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Top 50 Media (Entertainment) Startup Investors in Middle East (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Raz Group
VC Fund
25 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Events, Advertising, Media and Entertainment $550k–$2.5M
F6 Ventures
VC Fund
15 Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $15k–$1.5M
Firstime Venture Capital
VC Fund
15 Israel, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund
13 United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech $420k–$110M
Pitango VC
VC Fund
11 Israel, United States, China Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Health Care, Information Technology
2B Angels
VC Fund
10 Israel, United States Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $800k–$11M
Magma Venture Partners
VC Fund
10 Israel, United States, Mexico Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software $800k–$25M
Oqal
VC Fund
9 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $100k–$10M
PLUS Ventures
VC Fund
8 Israel, United States, Egypt Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Video, Mobile $720k–$15M
Cardumen Capital
VC Fund
8 Israel, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Wamda Capital
VC Fund
7 United Arab Emirates, Turkey, United States Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $600k–$65M
Flat6Labs
VC Fund
7 Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Apps
APY Ventures
VC Fund
6 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$2.6M
Kaedan Capital
VC Fund
6 Israel, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, SaaS
Cairo Angels
VC Fund
6 Egypt, United States, Lebanon Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Mobile, Marketplace
Algebra Ventures
VC Fund
6 Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, E-Commerce, Marketplace $150k–$38M
Vision Ventures
VC Fund
6 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $60k–$27M
Inimiti
VC Fund
6 Israel, United States Seed, Series A Software, iOS, Apps $500k–$105M
Acasia Group
VC Fund
6 Egypt, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Mobile, Financial Services $175k–$2.6M
RePie Asset Management
VC Fund
6 Turkey, Canada, Germany Seed, Series A FinTech, Software, E-Commerce $171k–$38M
Insight Partners
VC Fund
6 United States, Israel, Germany Series B, Series A, Series C Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Insight Venture Management, LLC.
VC Fund
6 United States, Israel, Germany Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Information Technology, SaaS $12M–$140M
Entrée Capital
VC Fund
5 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1.4M–$60M
Remagine Ventures
VC Fund
5 Israel, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Gaming, Software, Artificial Intelligence $850k–$20M
Raed Ventures
VC Fund
5 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $400k–$33M
Genesis Partners
VC Fund
5 United States, Israel, China Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Enterprise Software, Mobile
lool ventures
VC Fund
5 Israel, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $720k–$22M
Jabbar Internet Group
VC Fund
5 United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Retail, Internet $284k–$25M
Ugur Ethem AYDIN
Angel
5 Turkey Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A iOS, Software, macOS
Samsung NEXT
VC Fund
4 United States, Israel, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.9M–$100M
Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, Ireland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Software $175k–$30M
Maxfield Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, SaaS
NFX
VC Fund
4 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
Aleph
VC Fund
4 United States, Israel, China Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
OurCrowd
VC Fund
4 Israel, United States, Canada Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Hande Enes
Angel
4 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Social Media
RZM Investments
VC Fund
4 Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics $1.8M–$27M
Legziel Family
VC Fund
4 Israel, United States, Indonesia Pre-Seed, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
HALA Ventures
VC Fund
4 United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Eilon Tirosh
Angel
4 Israel, United States Seed, Series A, Series C Apps, FinTech, Digital Entertainment
BRM Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, Israel Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet
Silicon Badia
VC Fund
4 United States, Jordan, Egypt Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, SaaS
TT Ventures
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1k–$2M
Lima Ventures
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce $18k–$697k
Endeavor Catalyst
VC Fund
4 United States, Brazil, Mexico Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $5.5M–$200M
Boğaziçi Ventures
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Malta Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Gaming, Information Technology $50k–$2M
Sina Afra
Angel
4 Turkey, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet $15k–$11M
MoreVC
VC Fund
4 Israel, United States, Canada Series A, Seed Software, Energy, Renewable Energy $4M–$18M
Oraseya Capital
VC Fund
4 United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Information Technology $155k–$15M
Omer Hayrı Erkmen
Angel
4 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Analytics, E-Commerce $29k–$1.9M
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Raz Group
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 25 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Raz Group empowers entrepreneurs and helps them transform their passions into value-adding companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Events, Advertising, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dnaneer — Dnaneer is a FinTech platform that connects online businesses with investors through crowdfunding of enterprises.
  • Ebra — Ebra is leading a new era of debt recovery in the Middle East. As the region’s first AI-powered collection company, we’re redefining how businesses recover capital, making the process smarter, faster, and built on trust. We’re setting a new standard for debt collection.
  • Myne — Myne offers a comprehensive platform for tracking, growing, and protecting assets. The platform integrates seamlessly with various financial tools to provide users with a holistic view of their wealth. Key features include net worth tracking, budgeting, investing, and estate planning. Myne ensures data security with multiple layers of encryption,making it a secure choice for managing financial well-being.
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F6 Ventures
VC Fund · Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt · 15 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 269
  • Round size: Seed $15k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $45k–$550k
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • DarDoc — Book certified nurses, weight loss programs, and IV drips at home in Dubai & Abu Dhabi. Trusted by 10,000+ families. Download the DarDoc app today.
  • 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.
  • Lum!ere — Lum!ere is a designer and manufacturer of radical style brass, sterling silver, and gold plated jewelry.
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Firstime Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 15 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Firstime Ventures is investing in companies who are building a sustainable & accessible future for all.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 79
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Baibys — Baibys is a medical automated platform that provides AI and robotics-based autonomous sperm selection solutions for IVF.
  • Pixellot — Pixellot is a leading sport media company that offers automatic production solutions for the amateur and semi-professional market. Pixellot’s patented technology streamlines the production workflow by deploying an unmanned multi-camera system that covers the entire field. Advanced algorithms enable dynamic coverage of the flow of play and highlightgeneration. The company streams more than 11,000 live video hours each month to fans, players, and coaches on a variety of platforms. Founded in 2013 by seasoned video and media technology experts, Pixellot has sold over 2,000 systems around the world, deployed with minor leagues, high schools, as well as at youth academies and top league clubs. Pixellot’s partners include ESPN, PlayOn Sports, the US’ biggest high school sports media company and right holder, Sporttotal.tv, Germany’s largest amateur league media platform, global coaching solution provider STATS, SeeUPlay in Mexico and Hockey TV, North America’s largest non-NHL ice hockey streaming platform. The company also works directly with leading clubs such as Bayern Munich, Spain’s Real Sociedad, Dutch AZ Alkmaar and Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
  • Securithings — Bringing IT Standards to the IoT Space.
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Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 13 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Seed $420k–$6M; Series A $1.5M–$14M; Series B $4.6M–$110M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

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.
  • OTO — OTO is SaaS company that helps retailers implement their Omni-Channel strategy by enabling them to ship their online orders directly from the physical stores with the best delivery partners in just 2 hours! Also, we provide Online Retailers and E-commerce companies access to ship packages with more than 80 delivery & carrier companies shipping domestically and internationally.
  • One Click Delivery Services — One Click Delivery Services redefines last mile delivery throughout the region. By providing seamless and personalized delivery from local businesses to the consumer’s doorstep, They are closing the last-mile gap between merchants and their customers. Their entire last mile and on-demand delivery is technology-enabled, with a robust deliverymanagement system featuring GPS locations tracking and automated customer notifications.
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Pitango VC
VC Fund · Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel · 11 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Pitango VC is a venture capital firm focused on health-tech (Pitango Health-tech) and growth (Pitango Growth) investments in startups around the world in domains such as vertical SaaS, digital health, deep tech, fintech and insurance technology, devops, generative AI, Web3, and food tech.With two offices in Israel, Pitango currently managesseveral venture funds totaling over $2.8 billion in committed capital. It has invested in more than 250 companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Israel, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 258
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Guardoc Health — Streamlining clinical compliance with AI-driven accuracy in charting to meet regulations, enhance patient care, and optimize revenue management.
  • Quantum Source — Quantum Source is on a clear path to the most powerful, cost-effective, practical photonic quantum computer. Learn more.
  • Magenta Medical — Founded in October, 2012, Magenta Medical Ltd. is a privately held company that is engaged in the development of novel device solutions for the treatment of acute and chronic heart failure.
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2B Angels
VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 10 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Cheshin Venture Capital - Beyond funding, we provide: mentorship, strategy consulting, connections, and Joyon your way to becoming a truly exceptional company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$3M; Series A $2M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Valerann — Valerann empowers road network operators and creates certainty through enhanced use of data - to save lives, reduce congestion, decrease emissions and to support Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs). We transform the overwhelming, disparate data created by road infrastructure, ITS assets and drivers into meaningful, easily understood insights -unlocked by our Intelligent Traffic Management solutions.
  • Arya — Arya is building the Couples Wellness category, poised to become the next billion-dollar cornerstone in the global wellness market.Couples are falling into routine and many are experiencing increased loneliness. While billions are spent on fitness, mindfulness, and sleep, emotional and physical intimacy is often neglected. We invest in swipingfor the right partner and then trying to fix it (or spend a fortune divorcing them)... but not much in between.Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, both inside and outside the bedroom - a crucial ingredient to a successful relationship.
  • Coralogix — Coralogix is a full-stack observability platform that enables businesses to monitor and manage data in real time, providing instant insights without the need for indexing. The platform supports Log Analytics, application performance monitoring (APM), security information and event management (SIEM), real user monitoring (RUM), and infrastructuremonitoring, offering complete visibility into AI performance, security, and governance in a single solution. Coralogix offers a simple pricing model based on data volume, along with world-class support that ensures rapid response times and swift resolutions.
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Magma Venture Partners
VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 10 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Magma is Israel's leading venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in communication, semiconductors, internet and media. They seek bright ideas, infuse them with experience and foresight, and facilitate their rise as industry leaders that redefine the global communications sector. They use their experience and sectorspecialization in cooperating with entrepreneurs, industry experts, and other investors to define the future of the communication, semiconductors, internet and media arenas. Their goal is to foster and enable the flow of innovation from an idea's early stages and through a company's emergence as a leader within its dynamic market. They understand the local market and help to influence the global one.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 118
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$6M; Series A $1.9M–$12M; Series B $6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Aidoc — Aidoc is an Israel-based startup providing artificial intelligence tools for radiologists. Their products help detect and pinpoint critical anomalies for radiologists through deep learning and AI algorithms that analyze medical images and patient data. Aidoc eases up the work list and frees up time and attention to what matters. The startupdeidentifies these and sends them onto Aidoc’s cloud, where algorithms identify and highlight abnormalities before returning the images to radiology workstations for reidentification.Aidoc's s solutions aid radiologists in reducing turnaround time and increasing quality and efficiency by flagging acute anomalies in real-time. It also offers tests for intracranial hemorrhages and spinal fractures, plus several chest exams for pulmonary embolisms, pneumothorax, rib fractures, and lung nodules.Aidoc was founded by Guy Reiner, Elad Walach, and Michael Braginsky in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • PayKey — The PayKey social banking and mobile P2P payment solution: A patent-pending mobile payment keyboard that seamlessly integrates with your banking application and lets users complete a transaction without leaving their social application.
  • Magisto — Magisto online video editor is a fast & powerful video maker. Turn your photos and video clips into video stories with Magisto movie editor. Start free!
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Oqal
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 9 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 125
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $220k–$1M; Series A $133k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nqoodlet — NQOODLET is an electronic platform targeting SMEs to manage their expenses, purchases through the credit cards given to the employees.
  • Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
  • Mantas — Mantas protects businesses against cyber risk. We leverage predictive analytics to provide robust cyber insurance that helps businesses mitigate cloud downtime risks. Our parametric solutions ensure uninterrupted operations for all cloud-dependent businesses including e-commerce, SaaS and digital platforms.
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PLUS Ventures
VC Fund · Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel · 8 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

PLUS Ventures, part of the Moldawsky Group, is the first multi-vehicle early-stage investment firm - a structure which enables the company to tailor the right investment suited for each venture's specific needs.PLUS's investment specialization is in Israeli early stage, fast growth technology and media ventures. Its mission is to takea hands-on approach and help great entrepreneurs create great companies.In addition to, and as important as, straight-up cash, PLUS puts its long-term expertise, skills, and ecosystem to work with, and for, its portfolio companies.PLUS Ventures is one of the most active early-stage investors in Israel, and plans to continue to be a dominant player in this field for years to come.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Video, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $720k–$1.7M; Series A $1M–$11M; Series B $4M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

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.
  • Evrideo — Evrideo provied end-to-end cloud broadcasting platform, enabling to easily create and manage channels, using broadcast SaaS technology solution
  • DocAuthority — Dapurtoto mempersembahkan promosi spektakuler untuk para penggemar togel online! Dengan hadiah besar yang ditawarkan situs bandar togel online ini menjanjikan bayaran penuh dan pengalaman bermain yang luar biasa.
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Cardumen Capital
VC Fund · Tel Aviv-yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel · 8 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 8 in the past 12 months

We are an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionary founders transforming the world through technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Nagish — Nagish captions your phone calls and empowers you to talk using text or voice. It's fast, private, and free.
  • illumex — Illumex is a mapping solution platform that empowers businesses to create a unified and accurate data language for everyone.
  • Tomato.ai — Tomato.ai helps call centers soften accents, neutralize accents, and convert accents
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 7 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 122
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Aanaab — Aanaab offers online courses in Arabic for teachers and educators to help them improve their skills in different areas including self-development, educational strategies, education techniques, and educational tools and techniques.
  • HeyBreez AI — Breez AI is a no-code voice orchestration platform built for reliable, scalable real-time voice AI. The system unifies carrier connectivity, media delivery, AI models, and orchestration into one global routing layer, stabilizing phone operations and enabling companies to scale voice automation without engineering or additional headcount.
  • Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
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Flat6Labs
VC Fund · Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt · 7 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MNZL — MNZL is on a mission to expand access to capital for Egyptians.Every person who owns an asset has accumulated wealth in it. When they want liquidity for their projects and needs, they should be able to tap into it as easily as withdrawing from a bank.With an innovative digital platform and products, we are working on making digital access tocapital a reality, and building the future of asset-backed financing in Africa.
  • Yamm — Yamm is an e-commerce platform that offers a method for refunding customers' money.
  • Wateer — Wateer is a digital partner that meets the needs of the real world with solutions from the digital world. Wateer offers paperless invoices at retail points "Receipt as a Service (RaaS)" using a low friction process for shoppers and retailers. It was founded in 2022 and is located in Riyadh, Riyadh.
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APY Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 18 in the past 12 months

APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 122
  • Round size: Seed $195k–$2.6M; 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 make top quality mobile games. We reach all over the globe Our games have been played by +40M users. We build new worlds that players can explore, interact and enjoy. We value our community. With over 300K daily active users, we keep bringing new experiences for our players. OUR GAMES About Spektra Spektra Games
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Kaedan Capital
VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Kaedan Capital is a private investment group active for over 15 years. We are entrepreneur centric investors with co-founder mentality, focused on Israeli related, seed to early stage ventures in diverse technology areas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Loora — Unlock your full potential with Loora, your very own AI English tutor. Engage in real conversations with Loora anytime, anywhere, and on any topic!
  • NOVOS — Hundreds of Fortnite training activities and routines in a personalized schedule that fits your needs and goals. Built for competitive Fortnite players that want to place higher and make earnings.
  • Voyantis — Voyantis game-changing technology helps marketing and growth teams optimize their CAC payback by leveraging AI to acquire the most valuable users, across any platform
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Cairo Angels
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Cairo Angels is an angel investment network that invests in and supports early-stage startups it convenes regular investment meetings to review pre-selected potential investees.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, United States, Lebanon

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Nawah Scientific — Nawah is MENA & Africa's first Cloud Lab providing Analytical and R&D services to the region's life science, food, agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors.
  • Sprints — home page Description
  • The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids
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Algebra Ventures
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Algebra Ventures invests in technology startups that leverage innovation to transform large markets. They seek high-growth companies, led by passionate and capable teams, that have a unique value proposition, and that can generate significant economic returns.Algebra Ventures looks for entrepreneurial teams that possess vision and insight as wellas the execution skills needed to build scalable companies. Algebra Ventures focuses on Series A and Series B rounds in Egypt although they do not exclude investments in earlier-stage startups or in other parts of the MENA region. They prefer to meet startups early on and get to know the team as the opportunity is shaping up.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Marketplace
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$7M; Pre-Seed $150k–$13M; Series A $750k–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M 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.
  • Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.
  • Blnk — Blnk is a fintech firm that provides lending, financing, affordability, commission, reporting and settlement, and e-commerce services.
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Vision Ventures
VC Fund · Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Vision Ventures (VV) is an early stage venture capital firm founded by experienced entrepreneurs. Its slogan is:"By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs". We invest in innovative startups in the Seed and Series A across a wide range of verticals. We help startups realize their dreams and make a difference in a noisy world. We are an energeticteam that has a wealth of experience in starting companies and steering them to success and hyper growth. Our combined experience spans over 90 years in multiple countries which gives us extensive experience in multi-national, multi-cultural teams. We provide startups with hands on assistance and guidance on marketing, sales, product/service development, financial planning and management, expansion & growth strategy, and more.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 120
  • Round size: Seed $190k–$5.2M; Pre-Seed $60k–$1.6M; Series A $1.3M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • 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!
  • Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
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Inimiti
VC Fund · Glil Yam, Tel Aviv, Israel · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Inimiti makes seed-stage New Media investments. They bring extensive experience in fund and company management from being entrepreneurs, CEOs and investors. Their focus is Software platforms and services in the New Media space (Internet, Mobile and anything in between).Its Name Inimiti, is a derivative of “inimitable” which means “somethingthat is beyond imitation, something surpassingly excellent, unrivaled and exceptional.” We like to feel that way but more important, it keeps us on edge and reminds us every day about the high level of performance we are expected to deliver.The company is at the beginning of a revolution in the way people communicate, consume content, shop, do business and manage their lives. The usage of Internet and mobile today, and their connectivity presents a tremendous opportunity to create successful companies that bring new platforms and services to the space. Combine that with today’s rapid development and deployment technologies and our start-up companies are getting to the market faster with less capital, and grow quickly into profitable businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, iOS, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1.5M; Series A $750k–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • Craft.io — Plan & manage your products with craft.io. A comprehensive, streamlined, intuitive product management platform built for product managers.
  • IGNITE IMPULSE, INC. — As a digital agricultural enhancing service, Ignite impulse offers a variety of services, some of which include the following: agricultural software and equipment rentals, sales, maintenance, and leasing solutions; self-regulated farm shells with pre-installed vertical farming solutions; machined irrigation consulting and installations; artificialintelligence (AI) powered farming solutions; hydroponics farming consultation- partnership and installations; supply chain and logistics partnership; and more.Ignite Impulse also offers hydroponics solutions, as well as controlled farming assistance and consulting, to corporate, government, and educational organizations as part of our cooperation with these entities.
  • 3D VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC — 3D technology consulting and implementation services, specializing in the application of 3D printing and 3D science to all spheres of human interaction. For instance, in the field of aquaculture, 3D farms not only cultivate seaweed and shellfish for the purpose of harvesting, but they also rehabilitate ecosystems that were damaged by commercialfishing in the past. Commercial fishing is destructive in addition to being harvesting.
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Acasia Group
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Cairo Angels is an angel investment network that invests in and supports early-stage startups it convenes regular investment meetings to review pre-selected potential investees.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $175k–$2.6M; Angel $200k–$300k
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

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.
  • 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.
  • Kashat — The region's first nano financial service provider, offering small productive loans, and serving as the entry point to financial inclusion for the un- and underbanked population in Egypt.
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RePie Asset Management
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $171k–$3.7M; Series A $1M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised 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 — Vimesoft is a platform that offers video conferencing, enterprise video and remote learning.
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Insight Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 57 in the past 12 months

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 827
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Anjuna — Anjuna confidential cloud software establishes a secure enclave that isolates and encrypts applications and data in runtime, at rest, and on the network for end-to-end data protection
  • Kiteworks — Kiteworks is a cybersecurity company that provides secure communication and file-sharing solutions for businesses and organizations. The company focuses on protecting sensitive information by offering a secure platform that enables safe and compliant sharing of files, emails, and other forms of communication. Kiteworks offers a comprehensiveplatform that integrates a variety of communication and file-sharing tools designed to ensure the security and compliance of data exchanges. The platform allows users to securely share files both internally and externally, adhering to various data protection regulations. It provides end-to-end email encryption, safeguarding sensitive information during transmission. Additionally, Kiteworks facilitates secure managed file transfer (MFT), enabling the transfer of large files and sensitive data with detailed audit trails and compliance features. Organizations can also leverage secure APIs to embed file sharing, email, and communication functions directly into their existing applications. Furthermore, Kiteworks aids in meeting regulatory requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, and FedRAMP by offering robust compliance and reporting features, ensuring comprehensive audit trails and adherence to industry standards.
  • Flightkeys — Flightkeys has been founded as a research and development company in April 2015 by global aviation experts.
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Insight Venture Management, LLC.
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 6 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1067
  • Round size: Series A $12M–$60M; Series B $19M–$110M; Series C $27M–$140M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3B in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Olea — Our sustainable, one-of-a-kind technology generates revenue and manages critical utility assets, while providing the safe, clean and affordable drinking water.
  • Pollinate — Pollinate gives banks a modern toolkit for small businesses. Cloud based, and designed to take data feeds from existing bank and third party systems.
  • Zone & Company Software Consulting — Zone & Co is a premier NetSuite Solution Provider & SDN partner helping companies automate complex lead-to-revenue entirely in NetSuite with Zone Apps.
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Entrée Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 5 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 268
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$15M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $14M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Cypago — Enterprise-grade Cyber GRC Automation Platform Enterprise-grade Cyber GRC solution for any security and compliance standard, across hybrid and multi cloud environments
  • Sensi AI — Clanz Technologies offers an audio-based system designed to support security in human interactions. The system works by connecting to devices that record audio. It analyzes audio data to find unusual sounds or patterns that may indicate incidents. When an anomaly is detected, the system sends alerts in real time. The service also providesinformation about conditions that can affect care quality, such as stress levels or lack of training. It can be used in places where monitoring human interaction is important for safety. The company offers a demo for organizations that want to use the system.
  • IRP Systems — IRP Systems delivers high performance electric vehicle systems, EVVER e-powertrains and TrueDRIVE control software for fast integration.
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Remagine Ventures
VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 5 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Remagine Ventures: Investing in founders at the forefront of the AI revolution. Discover our portfolio, insights, and how to pitch us.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$7.7M; Series A $4M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Zoog — Be part of their story
  • Munch — Munch allows you to create once. Repurpose to Dozens of pieces on every platform. Analyze engagement. Control Monetization. All On One Platform.
  • Piggy — create awesome interactive content on your smartphone - no design skills or coding are needed
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Raed Ventures
VC Fund · Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia · 5 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $400k–$13M; Series A $3.6M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grinta — Grinta is a pharmaceutical supply chain that uses AI and ML to empower local pharmacies. It is a managed marketplace that is modernizing the pharmaceutical supply chain by empowering independent pharmacies across Africa through AI & ML technologies.
  • Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
  • Zarya App — Earn without investment.
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Genesis Partners
VC Fund · Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel · 5 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Genesis Partners is a leading early stage Israeli venture capital firm that manages over $600 Million across four funds, and focuses on seed and early stage investments in the ICT sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, Mobile
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Israel, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • K2View — K2View provides an operational data fabric, delivering a trusted, holistic, and real-time view of customer and business data, to applications and analytics
  • Worthy — Sell diamond jewelry, rings & watches for the absolute most at Worthy.com. Featured in NYT, Forbes and US News. Trustworthy, fully insured online auctions.
  • Sisense — Sisense goes beyond traditional business intelligence by providing organizations with the ability to infuse analytics everywhere, embedded in both customer facing applications and employee-facing workflows. Sisense customers are breaking through the barriers of analytic adoption by going beyond the dashboard with Sisense Fusion - the highlycustomizable, AI-driven analytics cloud platform, that infuses intelligence at the right place and the right time, every time. More than 2,000 global companies such as GitLab, UiPath, Tinder, Nasdaq, GE, Rolls Royce and Philips Healthcare rely on Sisense to innovate, disrupt markets and drive meaningful change in the world. Ranked as the No. 1 Business Intelligence company in terms of customer success, Sisense has also been named one of the Forbes’ Cloud 100, The World’s Best Cloud Companies, five years in a row.
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lool ventures
VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 5 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 97
  • Round size: Seed $720k–$10M; Series A $1.2M–$20M; Series B $5M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M 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
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Jabbar Internet Group
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 5 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

The exit of Souq to Amazon is the largest tech transaction of the region, and Souq continues to pave the way in e-commerce in the region. Souq was built from the ground up by the same team at Jabbar, who built the Maktoob portal before that. Maktoob was born out of a simple idea but with a vision that the Arabic Internet will grow and become anintegral part of everybody's life, and grew to become the largest Arabic Internet property before Yahoo acquired it.Both the Souq and Maktoob stories have become inspiring success stories in the region, where budding entrepreneurs and VC's alike, look to our team for inspiration and new ideas.Today Jabbar continues to grow and pave the way for tech in the region. It is in this spirit that we embrace any entrepreneur who is willing to innovate and take risks in order to create something great. Jabbar nurtures such individuals and supports nascent ideas that are in line with its mission. So join our journey :-)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $284k–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $850k–$2.5M; Series A $800k–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% 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.
  • Blueground — Rent beautiful, fully furnished apartments for monthly stays in the best locations around the world. Thousands of furnished flats for short and long-term stays.
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Ugur Ethem AYDIN
Angel · 5 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

I am the Art and Code Director at Metromedya Digital Ad Agency. In addition to my role as director, I am also a skilled programmer, designer, and musician. I have expertise in iOS and MacOS development and enjoy snowboarding in my free time. As a self-proclaimed geek, I am always seeking to learn and grow in my field. I am passionate about creatinginnovative and visually appealing designs and using my coding skills to bring them to life.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: iOS, Software, macOS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Toboti — Toboti Game Studio is a game development company that specializes in creating games for various platforms. The company has a particular passion for designing games that draw inspiration from classic arcade machines, with a primary focus on the Apple platform. Toboti is known for its commitment to creating fun and engaging games that are optimizedfor mobile devices.The team at Toboti Game Studio utilizes cutting-edge technology and innovative design techniques to produce high-quality games that are both entertaining and challenging. They are dedicated to providing gamers with a unique and nostalgic experience, while also bringing a fresh perspective to the gaming industry.Toboti Game Studio strives to create games that meet the demands of today's gamers, offering exciting gameplay, immersive graphics, and intuitive controls. With a focus on quality and creativity, Toboti Game Studio is poised to become a leading force in the world of game development.
  • Notes.io — A free note-taking app. Online Notes on everywhere.
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Samsung NEXT
VC Fund · Mountain View, California, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Samsung NEXT Ventures is an investment arm of Samsung NEXT, a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities that will define the next decade. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 374
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$18M; Series A $6M–$36M; Series B $11M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arcee.ai — Learn how Arcee helps you build your own LLMs in your own cloud.
  • Healthy.io — Delivering home urinalysis and digitised wound care in minutes
  • Mainstream Labs — Modular, end-to-end governance platform.
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Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Round size: Seed $175k–$2.5M; Series A $350k–$3M; Series B $825k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% 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 is the leading online bus ticket booking platform in Turkey. It is a great system for any bus traveller, making purchasing a domestic bus ticket from several companies simple and convenient at any time. It collects offerings from different bus companies, making it easy for the user to compare prices and choose the best option. Currently,the company has more than 400 bus firms on 40.000+ routes in the platform. oBilet also offers flight tickets but its primary focus is on the intercity bus market. Initially it started with team of two and 2000 tickets sold in a month. After pulling itself up by its bootstraps, oBilet took attraction of 2 Top Tier East Europe focused Venture Capitals (EarlyBird VC and EBRD’s venture capital investment arm) ended up with receiving funding. Now, operations are continued with the team of over 250 and statistics are highly impressive. During 2019, around 10 million tickets are sold, website is visited for over 160 million times and 5 million customers have downloaded mobile app which is selected Europe’s best travel application by MasterCard. The company expects even higher growth in 2020 through the high passenger potential of Turkey and dynamic atmosphere of the company.oBilet was founded by Yigit Gurocak and Ali Yilmaz in April, 2012. It is headquartered in Istanbul in Turkey.
  • StratiFi — StratiFi offers a client-profiling, risk analysis, and compliance software that makes monitoring, measuring, and communicating risk simple. The company believes in evaluating risks before chasing returns as a sound way to make strategic decisions with long-term finances in an uncertain world. StratiFi is building the technology that will become the"default" standard in the industry to evaluate and quantify hidden risks in portfolios and make investing safer, more reliable, and less volatile. The company was founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, California.
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Maxfield Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Venture fund investing in global information technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • NFWare — The World's Fastest Network Functions Virtualization. High-Performance NFV applications for carriers, data centers and enterprises
  • 3S Money — Collect, send and exchange high-value payments in 190+ countries, with 3S Money's global business accounts built for SMEs. Open an account today.
  • viisights — viisights is a leading innovator of behavioral recognition systems for real-time video intelligence. The company provides AI-powered behavioral recognition systems for safe and smart cities, enterprises, campuses, banks, financial institutions, critical infrastructures, transportation hubs, and for shared and autonomous mobility. viisights’ missionis to leverage artificial intelligence technologies that facilitate human-like pattern prediction to create fully autonomous video intelligence systems. To achieve success, the company relies on a seasoned management, a knowledgeable tech team, cutting-edge technological expertise and a far-reaching vision.
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NFX
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 16 in the past 12 months

We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 271
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mana.bio — Mana.bio is an AI based drug delivery startup, focusing on gene therapy including RNA and DNA-based therapeutics and vaccines
  • Gizmo — AI quizzes that help you learn and remember anything
  • Stoke Space — STOKE Space Technologies seamlessly connecting earth and space.
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Aleph
VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Founded in 2013, Aleph is a partnership of Michael Eisenberg, Eden Shochat, Yael Elad and Tomer Diari with $850M under management. Aleph has invested in over 50 companies (not allannounced) including Lemonade, Melio, Healthy.io, SparkBeyond, JoyTunes, Fabric, Freightos and Bringg. Aleph is redefining the kind of support entrepreneurs and the local high tech community can expect from a venture capital firm. We aim to service the hell out of our entrepreneurs with high-touch, partner-level service. We built a startup within our firm - Ampliphy, the Aleph Value Generation Platform - to meet the greatest startup challenges like talent recruitment, business development and follow-on funding - at scale. Ampliphy leverages our people, network, software and resources to help companies succeed on the global stage.The team at Aleph are committed to supporting startups and the entire Israeli tech ecosystem as they harness the power of new technologies to develop and grow transformational companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 135
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Finaloop — Hands-off, real-time accounting tailored-fit for your ecommerce.
  • Superlegal — Superlegal, the world's #1 contract automation platform, is the fastest, easiest and most cost effective way to negotiate and close deals.
  • Waltz — Waltz Makes Buying Property in the USA as a Foreigner Investing in US Real Estate Simple With Various Financing Options for Non-U.S Citizens. Call Us Today!
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OurCrowd
VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 248
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Carrar — A complete thermal management solution for electric vehicles dissipating heat faster and more efficiently than ever before. Thermal management for ev batteries.
  • Jooules — Jooules offers a sustainable food system to ensure a greener, healthier future by using fermentation technologies to create nutritious protein ingredients.
  • Metrovate — Metrovate is a biotechnology company which enhance global health and sustainability via sophisticated research and development.
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Hande Enes
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Hande Enes

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Social Media
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
  • Crait.it — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
  • ServisSoft — Servissoft is a software service provider for business especially sales, after-sales with cloud infrastructure.
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RZM Investments
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

RZM Investments manages the shares of various companies that are in the field of health, education, hospitality, and tourism.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$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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Legziel Family
VC Fund · Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Legziel Famliy

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Zoog — Be part of their story
  • Pelles.ai — Pells.ai is leveraging generative AI and path-planning algorithms to create a new way to design and produce mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) building systems to save time, money, and materials.
  • Atlas Invest — A platform for institutional investors to invest in real estate backed bridge loans at scale with reduced risk.
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HALA Ventures
VC Fund · Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
  • Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
  • 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.
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Eilon Tirosh
Angel · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Eilon Tirosh is a Startup Helper at SpearHealth. He attended Tel Aviv University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, FinTech, Digital Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • zooz — Manage and optimize multiple payment providers through a single platform.
  • Lawgeex — LawGeex automates legal work, redlining and negotiating contracts better, faster and cheaper than lawyers.
  • Thumzap — Thumzap reconnects people in the digital world by making the process of paying for someone else's purchases simple, fun and safe.Sometimes we need or just want someone else to pay for our purchases, either because we don't have a credit card or enough money, or because we're just not that tech-savvy and need some help.Thumzapmakes it easy to send friends and family a request to pay for us. All they have to do is approve the payment and they can pay with their own credit card or paypal account, in just one click. Not only does that make it completely safe and secure, but also familiar. No one has to share a password, set up a digital wallet, or input their credit card information, it’s a simple way to help fulfill a digital request.
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BRM Capital
VC Fund · Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

BRM Capital is a dynamic venture capital fund investing in early stage, Israel-related software, internet infrastructure, and communication companies. Their investment focus is on the Internet, mobile and mobile applications, digital media, online services, enterprise software, and medical device sectors and they also offer flexible, streamlinedinvestment decision making.BRM headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel enjoys a worldwide network of industry, strategic and financial experts.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • V-Wave — V-Wave Ltd. is a privately held company with offices in Israel and the US. The company is focused on developing percutaneous implantable devices for treating patients with Chronic Heart Failure (HF). V-Wave’s vision is to help patients who remain with disabling symptoms or need hospitalization despite optimized medical treatment. V-Wave hasdeveloped a proprietary interatrial shunt intended to relieve symptoms, reduce hospitalization, increase exercise capacity and improve the overall quality of life.The original concept and development started in Israel with a talented team of engineers and medical scientists. The company’s senior management has decades of experience successfully developing, clinically testing and bringing to market multiple implantable cardiovascular devices.
  • ShopperAI — AI-powered shelf monitoring using your existing security cameras
  • Exceed Talent Capital — Exceed is an innovative platform to invest, earn, engage, influence, and celebrate Talent.
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Silicon Badia
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm providing networks and support to leading technology entrepreneurs around the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Jordan, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 91
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • mtion interactive — Redefine play, shape new worlds, and unleash your story. mtion empowers anyone to build interactive experiences and share their creativity.
  • 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.
  • The Prospective Co. — The Prospective Co. provides fast, interactive analytics & data visualization product for large datasets.
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TT Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

TT Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Turk Telekom.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2M; Pre-Seed $1k–$400k
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • VenueX — VenueX enables retailers to showcase their products, POI and indoor maps to shoppers searching online!
  • OctoXLabs — OctoXLabs is dedicated to tackling the most pressing challenges in the fields of Information Technology and Cybersecurity, delivering innovative solutions that enhance system resilience, data protection, and operational efficiency for organizations navigating an increasingly complex digital landscape.
  • Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
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Lima Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Collaboration with outstanding initiators with exceptional insights, from inception through all levels of progress. Lima Ventures supports visionary founders as well as provides certain services to early startups. We seek innovative technology-driven entrepreneurs who generate and lead companies that will inspire millions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $18k–$697k; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shippn — International package forwarding service. Shop from Amazon, Shein, Macy's worldwide. Fast shipping with DHL & FedEx. Trusted by 50,000+ customers.
  • heybooster — Heybooster is a provider of analytical tools to ecommerce companies to take better digital marketing decisions.
  • Mars Studios — Mars Studios is an experienced team of growth hackers & marketers that can help you to increase your revenue. Rocket Your App to Success: Mars Studios
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Endeavor Catalyst
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 391
  • Round size: Series A $5.5M–$40M; Series B $10M–$100M; Series C $19M–$200M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $292M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Dataroid — Enterprise-level digital analytics and customer engagement platform that helps enhance every customer interaction with data-driven insights.
  • 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.
  • Shop Circle — Shop Circle is a tech-driven company that acquires and grows the best e-commerce apps. We empower thousands of brands to build experiences that customers will love.
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Boğaziçi Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Malta

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.3M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Ideanote — Ideanote is your complete innovation platform. It's faster, more efficient, and lets you build a fully customizable idea management flow from start to finish.
  • NDG Studio Yazılım
  • Lucida AI — Enhance your employees' language skills with our AI-powered tool, tailored to your company regulations using end-to-end encryption.
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Sina Afra
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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 $15k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Odeal — Oedeal is a online payment service company, dedicated in providing wide range of financial solutions to entrepreneurs.
  • MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
  • Temizlikyolda — Get professional Home Cleaning Service from our referenced professionals for your home cleaning needs.
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MoreVC
VC Fund · Ra'anana, HaMerkaz, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

MoreVC invests in seed and early stage Israeli technology start-ups, partnering with entrepreneurs who are building companies that matter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $4M–$13M; Series A $4M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $75M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Scodix — Advanced digital print embellishment for packaging, commercial print and publishing. 17 applications including foil, Spot UV & more. Sustainable and food safe.
  • Quinn — hyve is your new favorite money app that uses the power of your people to help you save, invest, and get out of debt way faster! Download the app today.
  • Nova Lumos — Nova Lumos sells residential off-grid rooftop solar electricity generation systems, which are capable of powering lights and a range of DC appliances including phone chargers, small televisions and fans. Nova Lumos has its headquarters in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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Oraseya Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Oraseya Capital is a venture capital firm that is the venture arm of the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $155k–$15M; Series A $1.5M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • vfrog — vfrog is developer infrastructure for physical AI. Small robotics teams lose most of their engineering time to data plumbing — stitching together collection, labeling, training, and evaluation across half a dozen point tools, then watching models that worked in the lab fail in the field. vfrog runs that loop for you: it decides what to collectnext, what to label, what to train on, and what to test, so your ML engineers ship robots instead of maintaining pipelines.
  • RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
  • 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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Omer Hayrı Erkmen
Angel · 4 investments in Middle East Media (entertainment) startups

Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$1.9M; Angel $44k–$250k; Pre-Seed $29k–$100k
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Blaze Labs — Blaze is real-time video infrastructure with wallet-native subscriptions and tips with instant payouts, delivering low-latency live streaming at global scale.
  • Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
  • Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
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