Top 5 Internet VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Lebanon in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 5 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Internet startups based in Lebanon. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Internet companies from Lebanon. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Internet VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Lebanon in January 2025

Investor	Internet Lebanon investments
Phoenician VC	2
EQ2 Ventures	1
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)	1
Kafalat iSME	1
Draper University Ventures	1

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Investor list

Founded in 2015, Phoenician Funds is at the heart of thriving capitals of digital innovation and startup ecosystems in the Middle East and North Africa ...

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Go Rise — Go Rise is a start-up building a financial services platform for migrants.
Ostaz — Ostaz is a mobile and peer-to-peer educational platform connecting students seeking help in a specific course to qualified private tutors.
TWIG — TWIG is a Bank Agnostic Automated Savings Platform in the MENA region. Our flagship app provides Automated Saving Plans to help users save better; a Smart Budgeting tool with tailored insights; and Smart, customizable and user-specific Goals.

EQ2 Ventures is an investment firm that invests in Seed to Series B-stage startup companies. It was incorporated as a spin-off of Equitrust, a corporate VC arm launched in 2015 by Choueiri Group to capture opportunities linked to the digital transformation of the Middle East. Relying on a strong network of strategic investors and mentors, EQ2Ventures helps talented entrepreneurs solve major consumers and business problems, build sustainable companies. and create long-term value.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
Sukhiba — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
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MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative tech companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries. With a team of 20 VC professionals across offices in Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, MEVP manages 5 regional funds with more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management. MEVP is the largest and most established VC firm in the region, with clear cross border investment appetite.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States

Portfolio highlights

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

The iSME Programme is a USD 30 million initiative funded by the Government of Lebanon and the World Bank.

Investment focus

Education, Grocery, Internet
Series A, Seed
Lebanon

Portfolio highlights

Shelvz — Shelvz is an all-in-one Retail Execution solution aimed at streamlining the field data collection process to provide CPG stakeholders with real-time analytics
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Ostaz — Ostaz is a mobile and peer-to-peer educational platform connecting students seeking help in a specific course to qualified private tutors.

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