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Top 20 Startup Investors in Iraq in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in startups based in Iraq. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in companies from Iraq. We update this investor list every month.

Top 20 Startup Investors in Iraq in January 2026

Investor	Iraq investments
Bassam Falah	3
Vostok Ventures	2
Global Founders Capital	2
Kingsway Capital	2
Rawaz Rauf	2
Al Sharqiya Television	2
March Holding	2
Subhi Khudairi	2
Shwan Ibrahim Taha	2
Majid Al Futtaim Holdings LLC.	2
Iraq Tech Ventures	2
Mohamad Ferej	1
MSA Novo	1
Kerem Danish	1
Amar Shubar	1
Omar Al-Handal	1
Mohammed Khudairi	1
Rayya Al Zubaydi	1
MSA Capital	1
EQIQ Ventures	1

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Bassam Falah is a Founder and Managing Partner of Innovest Middle East VC.

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, Shopping
Seed, Convertible Note
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.
Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

Vostok Ventures makes seed and early stage venture investments in IT projects from Eastern Europe. It focuses on mobile applications, e-commerce, cloud services, and the gaming industry. Vostok Ventures was co-founded by Michael Kharenko and Svyatoslav Pogrebnoy, and is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Investment focus

Transportation, Bakery, Mobile Apps
Series B, Seed, Series A
Egypt, Iraq, Ukraine

Portfolio highlights

Baly — Baly is the cheapest and fastest taxi application in Baghdad.
Swvl — Swvl | Book Your Daily Ride or Make Money Driving Now
Breadfast — Fast & smooth shopping experience for the household.

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

Personio — Personio is the Intelligent HR platform for companies from 10-5,000 employees, powering over 1 million people worldwide. Book your free demo today.
Talentry — Talentry TRM is your central platform for Talent Relationship Management: Sourcing, CRM, Alumni Management, Employee Referrals, Advocacy, Internal Mobility.
Exponential DeFi — Exponential is an investment platform for crypto holders to earn yield on their crypto through decentralized finance (DeFi) safely and easily.

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

OpenNode — A simple Bitcoin payment processor for any business. Accept Bitcoin payments, receive Bitcoin donations and send Bitcoin payouts all on the OpenNode platform.
Roxom Global — Roxom is the first Bitcoin Stock, Commodities and Crypto Exchange in human history.
Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

Rawaz Rauf

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery, Search Engine
Seed, Convertible Note
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

Al Sharqiya TV is Iraq's first privately owned satellite channel

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, Shopping
Seed
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

March Holding makes Investment in Commercial Enterprises & Management.

Investment focus

Public Transportation, Transportation, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Baly — Baly is the cheapest and fastest taxi application in Baghdad.
Zbooni — Customers are most receptive on social and messaging apps today. Bring the checkout experience to them, in real-time.
Lyve Global — Lyve reimages logistics through advanced and agile solutions and technology innovations that connect organizations and opportunities.

Subhi Khudairi

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery, Search Engine
Seed, Convertible Note
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

Shwan Ibrahim Taha

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery, Search Engine
Seed, Convertible Note
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

Majid Al Futtaim is a leading integrated lifestyle provider with brands across industries such as shopping malls, Hotels, Cinema, Hypermarket & much more.

Investment focus

Taxi Service, Transportation, Public Transportation
Seed
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Baly — Baly is the cheapest and fastest taxi application in Baghdad.

Iraq Tech Ventures provides minimum investment to approved startups in Iraq and the Middle East region.

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery, Search Engine
Seed, Convertible Note
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

Mohamad Ferej

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, Shopping
Seed
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Kerem Danish

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, Shopping
Seed
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Amar Shubar is a partner at Management Partners Consulting.

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, Shopping
Seed, Convertible Note
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Omar Al-Handal is the Managing director of Al Handal International Group.

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, Shopping
Seed, Convertible Note
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Mohammed Khudairi

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery, Search Engine
Seed, Convertible Note
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

Rayya Al Zubaydi

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, Shopping
Seed
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

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

Yellow Metal — Fintech company that provides Gold loan
Shenji Changhua — Shenji Changhua is a biotechnology company focusing on neurological diseases such as ALS.
Life Biosciences — Lingfu Bio is a service provider of the whole industry chain of experimental animals and animal models.

EQIQ Ventures is a venture capital fund.It supports startups and aims to build a robust ecosystem of innovation, entrepreneurship in Iraq.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Pre-Seed
Iraq

Portfolio highlights

Wayl — Wayl is an e-commerce platform. It aids in the transition of social media merchants into genuine businesses. It receive online payments without having to register a business or join up with a payment gateway.

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