Top 10 Marketplace VC Funds &amp; Investors in Bahrain (October 2026)

Hope Ventures will empower and invest in the next generation of promising Bahraini entrepreneurs. Our mission is to identify ambitious entrepreneurs and provide them with the necessary tools, resources, and networks to scale and thrive in the region's entrepreneurship landscape.

Investment focus

Industry: Recycling, E-Commerce, Coffee
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
Geography: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman

Investor stats

Total investments: 15
Round size: Seed $48k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $265k–$500k
Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow

Portfolio highlights

Glamera — Glamera is an all-in-one platform for beauty salons, barbershops, spas and gyms: online booking, POS and e-invoicing, staff commissions, inventory and reports. Book a free demo.
Ahlan App — Ahlan App offers users a safe and simple way to earn credit for recurrent online purchases and visits to selected merchants.
FabricAID — FabricAID collects, sorts, and redistributes second-hand clothes at micro prices to marginalized communities reducing fabric waste.

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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 scale with 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.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance
Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 365
Round size: Seed $15k–$1.1M; 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.

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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 and fast-growing startups in a variety of sectors by providing access to smart capital and experienced angel investors.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Investor stats

Total investments: 146
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 — Parametric insurance for cloud outages with swift payouts triggered by real-time data

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At Social Capital, we make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 493
Round size: Seed $850k–$6M; Series A $3.5M–$20M; Series B $9.7M–$46M
Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $600M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

ZeroBrush — Clean every surface of your teeth, every time, all at once. ZERObrush is a groundbreaking oral care mouthpiece built from a 3D model of your teeth and designed to clean the hard to reach places better than a manual toothbrush.
Biz AI Last — Your dedicated IT department. AI-assisted triage, live expert support via chat, remote connection to fix issues directly, and on-site technicians when needed.
Mast Reforestation — No-cost reforestation for post-wildfire burned acreage for landowners and foresters, funded by carbon removal credits.

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Jahez is a Saudi company that facilitates an online food delivery platform to unite stakeholders from restaurants, logistic fleet, and customers to deliver meal orders into Jahez Mobile Application. Jahez emerged to design and develop in-house software, the best-integrated solution with advanced features & functions since 2014 to matchcustomers' expectations of a perfect experience. The company launched its services in the market of Saudi Arabia in September 2016. Jahez has utilized state-of-the-art technology to embed the big data techniques with data platforms and use all artificial intelligence tools, machine learning solutions too. The ongoing information technology and network infrastructure rapid development & integration make the Jahez application more reliable to customers' trust to place orders. Automate share location, personal data access, pay online with credit or debit trusty cards, and more to be appreciated quickly. Thus, merchants or restaurants share the same enthusiasm of being part of the platform to connect their customers' desires of food types and enjoy offline dine-in service at home or office among friends and family. Meanwhile, the fleet of drivers is linked with the service to dispatch orders from each restaurant allocated kitchen on the map to the customer doorstep with the most convenient way and time.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 11
Round size: Seed $1M–$21M; Series A $7M–$18M; Series B $15M–$50M
Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

Doos — Doos is a lifestyle app that delivers your daily requirements and wants with a quality experience in less 30 minutes.
Moyasar — Moyasar is an online payment gateway that provides electronic payment solutions.
GrubTech — An end-to-end kitchen management platform with food aggregator, online ordering, POS, ERP and 3pl integrations; to streamline online food delivery orders and create efficiencies for delivery-centric restaurants and cloud kitchens (ghost kitchens, dark kitchens, virtual kitchens).

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Tamkeen is a semi-governmental organization in Bahrain, established in 2006 under Law Number (57) as part of the country’s national reform initiatives. Tamkeen is tasked with making the private sector the key driver of economic development.Tamkeen’s mandate revolves mainly around developing Bahrainis to allow for their effective competition inthe labour market. Additionally, drive increased productivity and efficiency among businesses, and simultaneously help generate value-added job opportunities in the Kingdom.

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Software, Internet of Things
Stage:Pre-Seed, Non-Equity Assistance, Seed
Geography: Bahrain, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 40
Round size: Seed $37k–$2.6M; Pre-Seed $32k–$56k
Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow

Portfolio highlights

Benyany — Benyany simplifies and keeps homebuilding affordable. With curated product alternatives and real-time updates, you can keep tabs on your spending, manage your responsibilities, and maintain control. Easily and affordably construct your ideal home with Benyany!
Lamma — Lamma is an e-commerce platform with AI capabilities designed for the GCC.
PROCODE — The competitive gaming platform. Compete in tournaments, learn from coaches, and earn rewards.

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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

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 — Browse 100+ meal plan brands in the UAE. Compare, customise, and order weekly or monthly plans with free delivery. Start your 2-day trial today.

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MANAFA is an online marketplace for investing equity into innovative, early-stage companies. It provides sophisticated investors free access to direct investment opportunities, diligence tools and industry data insights for an asset class that was previously very difficult to access. For entrepreneurs, MANAFA offers an efficient way to access anetwork of sophisticated investors as well as leading partners.

Investment focus

Industry: Grocery, Internet, Marketing
Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
Geography: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Equity Crowdfunding $133k–$1.1M
Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

Flicron — Flicron is Saudi’s First Micro-Influencers Marketplace that enables brands to reach thousands of digital influencers instantly. We've built Flicron to help brand owners with their efforts in simplifying influencers marketing campaigns process. We improve campaign management capabilities while enabling brands to focus on campaign objectives.Flicron’s user generate content are proven to be seven times more engaging than traditional advertising.
GetBaqala Inc. — Baqalaat.com - Your online grocery delivery service launching soon! Stay tuned for updates and exciting offers.

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Venture accelerator and investment gateway focused on Europe, supporting scalable startups and forward-thinking investors through tailored, end-to-end services.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace
Stage:Seed
Geography: Bahrain

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

Siin — E-commerce Marketplace

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