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Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Middle East in November 2024

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Middle east. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Middle east. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Middle East in November 2024

Investor Marketplace Middle East investments
Aslanoba Capital 30
Wamda Capital 28
Vision Ventures 26
Flat6Labs 25
Algebra Ventures 20
Shorooq Partners 19
BECO Capital 18
Raed Ventures 15
Impact46 15
A15 14
Falak Startups 13
Oqal 13
Entrée Capital 12
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) 12
AUC Angels 12
EQ2 Ventures 12
Alex Angels 11
Cairo Angels 11
Nevzat Aydın 11
Endure Capital 10
Earlybird Venture Capital 10
lool ventures 10
Dtec Ventures 10
Flat6Labs Egypt 9
Jabbar Internet Group 9
F2 Venture Capital 9
Bedii Can Yucaoglu 9
Keiretsu Forum Turkey 9
Faith Capital 9
PICO Venture Partners 9
Khwarizmi Ventures 9
Nama Ventures 8
Next Gear Ventures 8
2B Angels 8
BY Venture Partners 8
212 8
Arzan Venture Capital 8
NFX 8
MSA Capital 8
Keiretsu Forum 8
Hummingbird Ventures 8
B&Y Venture Partners 8
Omer Erkmen 7
Foundation Ventures 7
VentureSouq 7
Global Founders Capital 7
Endeavor Catalyst 7
Sawari Ventures 7
Maxis 7
Magma Venture Partners 7
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Aslanoba Capital VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Turkey, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • Colendi — Credibility and microcredit platform
  • CARD.com — Fully featured bank account with optional overdraft protection and round up savings account. Get your paycheck up to 2 days earlier.
  • Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
Wamda Capital VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 3 investments in the past 12 months
We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan
Portfolio highlights
  • qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
  • Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
  • Salus — Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health.
Vision Ventures VC Fund · Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
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.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • Rewaa — 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.
  • Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
  • Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!
Flat6Labs VC Fund · Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt · 7 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Apps
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
  • MNZL — MNZL is on a mission to expand access to capital for Egyptians.Every person who owns an asset has accumulated wealth in it. When they want liquidity for their projects and needs, they should be able to tap into it as easily as withdrawing from a bank.With an innovative digital platform and products, we are working on making digital access tocapital a reality, and building the future of asset-backed financing in Africa.
  • Yamm — Yamm is an e-commerce platform that offers a method for refunding customers' money.
  • Wateer — Wateer is a digital partner that meets the needs of the real world with solutions from the digital world. Wateer offers paperless invoices at retail points "Receipt as a Service (RaaS)" using a low friction process for shoppers and retailers. It was founded in 2022 and is located in Riyadh, Riyadh.
Algebra Ventures VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 4 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
  • DXwand — DXwand Cognitive Engagement Toolkit, COGENT, is next generation chatbot that is trained to lookup your products, track orders and conducts a full sales order dialog with your customers. It supports both Arabic and English and works on Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, SMS, website, Twitter, Mobile App and over voice.
  • YoLa Fresh — At YoLaFresh, our mission is to revolutionize the fresh produce supply chain in Africa by leveraging technology and data to disrupt traditional distribution models. We strive to create a more efficient and transparent system that benefits all stakeholders, from farmers to retailers and consumers. Our vision is to create a world where access tofresh, high-quality produce is a universal right. We believe that by empowering farmers and retailers with innovative technology solutions, we will improve their livelihoods and make a positive impact on their communities.
  • Connect Money — Zero Capex. Go live in 60 days with Connect's one-stop-shop banking solution.
Shorooq Partners VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 22 investments in the past 12 months
Shorooq Partners is the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
  • Corgea — Corgea is an AI-powered security platform that automatically finds, triages, and fixes insecure code. Sign up today for free to try Corgea.
  • PRYPCO — We are building the region’s leading real estate ecosystem, providing Real Estate Freedom for all.We open the doors to the entire real estate ecosystem, enabling everyone to access all things real estate without restrictions, hassles, or financial barriers. We empower our partners with the information and tools they need to succeed, ensuring theyhave everything required to navigate the market and achieve their goals.Real Estate Freedom is not just a concept—it's our promise.Our verticals include:- PRYPCO Mortgage - PRYPCO Exclusives - PRYPCO Golden Visa - PRYPCO Blocks
  • Colabs — Colabs is Pakistan’s fastest growing flexible workspace. Our community today has 1000 seats and over 100 companies across multiple facilities in Lahore. COLABS has a network of 100+ ecosystem partners across universities, VC funds, corporates, government and industry leaders. COLABS is constantly innovating, creating new work experiences, andredefining the future of work in Pakistan. Our mission is to knit together a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs across Pakistan.
BECO Capital VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Founded in 2012, BECO Capital pioneers early-stage venture capital firms, focusing on MENA and beyond. It proudly partners with regional success stories like Careem, Kitopi, SWVL, PropertyFinder, MaxAB, Tribal, and others, shaping the tech landscape
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • Mala Inc. — Mala provides a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution specifically designed for B2B transactions in the MENA region. The platform enables businesses to manage their cash flow more effectively while making purchases.
  • BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
  • Keyper — Keyper simplifies real estate management for property owners, tenants, and partners. Manage portfolios, get market insights, apply for rent with flexible payment options, and explore partnership opportunities to earn passive income. Join Keyper today!
Raed Ventures VC Fund · Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia · 3 investments in the past 12 months
We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • Wafeq — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.
  • Buildnow — BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.
  • Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.
Impact46 VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
Impact 46 is an asset manager and advisor that specializes in alternative investment opportunities. The firm provides innovative investment products and services to local & international institutions, family groups, endowments, and high net worth investors.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman
Portfolio highlights
  • Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
  • DataLexing — DataLexing is an All-in-One Data-Driven productivity platform that brings Insights, Apps, Notifications, Forms, and Sheets together in one place.
  • Al Matar Group — Al Matar Group provides individuals and businesses with technical travel solutions.
A15 VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 5 investments in the past 12 months
A15 is an entrepreneurial company that invests in digital products and technology brands. They aspire to empower the human race to overcome its limits and expand its capabilities by creating real products for real people. They help them scale by providing them with investment, the support of our ecosystem, and act as their launchpad for expansion.It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Egypt, Ireland, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
  • Paymob — Paymob runs millions of transactions for different business sizes across the Middle East and Africa. Start using Paymob’s solutions and API’s to accept and send payments for your online business now.
  • FlapKap — FlapKap is a company revolutionizing e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region.
  • OneOrder — One Order delivers exceptional produce, custom cuts of meat, high-quality seafood, and imported foods offering an array of global flavors.
Falak Startups VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Falak Startups is a start-up accelerator designed to support and empower the next generation of Egyptian entrepreneurs and contribute to the development of the start-up ecosystem in Egypt.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Marketplace
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • InCurA — Why InCurA ProductsWe Innovate Medical Devices for Today, Tomorrow and What's Needed NextInCurA is developing a pipeline of products based on its unique
  • 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.
  • Fincart — Fincart helps e-commerce SMBs access working capital through streamlining their last-mile operations through multi-courier shipping platform.
Oqal VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
A group of young entrepreneurs to connect young people with ideas.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • AlGooru — AlGooru is a tutoring network marketplace that connects students with qualified tutors on a mobile app. Our mobile app uberizes the tutoring market. Students can find reliable tutors, and tutors can manage their sessions/price their own rates.
  • Letswork — Work, meet and connect from the best coworking spaces, cafes and hotels across the UAE and Bahrain. Buy a membership, book meeting rooms or rent an office via the Letswork app.
  • Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.
Entrée Capital VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 14 investments in the past 12 months
We're a team of former serial founders managing over $1.25B across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Obligo — Rid yourself from the burden of security deposits and go deposit-free. Landlords paid instantly on claims, while tenants repay in installments.
  • Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices
  • Sensi.Ai — Sensi.Ai developed the first audio AI that's able to analyze the routine in long term care environments, detect anomalies and provide insight on trends, with the purpose of improving the quality of care
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 6 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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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.
  • Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.
  • Stake — Thousands of investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just AED 500.
AUC Angels VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
What is AUC Angels? AUC Angels is the first university-based angel investor network in the MENA region. Angel investors are individuals who are interested in investing in early-stage startups with growth potential which in turn supports the growth of a dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • dKilo — dKilo is a technology company in the AdTech space. It offers smart out of home advertising solutions using the internet of things and AI.
  • 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.
  • InCurA — Why InCurA ProductsWe Innovate Medical Devices for Today, Tomorrow and What's Needed NextInCurA is developing a pipeline of products based on its unique
EQ2 Ventures VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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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.
  • Uncover — Experience nourishing and rejuvenating Uncover Skincare products in Kenya. Made just for you, using the finest ingredients to offer innovative & effective solutions.
Alex Angels VC Fund · Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt
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.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile Apps
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • CardoO — Welcome To Our InnovationsExplore
  • 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.
Cairo Angels VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
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.
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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
Nevzat Aydın Angel · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Software, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
  • Apollo IoT — One of Turkey's digital energy platform initiatives is Apollo IoT. This platform is intended for invoice control, optimization, and forecasting. It allows you to monitor historical and current consumption data and confirm the correctness of your electricity bill, all without the need for device or hardware installation. Apollo assists inlowering the cost of electricity usage by providing real-time verification, detecting anomalous consumption and reactive fines in real-time, and informing you with enhanced warnings. It makes energy monitoring of corporate employees more realistic, saves money by boosting energy efficiency, and protects the environment thanks to its user-friendly web-based interface and excellent graphics.
  • Shark Guitar — Shark Guitar sells innovative electric guitars.
Endure Capital VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
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.
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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 — Reliable smart energy solutions within the reach of emerging markets.
  • 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.
Earlybird Venture Capital VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 33 investments in the past 12 months
Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Keel — Keel is a London-based startup offering modern businesses a much-needed third choice between off-the-shelf and no-code tools. Keel has developed a powerful programmable operations platform which offers all the benefits of bespoke tooling without the need to build from scratch.Keel was founded in 2022 by Benoit Machefer, Tom Frew and Jon Bretman,who directly experienced the frustration of being underserved by off-the-shelf software when scaling the fastest growing online pharmacy in Europe to over $130m revenue. The company represents a compelling vision of a future without legacy ERP, where ops teams and engineers work more closely together building bespoke tools on the robust and secure Keel platform.
  • terralayr — At terralayr, we're not just offering storage and batteries; we're pioneering a new era of energy flexibility. In a world where renewable energy is on the rise, the need for flexibility in energy storage has never been more crucial. That's where we come in.
  • Picus Security — The Complete Security Control Validation Platform | Stay proactive by validating your security controls with attack scenarios, empower your Red, Purple, Blue teams.
lool ventures VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 3 investments in the past 12 months
lool is a Tel-Aviv based venture capital fund focused on seed and pre-seed investments
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Israel, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Newmoo — Newmoo makes plant-based cheeses and dairy alternatives.
  • Dono — Supercharge your title production with Dono. The AI platform that ensures speed and efficient scale without compromising accuracy or consistency.
  • Unlimited Robotics — Unlimited Robotics empowers developers to build apps on Gary, the perfect robot for your business or office, and make any robot into a multipurpose one with Ra-Ya.
Dtec Ventures VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dtec Ventures is the venture capital unit of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority and an integral part of the Dtec ecosystem. We invest in early-stage technology businesses in the MENA region with a nucleus in Dubai, that are disrupting or enabling traditional industries.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United Arab Emirates, United States, Oman
Portfolio highlights
  • Letswork — Work, meet and connect from the best coworking spaces, cafes and hotels across the UAE and Bahrain. Buy a membership, book meeting rooms or rent an office via the Letswork app.
  • AlgoDriven — Appraise, inspect & evaluate vehicles using cutting-edge automotive solutions to make your automotive business more profitable. Contact us!
  • Ghost Financial — Ghost Financial is a comprehensive financing and business services platform to support ghost kitchen and restaurant ventures by offering financial products such as insurance, payroll, credit cards and expansion loans for startup & growing kitchens.
Flat6Labs Egypt VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
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.
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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.
Jabbar Internet Group VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 3 investments in the past 12 months
The exit of Souq to Amazon is the largest tech transaction of the region, and Souq continues to pave the way in e-commerce in the region. Souq was built from the ground up by the same team at Jabbar, who built the Maktoob portal before that. Maktoob was born out of a simple idea but with a vision that the Arabic Internet will grow and become anintegral part of everybody's life, and grew to become the largest Arabic Internet property before Yahoo acquired it.Both the Souq and Maktoob stories have become inspiring success stories in the region, where budding entrepreneurs and VC's alike, look to our team for inspiration and new ideas.Today Jabbar continues to grow and pave the way for tech in the region. It is in this spirit that we embrace any entrepreneur who is willing to innovate and take risks in order to create something great. Jabbar nurtures such individuals and supports nascent ideas that are in line with its mission. So join our journey :-)
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan
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.
  • qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
  • Keyper — Keyper simplifies real estate management for property owners, tenants, and partners. Manage portfolios, get market insights, apply for rent with flexible payment options, and explore partnership opportunities to earn passive income. Join Keyper today!
F2 Venture Capital VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 2 investments in the past 12 months
F2 Capital is a specialized seed stage venture capital fund backing Israeli founders at the junction of big data, artificial intelligence and connectivity.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Darrow — Discover how Darrow's AI-driven legal intelligence helps law firms generate new business and improve efficiency. Transform your practice with innovative solutions.
  • Monto — Monto introduces the future of B2B payments, where getting paid is a touchless process. Connect with any portal to experience transformation.
  • Monocle — Deploy smart incentives that drive incremental profit without sacrificing brand equity or margins, boosting gross profit by 35%
Bedii Can Yucaoglu Angel
Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Advisor @ Hesapkurdu
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Investment focus
  • Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Tapu.com — Tapu.com has built the first managed real estate marketplace in Turkey and started selling from its first week of launch in 2015. Tapu.com is the first online real estate auction platform for the Turkish market, bringing many sellers like financial institutions, companies and individuals together with qualified buyers. Tapu.com has launched aneasy-to use platform that leverages the competitive bidding process on verified properties with a mission to make transactions easier and more transparent. Tapu.com has completed 4 major investment rounds from Earlybird Venture Capital and prominent Turkish angel investors.
  • Garaj Sepeti — Garaj Sepeti leads the digital transformation of used car market in Turkey, 5th biggest used car market on the planet with more than 8m transactions per year. Our B2B and B2C marketplaces brings trust and convenience to car dealers and individuals while buying and selling cars.
  • Vivense Home & Living — Vivense is a Turkish online furniture store that connects customers with furniture manufacturers. It offers a wide variety of furniture items such as sofas, chairs, tables, beds, dining tables, and more. Vivense allows clients to order their preferred furniture items online, and offers free delivery for certain products.
Keiretsu Forum Turkey VC Fund · Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
Keiretsu Forum is a private equity investment network of angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Abonesepeti — Abonesepeti is one and only subscription management platform in Turkey. While subscribers can make smart subscription decisions and easily manage their subscriptions, Service providers can easily gain incremental subscribers by using Abonesepeti’s online and offline sales platforms. Abonesepeti raised seeds round in 2017 via www.sirketortagim.comAngel Investor Ban. Up to Date; Abonesepeti generate 16x growth based on revenue and serves more than 1M subscribers.
  • Hummingdrone — Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry.
  • Interactive Loan — Interactive Loan provide financial assistance by providing trainings about credit, bond trading, or leasing methods.
Faith Capital VC Fund · Sharq Hawalli, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait
Faith Capital is a venture capital firm investing in talented MENA founders building long-term value by developing sound operations at home and abroad.A Kuwait based venture capital fund owned and managed by individuals with proven business experience and success in the GCC.The principal focus of Faith Capital is on e-commerce businesses,based in the region, which have high growth potential for the future.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
  • Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
  • Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.
  • Nana — Nana is an online grocery platform that provides doorstep deliveries of groceries and other home essentials. The company's platform offers a wide assortment of groceries, fruits, and vegetables, cosmetics, electronics, bakery items, and flowers that enables consumers to purchase products online and get them delivered to their homes.Nana wasestablished in 2016 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
PICO Venture Partners VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Pico Venture Partners invests in visionary Israeli entrepreneurs building future-defining technologies. We seek the leaders who are relentless in their quest to disrupt existing markets, industries, business processes, and consumer experiences.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Israel, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Sepio — Sepio provides full asset visibility. Sepio's Asset Risk Management sees, assesses and mitigates risk for all known and shadow IT assets.
  • Zero Networks — Zero Networks delivers automated microsegmentation, securing assets on-prem, in the cloud, and OT/IoT. Deploy in 30 days with set-and-forget simplicity.
  • Salvador Technologies — Salvador Technologies provides the world's fastest recovery from cyber-attacks and software/hardware malfunctions. Our innovative solution ensures the continuous operation of critical workstations and servers, eliminating downtime. Back to work in 30 seconds based on offline air-gapped sotrage.
Khwarizmi Ventures VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Khwarizmi Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks investments in startups with a passion for algorithms. It seeks to help create their vision, as they embark on a journey together that aligns their goals to improve quality of life using technology powered by algorithms. .
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
  • Yalla Plus — Yalla Plus offers QR-based digital menu solutions for restaurants, featuring integrated payments and easy menu management.
  • Bluworks.io — Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions.
  • Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.
Nama Ventures VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 3 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Marketplace, Information Technology
  • 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.
Next Gear Ventures VC Fund · Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Focused investments in entrepreneurs who pioneer sustainable, smart mobility.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Kardome — Kardome offers a real-time software suite that can be inserted in a variety of processing environments. The company engages a real-time software beamformer to improve speech signals from several speakers.​ It offers high-quality sound output without the need to shout or position the users mouths close to the microphone. The company developssolutions such as voice controlled devices, hands-free speakerphones, tablets and cellphones, and conference call devices.Kardome was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Mazor, Hamerkaz, Israel.
  • Lidwave — Lidwave’s deep-tech solution revolutionizes 3D sensing and the verticals relying on it by examining the biggest challenge in LiDAR technology from a new perspective, free of bandwidth limitations.
  • Bib Batteries — Bib extends the lifecycle of batteries from their first use in electric vehicles to their second life. Bib gives your batteries a new cost-effective life through repair, reuse, or recycling
2B Angels VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Cheshin Venture Capital - Beyond funding, we provide: mentorship, strategy consulting, connections, and Joyon your way to becoming a truly exceptional company.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Valerann — Valerann empowers road network operators and creates certainty through enhanced use of data - to save lives, reduce congestion, decrease emissions and to support Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs). We transform the overwhelming, disparate data created by road infrastructure, ITS assets and drivers into meaningful, easily understood insights -unlocked by our Intelligent Traffic Management solutions.
  • Arya — Arya is building the Couples Wellness category, poised to become the next billion-dollar cornerstone in the global wellness market.Couples are falling into routine and many are experiencing increased loneliness. While billions are spent on fitness, mindfulness, and sleep, emotional and physical intimacy is often neglected. We invest in swipingfor the right partner and then trying to fix it (or spend a fortune divorcing them)... but not much in between.Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, both inside and outside the bedroom - a crucial ingredient to a successful relationship.
  • Coralogix — Coralogix is a streaming platform for modern engineering teams. Coralogix’s Streama© technology produces real-time insights and long-term trend analysis with no reliance on storage or indexing, solving the challenge of data growth in large-scale systems.Ingest data from any source for a single, centralized platform to manage, monitor, and alertyour applications. As data is ingested, Coralogix instantly narrows millions of events down to common patterns for deeper insights and faster troubleshooting.Machine learning algorithms continuously observe data patterns and flows between system components and trigger dynamic alerts so you know when a pattern deviates from the norm without static thresholds or the need for pre-configurations.
BY Venture Partners VC Fund · St. Helier, NA - Jersey, Jersey
Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • 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
  • Quench.ai — Quench is a tech infrastructure for video creators to deliver exclusive content, engage and reward their true fans.
212 VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in the past 12 months
We back bold entrepreneurs building legendary companies.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
  • Wellbees — Wellbees is a corporate wellbeing platform working to change the way we work. Wellbees' main value proposition for HR is offering a "one -stop-shop experience for all things employee wellbeing" saving HR time and money. Wellbees has powerful social functions such as challenges, clubs, events that help employees get the inspirationnecessary for sustainable behavior change on top of its functions such as online expert calls and wellbeing content.
  • RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
Arzan Venture Capital VC Fund · Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait
Arzan Venture Capital (Arzan VC) is a Kuwait-born VC firm that has been investing in startups with a MENA angle since 2014, making it one of the earliest VC firms in the region. Arzan VC's portfolio includes 30+ startups. The firm invests in young, fast-growing and innovative tech teams and it remains committed to building long-lastingrelationships with the region’s most talented entrepreneurs at an early stage.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
  • Hulexo — UAE's leading ERP software for retail businesses. Integrated data, accurate info, real-time insights.
  • Gameball — Gameball is a one-stop platform to market your products and keep your customers engaged, leading to boosted conversion and increased RoI with a data-driven success strategy.
  • Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.
NFX VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 16 investments in the past 12 months
We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies.
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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.
MSA Capital VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China
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.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • China, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.
  • DP Technology — DP Technology is a global leader in the "AI for Science" research paradigm, where AI learns scientific principles and data, then tackles key challenges in scientific research and industrial R&D.DP's commitment to interdisciplinary research has led to the creation of the DP "Particle Universe", an array of pre-trainedlarge science models designed to bridge foundational research with practical industrial applications. DP's software suite includes the Bohrium® Scientific Research Space, Hermite® Computational Drug Design Platform, RiDYMO® Dynamics Platform, and Piloteye® Battery Design Automation Platform. Together, these platforms form a robust foundation for industrial innovation and an open ecosystem for AI in science, fostering advancements in key areas such as drug discovery, energy, material science, and information technology.
  • DP Technology — Deep Technology uses a new generation of molecular simulation technology to tackle micro-scale industrial design difficulties. Founded in 2018 and is based in Beijing China.
Keiretsu Forum VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • United States, India, Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • ALM Ortho — ALM Ortho, a Patient Matched Device Solutions Company
  • Unibloom World — Unify targets with operational projects, make scenario simulations with cost impact in real time, compare new ideas, optimise actions and turn it into actionable projects with clear financial, regulations and business impact. Release burden from Sustainability Teams!
  • AutoNxt Automation — Discover the future of sustainable farming with Autonxt Automations electric tractors and self-driving technology. Explore our innovative solutions today.
Hummingbird Ventures VC Fund · Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium · 11 investments in the past 12 months
Supporting Exceptional entrepreneurs. We value emotional intelligence as much as data, growing internal culture as much as growing revenue, and forming strong, personal bonds with founders. We recognize patterns where other don't.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, Biotechnology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Lovable — Lovable is building software that builds software. We are makers of GPT Engineer app - an AI software engineer.
  • Salient Motion — A next-generation supplier for aerospace and defense, specializing in advanced electric propulsion.
  • Basecamp Research — Novel proteins from nature. We sample the most extreme and exciting places on the planet to build the world's largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity.
B&Y Venture Partners VC Fund · Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally.
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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
Omer Erkmen Angel
Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Analytics
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Salvor — These are the ideas and the philosophy behind Salvor.io; why it exists, how it will adapt to the newer ways of creation by forming a bridge between ideas and effort. Salvor is a combination of fresh understanding of contemporary digital arts and assets, adaptive of the new free economy, and a sustainable approach to new ways of doing creativebusiness taking advantage of the collective internet culture. We have the dreams, we have the talent and we have the will.
  • WeFarm — WeFarm maintains vacant fields for you and converts them into productive farms.
  • Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
Foundation Ventures VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Foundation Ventures is an investment firm that backs exceptional teams building industry defining companies in Egypt and the MENA region.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Egypt, Jordan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Kenzz — Kenzz is an e-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA.
  • OpenFi — OpenFi's goal is to provide consistent, responsible, and exceptional conversational AI. The market-leading conversational AI enables the customers to safely harness the potential of Generative AI to automate client interactions and set new benchmarks.
  • Commonplace — Commonplace is an online citizen engagement platform. We help you to engage with more community members, collect their ideas and make better places.
VentureSouq VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 7 investments in the past 12 months
VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
  • Mala Inc. — Mala provides a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution specifically designed for B2B transactions in the MENA region. The platform enables businesses to manage their cash flow more effectively while making purchases.
  • LayerPixel — LayerPixel uses a modular design to overcome TON's asynchronous limitations and leverage its sharding benefits.
  • PostEx — PostEx is a hybrid of receivables factoring solutions and courier services that pay invoice values upfront to e-commerce companies offering Cash on Delivery as one of their modes of payment.
Global Founders Capital VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 13 investments in the past 12 months
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Papaya — Papaya is the quickest way to order and pay in restaurants and bars and enjoy a seamless ordering and payment experience with personalized offerings. Restaurants and bars turn tables faster, experience increased basket sizes, and better understand their customer base.
  • Headway — Headway is a mental healthcare system provider based in New York. It develops a health insurance advisory platform designed to connect patients with therapists and provides administrative support to therapists who don’t typically accept insurance. The company was founded by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan in 2019.
  • Amica Finance — Jupiter's consumer-focused neo-banking startup Amica Finance operates as an NBFC non-banking finance company.
Endeavor Catalyst VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 19 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • United States, Brazil, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • ASAAS — Asaas helps individuals and companies automate financial processes and improve their relationship with customers. It brings in a single place, sending invoices, automation of communication through different channels, and receivable management. It’s possible to receive payments through bank payment slip, credit, and debit, send transfers, pay bills,anticipate receivables and NFS-e. It’s also connected to a credit card to withdraw from ATMs. Much more than a bank account, it drastically reduces manual work in administrative tasks and reduces the default rate, improving the customer’s cash flow.
  • Paymob — Paymob runs millions of transactions for different business sizes across the Middle East and Africa. Start using Paymob’s solutions and API’s to accept and send payments for your online business now.
  • First Circle — First Circle is an award-winning FinTech company that has been supporting SMEs since 2016. We help businesses increase sales, fund projects, manage payments, and ultimately overcome the biggest barriers to their growth.
Sawari Ventures VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
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.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Egypt, United States, Lebanon
Portfolio highlights
  • Axis — With axis, you can send money to friends instantly and for free, buy anything online, request money from anyone, earn rewards and cashback, and understand your spending habits so that you can budget.
  • 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
Maxis VC Fund · Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • F4e — Boost employee performance and business results with continuous feedback, transparency, and commitment to business goals.
  • Samplico — We deliver products of world-known brands to you for free!
  • Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.
Magma Venture Partners VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Enterprise Software, Mobile
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Israel, United States, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
  • Cylus — Cylus, the global leader in rail cybersecurity, helps rail, freight and metro companies avoid service disruption and safety incidents by detecting cyber-attacks in their signaling and control networks, wayside and onboard, before harm happens.
  • CoreTigo — CoreTigo provides high-performance IO-Link Wireless communication solutions for machine builders, system integrators & industrial equipment manufacturers.
  • Allseated — AllSeated is a free collaboration network for planning events that enables you to design floor plans, manage guest lists, and create seating seating charts. We save you time and make planning your event simple.
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