry.Led by a team of experienced executives and researchers, world renowned for their achievementsin the medical aesthetics industry, Venus Concept is delivering the promise of a more effective, more pleasant and more profitable experience.
WakeCap Technologies — WakeCap Technologies RTLS is an IoT-based enterprise solution designed to support the digitization process of work sites, Construction, Oil and Gas, Industrial, Manufacture.

Yahya Bajarash

Investment focus

SaaS, Payments, Logistics
Angel
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

AHOY Holding — Through AHOY's core tech, we are able to optimize any process related to movement, tasks, consent, and resources on this earth. People, goods, money, and information meet spatial capabilities in a serverless cloud. Get in touch and explore our APIs and technology.

Odin Financial is a technology industry-focused advisory and investment firm.

Investment focus

Apps, Sales, Software
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Wrappup — AppMaster is a No-Code platform designed to help businesses create production-level applications with source code generation: backend, web, and native mobile apps.

Opportunity Ventures is a limited partnership structure that allows institutional and individual investors to channel cash into venture capital and private equity operations.

Investment focus

Sensor, Hardware, Payments
Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

XPANCEO — XPANCEO is working on eXtended Computing (XC) contact lenses, a next generation computing category.
Fortis — Transform your card machine into a complete POS. Accept orders, take payments, track sales, and grow customer loyalty-anywhere, anytime.

A 33-year veteran of FedEx, Hamdi’s shrewd business acumen is second to none. Not only has he held several key senior managerial positions in FedEx USA, and his last assignment before retiring as Senior Vice President of FedEx Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent, (132 countries), but he has also taken on various businessventures across different sectors from Real Estate, Hospitality, F&B to Education in the USA, Middle East and Africa since his retirement from FedEx. “Realopedia connects the entire spectrum of businesses to each other, from the financial side, legal, banking, and so on, all connected to real estate and connected simultaneously in a central platform. We focus on all markets at the same time.”

Investment focus

Computer, E-Commerce
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Fodel — FODEL offers a network of pick-up locations as an alternative to home delivery. It is the GCC's first technology platform that helps online shoppers receive their parcels faster, cheaper and at a place and time most convenient to them. FODEL connects e-commerce companies, logistics providers and local merchants which act as pick-up locations,to optimise the last mile delivery.

Muhammad Ismail is the Managing Director at Amtec Links International. Muhammad Ismail attended University of Derby.

Investment focus

CRM, Hardware, Software
Private Equity
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Amtec Links International — Amtec Links International is an IT company that develops, manufacture, sell, resell, and support a range of products and solutions.Amtec Links International partners with some of the leading companies in the IT industries such as Microsoft, Dell, Cisco to offer its ranges of products and solutions in the Middle East and African markets.Thecompany also design, manufacture, and distribute its products through resellers, distributors, and online. Amtec Links International was established in 2007 by Muhammad Ismail in Nigeria, later moved the head office to United Arab Emirates where it is currently based.

Sanabil Investments is a sovereign wealth fund specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. Its investments are concentrated in direct equity investments, primarily in the Kingdom, and in funds, as well as in diversified investment portfolios. These investments support the growth of the Kingdom’s economy while building internationalinvestment capability and transferring expertise to local Saudi talent.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Gathern — Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.
theklicker — Theklicker is an online tool that connects people to e-commerce in one place. It works to connect people to e-commerce all over the world. On this site, customers can search for products, find out their price from a different website, compares prices of the product, see the latest news and information about the product, and customers can giveratings, reviews, and vote the product directly.It was founded in 2019 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
HNDL Fleet Management — HNDL Fleet Management offers advanced tools to track fuel usage, reduce costs, and streamline maintenance. Improve your fleet's efficiency with real-time insights.

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.

Investment focus

Gaming, Software, Web Apps
Seed
Switzerland, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Nümi — Nümi is a platform for influencers, creators and gamers that shifts the perception of what is possible in virtual worlds. With the tools provided by Nümi, VR users can create immersive experiences and explore thousands of virtual worlds built by communities.
Everscale — Enjoy the power of a fifth-generation TVM blockchain

HB Investments is the private investment office of the founders of Huda Beauty, working closely with exceptional entrepreneurs to build and scale their companies.

Investment focus

EdTech, Retail, Delivery
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kitopi — Kitopi is a managed cloud kitchen platform that partners with restaurants to grow their business and expand their delivery reach.
Uptime | Knowledge Hacks — Thousands of life lessons extracted from the world's best books, courses, documentaries, and podcasts - packed into 5 minute Knowledge Hacks.
The Luxury Closet — The Luxury Closet is a fast growing online market platform that buys, sells, and consigns luxury items, mostly pre-owned, at a discounted price maintaining brand and item integrity and the assurance of authenticity. The Luxury Closet is the first of its kind in the GCC region in terms of size, market reach and scalability. It has achievedmassive traction in a short period of time, and double digit monthly growth.

Gowri Narayanan - Partner, FinTech @ SoftBank Vision Fund

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series C, Series D
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
Nitra — Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products.
Trellis Technologies — Finally, an API for insurance information.

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

Portfolio highlights

Shenji Changhua — Shenji Changhua is a biotechnology company focusing on neurological diseases such as ALS.
Yanming Biology — Pyrotech pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that focuses om development for drugs for the treatment of inflammation and tumors.
Life Biosciences — Lingfu Bio is a service provider of the whole industry chain of experimental animals and animal models.

G42 is an artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing company that provides solutions in various industries. G42’s platforms and industry solutions harness the latest scientific research and apply it in responsible ways. G42 is driving change in the region and beyond, joining forces with nations, corporations, and individuals to create theinfrastructure for tomorrow’s world – with technology that goes beyond to give its partners the edge. From molecular medicine to space travel and everything in between, G42 realizes exponential possibilities, today.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Internet
Series B, Series C, Seed
China, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

AppliedAI — AAICO uses artificial intelligence to solve document, process, and measurable business improvement problems in regulated industries.
Khazna — Khazna Data Centers specializes in the design, construction, and operation of state-of-the-art wholesale data centers. With a focus on safety, security, and innovation, Khazna provides hosting solutions across a wide network of data centers. The company caters to the infrastructure and data technology needs of its customers, ensuring connectivityand adopting the latest technologies in the data center industry. As it expands its network across the UAE and beyond, Khazna continues to meet the evolving demands of today's data center requirements, including speed, higher density, modularity, and energy efficiency.
Inveniam Capital Partners — Transforming the way your assets data is credentialed, extracted, structured and delivered. Unlock digital data on demand for owners, managers, administrators and service providers.

Wamda is a platform of programs and networks that aims to accelerate entrepreneurship ecosystems across MENA.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Logistics, EdTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Tunisia

Portfolio highlights

GoMyCode — GoMyCode is changing the education market by training talents in a dynamic belnded environement on digital skills and connects them with tech opportunities around the world. Based on 4 Main Aspects: - Data based Assessment - Data based matching - Business Analytics - Learning Platform - Content EditorGoMyCode provides digital Skills Training forthe Future of Work. In 4 Different fields: - DATA - DEVELOPMENT - DESIGN - DIGITAL MARKETING
Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
FreshSource — FreshSource is revolutionizing the agriculture value chain through a tech-based B2B platform that is disrupting the distribution model of horticulture produce.

Reshape is a next-generation investor in technology-enabled companies that need real estate to scale.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Retail
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Allara — Allara is your all-in-one virtual care team for hormonal, metabolic & gynecological conditions such as PCOS and Endometriosis.
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
June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.

Andy Preikschat is CEO of Don's RV, a top-20 RV dealer in California. He is CIO of Edgebrook Partners, which has 9 B2B software investments, and is an Angel Investor. He has degrees from Stanford University and Claremont McKenna College.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Pakistan, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
FreightFlows — Freightflows is a maritime company that offers predictive analytics for global trade. It specializes in the fields of analytics, big data, data science, and machine learning. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dastgyr Technologies — Simplifying Global Trade

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Orasio — Orasio turns video feeds into easily actionable information for cities, homeland security forces, and businesses.
Genie — Genie is a provider of a Shopify inventory management solution for fast-growing merchants.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

Expand Executive Search is recruitment services provider that dedicates to find specialist individuals for international clients. Their service goes beyond appointment to ensure successful integration of new hires, reducing time to performance and improving new employee engagement.Their strengths lie in the depth of their market knowledge andthe longevity of their relationships in the communications, technology and media sectors. They advise and support those they work with to help them achieve success.Founded in 1998, they've grown a strong reputation for attracting and placing high-calibre individuals. They work closely to develop both career and business.

Investment focus

Telecommunications, Cloud Infrastructure
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

neutrality.one — neutrality.one is a global networking company offering connectivity and software soulutions to enterprises and service providers worldwide.

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