Get 250+ investors tailored to your startup

Invest in your industry and stage
Emails & contact info included
Excel and CSV export
Automatically

Trusted by 3,000+ startups

Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in Egypt in July 2025

Last updated: Jul 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Payments startups based in Egypt. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Payments companies from Egypt. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in Egypt in July 2025

Investor	Payments Egypt investments
Falak Startups	5
Algebra Ventures	5
Global Ventures	4
Disruptech Ventures	4
Global Founders Capital	3
A15	3
Arzan Venture Capital	3
EFG Hermes	3
Lorax Capital Partners	2
Shorooq Partners	2
Sequoia Capital	2
FMO	2
VentureSouq	2
Nour Nouf Ventures	2
First circle capital	2
El Sewedy Capital Holding	2
Battery Road Digital Holdings	2
Sanabil	1
Flat6Labs	1
Flourish Ventures	1
Plus Venture Capital	1
Class 5 Global	1
Alex Angels	1
Addition	1
riyadh group	1
Block, Inc.	1
Camel Ventures	1
Kepple Africa Ventures	1
AMK Investment Office	1
Omar Darwazah	1
Lateral Frontiers	1
P1 Ventures	1
Glint Consulting	1
Al Tuwaijri Fund	1
The Fintech Fund	1
Endeavor Catalyst	1
KEM	1
PayU GPO	1
Quona Capital	1
Raba Partnership	1
Wamda Capital	1
Future Africa	1
Oqal	1
Nclude	1
Unpopular Ventures	1
Richard Aseme	1
Ingressive Capital	1
Venture MENA	1
Marakez	1
Block	1

Find investors that fund startups like yours. Automatically.

Our algorithm will find investors that invest in your industry, stage, and geography.

Investor list

Falak Startups is a start-up accelerator designed to support and empower the next generation of Egyptian entrepreneurs and contribute to the development of the start-up ecosystem in Egypt.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada

Portfolio highlights

InCurA — Why InCurA ProductsWe Innovate Medical Devices for Today, Tomorrow and What's Needed NextInCurA is developing a pipeline of products based on its unique
Tafatifi — Tafatifi is an online music platform that provides information regarding music events in Egypt. It is also a music based social media.
Fincart — Fincart helps e-commerce SMBs access working capital through streamlining their last-mile operations through multi-courier shipping platform.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Marketplace
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

enza — Our focus on providing the richest possible API environment means that enza clients can concentrate on solving business challenges and not waste valuable time and effort on technical integrations.
Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Zension — Zension is a subscription e-commerce company for consumer tech. Each and every day, we set out to create a new standard for connectivity and access to the best technology tools for all.
PoliCloud — PoliCloud is a cost-effective, sustainable, and independent cloud solution designed for people that desire complete control over their data.
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.

DisrupTech Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital firm based in Cairo, Egypt, focused on backing founders disrupting the status quo.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Payments
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Khazna — Khazna is an Egyptian company that aims to improve and expand financial services for Egyptians through the mobile application.
Lucky — Lucky is an app for credit products, offers, and cashback rewards.
Hamilton Treasury — Bitcoin isn’t just digital gold—it’s the new foundational layer of capital markets. Hamilton leverages Bitcoin’s unmatched security and decentralization to tokenize real-world assets (RWA), providing global access to institutional-grade financial products.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Aspora — Aspora help users bank seamlessly across countries, invest in diverse assets, access credit and insurance services.
Orasio — Orasio turns video feeds into easily actionable information for cities, homeland security forces, and businesses.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

A15 is an entrepreneurial company that invests in digital products and technology brands. They aspire to empower the human race to overcome its limits and expand its capabilities by creating real products for real people. They help them scale by providing them with investment, the support of our ecosystem, and act as their launchpad for expansion.It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Nowlun — Search for cheap & fast freight prices from all shipping lines.
Paymob — Paymob runs millions of transactions for different business sizes across the Middle East and Africa. Start using Paymob’s solutions and API’s to accept and send payments for your online business now.
FlapKap — FlapKap is a company revolutionizing e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region.

Arzan Venture Capital (Arzan VC) is a Kuwait-born VC firm that has been investing in startups with a MENA angle since 2014, making it one of the earliest VC firms in the region. Arzan VC's portfolio includes 30+ startups. The firm invests in young, fast-growing and innovative tech teams and it remains committed to building long-lastingrelationships with the region’s most talented entrepreneurs at an early stage.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Hulexo — UAE's leading ERP software for retail businesses. Integrated data, accurate info, real-time insights.
Nearpay — Focus On Building Deep Technology To Create Innovations
Revenya Capital — Revenya Capital, providing revenue-based financing to tech startups in MENA.

Established in 1984, EFG Hermes is the leading investment bank in the Arab world. The Firm specializes in Securities Brokerage, Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity and Research. EFG Hermes is listed on both the Egyptian and London stock exchanges. The recent acquisition of a 65% stake in Credit Libanais marks the first step towardsEFG Hermes’s transformation into a universal bank and will enable it to rapidly expand into retail and commercial banking.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kenzi Wealth — KENZI is developing the asset management infrastructure layer, which will be offered easily to banks, independent asset managers (IAMs), and independent financial advisors (IFAs) via a plug-and-play suite of APIs.
Bedaya Mortgage Finance — Bedaya Mortgage Finance Co. is the first online mortgage provider in Egypt.
Palm Hills Developments — Palm Hills Developments offers projects for integrated homes, businesses, and resorts. 70% of the project sites are set aside for lush vegetation and complex creative landscapes with the intention of changing their clients' perceptions of reality.

Lorax Capital Partners is an Egypt focused PE firm with USD 320 million under management

Investment focus

Financial Services, Delivery, Payments
Private Equity, Seed, Funding Round
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

MNT-Halan — MNT-Halan is a microfinance lending and payments company.
Lucky — Lucky is an app for credit products, offers, and cashback rewards.
Connect Money — White labeled card issuance - Zero upfront investment - no integrations - go live in less than 10 weeks.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

NymCard — <p><span style="color:#ce9178;">NymCard is providing, in the MENA region and around the globe, dynamic and secure building blocks for building fast and easy card programs.</span></p>
CQR — CQR is dedicated to offering unrivaled protection by combining proactive techniques, cutting-edge technology, and guidance.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
OpenEvidence — OpenEvidence uses artificial intelligence to aggregate, synthesize, and visualize clinical evidence in understandable, clinically-useful formats that can be used to make more evidenced-based decisions and improve patient outcomes.
Harmonic — Harmonic builds mathematical superintelligence. The company develops Mathematical Superintelligence (MSI), a next-generation artificial intelligence based on mathematical principles that ensures accuracy and eliminate hallucinations.

FMO is a financial investment firm that specializes in financing businesses and projects FMO invests across the agribusiness value chain to enhance food security, support sustainability and promoting inclusive development.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
India, Kenya, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

ACCIONA — At ACCIONA we offer sustainable solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the planet, such as global warming, energy needs and water shortages
SeA Bank — SeA Bank is a banking institution that provides services like preferential loans, tax service, online transaction solutions and more.
Sahyadri Farms — Sahyadri Farms is a farmer producer and agricultural company.

VentureSouq (VSQ) is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio. VSQ manages thematic funds, with a current focus on FinTech and ClimateTech.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
Nawy — The ultimate real estate broker in Egypt. Browse areas, compounds, and properties by price, location, and amenities to find the perfect place.
Tradoor — Tradoor protects traders, LPs, and the protocol against unforeseen market fluctuations by using clever math and safety measures to enable traders to trade with confidence.

We inspire to build societies where knowledge empowers every individual to realize their full potential to contribute to the greater good and to be responsible for future generations. Investment in startup business, Community Services, Shared Offices.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

YNMO — YNMO is the first Arabic/English digital solution that aims to improve the quality of care and educational services for individuals with special needs by allowing service providers such as schools, centers & clinics to design and monitor individualized treatment plans.
Safanad — Safanad is a global holding company focusing on key investment platforms in Education, Healthcare, Digital Infrastructure, and Real Estate sectors, delivering strong risk-adjusted returns through partnership and operational excellence.
Affinity — Join over 70,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage your personal banking needs and qualify for an Affinity Instant Loan

First Circle Capital is a venture capital firm seeding the next fintech generation in Africa.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

PayTic — PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments.
Pumpkn — Need reliable funding? We provide quick loans and capital tailored for Agriculture businesses in South Africa. Grow your business with Pumpkn. Apply now!
Scale — Scale accelerates market entry and revenue for fintechs with a people-first approach.

El Sewedy Capital Holding is the family office of Eng. Ahmed Elsewedy managing more than USD 500mn investments across several sectors including real estate and hospitality, education, financial services, and contracting.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Higher Education, Autonomous Vehicles
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.
Settle Payments — SETTLE automates enterprise's payments and manages all their bank accounts in one place for better cashflow decisions.
Just Finance — Just Finance is a leading consumer finance company dedicated to empowering individuals and families to achieve their financial goals.

Battery Road Digital Holdings is a venture capital and private equity firm that focuses on frontier and emerging markets.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Transportation, Payments
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Singapore, Egypt, India

Portfolio highlights

zypl.ai — We help financial institutions, government entities make more accurate decisions
AwanTunai — AwanTunai seek to reinforce Indonesian needs and productivity by providing digital loan for a better financial freedom and capability to micro-entrepreneurs
IMAN — One-stop shop for Halal investing

Sanabil Investments is a sovereign wealth fund specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. Its investments are concentrated in direct equity investments, primarily in the Kingdom, and in funds, as well as in diversified investment portfolios. These investments support the growth of the Kingdom’s economy while building internationalinvestment capability and transferring expertise to local Saudi talent.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

SILQ — SILQ is a platform dedicated to bridging economies and empowering businesses to trade, grow, and navigate new frontiers. By enabling seamless commerce, logistics, and finance, SILQ unlocks opportunities in emerging economies, fueling ambitions and redefining global trade.The name SILQ is a modern tribute to the legendary Silk Road—reimagined forthe digital age. The distinctive “Q” comes from Souq, the Arabic word for marketplace, symbolizing our commitment to fast, accessible, authentic, and reliable commerce.SILQ aspires to transform local products and manufacturers into global brands by connecting them with entrepreneurs in emerging markets across the Gulf, South Asia, and beyond.
Kitchenara — Transform your kitchen with our professional design and installation services.
HNDL Fleet Management — HNDL Fleet Management offers advanced tools to track fuel usage, reduce costs, and streamline maintenance. Improve your fleet's efficiency with real-time insights.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Zofa — Zofa provides integrated solutions that promote long-term change while improving productivity and patient care and enabling fast delivery of medical products.
MilkStraw AI — Saving companies up to 75% on AWS
Marginplus Group — Secure, high-return agricultural investments in Nigeria. Our platform offers vetted opportunities with up to 35% returns, combining profit with impact.

We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

minu — In minu, we are revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. We work with HR areas of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech'sleading institutional investors globally, including QED.
MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Morada Uno — Morada Uno underwrites and insures house rentals by equipping real estate professionals with tools and technology. The company aims to simplify and create trust and security in real estate transactions, promoting fairness in every interaction, and promoting a positive change in the mentality and way of doing things in Mexico.

At Plus VC, we leverage over a decade of experience and 200+ transactions to empower MENA startups for sustainable growth. We offer fair...

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Flend — Egypt’s first tech enabled, data driven financing solutions platform dedicated to small businesses.
Ovasave — Start your fertility journey with Ovasave. We offer at-home lab testing, teleconsultation and affordable fertility treatment to simplify your fertility journey.
PALM — PALM rewards users for consistency and advancement by fusing contemporary behavioral nudges with conventional investment techniques. To assist customers in achieving their objectives, PALM selects the best asset allocations among asset types, such as fixed income, stocks, and precious metals. PALM improves savings value and lowers out-of-pocketexpenses by fusing exclusive offers from an expanding merchant network with strong investment returns.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.

Alexandria Business Angels Network

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

CardoO — CardoO creates a variety of goods, such as wireless earbuds, smart watches, sketch tablets, and smart scales.
SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
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.

We invest in early & growth stage technology companies. We were founded with a mission to support visionaries in building impactful & enduring businesses.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Brazil, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Tines — Tines is an enterprise automation platform designed to help security and ops teams automate manual workloads. With 1,000+ template options for common security actions, Tines is power and simplicity through direct integration with your existing tools. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dublin.
Base Power — Base provides a battery-powered home energy service so you can enjoy power without interruption and save money. Now available in select regions of Texas.
SuperOps.ai — SuperOps is a future-ready, unified PSA-RMM platform for modern MSPs. Break away from the bane of LegacyOps tools and unlock your full potential.

Al-Riyadh Investment Companies Group.

Investment focus

Payments, Shipping, Logistics
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.

Made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Gridless — At the Frontier of Bitcoin Mining in Africa
Yellow Card — Yellow Card | Africa's Leading Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
Aston Reinvestment Trust — As a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) ART's remit is to ensure that viable businesses and social enterprises in the West Midlands can access the finance they need.

The Pioneering Venture Debt and Venture Capital Partner for FinTech and FinTech-enabling Startups in Egypt

Investment focus

Payments, Warehousing, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
Egypt, China

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.
Semitech — Semitech is an intelligent manufacturing system supplier focused on providing integrated manufacturing solutions for high-tech industries.
Bluworks.io — bluworks - Smart HR for Smarter Businesses

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.

AMK Investment Office is a generation private family office.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
Supy — The data-driven restaurant inventory software: get real-time insights to cut costs, reduce waste, and boost profits for multi-location operations.
Nexford University — Transform your career with affordable, flexible degrees and job skills designed for today's workforce. Skip debt and learn at your own pace with Nexford.

Omar is a Managing Director, General Partner, and CFO at AAF Management Ltd. (AAF), an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2016. Over the past 5 years, Omar has invested in over 120 venture-backed startups in the US, Europe, and MENA region across a multitude of different sectors alongside over 800 blue-chip venture capital firms,corporate venture arms as well as notable incubators and accelerators. Omar has also deployed capital to 18 emerging managers globally. His fund performance is consistently ranked in the top decile in terms of DPI and TVPI respectively benchmarked on Cambridge Associates’ data on over 1500 US VC Funds. Previously, Omar spent 10 years of his career with OCI N.V. in Cairo and New York focusing on investor relations, strategy, and corporate finance where he worked on over $35 billion worth of corporate transactions. Prior to that, Omar was with Deloitte Tax LLP in Chicago and Deutsche Bank’s Leveraged Finance team in London.Omar also founded and successfully exited his own startup, Premier Foods SAE, which managed two gourmet fast food brands in Egypt. Omar previously advised Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ corporate venture arm Hikma Ventures on its digital healthcare investments Omar is also an angel investor in over 20 tech companies including Andela, Blockstack, BitOasis, Dayra, Freterium, Halan, FiscalNote, Thndr, and Ziina. Omar sits on the Board of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and the Middle East Venture Capital Association (MEVCA). He is also a mentor to the NYU Steinhardt EdTech Accelerator, an advisor to Yale University’s Center for Digital Health and Innovation, and a judge at the Wharton School’s Venture Lab. In aggregate, Omar has over 16 years of international experience in corporate finance, corporate communications, management consulting, strategy, investor relations, and venture capital.Omar is an avid traveler and has visited 87 countries around the world. He also has an interest in film production and has been an Executive Producer on several short feature films including Baby Mine (2017) and Lab Rat (2018).Omar holds a BA in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was named as one of Wharton’s 40 under 40 in 2017 and one of the Top 100 the University of Chicago Alumni in Tech in 2021.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Dr. Treat — Experience pet care at its best with exceptional personalized veterinary care at unsurpassed levels. After all, our companions are entitled to happier, healthier, and longer lives.
Fuze — Transform your business with Fuze's digital assets infrastructure solutions and integrated payment systems. Achieve seamless transactions and efficiency.
Exponential DeFi — Exponential is an investment platform for crypto holders to earn yield on their crypto through decentralized finance (DeFi) safely and easily.

Lateral Capital is a mission driven venture fund investing in early and growth stage opportunities in Africa. We back companies that provide foundational technologies for the continent. We make debt and equity investments technology-enabled businesses that profitably solve significant pain points across financial services, healthcare, education,energy, agriculture, housing, logistics, mobility and more.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

CNote — CNote makes impact investing easy for corporations, foundations, and individuals. Align your financial goals with your values and drive change in communities.
Rhaeos — Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need.
Wattnow — Wattnow is a real-time monitoring solution that provides a breakdown of energy spending to identify wasteful trends.

P1 Ventures works as a venture capital firm. They specialize in early-stage industrial technology firms in Africa.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Payments, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
Better Auth — Better Auth provides tools for developers to simplify how developers manage user authentication.
Salus Cloud — Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security.

Glint Consulting is a management consulting firm that specializes in business strategy, operational efficiency, and growth acceleration. Its consulting services enable our clients to achieve better results and accelerate growth through advising management on key opportunities and issues such as strategy, operations, digital, and technology.GlintConsulting was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

Investment focus

FinTech, Internet, Payments
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Kashier — Kashier is a payment management platform for commerce and retail businesses that provide tools used for running a business. The toolkit covers subscriptions to invoices and online payments and is built with the capability to meet the rapidly evolving needs of today’s fast-growing businesses, from small startups to large enterprises.
Darwinz AI — Darwinz AI is a technology company specializing in deploying advanced AI solutions and data analytics to help businesses solve complex challenges and identify new opportunities. With over 30 years of experience in technology and data science, Darwinz AI focuses on delivering real value to its partners by modeling business operations and enablingdata-driven decision-making.
Wasla Browser — Search, Shop and Save Money! Wasla is your new shopping browser. Wasla is the first mobile browser designed to help you save money from all your favorite stores so that you can shop more and pay less.

Al Tuwaijri Fund is a venture capital fund.

Investment focus

Payments, Shipping, Logistics
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

We support the best teams in fintech and defi today.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

WiseLayer — WiseLayer's AI empowers finance teams to improve profitability & efficiency in minutes per week
Stable Sea — Stable Sea provides seamless, compliant, cost-effective stablecoin offramping solutions, enabling businesses to bridge the gap between digital and traditional finance and unlock new opportunities.
Wise Layer — WiseLayer makes AI-powered digital workers for finance and accounting teams.It's AI digital workforce includes: - Angela, the AI agent for Accruals & Rev Rec (hire her at www.accruals.ai) - Dennis, the AI agent for Discrepancies & Financial Anomalies (hire him at www.discrepancies.ai) - … with the 4 newest AI agents eachspecializingin the following tasks: (1) bank reconciliations, (2) fixed asset depreciation & amortization, (3) lease accounting, and (4) prepaid expenses.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Nawy — The ultimate real estate broker in Egypt. Browse areas, compounds, and properties by price, location, and amenities to find the perfect place.
Thndr — Investing in U.S. stocks made easy with thndr global
Tarjama — Revolutionizes Language Solutions with Technology

KEM is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Apps, Credit, Payments
Convertible Note
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Lucky — Lucky is an app for credit products, offers, and cashback rewards.

PayU India website homepage

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

DotPe — DotPe is a commerce and payments platform seeking to disrupt the payment experience by increasing customer engagement and offering catalog discovery.The technology start-up provides an offline enterprise business with a commerce and payments platform to drive digital transformation in the way they sell, manage, and engage their customers. Itenables businesses to sell more, sell directly, and sell more efficiently. It was founded in 2019 by Anurag Gupta, Gyanesh Sharma, and Shailaz Nag, and its headquarters are located in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
Ayoconnect — API pulsa, token listrik, e-money, dan PPOB terlengkap. Ayoconnect menghubungkan 50+ platform ke 3.000 produk digital.
BriskPe — BriskPe is not just another fintech start-up. We're a Mumbai-based financial innovator, driven by a relentless pursuit of excellence in cross-border payments. Our journey is a fusion of regulatory know-how, technological innovation, and an unwavering commitment to empowering Indian MSMEs. We proudly stand within the sturdy framework of theRBI's OPGSP, securing our position as a trustworthy player in India's financial landscape. In Canada, we've earned our stripes with a coveted Money Service Business (MSB) license from Fintrac, ensuring that our global reach extends far beyond just one nation. Our mission is as bold as it is straightforward: to arm Indian MSMEs with the artillery they need to conquer the global market. Accessibility is not just a buzzword for us; it's a guiding principle etched into our very core. We believe that every Indian exporter, regardless of size, should have the tools and resources to navigate the complex world of international payments. We ensure that every payment is not just a transaction but a well-documented journey that our customers can track with ease. At BriskPe, we've embraced the regulatory framework as a means to foster trust and security in every transaction.

Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing financial inclusion around the globe. Through our investments, Quona aims to deliver outstanding financial returns while making a lasting and positive impact on the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Series A, Seed, Series B
India, Brazil, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

enza — Our focus on providing the richest possible API environment means that enza clients can concentrate on solving business challenges and not waste valuable time and effort on technical integrations.
Belvo — Belvo is the leading Open Banking API platform in Latin America and the easiest way for users to connect their account to an app
Ideem — Manual 2FA (SMS/WhatsApp One Time Passcodes, Authenticator Apps and Soft Tokens) are plagued with friction, fraud, and costs. Ideem cryptographically binds to the device to replace traditional possession factor 2FA and device fingerprinting solutions. Ideem's drop-in SDK works across all browsers and native apps. No user interaction isrequired - no effort, no permissions, no exceptions. Just an easy and invisible 2FA that reduces friction, fraud and costs.

The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, South Africa, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Thndr — Investing in U.S. stocks made easy with thndr global
Letly — Letly is building an agentic platform to embed AI into property rental.
Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
BloomPath — Bloompath gives engineering team leads clear visibility into project progress, team contributions, and what's gaining traction, without digging through tools. Stay aligned, spot blockers early, and keep your team moving forward.
Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership across Africa. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenueanalytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
Filmmakers Mart — Find and book film locations, equipment, and services across Africa. Filmmakers Mart simplifies production logistics from start to finish.

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Spare — Spare | Know Your Money
DESAISIV — DESAISIV, a MENA based InsurTech startup specialising in health insurance which is transforming health insurance for insurers and clients through exploiting their advanced AI solutions which were developed in collaboration with top machine learning scientists from the University of Oxford. DESAISIV’s philosophy is simply to put AI at the centre ofall decision making. This AI-driven approach guarantees that clients of Groups and SMEs will get optimized insurance policies tailored to their needs, also it will make sure that insurance companies will optimise their processes using the latest AI technologies. Benefitting from access to a vast database of hundreds of millions of patient records, DESAISIV has achieved an impressive average prediction accuracy of over 95%. Demonstrating their commitment to excellence, they have set an ambitious target to exceed 99% accuracy by the end of this year. Through their AI-driven products, DESAISIV streamlines various aspects of health insurance, including automating underwriting procedures, tailoring policy's benefits and coverage, improving quality of service by predicting developing diseases, identifying high-risk behaviours, and reducing customer attrition.
TruBuild — AI pre-construction tool to review tenders, compare bids, and manage contracts, faster decisions, fewer errors, less admin.

Nclude by Global Ventures is committed to accelerating Fintech Innovation and driving Financial Inclusion through partnerships with leading Fintech and fintech enabled companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Apps, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Khazna — Khazna is an Egyptian company that aims to improve and expand financial services for Egyptians through the mobile application.
Paymob — Paymob runs millions of transactions for different business sizes across the Middle East and Africa. Start using Paymob’s solutions and API’s to accept and send payments for your online business now.
OneOrder — One Order delivers exceptional produce, custom cuts of meat, high-quality seafood, and imported foods offering an array of global flavors.

The best companies, off the beaten path.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Toma — Toma automates customer communications and operational tasks, helping dealerships boost revenue and enhance customer experiences with a conversational AI.
Rocketable — Rocketable is a software holding company that acquires existing software products and operates them using AI agents.
NORDA Dynamics — NORDA Dynamics is an autonomous UAV piloting system for carrying out missions in areas with limited connectivity.

Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.

Investment focus

FinTech, Credit, InsurTech
Seed, Angel
Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Axis — With axis, you can send money to friends instantly and for free, buy anything online, request money from anyone, earn rewards and cashback, and understand your spending habits so that you can budget.
Octo — Experience infinite possibilities with financial solutions tailored to fit your lifestyle. From swift payments to personalized credit options, Octo is here to make every transaction seamless.
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Ingressive Capital is a renowned $50M Pan-African Venture Capital Fund that invests in indigenous founders and startups across Africa, with focus on Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria. Specializing in early-stage investments, particularly Pre-Seed and Seed stages, it targets technology companies led by top-tier talent driving transformativegrowth in Africa's GDP. The firm's thesis focuses on B2C solutions that cater to the explosive growth within the tech-enabled, decentralized-learning youth demographic, as well as B2B solutions that increase Africa’s value chain ownership from resource extraction to end-product sale. Its goal is to become becoming a highly valuable VC partner on the founders' cap tables, and being at the forefront of supporting and enabling entrepreneurial success across Africa.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States, Egypt

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.
Oze — OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
Nowlun — Search for cheap & fast freight prices from all shipping lines.

Early Stage Venture Capital

Investment focus

FinTech, Payments, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Dapi — Dapi is a fintech API play that is aimed at facilitating payments between consumer bank accounts and companies. That Dapi has managed to make its service work in seven countries with deep bank support is impressive and Dapi has found demand for its service, with $400,000 in ARR and growth of more than 50% per month as of its presentation.
Subsbase — Discover the future of recurring revenue management with Subsbase. Streamline your operations, boost growth, and elevate customer experiences with our cutting-edge platform.
Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.

Marakez is the leading Mixed-used developer in Egypt

Investment focus

Mobile, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

elmenus — Discover Delivery And Dineout Restaurant Menus from over 6,000 restaurants in Cairo. Order your food online and check out photos, reviews, ratings and phone numbers of the best restaurants
EFreshli — Furnishing & decorating is exciting with our expert designers, curated shopping experience, and professional setup. Transform your space with our easy 3-step process.
Kiwe app — Kiwe app is a mobile payment application that enables users to transfer money instantly.

Sell anywhere. Diversify revenue streams. Streamline operations. Manage your staff. Get paid faster. Sign up for Square today.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Gridless — At the Frontier of Bitcoin Mining in Africa
Yellow Card — Yellow Card | Africa's Leading Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
Aston Reinvestment Trust — As a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) ART's remit is to ensure that viable businesses and social enterprises in the West Midlands can access the finance they need.

Investors by industry