# Top 50 Machine Learning Startup Investors in Middle East in June 2026 ## OurCrowd - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 22 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Invest in exclusive and pre-vetted startups, late-stage companies, and top tier funds - private market access made simple, transparent, and institutional-grade. ## Grove Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning Grove Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital fund in Israel. It partners early with exceptional Israeli founders who believe th... ## StageOne Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning StageOne Ventures, leads investments in exceptional Israel-related entrepreneurs. We focus on early-stage transformative deep tech startups solving complex enterprise challenges. ## lool ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We find and work with Israel’s best founders who are driven by a clear vision of how the world or an industry could be better. We share their obsession with bringing that vision to life. We do this at the very start of their journey. We are Israel’s Seed Fund. ## Firstime Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Firstime Ventures is investing in companies who are building a sustainable & accessible future for all. ## TLV Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS TLV Partners is an Israeli VC firm investing in early-stage startups and partnering with innovative entrepreneurs to build category-defining companies. ## Vertex Ventures Israel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We partner early with global-minded entrepreneurs seeking to disrupt large markets ## Tal Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS TAL Ventures (TAL) is an Israel based Venture Capital group with deep ties to the Israel high-tech ecosystem. ## Emerge Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Emerge is an early stage, Tel-Aviv based Venture Capital firm, partnering with exceptional tech-innovators and helping them do whatever it takes to win. ## Diffusion Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Capital Partners (DCP) is Turkey's leading Venture Capital fund manager with a focus on deep-tech opportunities. ## Terra Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence We are an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with inspiring entrepreneurs to build breakthrough companies ## Israel Innovation Authority - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device The Israel Innovation Agency, the Innovation Authority, was established in 1965 as the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and was designed as a body that supports R & D conducted in the framework of government research institutes. Industrial development in order to increase industrial exports of high-techproducts. The Chief Scientist focused on reducing the risk by participating in financing the project, which the private companies chose and led. ## F2 Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence F2 Capital is a specialized seed stage venture capital fund backing Israeli founders at the junction of big data, artificial intelligence and connectivity. ## Cardumen Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv-yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We are an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionary founders transforming the world through technology. ## Flashpoint - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning Venture capital serves as funding for emerging, inventive enterprises poised for rapid expansion. ## Awz Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Cyber Security AWZ is a Canadian corporation that imports knowledge, know-how and technology from Israel, a global leader in the homeland security sector, to advance and implement state-of-the-art, integrated, customized and comprehensive cyber security, intelligence, and physical security solutions and services for business and government in Canada and globally ## Glory Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing Glory Ventures is a cross-border venture capital fund established by a new generation of investors with a global perspective. Already achieving excellent performance, the investment team has plentiful experience in both China and Israel's high-tech and venture capital industries. The unique advantages by which Glory Ventures distinguishesitself from other domestic venture capitalists lie in the fact that it is a research-driven VC that realizes the value of an entire industrial value chain. They integrate industrial resources from the private equity markets and public-listed companies to build strategic synergy. They deliberate exits by both M&A and IPO, taking into consideration both opportunities. Thus, they strive to build an ecosystem across various industries through investment in specific value-chains and providing value-added services that lead to synergetic exits. With a clear multi-industrial positioning backed by their professional and outstanding investment team, Glory Ventures has been highly recognized by Chinese first-class investors and has won the strategic investments of famous organization such as Banyan Capital, major shareholders from various A-share listed companies, founding team of Dianping.com, and many others, making it a top-tier investment ecosystem combining early-stage venture capital investment and the integration of high-end entrepreneurs and industrial resources. Currently, Glory Ventures invests actively in Israel and China, but their global vision encompasses much more. In Israel, Glory Ventures invests in customer-proved, disruptive innovative companies which are synergistic with China’s enormous consumer market, including companies in the field of intelligent hardware, IoT, AI, computer vision. In China, Glory Ventures invests in subsectors such as B2B enterprise service, consumption upgrade, and IoT. Their portfolio includes 20+ stellar companies in the fields of AI, IoT, Fintech and consumption upgrade, over half of which have won the follow-up investment from the industrial capital and famous funds like HTC, Quanta Computer, Alibaba, Shanda Networks, Wind, Crystal Optoelectronics, Join-In Group, and Fortune Capital. ## VentureSouq - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software 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. ## SeedIL Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Big Data We invest in the best Israeli founders. Boutique seed-stage VC with personalized support and international connections. ## Hetz Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology We are Hetz Ventures, a team of investment professionals backed by some of Europe's most successful and best-connected investors. We driven by professional and open communication and swift decision making. We help startups to create. ## Varana Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence Varana Capital is an investment firm. ## Magma Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software Magma is Israel's leading venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in communication, semiconductors, internet and media. They seek bright ideas, infuse them with experience and foresight, and facilitate their rise as industry leaders that redefine the global communications sector. They use their experience and sectorspecialization in cooperating with entrepreneurs, industry experts, and other investors to define the future of the communication, semiconductors, internet and media arenas. Their goal is to foster and enable the flow of innovation from an idea's early stages and through a company's emergence as a leader within its dynamic market. They understand the local market and help to influence the global one. ## RTP Global - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology A global, early-stage venture capital firm, backing founders who use technology to reimagine how the world works like Datadog, DeliveryHero and Cred. ## Glilot Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Cyber Security, Software, Security Glilot Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs with a solid success record and with the aim of accelerating the success of those starting out. The firm's early growth fund focuses on post-Series A startups in the enterprise software and cybersecurity sectors. They seek to provide flexible funding solutions byleading or participating in early growth rounds and offering convertible notes. Glilot+ includes a large community of industry leaders, strong financial backing, and extensive resources to drive the growth of their business. Glilot Capital Partners was founded in 2011 by Kobi Samboursky and Arik Kleinstein and is headquartered in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel. ## Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software JVP is a top VC firm with $1.9B AUM and 165 companies built, leading in AI, Cyber Security, Fintech, Insurtech and Climatech. ## Moneta VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Moneta is a venture capital firm that invests in Data Science Technology startups and operates 2 parallel funds: Seed and Growth. Moneta specializes in Fintech, Insuretech and Financial-related AI and is supporing its ventures across all stages of their capital development. Moneta is backed by world leading financial institutions in USA, Africa andAsia. ## Samsung NEXT - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Samsung NEXT Ventures is an investment arm of Samsung NEXT, a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities that will define the next decade. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors. ## Boğaziçi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision. ## 2B Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Cheshin Venture Capital - Beyond funding, we provide: mentorship, strategy consulting, connections, and Joyon your way to becoming a truly exceptional company. ## Flint Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Venture capital investments ## Insight Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies. ## Entrée Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services We are a team of former serial founders managing $1.5Bn across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York. We back the next generation of category-defining companies with conviction of founders who have built companies themselves.We back founders with a partnership built on trust, fairness and real operating experience. Westand with founders through every challenge, and help them grow with clarity, resilience and purpose. ## State of Mind Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Software State of Mind Ventures is a seed and early growth stage venture capital fund, focusing on the people that drive our world forward. ## Maxis - Type: VC Fund - Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank ## iAngels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services Invest in groundbreaking startups with iAngels. Discovercutting-edge technology and join a community of forward-thinking investors shapingthe future of entrepreneurship. ## Sente Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections. ## Viola Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Viola Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in Israeli or Israeli-related early-stage techology companies, in key market segments including FinTech, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure & Applications, Frontier & Deep Technologies (automotive, IOT, AR/VR, drones), Robotics and AgTech. ## LionBird - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence LionBird is a Tel Aviv- and Chicago-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage software companies operating in the healthcare, commerce, and enterprise sectors. Founded in 2012, LionBird has developed an investment strategy around early-stage startups that leverages online technology to re-imagine traditional offline business processes andmodels. ## Wa’ed Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Wa’ed Ventures is a $500 million venture capital fund with the aim to accelerate the development of an integrated startup ecosystem by investing in local tech-based startups and incentivizing global entrepreneurs to localize their tech innovations in the Kingdom. ## Jibe Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Venture capital Israel | Seed fund | Pre seed fund | Founders fund ## i3 equity Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Machine Learning We invest in early stage Israeli IoT startups. Backed by a consortium of global leaders in the industry, we offer more than money - we offer to accelerate your time to market and help pave your path to success through leveraging our powerful partners to support you through out the value creation process. ## Next Gear Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles Focused investments in entrepreneurs who pioneer sustainable, smart mobility. ## Dell Technologies Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software Leading early-stage investments in the companies who are building the future of enterprise technologies for more than a decade. ## Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Apps Wa’ed Ventures is the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed), established by Saudi Aramco with the vision of igniting the spirit of entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Wa’ed has deployed a suite of programs over the years to assist entrepreneurs in establishing, enhancing, or expanding their ventures. Theseprograms comprise development and financial support including business incubation, coaching and training to guide and nurture entrepreneurs along different business stages, seed funding, non-collateral loans, venture capital (equity/debt) investment, and business development. These programs support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of localizing industries and diversifying the Kingdom’s economy. Wa’ed also collaborates and engages with key players in order to create an effective entrepreneurship ecosystem.Wa’ed aspires to provide leadership in promoting entrepreneurship to support economic growth, diversification, and social development in Saudi Arabia, in alignment with the Kingdom’s strategic thrust into moving towards a knowledge-based economy. The organization aims to turn innovative ideas into successful projects, create and support sustainable SMEs, and develop entrepreneurs into successful business owners.Wa’ed Ventures aims to fuel the growth of high potential companies, thereby promoting economic development in Saudi Arabia with job creation for Saudi nationals, technological improvement, knowledge transfer, economic diversification, and economic growth within the Kingdom. The firm focuses on seed, early, and growth-stage businesses across a diverse range of sectors including information and communication technology (ICT), energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and services – from mobile application platforms and technologies to industrial equipment manufacturing to advanced software solutions. ## Alesta Yatırım - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Ales Venture Capital Investment Trust Inc. 100% Escort Technology Investment Co., Ltd. was established in late 2012 as a subsidiary of an investment company subject to the Capital Markets Board legislation.Their target audience was primarily started to produce products or services are targeted at companies with existing customers and growth.However, the product or service to switch to the sales and marketing process, although in need of ready finance companies also take interest in Their initiative. ## Maniv Mobility - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software Maniv Mobility is a global venture capital fund investing in the world's leading mobility start-ups. ## Blumberg Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Blumberg Capital is an early and growth stage venture capital firm, partnering with visionary technology founders from inception to exit. Learn more. ## Kibbutz Yiron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Machine Learning Kibbutz Yiron ## Disruptive Technologies Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Advertising, Apps Disruptive is a global early stage investor with operations in Israel and the US. ## Ariel Maislos - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Ariel has been leading technology innovation and entrepreneurship for over 30 years, leading teams, founding companies and mentoring entrepreneurs. He is an active angel investor in startups, and supports technology education as a philanthropist. Ariel is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program, and holds a BSc from the Hebrew University ofJerusalem in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science (Cum Laude) and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.