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Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates

Investor	Marketplace United Arab Emirates investments
Wamda Capital	17
Dtec Ventures	9
BECO Capital	9
Shorooq Partners	9
Flat6Labs	7
Vision Ventures	6
Jabbar Internet Group	6
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)	6
EQ2 Ventures	5
B&Y Venture Partners	5
Raed Ventures	4
Oqal	3
Endeavor Catalyst	3
AMK Investment Office	3
Enabling Future	3
VentureSouq	3
Global Founders Capital	3
Phoenician VC	3
Global Ventures	3
Hosam Arab	2
Knuru Capital	2
Polar Light Ventures	2
Tushar Ahluwalia	2
NB Ventures	2
SEEDRA Ventures	2
DASH Ventures	2
Jonathan Doerr	2
Signal Peak Ventures	2
Kingsway Capital	2
STC Ventures	2
VentureFriends	2
Faith Capital	2
Startup-O	2
Nama Ventures	2
Knollwood Investment Advisory	2
Class 5 Global	2
DFF (Dutch Founders Fund)	2
Net Ventures	2
COTU Ventures	2
Presight Capital	2
Valia Ventures	2
Chalhoub Group	2
Prosper global	2
Dany Farha	2
Enterprise Fund	1
Zinal Growth	1
6G Capital	1
Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD FRCPC	1
Mashreq Bank	1
Enhance Ventures	1

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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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

BitOasis — BitOasis is MENA's leading platform that allows you to securely buy, sell and trade crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Bitcoin Cash at the best rates. Currently available in UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
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.
Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.

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.

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.

BECO Capital provides growth capital and hands-on operational support for early-stage technology companies. It is a technology-focused venture capital that supports entrepreneurs and financial sectors to raise funds.The company helps small companies with growth capital and hands-on operational mentorship in their early stage of development. Itwas founded in 2012 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.BECO Capital was founded on February 1, 2014, by Dany Farha and Amir Farha, and it is headquartered in Dubai.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
Pine Street Labs — A non-custodial API for managing wallets. Built for enterprises.

Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan

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.
MANTRA DAO — Launched in 2020, MANTRA (previously known as MANTRA DAO) is a first of its kind, vertically-integrated and regulatory compliant blockchain ecosystem.
MANTRA — MANTRA bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi by offering the necessary infrastructure for tokenizing Real World Assets (RWAs) while adhering to real-world regulatory requirements.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

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.
Fundbot — Fundbot is a solution for lenders that helps them digitize invoice financing, supply chain financing, and other financial services. It is a cash flow optimization tool and a financing marketplace for SMEs.The invoices are synchronized in the accounting system. It offers a digital CFO that analyses payables and receivables in real-time and offers tofinance. It provides financial recommendations based on the business’s needs.
Natify — Native targeted advertising in games & metaverses

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Munjz — Munjz is a mobile app for connecting individuals & corporate sector looking for household services with pre-screened professionals.
Cognna — Cognna provides cybersecurity that is stress-free by providing the tools needed to detect, prevent, and resolve threats with ease.
Rewaa | رواء — 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.

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 :-)

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Repzo — Repzo is a mobile sales CRM (customer relationship management) app . Simply put, this application turns your smartphone or tablet into the ultimate standalone field force management tool.
Keyper — Keyper is revolutionizing real estate management allowing you to manage all your properties, get real-time valuations and help you make data-driven decisions.
Jiye Technologies — Jiye Technologies is revolutionizing Agri Marketplaces of Pakistan

MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative tech companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries. With a team of 20 VC professionals across offices in Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, MEVP manages 5 regional funds with more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management. MEVP is the largest and most established VC firm in the region, with clear cross border investment appetite.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Clinicy — Clinicy provides medical institutions and patients with simple and automated solutions to manage daily operations and appointments through its cloud-based HCRM platform. They solve complex challenges for healthcare providers.
Fundbot — Fundbot is a solution for lenders that helps them digitize invoice financing, supply chain financing, and other financial services. It is a cash flow optimization tool and a financing marketplace for SMEs.The invoices are synchronized in the accounting system. It offers a digital CFO that analyses payables and receivables in real-time and offers tofinance. It provides financial recommendations based on the business’s needs.
Keyper — Keyper is revolutionizing real estate management allowing you to manage all your properties, get real-time valuations and help you make data-driven decisions.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
AIfluence — AIfluence is an Artificial Intelligence-driven end to end influence marketing platform. AIfluence accurately match influencers with brands, monitors & manages high impact audience based campaigns in real-time, with an ability to accurately predict and deliver measurable results and ROI. The platform utilizes advanced AI technologies that deepdives into clients' key demographic evolving and adapting with the audience to deliver impactful and emotional connections in campaigns.
Hala — I hope my experience will help you make an informed decision when choosing car insurance in the UAE. Keep an eye on my blog for more travel and car tips! Safe driving!

B&Y Venture Partners is a MENA based Venture Capital firm that invests globally at both seed and growth stage. We invest in visionary and high-impact founders aiming to create new markets or transform existing ones.

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.

We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
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.
Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.

A group of young entrepreneurs to connect young people with ideas.

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.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Brazil, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Tamara — Tamara is a fintech startup that offers a buy now, pay later platform that enables customers to pay on an installment basis, helping merchants to grow their sales. It specializes in the fields of financial services, fintech, and mobile apps.In 2020, Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, Turki Bin Zarah, and Abdulmohsen Albabtain co-established the company inRiyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
Immensa — Immensa is building the largest on-demand AM spare parts platform for the energy industry thought, rapid digitization and RE of physical spare parts, collaborating with leading OEM's and Energy companies, enabling digital inventories on a global scale.
Zone — Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies.

AMK Investment Office is a generation private family office.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
Supy — The data-driven restaurant inventory software : power your operations with insights automation to cut costs & boost profits.
Nexford University — Nexford is a next-generation online university based in Washington DC. Earn a globally affordable, accredited degree program at a flexible pace. Master competencies. Move forward in life.

Enabling Future (EF) is a sector agnostic, family office backed Venture Capital firm head quartered in Dubai. EF provides seed and early stage funding to entrepreneurs who challenge conventional wisdom and look to create true disruption. Our goal is to enable entrepreneurs to build companies of the future. We provide our portfolio companies withcapital, experience, strategy and network.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Arab Emirates, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

NÜWATER — NÜWATER was born out of a desire to combat the harmful impact that plastic bottles have on our environment today. With approximately 8 million tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean every year, NÜWATER is a recyclable alternative to plastic bottled water. We'd like to put the UAE at the forefront of driving sustainability, to ensure ourfuture generations live in a cleaner, healthier, plastic free world. NÜWATER is sourced from an artesian spring 500 meters underground, one of the deepest springs in the world. Filtered through rich volcanic rock, NÜWATER supplies the body with essential minerals for life. In comparison to desalinated water - a process that is highly energy intensive, removes all the minerals and produces toxic waste in the process. We are proud to say our manufacturing process is 100% Carbon Neutral. We aim to be a Carbon Net Positive company by 2023. see less
Trifacta — Trifacta has joined Alteryx to help customers and partners bring even more value to their businesses, powered by breakthrough data analytic insights.
Volt Lines — Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit.

VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
Omniful — Omniful is your partner in retail revolution. Explore our comprehensive suite of AI-Powered solutions designed to empower omnichannel retailers, D2C brands, and fulfillment providers. From scalable order management, to agile warehouse management, to data-driven business intelligence, we provide the tools you need to thrive in tomorrow's dynamic market.
Orangewood Labs — Orangewood Labs is focused on automating mundane human jobs through Easy-to-use, collaborative and tele-operable robotic arms for Industries

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Zocks — The Meeting Assistant made for Financial Advisors
Simplify — Simplify is a common application for jobs & internships. Autofill job applications anywhere on the web, get notified when new jobs open, & seamlessly track your applications.
Smartpay — Smartpay is the first free of charge BNPL payment option for Japanese consumers who have credit cards. There are no sign-up fees, interest fees, settlement fees, or late charges. The payment experience is also Japan’s first cross-merchant, cross-platform, and single-click checkout BNPL service, allowing consumers to checkout in as little as 10seconds. The BNPL payment solution is simple to understand, structured on 3 equal installments over 8 weeks. This means that unlike the existing BNPL services in Japan, customers do not need to go to the convenience store to make payments or pay any bank transfer fees.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

We back global-minded, growth-stage and technology-focused founders in emerging markets and the world.

Investment focus

Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hakbah — Hakbah is a Fintech startup focusing on an alternative financial saving. Hakbah is modernizing financial saving via its intelligent platform by offering a comprehensive one-stop-shop solution for Savings Groups to initiate, manage, join, and pay directly within the mobile app.
Immensa — Immensa is building the largest on-demand AM spare parts platform for the energy industry thought, rapid digitization and RE of physical spare parts, collaborating with leading OEM's and Energy companies, enabling digital inventories on a global scale.
Maalexi — We are a deal-driven and buyer-focussed digital ecosystem for 'Wholesale Import and Finance of Food and Agriculture products into US, Europe, Africa, India and the UAE'. We make it faster, cheaper and safer to trade internationally, by standardizing and digitalizing trade processes, and have built key partnerships with globally renownedcompanies, that assure performance, finance, and mitigate transactional risks.We help local SME manufacturers and distributors to import and get finance for food and agricultural products directly from the source. Agricultural products can be imported by local manufacturers directly from small and medium co-operatives and processors, while food products can be imported directly by local distributors from manufacturers. We help buyers connect and transact with sellers by mitigating transactional risks in cross-border trade like : Counter-party, Price, Product Quality and Quantity, Delivery and Payment. We have partnerships that allow us to provide - digital contracting, end-to-end fulfillment, physical inspections, and secured payments. We are partnered with globally renowned - Distributed Ledger Technology platform, Logistics Service companies, Insurance providers, an Inspection Agency, and Financial Service fin-tech firms. We work 24x7, 365 days to 'simplify cross-border trade', and we invite you to join us in this endeavor.

Hosam Arab

Investment focus

B2B, Retail, Banking
Seed, Debt Financing
Canada, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Opontia — Opontia was founded by e-commerce experts, to provide a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.
Pluto Card — Unlimited corporate cards with spend controls, petty cash management and automated receipt collection built for businesses in MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia & more).

Based out of Dubai, Knuru pursues equity and credit opportunities in fintech and marketplaces across the GCC, Africa and Southern Europe. The management is led by a team of investors and entrepreneurs bringing to venture capital extensive cross-asset class experience dedicated to supporting high growth businesses.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation
Funding Round, Series C, Series A
United Arab Emirates, Spain, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Savana — Transform EMR into Deep-Real World Evidence with a scientific methodology that applies Artificial Intelligence (AI) to EMR free-text.
Alma Health — Alma Health is a digitally-native chronic illness management platform serving an addressable market of 20m patients in GCC. Through its cloud pharmacy and virtual doctor consultations, Alma Health is translating patient behavior and insights into personalized services and products like digital treatments and at home monitoring systems. Alma Healthis based in Hub71-Abu Dhabi.
The Giving Movement — Sustainable Activewear & Streetwear Clothing | Made in UAE | $4 per item donated to charity | Gym Clothing & Workout Clothes

Polar Light Ventures provides early stage capital to technology firms in Europe

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Parabel — Parabel Nutrition operates in the U.S. through its subsidiary, Parabel USA Inc. in Florida. Parabel's proprietary technology enables the company to grow, harvest, and process water lentils –Latin name Lemnaceae – to create feed and food products for global markets in a consistent and profitable manner. The company delivers quality products atcompetitive prices due to sustainable growth, high product yields, and high quality.Parabel has developed a highly scalable and flexible solution, based on replicable growth increments, enabling phased construction and production of LENTEIN protein. LENTEIN received the innovations award from the highly regarded Institute of Food Technology in Chicago. The food industry is constantly looking for ways to source allergen-free plant proteins and LENTEIN is a complete solution. It is the only plant protein ingredient with an amino acid score of 1.0 which is the definition of a complete protein by WHO.Parabel provides a sustainable solution for food security, through a unique production process resulting in a protein ingredient with estimated neutral water and carbon footprint without the need for arable land.With successful testing and validation completed in USA, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Parabel is now fully commercial in Florida, USA.Parabel presents the opportunity to invest profitably in a new sustainable technology designed to meet the substantial and rapidly growing demand for food and feed.
AUTO1 Fintech — AUTO1 Fintech is a digital platform offering instant financing and insurance products to automobile dealerships buying and selling used vehicles via AUTO1.
Myos — Myos was started in 2018 in Berlin by experienced e-commerce and financial experts. As a fintech company, they are rethinking working capital, dedicated to helping merchants globally grow to scale, fully digital and flexible. In doing so, they go completely new ways of assessing risks and collateral based on big data and machine learning, whichonly became possible with marketplaces such as Amazon.

Tushar Ahluwalia is the Co-Founder and CEO at Razor Group.

Investment focus

InsurTech, Insurance, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany, Mexico, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

NUMOS — NUMOS is an insurance tech platform.
Xaver — Increase your sales efficiency by 65% with Xaver. Enhance productivity and unlock more time for customers using our specialised AI-driven sales solutions tailored for the financial sector, ensuring every agent becomes a high-achieving expert.
Passionfroot — A workspace where you can manage your creator business and organise your finances so that you can optimise your creator-work-life balance.

NB Ventures is a Dubai based venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Suraasa — Suraasa is an online platform for teachers to get mentorship, teaching diploma courses, and access to best job opportunities that transform their careers
ElectricPe — Explore EVs Explore EVs Explore EVs Why EVs ? Ready to drive into the future while saving the planet and your wallet? Electric Vehicles (EVs) are not just a trend, they're a smart investment. With lower operational and maintenance costs, EVs put money back in your pocket. Take advantage of government incentives that make going
Ghost Kitchens — Join the fastest growing restaurant company in the country

SEEDRA Ventures invests in companies from the very first stages of inception to Series-A and beyond, providing financing and hands-on development support.

Investment focus

Predictive Analytics, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
Omniful — Omniful is your partner in retail revolution. Explore our comprehensive suite of AI-Powered solutions designed to empower omnichannel retailers, D2C brands, and fulfillment providers. From scalable order management, to agile warehouse management, to data-driven business intelligence, we provide the tools you need to thrive in tomorrow's dynamic market.
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.

At the core of our ethos is a firm belief in human potential and the promise of a better future. We forge lasting legacies by partnering with founders who are obsessed with redefining paradigms and building companies that will transcend generations.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
Jordan, United Arab Emirates, United States

Portfolio highlights

Omniful — Omniful is your partner in retail revolution. Explore our comprehensive suite of AI-Powered solutions designed to empower omnichannel retailers, D2C brands, and fulfillment providers. From scalable order management, to agile warehouse management, to data-driven business intelligence, we provide the tools you need to thrive in tomorrow's dynamic market.
Caplight — Caplight is a platform that enables institutional investors to buy and sell derivatives of private equity.For the first time in the private markets, institutional investors can hedge positions, generate income on assets, and access true liquidity with public settlement-like mechanics.Caplight serves a broad range of QIBs including hedge funds,VC funds, family offices, pensions, endowments, mutual funds, and insurance firms.Securities are offered by North Capital Private Securities, member FINRA/SIPC, a partner of Caplight Markets LLC.
Wellx — Turn your health into currency. At Wellx, we're focused on making you healthier. Insurance helps us make it happen.

Jonathan Doerr is the CEO of Daraz. Prior to this, Jonathan served as the managing director of Jumia Nigeria.

Investment focus

Credit, Retail, FinTech
Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Opontia — Opontia was founded by e-commerce experts, to provide a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Signal Peak is a venture capital firm with more than $550 million of committed capital under management. The fund invests in information technology companies and looks for entrepreneurial teams with the potential to transform markets and create lasting value. Specific areas of focus include Internet, SaaS, enterprise software, communications,security, and mobile computing—all markets in which the firm has deep expertise.Our strategy includes providing a level of operational assistance that creates additional value. We take a labor-intensive, service-oriented approach by making early introductions to key customers and strategic partners, and by helping to recruit top executives and co-investors.Collectively, the Signal Peak team has founded and served as senior officers or board members in dozens of companies. The team has a combined history of successful company leadership and private equity investments that span over 60 years. As a result, our team has the resources, decision-making experience, and strategic relationships to meet the demands of today's passionate entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
Monarx — Automatic malware protection for PHP web hosting providers.
Fetch Package — Fetch is an off-site package management solution for multifamily apartment communities. Eliminate the time and space devoted to resident packages and bring your resident's a valuable new amenity - direct to door delivery.

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

LandVault — In-Play is a non-intrusive monetization solution for games and digital spaces that puts player experience first.
TinyTap — TinyTap, the world's largest library of games by teachers, becomes a part of Animoca Brands to build an open education system on blockchain
Mocaverse — Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection of 8,888 unique beings: The Mocas. Join the Mocas in the realms to Learn, Play, Do Good, and Build together as we champion our Web3 values!

STC Ventures is an independently managed venture capital fund whose anchor investor is the Saudi Telecom Company. Our goal is to empower entrepreneurs to create market leading technology businesses. We are focused on equity investments that will help to build leading companies in the information technology, telecommunications, and digitalmedia/entertainment sectors. One of the key objectives of our fund is to support the development of innovative technology companies in the GCC, wider MENA region and Turkey, in addition to funding globally minded international companies seeking capital and access to the MENA region.

Investment focus

Fashion, Developer APIs, Professional Services
Series B, Series C, Series A
United Arab Emirates, Japan, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Modanisa — Modanisa is an online fashion retailer for women's Islamic clothing, dresses and accessories. The site offers clothing and accessories to women of all ages and offers shipping and delivery all over the world. The site also trends latest hijab styles for women along with fashion tips for the Muslim regions. Designer abayas and jilbabs, Kayra,Armine, Aker and Tekbir are also sold online.
Nile — Reliability and predictability in enterprise network performance and TCO - backed by SLA guarantees. The Nile solution just works.
yallacompare — Compare the best car insurance, credit card and personal loan providers in Dubai & the UAE with yallacompare

We are an early stage investor investing in Seed and Series A startups.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Greece, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Embat — Keep your cash flows, cash accounts, debt positions and forecasts monitored and automated real time.
MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain

Portfolio highlights

Cognna — Cognna provides cybersecurity that is stress-free by providing the tools needed to detect, prevent, and resolve threats with ease.
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.
Playbook — Playbook accelerates career growth for women through expert-led Masterclasses and an engaged community that enables women to keep learning and leading.

Startup-O is a global venture platform for startup assessments, investments & cross-border scaling. It is well recognized for its 'Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs' ethos, data-driven startup assessments, and venture scaling networks for 'post revenue' startups. Established in 2016, Startup-O is trusted by 2000+ startupsfrom 40+ countries by mid-2021. A proprietary methodology combining experts-led online evaluations and ranking algorithms determines top-rated tech opportunities. This provides deserving founders access to associated venture funds and global partner networks spread across 15 countries that help build the startup venture collaboratively. 24 companies on the platform have raised seed to pre-series A size funds successfully, while another 20+ companies are engaged with cross-border venture scaling and scores of other startups have benefitted from the community resources. Startup-O has also partnered with Enterprise Singapore to enable 17 first-time founders with SG Founder grant and has helped commercialize the deep tech company incubated as a partner with Deep Tech institution A*Star Accelerate. It has established its presence with AseanLabs in Japan in May 2021.In 2019, its awarded the No.1 slot in Asia for its outstanding contribution to building the startup ecosystem in a contest among 247 participants including leading VCs, incubators, accelerators, and corporate innovation entities.

Investment focus

Software, Finance, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

InvestaX — Discover the premier Tokenization SaaS Platform tailored for Real World Asset (RWA) and Security Token Offerings (STO). Streamline your asset tokenization with our cutting-edge solutions designed to enhance security, transparency, and efficiency in digital asset management. Ideal for businesses seeking innovative financial technology. Join us to revolutionize your asset tokenization experience!
InvestaX — Discover the premier Tokenization SaaS Platform tailored for Real World Asset (RWA) and Security Token Offerings (STO). Streamline your asset tokenization with our cutting-edge solutions designed to enhance security, transparency, and efficiency in digital asset management. Ideal for businesses seeking innovative financial technology. Join us to revolutionize your asset tokenization experience!
InvestaX — Discover the premier Tokenization SaaS Platform tailored for Real World Asset (RWA) and Security Token Offerings (STO). Streamline your asset tokenization with our cutting-edge solutions designed to enhance security, transparency, and efficiency in digital asset management. Ideal for businesses seeking innovative financial technology. Join us to revolutionize your asset tokenization experience!

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace
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.

Investment company headquarted in Baltimore, MD

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Arab Emirates, India

Portfolio highlights

env0 — Automate the provisioning of Terraform and Terragrunt workflows and infrastructure as code with env0. Get visibility, predictability & governance on your cloud deployments and design the controls to empower your teams with self-service cloud environments.
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
Mojo Vision — Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today'smobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree.Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California.

Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Singapore, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
Field Materials, Inc. — Increase Margins and Cut Costs with Digital Procurement

Dutch Founders Fund is a (pre) seed venture fund that backs founders building the marketplaces of tomorrow. We like platforms that reimagine traditional supply chains and SaaS-enabled marketplaces.

Investment focus

Software, Marketplace, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Caya — We believe in a future of work transformed by technology. Where the pain of admin is automated, freeing people to focus on creativity, big decisions and doing business. From anywhere, at any time. Our mission is to transform business admin into an automagic experience. Today we enable the paperless office by offering a cloud solution to manage alldocument workflows in one place. Tomorrow CAYA empowers SMBs to run a fully automated backoffice.
Smiler — Memorable experiences deserve to be captured in high quality. We make it happen. Valuable memories in high quality, for everyone, everywhere.
METYCLE — The B2B marketplace for global scrap metal trading. We give the world access to scrap metal.

Net Ventures creates and operates online property and automotive businesses in emerging markets. The company partners with local industry experts and combine their knowledge with the latest technology, to transition traditional business models into scalable online operations.

Investment focus

Subscription Service, Apps, Rental
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Brazil, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Carasti — Carasti is an on-demand monthly car subscription app that offers affordable and flexible all-inclusive automotive services. The subscription model allows customers to swap, upgrade, or downgrade their vehicles easily and without a long-term commitment. The marketplace business model provides a simple and efficient platform through which fleetpartners can manage and monetize their fleet. Carasti Car Subscriptions enables people to have access to cars that is easy, seamless, and convenient.
Carzuno — Your all-inclusive car subscription in Singapore. Subscribe from 1 to 24 months and pay only one flat monthly fee.
AoCubo — The new development brokerage of independent agents. We manage the entire real estate purchasing experience from listing to closing via an Uber-like solution called iBroker, matching every lead with the right agent. We deliver a unique value and experience to buyers, developers and agents.

COTU stands for Champions Of The Underdog. We are on a mission to reinvent how seed investing is done in the Middle East by backing extraordinary founders and showing them how to believe in themselves when they are at the loneliest, earliest, and most challenging parts of their journeys.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

AdalFi — AdalFi provides digital lending infrastructure services.It identifies, qualifies, engages, activates, and delights lending prospects for our partner banks.
MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Supy — The data-driven restaurant inventory software : power your operations with insights automation to cut costs & boost profits.

Presight is a global venture capital firm investing at the intersection of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. Based in Los Angeles, CA, we manage over $600M in assets across two early-stage funds. We were founded in 2019 in partnership with Apeiron Investment Group, the multi-billion dollar private investment firm of Christian Angermayer, a serial entrepreneur in technology, fintech, blockchain/crypto, and life sciences.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Duetti — Duetti acquires music catalogs from independent artists a-la-carte with transparent, data-driven deals. Fund your career and breathe new life into tracks with uniquely intelligent marketing. Partner with us one track at a time, or even just a percentage of one.
Transmutex SA — Producing clean energy from nuclear waste is the challenge Transmutex is taking on. Based on experimentaly validated science from CERN in Geneva.
Parker — Parker is a developer of a digital financial platform designed to help users to pay expenses and manage their e-commerce finances.

Valia is a venture capital firm backing founders building tomorrow's most iconic companies.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Egypt, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Humane — We believe in building innovative technology that feels familiar, natural, and human. Humane is the next shift between humans and computing. The best human experience, ever.
reef.ai — Reef is a customer revenue platform that helps companies predictably grow revenue with existing customers and fast-tracks net retention reporting.
Diagon — First-of-its-kind equipment sourcing platform bringing hardware, services, and financing into a consolidated user experience. Diagon's marketplace network brings together equipment buyers, suppliers, and service providers to reimagine the equipment acquisition experience.

Discover the world of Chalhoub Group, the leader in luxury retail and innovative solutions. Explore our collection of luxury brands, services and initiatives shaping the industry today

Investment focus

Apps, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Zbooni — Customers are most receptive on social and messaging apps today. Bring the checkout experience to them, in real-time.

Venture capital, M&A, Real-Estate, Pharma

Investment focus

SaaS, Payments, Logistics
Convertible Note
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

AHOY Holding — Through AHOY's core tech, we are able to optimize any process related to movement, tasks, consent, and resources on this earth. People, goods, money, and information meet spatial capabilities in a serverless cloud. Get in touch and explore our APIs and technology.

Dany is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor, with many exits from ventures in a variety of industries. Dany co-founded and exited Bayt.com, the Middle East’s largest job site; Butlers, the UAE’s largest commercial laundry company and Intercat, one of the largest catering companies in the UAE. Dany was a seed investor in Gonabit, a MiddleEast focused daily deal website that was acquired by Living Social in 2011. He currently sits on the boards of 3 portfolio companies.Dany is the first to acknowledge that he wouldn’t have accomplished all these things without the support of the investors and mentors that gave him his start. It is this belief that serves as the impetus behind BECO. Like those that boosted him when he needed it, Dany aspires to serve the next wave of entrepreneurs, so that they too can fulfil their potential and pass along the same spirit of generosity to those that follow in their footsteps.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Information Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

GoNabit — GoNabit lists one deal per day in each city. Deals provide great value buying opportunities for a limited period of time - typically 24 hours. We negotiate great discounts based on strength in numbers - we collectively commit to buying a certain number of Nabits, and in return local businesses give huge discounts.GoNabit bridges the gap betweenclicks and bricks - and by activating the social value graph - truly helps people experience social commerce through strength in numbers.GoNabit is an easy way for buyers to use strength in numbers to get great discounts and discover fun local activities. GoNabit uses short-term deals and the power of social media to amplify word-of-mouth turning individual buyers into value evangelists.For local businesses, GoNabit is a risk-free way to promote their business to savvy young buyers in search of new things to do - with customers guaranteed. GoNabit gives advertisers the premier platform for efficient, measureable, risk-free local marketing that creates real customers.
JadoPado — JadoPado is a marketplace where people around the world come together to buy and sell great stuff!JadoPado lets you sell new, used and refurbished products directly to buyers. Sellers handle their own stores including products, offers, orders and fulfilment, while making sure everything looks great!JadoPado gives buyers incredible choiceacross a wide range of categories and an easy to use, secure experience. JadoPado handles payments on behalf of sellers and pays them out after you’ve received your purchase.
Kemet Trading — Kemet Trading provides institutional-grade infrastructure for digital asset derivatives trading; optimizing access to liquidity, data, trade execution and post-trade workflows.

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Investment focus

SEM, Apps, Software
Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Zbooni — Customers are most receptive on social and messaging apps today. Bring the checkout experience to them, in real-time.
Weaver.build — Weaver.build is a contractor marketplace for home renovations

Zinal Growth is an investment firm.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Whop — One-stop-shop for all the latest and greatest digital products to help you earn online. From trading software to reselling communities, we've got you.
Bloom Money — Bloom Money is a savings club app designed to help growing communities in migrant communities and use technology to promote community, safety, and convenience.
Pledge — Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to measure, reduce and offset the climate impact of their products.

6G Capital is the family office arm of the Allana Group, which invests in diverse sectors ranging from retail, healthcare, and fintech.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Restaurants
Convertible Note
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

ChatFood — ChatFood is a commission-free ordering platform that enables restaurants to take back control of their online business and sell via Instagram, WhatsApp, social media, and websites with built-in online payments solutions, third-party logistics integration, and marketing tools.

Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD ABIM FRCPC is an Iraqi-Canadian physician-entrepreneur who specializes in endocrinology, hypertension and genetics. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, and an early-stage investor and advisor with over 10 years of clinical and business experience. He has conducted extensive researchin the field of hormones and genetics at America’s research hospital, the National Institutes of Health, and co-founded and financed several startup companies in the fintech, blockchain and healthcare sectors. Business:Fady is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of FHS Capital (fhscapital.io), a privately held early-stage investment fund focusing on real estate, express car wash services, wellness and digital assets. He serves as a strategic advisor and consultant on several healthTech and blockchain companies, focusing on strategic planning, operational skills, business support, and financing. He led several seed financing rounds, including; Ovenue Inc. (ovenue.com), a no-code AI and blockchain Platform-as-a-Service for real-world asset valuation and tokenization; Flyby (flyby.global), a technology platform connecting last mile delivery with digital out of home advertising; and Fluus (fluus.com), a web3 ramping solution. Medicine:Fady completed clinical training in internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine; adult endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the National Institutes of Health; and clinical biochemical genetics at the University of Toronto. He is board-certified in internal medicine and endocrinology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada; and in clinical hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. He is an active staff physician and adjunct professor at Vancouver General Hospital (UBC), and Trillium Health Partners (UofT), and a fellow with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Research: Fady served the NIH (2015-2021) as a physician-scientist in endocrinology/genetics, Head of Graduate Medical Education and Associate Program Director of endocrinology fellowship program. His research interests remain on adrenal disorders including primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension that is potentially reversible with early detection and treatment. He has authored over 100 original articles, book chapters and reviews on endocrine-genetic conditions (h-index 20, i10-index 42), and was the founding member and first Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Endocrine and Metabolic Science (Elsevier).

Investment focus

Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

FLUUS — FLUUS is an aggregator of fiat to crypto gateways with a crypto ramping network covering emerging. FLUUS allows users to buy, sell, or swap cryptocurrencies and tokens. They aggregate cryptographic services into a single software development kit, connect ramping, exchanging, transactions, and payments, and create a money experience.
Fasset — Fasset is a global digital asset gateway that brings unparalleled accessibility to the digital asset space. Through our simple, safe and innovative digital assets, we provide people in emerging markets the opportunity to build a better future. We are pioneering web3 technologies and driving adoption of digital assets for the next billion.
Flyby — Flyby is an innovation in last mile delivery with a smart delivery box and technology platform offering tracking and advertising.

Mashreq Bank offers a range of banking solutions to suit your needs. Choose Mashreq for your Credit Cards, Personal Loans, Investments, Insurance and much more.

Investment focus

FinTech, Payments, Real Estate
Debt Financing, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

NymCard — <p><span style="color:#ce9178;">NymCard is providing, in the MENA region and around the globe, dynamic and secure building blocks for building fast and easy card programs.</span></p>
Touché — Touché shapes how businesses and their clients interact, and allows users to make payments securely without needing to carry a card.
Cashew — cashew is your go-to for financial management during your shopping experience. Simply buy what you love, and pay in installments at your own pace. Sign up now!

Enhance is already live in 7 countries and can rapidly develop vertical marketplaces across Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey with a higher chance of success.

Investment focus

B2B, Logistics, E-Commerce
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Right Farm — right farm is a B2B eCommerce and supply-chain company that sources food from farmers for foodservice businesses, addressing global challenges in the procurement and supply chain of fresh produce. right farm was created with one mission in mind, to improve the food supply chain. We are here to make it simpler, smarter, and more sustainable - allthrough the use of data and technology. Our control of the supply chain and our use of predictive technology facilitates routing, operations, and purchasing, designed to provide a seamless and convenient end-to-end process from farm to table. Our mission doesn't stop there, we have built our business model with the environment in mind, which means we are committed to reducing waste across our supply chain, lessening carbon footprint by supporting local farmers, and building a restorative and regenerative value chain.

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