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Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in Egypt

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Internet startups based in Egypt. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Internet companies from Egypt. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in Egypt

Investor	Internet Egypt investments
Flat6Labs	9
Algebra Ventures	8
4DX Ventures	6
BECO Capital	4
Flourish Ventures	4
Flat6Labs Egypt	4
Cairo Angels	3
Launch Africa	3
Edventures	3
HIMAngel	2
Battery Road Digital Holdings	2
Mobica	2
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology	2
Sawari Ventures	2
NFX	2
Crystal Stream Capital	2
Endure Capital	2
Gratus	2
Kepple Africa Ventures	2
International Finance Corporation	2
Egypt Ventures	2
David Buttress	2
Alex Angels	2
Endeavor Catalyst	2
Rise Capital	2
RMBV	2
Ali Shaaban	1
Nama Ventures	1
Outlierz Ventures	1
Raed Ventures	1
Glint Consulting	1
Silver Lake	1
B&Y Venture Partners	1
Khaled Alashmouny	1
LoftyInc Capital	1
Loyal VC	1
Misk Foundation	1
Edventures	1
Valia Ventures	1
Mohamed Haroun	1
Khaled Nasser	1
Emaar	1
British International Investment	1
Vision Ventures	1
Jason Finger	1
Careem	1
Faisal Al-Abdulsalam	1
Karen Sewasa	1
Joseph Hanna	1
Sturgeon Capital	1

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Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Roboost — Tayar is an enterprise solution using Artificial intelligence and complex Algorithms to facilitate, optimize, and manage the delivery process to any BTC (mainly home delivery) business to increase the delivery speed and performance.
Fundbot — Fundbot is a solution for lenders that helps them digitize invoice financing, supply chain financing, and other financial services. It is a cash flow optimization tool and a financing marketplace for SMEs.The invoices are synchronized in the accounting system. It offers a digital CFO that analyses payables and receivables in real-time and offers tofinance. It provides financial recommendations based on the business’s needs.
Natify — Native targeted advertising in games & metaverses

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

Marketplace, E-Commerce, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
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.
Shift EV — Electrifying fleets in emerging markets.

4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.

Investment focus

FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Zoie Health — Zoie is a digital health firm for women that provides family planning, fertility, and maternity care services.

BECO Capital provides growth capital and hands-on operational support for early-stage technology companies. It is a technology-focused venture capital that supports entrepreneurs and financial sectors to raise funds.The company helps small companies with growth capital and hands-on operational mentorship in their early stage of development. Itwas founded in 2012 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.BECO Capital was founded on February 1, 2014, by Dany Farha and Amir Farha, and it is headquartered in Dubai.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
Pine Street Labs — A non-custodial API for managing wallets. Built for enterprises.

We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Qoala — Asuransi online yang siap melindungi kamu dan orang tersayang, di mana aja, kapan aja. Premi murah, proses klaim mudah, dan 100% digital!
Zone — Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies.
Summer — Summer partners with employers help their populations navigate and reduce student loan debt. Summer is a certified B-Corp.

MENA’s leading seed and early stage VC firm, and the manager of the most renowned startup programs in the region. We are Accelerating the Future.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Filtareeq — Empowering your logistics department in ecommerce journey
WellPal — Healthy Super 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.

Cairo Angels is an angel investment network that invests in and supports early-stage startups it convenes regular investment meetings to review pre-selected potential investees.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Marketplace
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Lebanon

Portfolio highlights

Nawah Scientific — Nawah is MENA & Africa's first Cloud Lab providing Analytical and R&D services to the region's life science, food, agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors.
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The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids

Launch Africa is a fund with the primary objective of unlocking the capital constraints of Seed Stage tech startups.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
Fixit45 — Fixit45 also provides fleet management, auto parts sourcing and delivery, auto care, refurbishment and upgrades, repair financing, and mechanic workshop software as well as pre-purchase inspections, underlying these with moderation for compliance and accountability.

EdVentures is a corporate venture capital that invests in startups specializing in education, culture and innovative learning solutions in SEED and Pre-Series A rounds focusing on Egypt, Africa, and the Arab World. The corporate VC was launched in 2017 by Nahdet Misr Publishing House. It provides technical and financial support to startups in orderto ensure success and continuity in the market by providing investment according to the needs and maturity level of each company.

Investment focus

Education, Training, Online Portals
Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

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Super Fny — Super Fny is an online tutoring platform that looks to help students enrolled in vocational schools foster their technical skills.
OBM Education — OBM is the most-advanced and expansive Egyptian startup in college guidance, career readiness and mapping the future directions for schools students in Egypt.

HIMAngel is a venture capital and private equity firm that supports early-stage startups to grow. It fills the funds' gap as there is an increasing focus on growth-stage VC funds, but little attention and even less money made available for early-stage investments. HIMAngel was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cairo, Al Qahirah.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rology — AI-assisted On-demand Teleradiology Platform
GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
FreshSource — FreshSource is revolutionizing the agriculture value chain through a tech-based B2B platform that is disrupting the distribution model of horticulture produce.

Frontier Markets venture capital

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Payments, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Egypt, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

zypl.ai — zypl.ai applies 'no data' AI at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Our SaaS solution enables banks and microfinance organizations to instantly and accurate underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history.zypl's proprietary approach includes training AImodels on synthetically generated data with simulation of 'black swan' conditions, providing stable and adaptable SaaS in spite of macro volatility in developing markets. Apart from analyzing traditional variables such as social, demographic, and professional background of clients, our SaaS reviews device metadata, psychometrics, web trace, and macroeconomic factors to arrive at credit decisions.In the process, we fully customize AI models to risk appetite of each individual enterprise partner with the goal of reflecting their competitive market advantages. Additionally, we offer complete flexibility on mode of integration through either cloud or on-premise deployment based on enterprise preference. We only deploy explainable AI models with embedded 'weight-of-evidence' interpretation of each decision made by the software, complying with emerging regulatory requirements on credit scoring.Having launched our beta last year, we have scaled presence to 10 enterprise clients in 4 markets across Central Asia. In this time, we have underwritten >$9 million in consumer and small business (services, trade, agriculture) loans to over 12 thousand consumers with staggeringly low 0.7% portfolio-at-risk rate. Since booking first revenue earlier this year, we have surpassed 25% compounded monthly growth rate and reached financial break-even this month.As a complement to credit scoring, our product team has ventured into churn prediction in telecom sector through partnerships with 3 leading telcos in Central Asia. Our rapid product iteration and development is a result of an AI Academy that we have launched to nurture talent internally.zypl.ai was ideated at Stanford University's Startup Garage and recently completed the Silkway Accelerator by Google for Startups and Astana Hub. Our startup was launched with a grant from the Islamic Development Bank as part of the Transform Fund. With our pre-seed capital raise, we plan on globalizing our AI SaaS solution by expanding to new markets in MENA, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.
AwanTunai — AwanTunai seek to reinforce Indonesian needs and productivity by providing digital loan for a better financial freedom and capability to micro-entrepreneurs
IMAN — One-stop shop for Halal investing

Mobica provides smart solutions transforming the office furniture industry in Egypt. Mobica is a one-stop-shop for all your interior and exterior building needs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Point of Sale, E-Commerce Platforms
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

zVendo — Build your E-Commerce online store and mobile shopping, no developer needed, we connect your payment and shipping method and grow your sales.

Academy of Scientific Research and Technology is the Egyptian house of expertise. It brings together outstanding Egyptian scientists and experts from universities, research institutions, private sector, NGOs, policymakers, and prominent Egyptian scientists in Diaspora to deliberate country problems, propose and carry out scientific studies andfuture strategic basic plans to tackle these problems.

Investment focus

Training, Internet, Education
Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Kouncel — Kouncel is an interactive online platform providing an encyclopedia of pre-recorded legal courses tackling an array of legal topics from various jurisdictions. We aim to introduce a user-friendly and accessible platform to bring you legal content in a way you've never seen before, all through multiple experts who are stars in their respective fields. Legal education has never been easier!
Drop — Drop App lets you wash your car anywhere. Service, repair and customize it at Egypt's top rated & verified workshops and best service centers.
Crafty Workshop — Crafty Workshop offers an arsenal of online technical and pedagogical workshops and courses aimed at artisans and craftspeople.

The Middle East/North Africa is the next great investment opportunity. The Middle East has a collective population larger than the US, the vast majority of whom are ‘digital natives‘ (e.g.; under 30) with great appetites for consumer technology products and services. The region boasts higher per capita GDP and more disposable income than Indiaor China. In short, the Middle East is one of the technology sector’s high-growth regions, and offers tremendous potential for expansion in mobile, internet, social media and eCommerce services.Like the BRIC’s and other emerging markets, local partners are key to success. Sawari Ventures is at home in the Middle East, and knows its culture, context and business climate. They have experience and relationships working with technology and investment leaders world-wide. They know how to translate local visionaries into global hits.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Egypt, United States, Lebanon

Portfolio highlights

Axis — axis for Business enables small businesses to seamlessly manage employee payroll, salary advances, and expenses - all from one place.
Almentor — almentor.net is a cutting-edge continuous e-learning platform curating top-rated video-based training programs delivered by leading subject matter experts and accessible through B2C and B2B channels to serve the needs of Arabs across the world. The platform was officially launched in January 2018 and currently offers the biggest Arabic high qualitycontinuous learning video library in the world, including paid courses, free talks, crash courses and books, primarily in Arabic.
Pearl Semiconductor — Pearl Semiconductor has been developing for the past few years reference clocks and clock generators based on piezoelectric MEMS resonators that are built on top of CMOS

We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mana.bio — Mana.bio is an AI based drug delivery startup, focusing on gene therapy including RNA and DNA-based therapeutics and vaccines
Gizmo — AI quizzes that help you learn and remember anything
Stoke Space — STOKE Space Technologies seamlessly connecting earth and space.

Crystal Stream Capital specializes in making early-stage investments in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Qiutian Manman — Qiutian Manman is a professional brand engaged in developing nutritious food for babies and children, sets a “daily dietary nutrition clock” for babies and children, and assists parents to establish a new concept of nutritious meals for their offspring. The brand offers nutritious products designed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well asnutritional supplements for the morning and afternoon, in a bid to guarantee babies and children aged 3-12 can have a reasonable intake of nutrition 24 hours a day to ensure their healthy growth every day.
Powernice Intelligent Technology — Powernice is a high-tech company that specializes in the development and production of high-precision intelligent actuators and equipment.
Physcience Golden Silicon New Material Technology — Physcience Golden Silicon New Material Technology is a technology-driven company that develops and manufactures silicon-based anode materials for lithium batteries.

Endure Capital is an early stage investment fund headed by entrepreneurs looking for startup teams. They look for founders who are relentlessly resourceful and imaginative, solving genuine problems that matter to a lot of people and building high growth companies that endure.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
Egypt, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
Pylon — Pylon provides water and electricity distribution companies, in emerging markets, with a platform for managing their customers and infrastructure.
Almentor — almentor.net is a cutting-edge continuous e-learning platform curating top-rated video-based training programs delivered by leading subject matter experts and accessible through B2C and B2B channels to serve the needs of Arabs across the world. The platform was officially launched in January 2018 and currently offers the biggest Arabic high qualitycontinuous learning video library in the world, including paid courses, free talks, crash courses and books, primarily in Arabic.

Gratus

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Point of Sale, E-Commerce Platforms
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

zVendo — Build your E-Commerce online store and mobile shopping, no developer needed, we connect your payment and shipping method and grow your sales.

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.

A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
India, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Lion's Head — Lion's Head is a commercial property platform that focuses on prime office properties with international blue-chip tenants in the CEE region.
Indorama Fertilizers — Indorama Fertilizers operates a world-class, 1.4 million metric tonnes per annum urea manufacturing facility based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The plant has been developed to global environmental, social and construction standards. It plays a key role in supporting the agricultural sector in Nigeria by providing a reliable supply of fertilizers forlocal farmers, thereby enabling import substitution and supporting the diversification needs of the Nigerian economy. Indorama Fertilizers is also advantageously located to serve neighboring West African countries and key Western hemisphere markets, including North America, South America and Europe
Shadowfax — Best last mile delivery service provider across Food, E-commerce, Groceries, Pharma, FMCG, Consumer durables, Auto, BFSI, Telecom, Freight forwarding & Apparel.

Egypt Ventures is an investment firm that empowers the entrepreneurial ecosystem by investing in accelerators. The firm was founded in 2017 and is based in Columbia.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

MNT-Halan — MNT-Halan is a microfinance lending and payments company.
Gahez Market — Gahez Market Online store
Synapse Analytics — We build data science and AI solutions for streamlined operations and data driven decisions. Synapse Analytics, enabling a smarter world.

David Buttress is a Venture Partner at 83North.

Investment focus

Mobile, Food Delivery, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, Egypt, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

elmenus — Discover Delivery And Dineout Restaurant Menus from over 6,000 restaurants in Cairo. Order your food online and check out photos, reviews, ratings and phone numbers of the best restaurants
Paperclip — Paperclip aims to champion the sharing economy via a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying, selling, renting and donating within communities. This concept has been tentatively titled the 'social inventory movement' - a marketplace where listings never leave; an ecosystem of people's assets, with ownership transferred from profile toprofile following transactions.The overarching mission is to change the way people think about the things that they own, in the same manner that Airbnb changed the way people think about their properties - to empower people by unlocking the value of their everyday assets such as bikes, power tools, clothes, books and even food.
MyJam — All the food you love in one place.

Alex Angels is an investment management company that helps investors to invest in early-stage companies with strong management teams. The company specializes in the fields of financial services, financial exchange, and investments. Alex Angels was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Al Iskandariyah, Egypt.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

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SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.

Endeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$500M+ AUM across four funds and has made 260+ investments to date in 35+ different markets. TodayThe Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 53 companies valued at $1B+. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Tamara — Tamara is a fintech startup that offers a buy now, pay later platform that enables customers to pay on an installment basis, helping merchants to grow their sales. It specializes in the fields of financial services, fintech, and mobile apps.In 2020, Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, Turki Bin Zarah, and Abdulmohsen Albabtain co-established the company inRiyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
Immensa — Immensa is building the largest on-demand AM spare parts platform for the energy industry thought, rapid digitization and RE of physical spare parts, collaborating with leading OEM's and Energy companies, enabling digital inventories on a global scale.
Zone — Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies.

Rise Capital is a leading global venture capital firm focused on Emerging Markets

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Apps
Series A, Series B, Seed
Brazil, Mexico, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Facily — Facily is a social commerce marketplace in Latin America. The platform focuses on low-ticket items, delivering great prices and differentiated logistics to lower income neighbourhoods, leveraging learnings from China. Facily offers a unique experience by bringing the opportunity to buy together with friends directly from producers andmanufacturers, having fun playing with freemium features. Facily also promotes community buying by leveraging local leaders and influencers.
SaveIN — SaveIN, as the name suggests, is a financial services platform made exclusively for Indians, with an aim to revolutionize their experience across banking and daily financial transactions.We aim to offer, the full suite of traditional banking products and experiences, but in a never seen before avatar, thereby making it fun, simple, secure, andunbelievably rewarding experience. All this and more at just the click of a button, in a 100% digital and paperless, mobile first ecosystem.
Homzmart — Homzmart is an e-commerce platform that sells home furniture, home décor, lighting, and home supplies. The company specializes in the fields of home improvement, eCommerce, home directory, technology, and home shopping. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Cairo, Al Qahirah.

RMBV focuses on job creation and opening the consumption choices of low to middle income consumers.

Investment focus

B2B, Internet, E-Commerce
Series A
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food

Ali Shaaban has been a pioneer in the digital advertising and communications industry for more than 18 years, founding the award-winning full-fledged creative digital agency Icon Creations back in 2003 when the industry was at its infancy stage. Since then, Ali Shaaban has built strong long-term relationships and a strategic network with most ofthe leading automotive brands in Egypt and the Middle East, where he established a solid track record of delivering top-notch digital products & services that stood the test of time. Driven by passion for excellence and an always-on personalized approach to satisfying his partners, Ali Shaaban is the quintessential digital partner to have on your side in the automotive industry today.His automotive portfolio includes Alfa Romeo, Bentley, BMW, Castrol, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, JAC, Jaguar, Jeep, KIA, Land Rover, Maserati, Mazda, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Pirelli, Renault, Seat, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and more. Aside from being a digital pioneer, Ali Shaaban is also an angel investor and serial supporter of emerging innovative startups and fresh business ideas, venturing into several sectors to contribute in making a sustainable impact on the local and regional economies. His latest investments have tapped into the Fintech sector with rising companies such as Paynas (https://Paynas.com), Oxygen (https://oxygen.us/), Dfin Holding (https://www.dfinholding.com/) , and Kiwe wallet (https://kiweapp.com/) as well as the Media and AI sector with Speakol (https://speakol.com/) , NU Digital Awards (https://nudigitalawards.com/) and Nanotronics (https://nanotronics.co/ ).Ali Shaaban believes in always taking the next step forward in his extensive career, and using his core values and commanding personality as motivation, he has paved an impressive path over the years that will certainly lead towards an even more diverse and fruitful future.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
QuadriBot — QuadriBot is an engineering company specializing in the design and development of electronics and automation technology, real-time systems and the development of IT and electronic solutions around smart transportation issues. We focus on robotics and autonomous vehicles as well as any mobile platfo.
Nanotronics Imaging — At Nanotronics we provide customized solutions for automated optical inspection, process control, and security. Learn more about what we can do for you.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
iStoria — iStoria, a specialized EdTech app that helps people improve their English language through reading interesting stories
Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.

We provide smart capital to grow investable startups in Africa

Investment focus

Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Information Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Morocco, Egypt, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

PayTic — PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments.
Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
Terraa — Terraa is a B2B distribution platform in Moroccan.

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

Mozn — Confidently screen customers, monitor transactions and assess risk with powerful AI and seamless automation.
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.
Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.

Glint Consulting is a management consulting firm that specializes in business strategy, operational efficiency, and growth acceleration. Its consulting services enable our clients to achieve better results and accelerate growth through advising management on key opportunities and issues such as strategy, operations, digital, and technology.GlintConsulting was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

Investment focus

FinTech, Internet, Payments
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Kashier — Kashier is a payment management platform for commerce and retail businesses that provide tools used for running a business. The toolkit covers subscriptions to invoices and online payments and is built with the capability to meet the rapidly evolving needs of today’s fast-growing businesses, from small startups to large enterprises.
Filkhedma — FilKhedma is the largest home services marketplace in Egypt. Users can book online quality guaranteed reliable service providers in home cleaning, maintenance and other services. Service providers apply online and are accepted after passing through the onboarding process after which they receive orders through a mobile app. The service operates in3 Egyptian cities.
Wasla Browser — Search, Shop and Save Money! Wasla is your new shopping browser. Wasla is the first mobile browser designed to help you save money from all your favorite stores so that you can shop more and pay less.

The global leader in technology investing

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity, Funding Round
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Loft — Loft is a transactional marketplace for residential real estate that helps manage the home buying and selling process.Founded by repeat entrepreneurs in 2018, Loft is Brazil’s first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, facilitating the purchase and sale of properties on behalf of individuals, brokers, and two publicly listedREITs managed by the company. By leveraging proprietary transaction data and an end-to-end digital workflow, Loft is bringing the Brazilian homebuying experience into the e-commerce age while integrating a multitude of adjacent service offerings.Loft was founded in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Unity — Unity is the ultimate game development platform. Use Unity to build high-quality 3D and 2D games, deploy them across mobile, desktop, VR/AR, consoles or the Web, and connect with loyal and enthusiastic players and customers.
Vantage Data Centers — Vantage Data Centers provides innovative, scalable wholesale data center campuses to hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises across North America and Europe.

B&Y Venture Partners is a MENA based Venture Capital firm that invests globally at both seed and growth stage. We invest in visionary and high-impact founders aiming to create new markets or transform existing ones.

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.

Khaled Alashmouny is the AMS IC Design at Apple.Khaled Alashmouny attended University of Michigan.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Hardware, Software
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Elk — Elk is a development board for the blockchain and the decentralized web. It combines the simplicity of Arduino along with native support for decentralized networks. With only a few lines of code you can build IoT that interfaces with Ethereum, IPFS, Whisper, and more.
Elkrem — Elkrem provides hardware and software tools for developers to build Blockchain connected IoT products. The software and hardware tools allows anyone with minimal technical background, to build internet connected products that accept cryptocurrencies and communicate with different blockchain and decentralized protocols including Bitcoin,Ethereum, Swarm, Whisper, IPFS, IOTA and others.

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
EMTECH — For Modern Central Banking
Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.

Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

InSyBio — A disruptor to Precision Medicine and Nutrition through biomarker discovery.
ZestIOT — ZestIOT is an IoT & AI enabled aviation platform to integrate passenger, baggage, aircraft, ground & airport operations.
Wellx — Turn your health into currency. At Wellx, we're focused on making you healthier. Insurance helps us make it happen.

Misk Foundation discover, develop and empower Saudi youth to become active participants in the future economy.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Taskty.com — Taskty is an online marketplace for simple services where you can find individuals and services agencies to finish your daily, short term tasks for your home and for your business. Services will range from translation, copywriting, graphic design to event photographing, house maintenance and private nursing.

PCS Edventures is a leader in K-12 STEM education and experts in hands-on educational products for classroom, after-school and home learning.

Investment focus

Shipping, Logistics, E-Commerce
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

OTO — OTO is SaaS company that helps retailers implement their Omni-Channel strategy by enabling them to ship their online orders directly from the physical stores with the best delivery partners in just 2 hours! Also, we provide Online Retailers and E-commerce companies access to ship packages with more than 80 delivery & carrier companies shipping domestically and internationally.
Crafty Workshop — Crafty Workshop offers an arsenal of online technical and pedagogical workshops and courses aimed at artisans and craftspeople.

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

Humane — We believe in building innovative technology that feels familiar, natural, and human. Humane is the next shift between humans and computing. The best human experience, ever.
reef.ai — Reef is a customer revenue platform that helps companies predictably grow revenue with existing customers and fast-tracks net retention reporting.
Oyster Technologies — Get peace of mind for things you own instantly. With no fine print or complicated forms, Oyster gets you tailored personal insurance products designed for your lifestyle.

Security Engineer and Civil Engineer worked in many companies.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Web Design
Pre-Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Pastes.io — Pastes.io is a simple and efficient pastebin for mainly code to be distributed neatly and efficiently across the web.website where you can store any text online for easy sharing. The idea behind the site is to make it more convenient for people to share large amounts of text online.

Khaled Nasser

Investment focus

Internet, Professional Networking
Pre-Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Tays — Welcome Professionals! Tays App the professional networking app that helps you build your network, grow your connection and meet new people

Emaar Properties, a Dubai-based Public Joint Stock Company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, is a global property developer and provider of premier lifestyles.Emaar has been shaping landscapes and lives in the Emirate since the company’s inception in 1997. The company specializes in creating value-added, master-planned communities that meetthe full spectrum of lifestyle needs. A highlight of Emaar’s approach to developing integrated lifestyle destinations is Downtown Dubai, the 500-acre mega-project, home of Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, and The Dubai Fountain.Emaar is extending its expertise in developing master-planned communities internationally, and today has a significant presence in several key global markets with established operations in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Turkey, USA, Italy, and Canada. Emaar has made extensive forays in the hospitality & retail sector with the current portfolio encompassing The Address Hotels + Resorts, and Armani Hotels & Resorts, among others. In addition to the several community malls, Emaar Malls Group’s flagship shopping mall development, The Dubai Mall, has become the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destination, hosting 64 million visitors in 2012. Emaar’s focused expansion and diversification strategy sees it firmly positioned to take global center-stage as a multinational business group in the years to come.

Investment focus

Mobile, Travel, Shipping
Seed, Series B
Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

elves — Travel safely, explore freely.
SolarCity — Tesla solar makes it easy to produce clean, renewable energy for your home or business and to take control of your energy use. Learn more about solar.
ServiceMarket — ServiceMarket, previously known as MoveSouq.com, is one of Dubai's fastest growing startups. It is the largest portal in the UAE that connects customers with professional and licensed home services companies: movers, cleaners, painters, gardeners, handymen and insurance companies. On the site, customers can discover companies, read reviews,and book or request quotes for any service they need around the home. We currently serve customers in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Doha.

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Banking, Finance
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
India, United Kingdom, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Skye Renewables — Skye Renewables is an energy-as-a-service solar company in Southeast Asia. We develop, finance, and operate on-site (captive) solar projects for commercial and industrial clients, allowing them to enjoy cheaper, cleaner electricity, without incurring any of the upfront capital expenditure.
Indorama Fertilizers — Indorama Fertilizers operates a world-class, 1.4 million metric tonnes per annum urea manufacturing facility based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The plant has been developed to global environmental, social and construction standards. It plays a key role in supporting the agricultural sector in Nigeria by providing a reliable supply of fertilizers forlocal farmers, thereby enabling import substitution and supporting the diversification needs of the Nigerian economy. Indorama Fertilizers is also advantageously located to serve neighboring West African countries and key Western hemisphere markets, including North America, South America and Europe
Trade and Development Bank -TDB — Established in 1985, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), formerly the PTA Bank, is a multilateral, treaty-based development financial institution, with assets of over US$ 5 billion. The Bank’s mandate is to finance and foster trade, regional economic integration and sustainable development, through trade finance,project and infrastructure finance, asset management and business advisory services. In the past five years, TDB’s shareholder base has grown from 19 to 35 members, including 22 Member States from across COMESA, EAC and SADC, 2 non-African member countries and 11 institutional investors. During the same period, shareholder equity funds increased by 150%, annual net profits by 100%, and non-performing loans were halved. TDB currently has regional offices in Nairobi, Harare and Addis Ababa, and principle offices in Bujumbura and Port-Louis.

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

Portfolio highlights

Munjz — Munjz is a mobile app for connecting individuals & corporate sector looking for household services with pre-screened professionals.
VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
Rewaa | رواء — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.

Jason Finger is a founder at Seamless.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Minly — Connect with your favorite celebrities with video shoutouts, DMs, voice notes, and more.
Alfred — Welcome to the future of living.
Nextmv — A customizable, developer-friendly decision automation platform that provides the APIs and SDKs to solve, model, and integrate optimization problems.

Ride, order food and grocery, make mobile payments and more. We're the region's leading multi-service app.

Investment focus

EdTech, Mobile, Travel
Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Swvl — Swvl | Book Your Daily Ride or Make Money Driving Now
Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
elmenus — Discover Delivery And Dineout Restaurant Menus from over 6,000 restaurants in Cairo. Order your food online and check out photos, reviews, ratings and phone numbers of the best restaurants

Faisal Al-Abdulsalam is the founder of Purity, and an active investor in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Payments, Shipping
Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

VOO — VOO helps SMEs to increase their delivery success rate by providing one platform to manage deliveries , one API integration which connect businesses to a large network of national and international shipping providers , we are "Your E-Commerce Growth Partner"
SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
ShipHaly — mobile app connect shoppers who want to buy from abroad with travelers who can buy and deliver these items in 100% safe and secure way

Karen Sewasa

Investment focus

Internet, Professional Networking
Pre-Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Tays — Welcome Professionals! Tays App the professional networking app that helps you build your network, grow your connection and meet new people

Joseph Hanna

Investment focus

Internet, Professional Networking
Pre-Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Tays — Welcome Professionals! Tays App the professional networking app that helps you build your network, grow your connection and meet new people

Unique investment funds for those who believe the best opportunities for profit, impact, and innovation can be found in frontier & emerging markets.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Cargon — Cargon is an online freight forwarding solution, which connects shippers with carriers.
zypl.ai — zypl.ai applies 'no data' AI at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Our SaaS solution enables banks and microfinance organizations to instantly and accurate underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history.zypl's proprietary approach includes training AImodels on synthetically generated data with simulation of 'black swan' conditions, providing stable and adaptable SaaS in spite of macro volatility in developing markets. Apart from analyzing traditional variables such as social, demographic, and professional background of clients, our SaaS reviews device metadata, psychometrics, web trace, and macroeconomic factors to arrive at credit decisions.In the process, we fully customize AI models to risk appetite of each individual enterprise partner with the goal of reflecting their competitive market advantages. Additionally, we offer complete flexibility on mode of integration through either cloud or on-premise deployment based on enterprise preference. We only deploy explainable AI models with embedded 'weight-of-evidence' interpretation of each decision made by the software, complying with emerging regulatory requirements on credit scoring.Having launched our beta last year, we have scaled presence to 10 enterprise clients in 4 markets across Central Asia. In this time, we have underwritten >$9 million in consumer and small business (services, trade, agriculture) loans to over 12 thousand consumers with staggeringly low 0.7% portfolio-at-risk rate. Since booking first revenue earlier this year, we have surpassed 25% compounded monthly growth rate and reached financial break-even this month.As a complement to credit scoring, our product team has ventured into churn prediction in telecom sector through partnerships with 3 leading telcos in Central Asia. Our rapid product iteration and development is a result of an AI Academy that we have launched to nurture talent internally.zypl.ai was ideated at Stanford University's Startup Garage and recently completed the Silkway Accelerator by Google for Startups and Astana Hub. Our startup was launched with a grant from the Islamic Development Bank as part of the Transform Fund. With our pre-seed capital raise, we plan on globalizing our AI SaaS solution by expanding to new markets in MENA, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Oasis — Oasis provide loans to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs.

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