Top 5 Payments Startup Investors in Bahrain (June 2026)

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

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 118
Round size: Seed $100k–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $60k–$1.6M; Series A $1.3M–$27M
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Ejari — Ejari is providing a Rent Now, Pay Later (RNPL) solution for residential rentals, Rent Now, Pay Later products enable tenants to better manage their budgets by converting rent from a yearly expense to a monthly expense, while landlords receive an entire year's rent in advance.
Spare — Spare | Know Your Money
Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.

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

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Stage:Series A, Seed, 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.
HyperPay — Hyperpay is a leading payment gateway in MENA, providing smart payment solutions that fulfill the payment needs of ecommerce and all internet businesses
The Cloud — NOTICE OF WINDING UP PETITION

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An exciting new iteration of our website is coming soon. CMT Digital is a blockchain and digital assets focused subsidiary of the CMT Group, a 24 year-old trading and investments firm. The CMT Group has operated as a valued partner to entrepreneurs, traders, and technologists

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 189
Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $5M–$50M
Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

Playtron — The Operating System for Gaming
D2X Group — Trade digital asset options and futures on the EU-regulated market infrastructure for institutions.
Coinflow Labs — Tech-driven payments solutions for your business

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Global Investors in Transformative Technologies

Investment focus

Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 56
Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4.3M; Series A $3.5M–$28M
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

Wyre — Wyre is a developer of a blockchain-based payment platform designed to change the future of how international payments are done. The company's platform provides real-time payouts, same-day transfers, and direct-to-bank transfers, enabling businesses to move money across borders from country-to-country at a competitive foreign exchange rate.Wyre's business owners can easily create an account and send money to any person or business without worrying about high foreign exchange rates, hidden fees, complicated payout timing, and high payment fees. It also provides onramps and off-ramps, foreign exchange, and crypto liquidity to users of various crypto projects including decentralized exchanges.Wyre was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.
Nayms — A single platform exposing capital markets to a variety of insurance pools. Pools are tokenised allowing investors to trade exposure. Payment rails and pool governance powered by smart contracts.
Casa — Casa is the leading provider of Bitcoin self-custody solutions. Buy, sell, and receive bitcoin with our ultimate blend of security, privacy, and control.

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