Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Middle East (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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F6 Ventures
VC Fund
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55 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $15k–$1.2M |
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Oqal
VC Fund
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44 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $100k–$10M |
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Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund
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41 | Turkey, United States, Ireland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $175k–$9M |
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Shorooq Partners
VC Fund
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33 | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $600k–$29M |
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Vision Ventures
VC Fund
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33 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $22k–$27M |
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund
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31 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | $600k–$65M |
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Algebra Ventures
VC Fund
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27 | Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, E-Commerce, Marketplace | $150k–$30M |
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Raed Ventures
VC Fund
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26 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | $400k–$30M |
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Keiretsu Forum Turkey
VC Fund
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24 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $28k–$1.5M |
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BECO Capital
VC Fund
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22 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology | $905k–$60M |
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Maxis
VC Fund
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21 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.5M |
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Tarvenn Ventures
VC Fund
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20 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Video Games, E-Commerce | $25k–$421k |
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Impact46
VC Fund
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20 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Gaming, Financial Services | $1M–$24M |
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Falak Startups
VC Fund
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20 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps | $6k–$2.4M |
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Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund
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18 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $26k–$4.6M |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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17 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.7M |
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A15
VC Fund
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16 | Egypt, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, FinTech, Software | $50k–$8M |
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Arzan Venture Capital
VC Fund
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15 | United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $180k–$25M |
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Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund
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15 | United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $420k–$50M |
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Alex Angels
VC Fund
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14 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Denmark | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | E-Commerce, Logistics, Food and Beverage | $28k–$1.6M |
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EQ2 Ventures
VC Fund
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14 | United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Retail, Sales | $1M–$15M |
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APY Ventures
VC Fund
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14 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming | $100k–$2.5M |
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Entrée Capital
VC Fund
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14 | United States, Israel, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.5M–$54M |
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Khwarizmi Ventures
VC Fund
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13 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $1M–$37M |
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Orbit Ventures
VC Fund
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13 | United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $100k–$12M |
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Jabbar Internet Group
VC Fund
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12 | United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech | $284k–$7.5M |
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AUC Angels
VC Fund
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12 | Egypt, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Software, Retail | $40k–$1.2M |
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RZM Investments
VC Fund
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12 | Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics | $1.2M–$27M |
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Nama Ventures
VC Fund
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12 | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B | $100k–$35M |
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SEEDRA Ventures
VC Fund
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11 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics | $120k–$40M |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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11 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $575k–$30M |
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Endure Capital
VC Fund
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11 | Egypt, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $120k–$42M |
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VentureSouq
VC Fund
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11 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $225k–$50M |
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Foundation Ventures
VC Fund
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11 | Egypt, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $585k–$33M |
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Sina Afra
Angel
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11 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $100k–$11M |
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Faith Capital
VC Fund
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11 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $300k–$50M |
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Earlybird Digital East Fund
VC Fund
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11 | Seed | $1.2M–$7.5M | ||
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Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund
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11 | United States, India, Turkey | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $102k–$8.2M |
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212
VC Fund
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11 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $250k–$27M |
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Wa’ed Ventures
VC Fund
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11 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $25k–$30M |
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Endeavor Catalyst
VC Fund
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10 | United States, Brazil, Mexico | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $5.3M–$180M |
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lool ventures
VC Fund
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10 | Israel, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS | $720k–$26M |
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Derayah Venture Capital
VC Fund
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10 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, FinTech, Marketplace | $800k–$33M |
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Plus Venture Capital
VC Fund
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10 | United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $550k–$5.6M |
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PICO Venture Partners
VC Fund
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10 | Israel, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security | $1M–$54M |
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund
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10 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$75M |
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Acasia Group
VC Fund
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10 | Egypt, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Mobile, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $50k–$2.6M |
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RePie Asset Management
VC Fund
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10 | Turkey, Canada, Germany | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps | $244k–$38M |
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Dtec Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, FinTech, E-Commerce | $170k–$3M |
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Hummingbird Ventures
VC Fund
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9 | United States, Turkey, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $1.1M–$60M |
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F6 Ventures is a leading seed stage venture capital firm operating across emerging markets. We back exceptional founders from idea-stage all the way to Series A, combining early capital with strategic support and a commitment to long-term partnership. With deep ties across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, we empower innovative startups to scalewith purpose and impact. We manage over $90M in AUM across more than 300 investments in seven countries. By investing early in Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A rounds, we help founders cover initial costs, develop their product, and take it to market. This early capital acts as a launchpad, enabling startups to hit key milestones like securing first customers, attracting follow-on funding, and making significant strides forward.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 359
- Round size: Seed $15k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $49k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $95M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Tagaddod — Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company, started in February 2013 and operating in Cairo –Egypt. Currently focusing on clean fuels, Tagaddod is working on Biodiesel production from Vegetable Oils. Biodiesel is a fuel alternative that is produced from waste vegetable oils and used in conventional diesel engines, whichcan directly substitute for or extend supplies of traditional petroleum diesel.
- Makan Home — SHEN168 adalah situs toto togel online yang terpercaya, menawarkan pengalaman bermain yang aman dan menyenangkan bagi para penggemar togel online.
- MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
Oqal Group was formed as an endowment group by a group of young businessmen to be a platform that brings together angel investors and emerging entrepreneurs to form partnerships of economic feasibility that raise the welfare of society and enhance the quality of life. It enables the founders of entrepreneurial startups to develop innovative andfast-growing startups in a variety of sectors by providing access to smart capital and experienced angel investors.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $220k–$1.1M; Series A $133k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raff — RetailTech startup aiming to be the center of commerce.
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
- Mantas — Cloud outage insurance, built for cloud-first businesses.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $175k–$2.5M; Series A $350k–$3M; Series B $1M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- BiSU — BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.
- obilet.com — Obilet.com, founded in 2012, is an end-to-end ticketing platform listing hundreds of bus operators, airlines and ferry companies as well as offerings from hotels and car rental companies. Obilet also provides bus operators with its best-in-class Inventory Management System (IMS) as a SaaS.Obilet is the indisputable market leader in Turkey both inB2B and B2C segments with 400+ bus carriers using its IMS software, 25 million visitors per month, and 15 million app downloads.Obilet is projected to sell more than 40 million tickets annually in 2024, making it one of the top-3 bus ticketing platforms in the world. Obilet also set its vision to be the one-stop-shop for whole needs of users regarding the tourism and travel products by expanding its category offerings with the addition of hotel booking and car rental services. Moreover, Obilet has launched its international expansion project in H2 2022, has one of the largest coverage of markets globally.
- StratiFi — An AI-powered client investment workflow software for wealth managers
Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 221
- Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $2M–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- FMSi — FMSi is a SaaS company that helps with vehicle tracking solutions, administration and monitoring services for IVMS, and project management.
- Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
- Halo AI — Halo AI provides autonomous influencer marketing solutions.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Round size: Seed $200k–$5M; Pre-Seed $22k–$1.7M; Series A $1.3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Raff — RetailTech startup aiming to be the center of commerce.
- Madeed — Madeed is a privately held company that works in the facilities and health care distribution industry.
- Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 132
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2M–$10M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HeyBreez AI — The operational layer for Voice AI. Real phone calls. Real-time speed. Built for real operations.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
- Anecdote —
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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- Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $400k–$7M; Pre-Seed $150k–$13M; Series A $750k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
- Synapse Analytics — We build data science and AI solutions for streamlined operations and data driven decisions. Synapse Analytics, enabling a smarter world.
- Blnk — Blnk is a fintech firm that provides lending, financing, affordability, commission, reporting and settlement, and e-commerce services.
We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $400k–$13M; Series A $2.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zeal — Zeal transforms your current card machines, enabling them to unlock powerful insights and deliver seamless loyalty. Zeal integrates with all card machines and is trusted by industry leaders.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
- THINK-AI — The Think AI Fabric: AI Node, ILM, and Constellation bonded into one supercompute platform, built for radical efficiency. Nothing sits idle.
Keiretsu Forum is a private equity investment network of angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $28k–$1.2M; Angel $53k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $49k–$550k
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Abom — Abom heated anti-fog goggles use state-of-the-art technology to keep your goggles fog-free for snowmobiling, snowboarding and skiing. Check out our optics!
- 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.
BECO Capital is a conviction-driven VC, backing exceptional founders across the GCC and MENA region with hands-on support, partnerships and sector expertise.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Seed $905k–$9.5M; Series A $2M–$27M; Series B $5M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $4.5M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
- Merkle Science — Next generation crypto threat detection, risk management and compliance for businesses, banks and government agencies. Sign up now
- Property Finder — PropertyFinder owns and operates real estate portals across Dubai. Available in both English and Arabic, its websites provide visitors with search facilities covering residential and commercial properties for rent or for sale, real estate news, home advice, and buying and selling guides.PropertyFinder provides its users with the tools to helpconsumers find the properties that fit their needs. It works with brokers to list properties in one convenient site, and make it easier to see all of the information about those properties while browsing from its users’ desktop or on the move.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Hardal — Cookieless, first-party, server-side attribution tracking to improve ROAS. Unified attribution across Web, iOS, Android & Shopify Apps.
- Promake — Talk to AI, get your business online. Manage your website and domain, accept payments.
- Sapro Temizlik Ürünleri — Sapro Temizlik Ürünleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. manufactures and exports a variety of sanitary products, including cosmetics, personal care items, and home cleaning products. The company is known for its private label wet wipes, which are produced with botanical ingredients. Sapro adapts its processes and products to meet the needs of the Earth andall living beings, emphasizing sustainability and innovation in its operations.
Tarvenn is an Istanbul-based international investment and advisory firm. Tarvenn has an exceptional knowledge and experience in Turkey, Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and CIS regions. We build the future with our portfolio, international experience, corporate customers and strategic alliances. Our business is to build yours…
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- Industry: Software, Video Games, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $50k–$421k; Pre-Seed $25k–$25k
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pubinno — Ensuring more sustainable draft beer operations and brewery management via the reduction of water waste, Enjoying draft beer, beer equipment
- Hero Concept — Hero Concept is a computer games company that develops visionary reimaginations of the timeless classics of arcade gaming. The company studies the histories of the ever-present classics in order to carry them into the 21st century--with panache. Hero Concept was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Gyroscoping Games — Gyroscoping Games is a game developer which develops city-builder type games for PC.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Gaming, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $5M–$22M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $133M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Hazen.ai — Hazen.ai is a Saudi startup focusing on artificial intelligence based traffic analytics and monitoring solutions
- TakaHouse — TakaHouse is a gaming company that combines entertainment and communication for gamers.
- Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $31k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $6k–$360k
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
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
- Tafatifi — Tafatifi is an online music platform that provides information regarding music events in Egypt. It is also a music based social media.
- Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 134
- Round size: Seed $30k–$600k; Pre-Seed $26k–$150k; Convertible Note $30k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- GlaucoT — GlaucoT develops contact-free intraocular pressure monitoring and neuroprotective treatment technology for glaucoma disease.
- Kozmonot — Kozmonot is a mobile competition application with real money prizes focused on knowledge, research and intelligence.
- ConverJinn — AI-powered product categorization and conversion optimization for online stores. Boost conversions and make every product page count.
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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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
- Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
- ya da multicosmetics — ya da multicosmetics is a cosmetics brand and aims to accelerate its R&D efforts, support its growth.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $100k–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iVoiceUp — iVoiceUp is the first whistleblowing platform in MENA for anonymous reporting, case management, and compliance analytics. Detect fraud, protect reporters, and build defensible compliance.
- Byit — Byit is a technology platform developed to empower independent real estate brokers and freelancers.
- KNOT Technologies — AI-powered solutions designed to untangle event ticketing inefficiencies
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $180k–$1.7M; Series A $3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Yasmina — Yasmina offers AI-driven Home & Renters Insurance services.
- yozo.ai — Hire an all-in-one AI marketing team for a fraction of the cost. Yozo never forgets, learns from every interaction, and does better every time!
- Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Seed $420k–$6M; Series A $2.6M–$14M; Series B $4.6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $68M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- PinPay — Pin-Pay is an innovative mobile payment service offered at our Partner Banks which aims to bring our subscribers the most secure, reliable and intelligent payment experience.Using Pin-Pay, you can perform a number of different transactions directly from your mobile phone. Since all transactions are conducted live and under 20 seconds, you cansafely receive money straight to your account in no time.
- Abwab.ai — Award winning AI-powered lending platform for financial institutions. Automating SME financing decisions. Empowering lenders, enabling SMEs. Bridging $170B gap.
- 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!
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Logistics, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $100k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $28k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.3M in 2020
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.
- AgriCash — AgriCash is 1st AgriFinTech app Provides PNPL service for the agricultural sector in Egypt
- Poultry Sync — Take your poultry production operation to the next level and leverage artificial intelligence to boost performance, save cost, control fraud, and increase efficiency.
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Browse database — It's Free!Evergreen venture capital investing in Seed to Series A startups across MENA and Africa. 27 active investments, $71.8M portfolio NAV, 17% IRR.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Sales
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Coraly — Coraly helps real estate teams create listing-ready content, qualify leads, manage transactions, and share client-ready Packs from one AI-powered platform.
- Flowcart — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
- Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.
APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Seed $212k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Nuvolog — Revolutionize logistics operations with Nuvolog. Features like spot procurement, carbon tracking, and time slot management enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
- Viseur AI — Viseur AI delivers a cutting-edge medical imaging solution powered by artificial intelligence. Our platform provides robust, scalable, cost-effective long-term radiology and digital pathology solutions through end-to-end automation.
- Spektra Games — We create the most realistic simulation/racing games for mobile!
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.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 306
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $17M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $175M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Classiq Technologies — A software platform that helps users create scalable complex quantum computer algorithms, software, and circuits for any gate-based quantum computer
- Identiq — Identiq's network members fight fraud and improve user experience by validating new users and vouching for ones they already know without sharing any personal user data at all.
- Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$16M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2.4M; Series A $5.5M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $63M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Aya — Aya is a modest fashion e-commerce platform that strives to unite the fragmented modest fashion industry into a single discovery platform.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
- RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
Orbit helps scale breakthrough startups from around the globe across emerging and frontier markets.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 547
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $2.6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Qanary — Qanary is a digital second-opinion platform designed to help radiologists detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
- Cypien AI — Cypien learns your brand and visitor behavior, then composes segment-specific content, visuals, product order, search, landing pages, and UI.
- MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $284k–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $850k–$2.5M; Series A $800k–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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.
- HeyBreez AI — The operational layer for Voice AI. Real phone calls. Real-time speed. Built for real operations.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Egypt, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $100k–$1.2M; Angel $100k–$230k; Pre-Seed $40k–$200k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Roboost — Tayar is an enterprise solution using Artificial intelligence and complex Algorithms to facilitate, optimize, and manage the delivery process to any BTC (mainly home delivery) business to increase the delivery speed and performance.
- 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
- UNLOCK — Companies looking to outsource certain department functions should look no further than Unlock EPN. A complete and diverse business directory of agencies and companies in Egypt. All are available with direct contact information for your convenience.
RZM Investments manages the shares of various companies that are in the field of health, education, hospitality, and tourism.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5M; Series A $6M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aamar — An innovative real estate platform that simplifies and automates leasing processes.
- Bonat — Bonat is a customer engagement solution that provides advanced tools to help in managing businesses.
- 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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $5.2M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
- Nodes — Talent Intelligence Layer for Regulated Industries
- 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.
SEEDRA Ventures invests in companies from the very first stages of inception to Series-A and beyond, providing financing and hands-on development support.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $120k–$1.5M; Series A $1.3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Madeed — Madeed is a privately held company that works in the facilities and health care distribution industry.
- Gaia — Gaia is a sovereign AI platform for Saudi enterprises. It connects knowledge, files, systems, emails and workflows into a single operational intelligence layer. Employees search across everything the company knows but permission-aware so no one sees what they don't already have access to, get generative AI answers grounded in their own datawith cited sources, and hand cross-system work to AI agents with important steps routed to a person for approval. Hosted on the company’s cloud or fully on-premise so data never leaves your own infrastructure.
- RIME — A specialized Saudi company providing AI driven solutions, integrated with branch monitors and IoT. Utilizing AI agents
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1109
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $575k–$5M; Series A $5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
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- sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
- Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
- Arrakis Technologies — Arrakis partners with ambitious companies to deploy secure AI in production, taking them from experimentation to real-world impact at warp speed.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5.5M; Series A $1M–$33M; Series B $6M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022
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- Pyka — We believe that electrification and automation will make aviation safer, more affordable, and more accessible than has ever been possible in human history.
- ShopLook — Online personal styling destination. Discover outfit ideas or virtually create your own using our outfit maker.
- TwentyToo — TwentyToo is a user-centric approach and the application of AI and ML.
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.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $225k–$9M; Series A $6M–$37M; Series B $300k–$50M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Orbii AI — Our AI enriches & analyses borrower data, helping you make credit decisions in minutes. Accelerate your business loan Underwriting decisons.
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
- MilkStraw AI — Save 53% on your AWS bill in 5 minutes!
Foundation Ventures is an investment firm that backs exceptional teams building industry defining companies in Egypt and the MENA region.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $585k–$11M; Series A $1M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
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- Aydi — We are more than a platform. We are a global voice of modern agriculture, built with growers, powered by innovation, and driven by the responsibility to feed the future with dignity and confidence.
- Flextock — Discover efficient order fulfilment with Flextock. We streamline your inventory, orders, and shipping, ensuring accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
- Prolo — Prolo is an AI powered procurement experts for construction. Streamline material orders, get market-tested pricing from 185+ brands, and protect your margins.
Sina Afra is a serial entrepreneur and early-stage investor with over two decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting technology-driven companies.He is best known as the founder of Markafoni, one of Turkey’s first large-scale digital commerce companies and a defining success of the country’s early internet economy. In 2011, Naspers Groupacquired a majority stake in Markafoni in one of the landmark transactions of the Turkish internet sector.Over the course of his career, Sina has founded more than 20 companies, completed 12 exits, and angel-invested in over 60 early-stage startups across Europe, Africa, and the United States.He is a Founding Partner at Founder One, an impact venture capital fund, and the Founder and Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Foundation (Girişimcilik Vakfı), which focuses on developing entrepreneurial talent and strengthening the long-term infrastructure of the startup ecosystem in Turkey.Earlier in his career, Sina worked at KPMG and held leadership roles at eBay, where he gained first-hand experience in operating and scaling global internet platforms.His work has been recognized with more than 20 international awards and honors, including being named Internet Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Angel of the Year, and Forbes’ Brightest Minds Alive in Turkey, with features in Wired and Forbes.Sina holds a degree from the University of Münster and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. He speaks five languages and is actively engaged in the European and Turkish technology and venture ecosystems.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $150k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Odeal — Oedeal is a developer of an app designed for companies to take payments via mobile. With the help of the company's platform, shops can do away with cash registers and accept payments from customers using tablets, smartphones, or point-of-sale devices, allowing them to finish their purchases right away. Making it simpler for all entrepreneursto access financial services is central to their mission of boosting the competitiveness of both enterprises and the nation.
- Faturalab — Faturalab is a mobile app that provides supply chain financing, payments, financial benefits, and capital management services.
- MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $300k–$3.6M; Series A $3.5M–$8M; Series B $8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VUZ — VUZ is the leading immersive video app that allows users to stream on the web, mobile, TV, and headsets XR digital experiences with a new level of immersive realism. VUZ owns exclusively the world's largest premium exclusive immersive content library, with over 30,000 hours of immersive content covering entertainment, creators, and sportssegments, as well as XR, VR, and AR experiences from virtually anywhere in the world. VUZ has exclusive immersive rights for LaLiga, PFL, SerieA and many others. It aims to bring people together and connect the world by providing authentic immersive experiences while removing (TTA) Travel, Time, and Access constraints for billions of people worldwide.VUZ was established on January 1, 2017, with offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh.
- Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
- Mealplanet — mealplanet makes working #meals #easy. Our online #food ordering platform saves business's time, ensures accurate orders, and makes #restaurants more money.
Earlybird Digital East Fund is an investment firm that focuses on early stage companies in Eastern Europe and Turkey.
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- Stage:Seed
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
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- FintechOS — FintechOS is the AI platform for financial product operations. Design, price, launch, and evolve financial products with governed AI and reduced core dependency.
- Simr (formerly UberCloud) — UberCloud's HPC Simulation Platform helps engineers run faster simulations and helps overworked IT teams gain control.
- Picus — The Complete Security Control Validation Platform | Stay proactive by validating your security controls with attack scenarios, empower your Red, Purple, Blue teams.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 485
- Round size: Seed $102k–$3.1M; Series A $285k–$8.2M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Bliss — Skip long waitlists and expensive therapy. Book licensed online therapists in multiple languages with culturally informed care.
- BatteryPool — BatteryPool offers battery charging solutions for EV fleets and commercial vehicles.
- Apriority Financial — Apriority Financial is a debt optimization platform that manages and optimizes employee personal debt.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $280k–$4M; Series A $1.7M–$22M; Series B $250k–$27M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $56M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Promake — Talk to AI, get your business online. Manage your website and domain, accept payments.
- Wellbees — Wellbees provides a digital platform that helps organizations support employee wellbeing and engagement through personalized experiences and wellbeing programs. The platform offers access to one-on-one sessions with specialists such as psychologists, dietitians, physical trainers, and therapists, as well as educational content, webinars, and guidedactivities. Employees can participate in clubs, events, and challenges, track their progress, and receive AI-based recommendations tailored to their individual needs. For employers, Wellbees includes analytics tools, employee surveys, and dashboards that provide aggregated insights into wellbeing, engagement, and platform usage. The platform integrates with workplace applications such as Microsoft Teams and Slack and is available through web and mobile applications.
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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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Round size: Seed $600k–$5.5M; Series A $2.5M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $25k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COFE App — COFE App gives coffee drinkers a smart way to order their daily coffee. The mobile application serves as an online coffee marketplace and aims to bring about a lifestyle change for its users by providing a smarter, more efficient way to get to their daily caffeine dose. With an intention to fulfil all the needs a coffee lover could possibly have,COFE App provides coffee beverages from both chain coffee houses as well as specialty coffee roasters. Users can also source coffee beans, coffee machines and coffee accessories through the mobile application.COFE APP is funded by a multi-national cross-sector base of entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) funds from the Middle East and Silicon Valley. The company's Series A funding round was led by KISP ventures a fund established by KFH Capital (Kuwait). Other investors include: Cedar Mundi (Lebanon), Towell Holding International (Oman), Takamul Capital and Dividend Gate Capital (Bahrain), and Nizar AlNusif Sons Holding and Arab Investment Company (Kuwait)
- BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
- THINK-AI — The Think AI Fabric: AI Node, ILM, and Constellation bonded into one supercompute platform, built for radical efficiency. Nothing sits idle.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 499
- Round size: Series A $5.3M–$37M; Series B $8.8M–$100M; Series C $20M–$180M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $300M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- NG.CASH — NG.CASH is a digital bank designed to help the new generations (ages 12 to 30) achieve financial independence. It lets users take charge of their money through solutions like PIX (Brazil’s instant-payment system), prepaid and virtual cards, allowance management, and now credit products tailored for young adults. As a financial hub, NG.CASH is builtto grow with its clients, boosting financial literacy and supporting them at every stage of life.
- Pagaleve — pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit.
- Rain — Rain is a vertically integrated issuing partner for global platforms. Enabling innovative financial products through modern APIs, flexible infrastructure, supporting electronic and digital money. Launch a card program in days not months.
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.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $720k–$8M; Series A $2M–$20M; Series B $5M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Zeroport — Zeroport enables secure remote access using hardware-enforced, non-IP isolation, eliminating malware, data exfiltration, and VPN-based attack surfaces.
- Dono — Supercharge your title production with Dono. The AI platform that ensures speed and efficient scale without compromising accuracy or consistency.
- Cassidy Bio — A biotechnology company developing AI-driven genomic foundation models
Derayah Venture Capital is a Venture Capital Fund That Invests in High Growth Startups across the MENA region.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $800k–$21M; Series A $2.3M–$33M; Series B $6M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Resal — Resal is the regional leader in digital value exchange and alternative payment solutions by creating a comprehensive ecosystem for prepaid gift cards, loyalty, rewards, and payout and spend management
- Moyasar — Moyasar is an online payment gateway that provides electronic payment solutions.
- Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
At Plus VC, we leverage over a decade of experience and 200+ transactions to empower MENA startups for sustainable growth. We offer fair...
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $550k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- estaie — Flexible furnished stays from weeks to a year. Stay longer and save across hotels, serviced apartments, and managed holiday homes with one simple payment and no hidden fees.
- Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Series A $2M–$20M; Series B $6M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Tastewise — Tastewise fuels product, sales, and marketing innovation by helping you predict how consumers cook, order, and eat. No guesswork, no outdated reports - Tastewise AI equips exceptional food and beverage brands with real-time insights. (Customers: Nestle, Coca-Cola, Campbell's, Dole, General Mills, and dozens more!)Product: Design productsthat delight your customers and meet their specific needs Marketing: Build marketing campaigns that speak to the right audiences Sales: Identify restaurants that need your products and supplies, and build first-mover advantage
- Xpander.ai — Xpander.ai delivers backend infrastructure for AI agents, managing memory, tools, state, integrations, and native deployment within Slack.
- ORION Security — ORION detects and prevents data loss across SaaS, email, cloud, AI tools, and endpoints using intelligent, context-aware, proprietary AI agents.
Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 394
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$14M; Series A $4.4M–$35M; Series B $6M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $422M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Avrea — Avrea is the CI/CD platform built for the age of AI, helping teams ship software faster, more often, and with higher quality.
- Hilo — Get stress-free readings round the clock with Hilo's clinically validated blood pressure monitor. Learn more
- Neuracore — The robot skill creation engine: collect demonstrations, curate datasets, train imitation and reinforcement learning policies, and deploy them on real robots, all on one platform.
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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- Industry: Mobile, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Egypt, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.6M; Angel $200k–$300k
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Bosta — Bosta provides an on-demand courier app with a B2C focus, allowing users to send parcels to their customers. The platform connects its users to couriers and allows them to monitor the status of the delivery of the package. Bosta was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt.
- EFG EV Fintech — EFG EV Fintech is investing in startups and bolstering the Fintech ecosystem in the process. EFG EV Fintech combines the financial know-how of EFG Hermes and entrepreneurial expertise of Egypt Ventures to launch the a Fintech-focused startup accelerator.They invest in rising Fintech startups with the potential to grow domestically and expandbeyond the Egyptian market. EFG EV Fintech also provides innovators with the fully integrated services they need to thrive – from funding to mentorship, to training, and office space.
- Tagaddod — Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company, started in February 2013 and operating in Cairo –Egypt. Currently focusing on clean fuels, Tagaddod is working on Biodiesel production from Vegetable Oils. Biodiesel is a fuel alternative that is produced from waste vegetable oils and used in conventional diesel engines, whichcan directly substitute for or extend supplies of traditional petroleum diesel.
RE-PIE is Turkey's first alternative asset management company that was authorized by Capital Markets Board of Turkey to establish real estate investment funds in 2015. With our top-quality management team that has many years of professional experience in various markets, it is our privilege to serve our investors to generate best in classinvestment returns in accordance with their risk perceptions and return expectations in line with our well-structured investment process and risk management guidelines. We aim to provide new funding opportunities and resources for Turkish Capital Markets in order to enable new investments and to grow steadily by increasing our fund size with wide range of products in various asset classes.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $244k–$3.7M; Series A $1M–$38M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- VenueX — VenueX enables retailers to showcase their products, POI and indoor maps to shoppers searching online!
- Goldtag — Digital Asset Development
- Vimesoft — Manage secure team communication and AI-powered learning with Vimesoft on one platform, while keeping your data under your control on your own infrastructure.
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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- Industry: Apps, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $170k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M; Series A $1.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
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 — AlgoDriven is an automotive data platform that helps car dealers, classifieds, banks and insurance companies accurately identify and price used cars. Car dealers use our patented mobile app, EvalExpert to appraise their cars, while enterprise clients access our platform through our APIs
- 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.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$24M; Series A $2M–$35M; Series B $4M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hmall.ma — Hmall.ma is the first online mall in Morocco that puts all its efforts to ensure that the objective is taken: The satisfaction of our customers, they can find all desired products at any time and make Many découvertes.Hmall.ma offers a wide range of products from several categories (categories)Of different brands at the best price with homedelivery in the shortest time.
- MarkaVIP — Markavıp is an exclusive, invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle Eastern market. The website specializes in offering flash sales to its customers.Markavıp was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry. The website enjoys memberships from over 3 millionexclusive members across eight Arabic speaking countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Oman.
- projepedia.com — Projepedia.com is a real estate listing website that features commercial and private properties for sale. Through its large database, the website provides its users with access to vacant properties in Turkey, including office spaces, commercial apartments, and other residential units.
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