Top 10 Music Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates (September 2026)

Razor Capital is a venture firm focused on unearthing unique investment opportunities.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Grocery
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
Geography: Bangladesh, Lebanon, Malaysia

Investor stats

Total investments: 13
Round size: Seed $450k–$3M
Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

HAQQ — All-in-one legal AI for law firms. Legal AI Chat for drafting and research, plus eFirm for matters, billing and clients. Trusted by 15,000+ legal teams.
Podeo — Podeo is the Arab world's largest podcasting platform, dedicated to managing, distributing, and producing audio podcasts. Podeo owns the largest Arabic podcast catalog in the world and distributes audio to millions of listeners.
Wakilni — A special fleet of delivery drivers powered by a high tech to manage orders

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Ibtikar (Innovation, in Arabic) is a disruptive fund that will invest in innovative Palestinian companies. Ibtikar’s investments begin at the seed level through local accelerators, continue in post-acceleration phases and can also include series A investments in its portfolio companies. Through this investment strategy we aim to close a criticalfunding gap between acceleration and VC and other later-stage investors. Our goal is to maximize return for our investors by helping high-potential Palestinian companies answer regional and global needs. We will do this through direct support from our management team and select group of advisors, and will leverage the strong network of our investors and partners for the benefit of each of our portfolio companies.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Palestinian Territory, United States, Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 37
Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $60k–$750k
Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Nabeeh — Nabeeh is an online platform that allows users to book housekeeping, cleaning services, maintenance, repairs, and renovation services.
DataQueue — Discover essential strategies for AI readiness with DataQueue. Learn how to prepare your business, choose the right AI tools, and develop a strategic AI plan for future success
MilkStraw AI — Save 53% on your AWS bill in 5 minutes!

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Investment focus

Industry: Software, Music, E-Commerce
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: China, Canada, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 7
Round size: Series A $2.6M–$5.4M
Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

BASMA.com — Smiles designed and monitored by licensed orthodontists. Straighten your teeth conveniently for a healthy and confident smile!
Podeo — Podeo is the Arab world's largest podcasting platform, dedicated to managing, distributing, and producing audio podcasts. Podeo owns the largest Arabic podcast catalog in the world and distributes audio to millions of listeners.
Roadie Music by Band Industries — Tune all types of guitars, ukuleles, banjos, mandolins & more in just seconds.

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We developed a range of landmark media offerings across a spectrum of disciplines including Broadcast, Film, Music, Digital and Media Services. This has earned us the dominant position in the media marketplace, with the largest market share and widest ownership of content and rights.

Investment focus

Industry: Music, Music Education
Stage:Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

Ghinwa — A mobile app for anonymous self-broadcasting and Karaoke.

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Globivest is a private investment firm with a diversified portfolio of assets. Our primary focus is on innovative and scalable early stage start-ups. We seek to establish long-term relationships with visionary entrepreneurs while adding clear value in strategy and execution.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, FinTech, Health Care
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 58
Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $2M–$3M; Series A $1M–$16M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
Goodvest — Goodvest is an investment app (life insurance) that builds a better world, in line with your values and promoting performance.
BioSapien — BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life.

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F6 Ventures is a leading seed stage venture capital firm operating across emerging markets. We back exceptional founders from idea-stage all the way to Series A, combining early capital with strategic support and a commitment to long-term partnership. With deep ties across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, we empower innovative startups to scalewith purpose and impact. We manage over $90M in AUM across more than 300 investments in seven countries. By investing early in Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A rounds, we help founders cover initial costs, develop their product, and take it to market. This early capital acts as a launchpad, enabling startups to hit key milestones like securing first customers, attracting follow-on funding, and making significant strides forward.

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 357
Round size: Seed $15k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $49k–$600k
Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% 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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Abdulaziz is co-founder & CEO of Floward, a full-fledged flowers & gifts ecommerce solution servicing the largest customer base in the MENA region. Abdulaziz is also co-founder & Managing Partner at Faith Capital, a venture capital practice that is focused on the MENA region. Previously, Abdulaziz was the founding Executive ViceChairman of the Kuwait National Fund for SMEs Development, a USD7bn independent public institution responsible for developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kuwait (2013-2017). Prior to this role, he was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Talabat.com<http://Talabat.com> until 2010, and has since then been investing in technology startups and involved in a number of local and regional entrepreneurial initiatives. Abdulaziz has also previously served as Director at Global Capital Management, the alternative investments arm of Global Investment House “Global” where he has played a major role in managing key investments within the Private Equity Group of Global by handling various assignments on corporate restructuring, business planning, deal structuring, due diligence and managing portfolio companies' to exit. Abdulaziz has served as an executive and member of board on a number of companies within the MENA region in the technology, banking, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer finance, food & beverage and real estate sectors.Abdulaziz holds a Bachelor's degree - double major in Information Systems and E-Commerce from University of Toledo, and an MBA degree from London Business School.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Music
Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Round size: Seed $300k–$3M
Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ghinwa — A mobile app for anonymous self-broadcasting and Karaoke.
Fakespot — Fakespot spots, analyzes and identifies fake reviews and counterfeits - helping you out when buying stuff online.
Yougotagift.com — Buy UAE's most popular gift cards and gift vouchers online! Personalize and digitally send them via email or SMS! Starting at 20 AED. Choose from 200+ Top Brands.

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Cedar Mundi Ventures specializes in the fields of venture capital and financial services. It also specializes in cross-border technology investments covering Europe & the MENA region. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Beyrouth, Lebanon.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Apps, E-Commerce
Stage:Series A, Pre-Seed, Series B
Geography: Lebanon, United States, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 22
Round size: Pre-Seed $50k–$2M; Series A $1.6M–$37M; Series B $5.5M–$65M
Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

Podeo — Podeo is the Arab world's largest podcasting platform, dedicated to managing, distributing, and producing audio podcasts. Podeo owns the largest Arabic podcast catalog in the world and distributes audio to millions of listeners.
Frak Labs — The Recommendation Economy makes influence scalable. Turn word-of-mouth into measurable, rewarded growth.
Kamea Labs — Kamea Labs is a fintech company developping tools leveraging self custody and tokenisation to liberate capital and reshape the investment landscape. A fundamental building block for the next investment infrastructure that will enable finance to better serve the economy.Kamea Labs has developped Genki, a fundraising platform entirely based onself-custody and helping entrepreneurs execute compliant fundraisings, in crypto or equity while accepting crypto and fiat currencies of all ticket sizes.Kamea Labs is registered as PSAN with the AMF and aims at offering retail investors the first ever investment platform letting them invest like the top 1%.

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Arcanum Capital is a growth-driven investment in decentralized protocols.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Singapore, United States, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Raiinmaker — Multi - Chain Layer 2 Network. Powered by AI, Secured by Bitcoin.
HIFI — HiFi Bridge is a cryptocurrency payments platform that allows customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, trade NFT's, borrow loans, and connect their bank accounts all-in-one.The startup offers equity, cryptocurrency, and options trading, as well as cash management accounts. The company provides the accessibility for traditional financialusers to gain access to modern decentralized finance tools through it's mobile and web platform.Zach Walsh and Mohamed Afifi founded the company in New York City in 2021.
Theia Studios — Icons of Theia - a tactical turn based strategy game

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