Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in Egypt in May 2026
Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in Egypt in May 2026
| Investor | Payments Egypt investments |
|---|---|
| Falak Startups | 5 |
| Algebra Ventures | 5 |
| Global Ventures | 4 |
| Disruptech Ventures | 4 |
| Arzan Venture Capital | 3 |
| Global Founders Capital | 3 |
| EFG Hermes | 3 |
| A15 | 3 |
| Lorax Capital Partners | 2 |
| FMO | 2 |
| First circle capital | 2 |
| Sequoia Capital | 2 |
| VentureSouq | 2 |
| Shorooq Partners | 2 |
| Battery Road Digital Holdings | 2 |
| El Sewedy Capital Holding | 2 |
| Nour Nouf Ventures | 2 |
| F6 Ventures | 2 |
| Glint Consulting | 1 |
| Al Tuwaijri Fund | 1 |
| Endeavor Catalyst | 1 |
| Wamda Capital | 1 |
| Oqal | 1 |
| Ali Shaaban | 1 |
| Richard Aseme | 1 |
| Sanabil | 1 |
| Class 5 Global | 1 |
| Addition | 1 |
| Camel Ventures | 1 |
| AMK Investment Office | 1 |
| Plus Venture Capital | 1 |
| Kepple Africa Ventures | 1 |
| The Fintech Fund | 1 |
| Future Africa | 1 |
| Faisal Al-Abdulsalam | 1 |
| Sawari Ventures | 1 |
| PayU GPO | 1 |
| KEM | 1 |
| Quona Capital | 1 |
| Nclude | 1 |
| Alex Angels | 1 |
| riyadh group | 1 |
| Block, Inc. | 1 |
| Lateral Frontiers | 1 |
| Raba Partnership | 1 |
| Marakez | 1 |
| Unpopular Ventures | 1 |
| Flourish Ventures | 1 |
| Omar Darwazah | 1 |
| P1 Ventures | 1 |
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Find investors — It's Free!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.
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- 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 is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
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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- E-Commerce, Financial Services, Marketplace
- Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- EFreshli — Furnishing & decorating is exciting with our expert designers, curated shopping experience, and professional setup. Transform your space with our easy 3-step process.
- 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.
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- 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.
- Valeo — Get your lab tests done at the comfort of your home anywhere in Dubai through our personalized mobile health tracker app. Hassle-free blood sample collection.Wellness coach provided.
DisrupTech Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital firm based in Cairo, Egypt, focused on backing founders disrupting the status quo.
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- 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.
- yozo.ai — Hire an all-in-one AI marketing team for a fraction of the cost. Yozo never forgets, learns from every interaction, and does better every time!
- 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.
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.
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- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Fatura — Play the best slots, exciting sports betting, and real-time live dealer games at Pin Up Casino India. Get your welcome package worth up to $5,000 plus 250 free spins and kick off your winning journey today!
- Hulexo — UAE's leading ERP software for retail businesses. Integrated data, accurate info, real-time insights.
- Carseer — Carseer is a vehicle history reporting platform that offers vehicle history reports, enabling its users to make an informed decision when buying a new/used car.
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Era Software — Lightstep is the easiest way for developers and SREs to understand complex systems.
- Stables — Save, spend and earn on the same balance
- Tino — Tino is building the future B2B payment network. The company allows merchants to use their credit card receivables as credit collateral, accessing working capital seamlessly and cheaply.Due to this increase in merchant purchase power, suppliers can boost their commercial opportunities, while keeping their default risk under control. The companyultimately aims to streamline the commercial relationship between merchants and their suppliers, leveraging data to boost transactions for B2B buying and selling.Pedro Sonego de Oliveira and Luis Eduardo Cascão founded Tino on November 2021. It has its headquarter in São Paulo, Brazil.
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.
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- 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.
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.
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- 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.
Lorax Capital Partners is an Egypt focused PE firm with USD 320 million under management
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- Delivery, Payments, Financial Services
- 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.
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.
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- Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
- India, Kenya, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- SeA Bank — SeA Bank is a banking institution that provides services like preferential loans, tax service, online transaction solutions and more.
- Ace International — ACE International manufactures and distributes dairy powders, milk proteins, and other food grade components.
- QNB Finansleasing — QNB Finansleasing company provides domestic and international financial leasing.
First Circle Capital is a venture capital firm seeding the next fintech generation in Africa.
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- 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.
We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, China, India
Portfolio highlights
- Freed — Join thousands of happy clinicians saving 2+ hours a day. Use Freed's AI medical scribe for instant clinical documentation.
- Meter — Meter provides internet infrastructure for businesses. Its full-stack approach combines hardware, software, and operations so that any company can seamlessly run on a reliable and modern network. Its goal is to make secure enterprise-grade networks more accessible, and to help innovative organizations get and stay online seamlessly. Fullstacksambition is to turn Meter’s infrastructure into a turnkey utility––when a company moves into any commercial space, the internet and WiFi just works.
- Sierra — Sierra helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI.
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.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Inovat — Travellers have to stand hours in the queues and get charged hidden fees to receive Tax refund that they are entitled to. They change that. With Inovat, get the best Tax Free experience that you deserve.
- 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.
- Orbii AI — Our AI enriches & analyses borrower data, helping you make credit decisions in minutes. Accelerate your business loan Underwriting decisons.
Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Corgea — Corgea finds, triages, and fixes vulnerabilities across code, packages, infrastructure, and containers.
- Triple-A — TripleA helps businesses increase their revenue by enabling crypto payments and payouts, leveraging on the fast-growing 300m+ people using cryptocurrencies.With its white-label, easy setup, instant confirmation, locked-in exchange rate, real-time fiat conversion, and no chargeback crypto payment solution, TripleA meets the needs of e-commercemerchants, retailers, game providers, PSPs, fintech, and marketplaces.TripleA was founded in Singapore in 2017 by Eric Barbier, a repeat entrepreneur in FinTech. The company is licensed by MAS, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Singapore's Central Bank), allowing partners to operate in a fully compliant and regulated environment.
- Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.
Battery Road Digital Holdings is a venture capital and private equity firm that focuses on frontier and emerging markets.
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- E-Commerce, Transportation, Payments
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Egypt, Singapore, India
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- 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
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.
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- Financial Services, Higher Education, Autonomous Vehicles
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Egypt
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- 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.
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.
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- Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
- Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt
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- 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.
- 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.
- HealTec — HealTec provides B2B healthcare rehabilitation manufacturing facility that enables the local production of medical prosthetics and other devices to serve Long-Term Care and rehabilitation patients.
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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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
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- Phys — Phys is a mobile gaming startup that offers physical activity and entertainment using AR games.
- Emonovo — Best Study Abroad Partner in MENA to Find programs and universities around the world Emo was the 1st international student, now it is your turn to study abroad. Emonovo used to be named Marj3 which was highest reach scholarship portal in the MENA region.
- Let'sGrant — Let’sGrant is a point of sale lending platform, partnering with lenders and consumer goods stores to make the lending process fast, simple and flexible for everyone. With a vision to be internationally recognized as a driving force in personal and consumer loans in the MENA region, Let’sGrant will soon be launching the first online peer to peerlending platform for personal loans in the MENA region which connects individual investors directly to potential borrowers in search of funding through debt.
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.
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- 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.
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- 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 — Penny is a Procurement AI platform for enterprises that streamlines RFQs, POs, approvals, and payments in one unified source-to-pay system.
Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies
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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Brazil, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- ZAR — ZAR is a financial software company that develops a digital dollar wallet designed to bridge the gap between cash-based economies and Web3.
- Pomelo — At Pomelo we build state-of-the-art fintech infrastructure. Our technology enables you to launch and scale your financial services business.
- Comp — Strategy in every penny invested in your people.Comp is an agile partner that combines compensation and technology experts to align your Total Rewards strategy with business needs.From labor cost strategy to process automation, we are helping hundreds of innovative companies with job and salary management, short- and long-term incentives, meritcycles, people budgeting and more.
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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- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan
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- qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
- BloomPath — Purpose-built AI for your organization's workflows. Embedded in your systems. Fine-tuned to your processes. Deployed inside your environment.
- Penny Software — Penny is a Procurement AI platform for enterprises that streamlines RFQs, POs, approvals, and payments in one unified source-to-pay system.
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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- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
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- Nqoodlet — NQOODLET is an electronic platform targeting SMEs to manage their expenses, purchases through the credit cards given to the employees.
- TruBuild — Automate technical evaluations, commercial comparisons, and contract analysis for complex, high-stakes construction tenders. Reduce evaluation time by up to 85%.
- 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.
Ali Shaaban has been a pioneer in the digital advertising and communications industry for more than 18 years, founding the award-winning full-fledged creative digital agency Icon Creations back in 2003 when the industry was at its infancy stage. Since then, Ali Shaaban has built strong long-term relationships and a strategic network with most ofthe leading automotive brands in Egypt and the Middle East, where he established a solid track record of delivering top-notch digital products & services that stood the test of time. Driven by passion for excellence and an always-on personalized approach to satisfying his partners, Ali Shaaban is the quintessential digital partner to have on your side in the automotive industry today.His automotive portfolio includes Alfa Romeo, Bentley, BMW, Castrol, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, JAC, Jaguar, Jeep, KIA, Land Rover, Maserati, Mazda, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Pirelli, Renault, Seat, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and more. Aside from being a digital pioneer, Ali Shaaban is also an angel investor and serial supporter of emerging innovative startups and fresh business ideas, venturing into several sectors to contribute in making a sustainable impact on the local and regional economies. His latest investments have tapped into the Fintech sector with rising companies such as Paynas (https://Paynas.com), Oxygen (https://oxygen.us/), Dfin Holding (https://www.dfinholding.com/) , and Kiwe wallet (https://kiweapp.com/) as well as the Media and AI sector with Speakol (https://speakol.com/) , NU Digital Awards (https://nudigitalawards.com/) and Nanotronics (https://nanotronics.co/ ).Ali Shaaban believes in always taking the next step forward in his extensive career, and using his core values and commanding personality as motivation, he has paved an impressive path over the years that will certainly lead towards an even more diverse and fruitful future.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, United States, Kenya
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- ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
- QuadriBot — QuadriBot is an engineering company specializing in the design and development of electronics and automation technology, real-time systems and the development of IT and electronic solutions around smart transportation issues. We focus on robotics and autonomous vehicles as well as any mobile platfo.
- Nanotronics Imaging — At Nanotronics we provide customized solutions for automated optical inspection, process control, and security. Learn more about what we can do for you.
Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.
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- FinTech, Credit, InsurTech
- Seed, Angel
- Egypt, United States
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- 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.
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.
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- Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- SingleStore — SingleStore is a provider of a database for operational analytics and cloud-native applications. It provides global enterprises with an intelligent database that works on any cloud on-premises or as a service runs transactions and analytics at the same time and lets clients promote their business through analytics and combine semi-structured datainto a consolidated big data platform.
- Safqah Capital — Safqah Capital is an innovative fintech and proptech company headquartered in Riyadh. We specialize in structuring and distributing Sharia-compliant Sukuk for small and medium-sized real estate developers. Safqah's digital investment platform enables secure participation from both retail and institutional investors, backed by rigorous duediligence, transparency, and smart governance. Safqah operates at the intersection of technology, finance, and real estate, positioning itself as a key enabler of Vision 2030’s housing and development goals.
- 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.
Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- PAYZE — PAYZE is a tech-enabled API-based payment gateway that instantly onboards online merchants and provides online marketplaces capability to define any number of relevant split schemes. PAYZE provides an environment for online marketplaces to define payment split schemes once and never again worry about additional accounting or risks with taxes. This“automated ecosystem” enables marketplaces to scale their products without worrying about a settlement between all actors on their platforms nor checks from relevant tax authorities.
- Telda — The easiest way to send, spend and save money. Open your account for free directly from your phone and start dealing with your money the easy way
- 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.
We invest in early & growth stage technology companies. We were founded with a mission to support visionaries in building impactful & enduring businesses.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, India, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Render — Deploy and scale any app or agent from your first user to your billionth. Build faster on intuitive cloud infrastructure for the modern web.
- Ernesta — Made to fit your home. Ernesta offers designer quality custom-sized rugs that make you proud of the home you've designed. Shop now.
- Onehouse — Open storage, continuous pipelines, and automatic optimizations across table formats, engines, clouds. Automated data platform across Hudi, Delta, and Iceberg.
The Pioneering Venture Debt and Venture Capital Partner for FinTech and FinTech-enabling Startups in Egypt
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- 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 — Smart HR system for Smart Businesses | Start Today Automate payroll, shift scheduling, and attendance for your blue-collar workforce. Bluworks is the HR system trusted by all.
AMK Investment Office is a generation private family office.
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- 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.
At Plus VC, we leverage over a decade of experience and 200+ transactions to empower MENA startups for sustainable growth. We offer fair...
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- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
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- Flend — Egypt’s first tech enabled, data driven financing solutions platform dedicated to small businesses.
- Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
- Prop-AI — Prop-AI is building the Bloomberg Terminal for real estate—an AI-powered platform that automates property discovery, evaluation, and acquisition.Headquartered in Dubai, Prop-AI uses proprietary machine learning and over 3 billion verified data points from government registries, real estate marketplaces, developers, and private sources. Itanalyzes all market listings and can access off-market opportunities by understanding all available supply and stakeholders. The platform delivers instant property valuations, investment scores, rental and appreciation forecasts, and fraud detection, giving investors and owners unmatched transparency and confidence.Prop-AI is focused on launching its Prop-AI Business platform and APIs for real estate professionals, alongside the region’s most advanced Agentic AI for Real Estate in 2025. These innovations aim to make intelligent, data-driven decision-making accessible to investors, real estate professionals, and eventually autonomous AI systems—setting a new standard for real estate investing in the region and beyond.
Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt
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- Paps — Paps is a transport and logistics company that offers innovative distribution and delivery solutions to companies and merchants.The company's e-commerce platform helps companies and traders with scheduling and tracking deliveries on a real-time basis. It offers the distribution of documents and parcels, storage of goods in a secure warehousethat meets standards, and delivery of insured parcels in relay point or last mile. It also provides professional services such as management and repayment of cash on delivery, provision of couriers, management of returns, collection, and periodic reporting.The Dakar, Dakar, Senegal-based company was founded in 2016
- TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
- Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- Confido — Confido is a software company that provides financial operations automation for consumer packaged goods brands. Confido helps CPG brands save time and money by automating cash applications, fighting deductions, and tracking trade costs in a platform. The company is based in New York, New York.
- Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.
- Rainforest — Rainforest focuses on providing software platforms for payment processing. Rainforest is headquartered in Atlanta, United States.
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.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
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- Edves — Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
- 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.
Faisal Al-Abdulsalam is the founder of Purity, and an active investor in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
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- VOO — VOO helps SMEs to increase their delivery success rate by providing one platform to manage deliveries , one API integration which connect businesses to a large network of national and international shipping providers , we are "Your E-Commerce Growth Partner"
- 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.
- ShipHaly — mobile app connect shoppers who want to buy from abroad with travelers who can buy and deliver these items in 100% safe and secure way
The Middle East/North Africa is the next great investment opportunity. The Middle East has a collective population larger than the US, the vast majority of whom are ‘digital natives‘ (e.g.; under 30) with great appetites for consumer technology products and services. The region boasts higher per capita GDP and more disposable income than Indiaor China. In short, the Middle East is one of the technology sector’s high-growth regions, and offers tremendous potential for expansion in mobile, internet, social media and eCommerce services.Like the BRIC’s and other emerging markets, local partners are key to success. Sawari Ventures is at home in the Middle East, and knows its culture, context and business climate. They have experience and relationships working with technology and investment leaders world-wide. They know how to translate local visionaries into global hits.
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- Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Egypt, United States, Lebanon
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- elves — Travel safely, explore freely.
- Almentor — almentor.net is a cutting-edge continuous e-learning platform curating top-rated video-based training programs delivered by leading subject matter experts and accessible through B2C and B2B channels to serve the needs of Arabs across the world. The platform was officially launched in January 2018 and currently offers the biggest Arabic high qualitycontinuous learning video library in the world, including paid courses, free talks, crash courses and books, primarily in Arabic.
- Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- India, United States, United Kingdom
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- 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.
KEM is an investment firm.
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- Apps, Credit, Payments
- Convertible Note
- Egypt
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- Lucky — Lucky is an app for credit products, offers, and cashback rewards.
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.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- India, Brazil, Indonesia
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- Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service
- Pave Bank — The world's first multi-asset and programmable bank
- Shivalik Small Finance Bank — Welcome to Shivalik Bank, home for all your financial needs. Contact us for savings accounts, current accounts, fixed deposits, recurring deposits gold loans & internet banking.
Nclude by Global Ventures is committed to accelerating Fintech Innovation and driving Financial Inclusion through partnerships with leading Fintech and fintech enabled companies.
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- E-Commerce, Apps, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Egypt
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- 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 — Oneorder delivers farm-fresh onions, potatoes, and peppers globally with cold-chain precision and trusted certifications.
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- E-Commerce, Retail, Logistics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Egypt
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- 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.
- AgriCash — AgriCash is a financial services company that provides application for installment of agricultural production sectors.
Al-Riyadh Investment Companies Group.
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- Payments, Shipping, Logistics
- Seed
- Egypt
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- 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.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, India, Egypt
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- Gridless — At the Frontier of Bitcoin Mining in Africa
- Yellow Card — Yellow Card is one of the largest licensed stablecoin infrastructure providers, operating across 34 countries, including 20 in Africa, major emerging markets such as Brazil, India, Mexico, and China, and financial hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong.
- 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.
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.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Nigeria, Kenya
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- CNote — CNote makes initial Cash Deposits 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.
The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, South Africa, Egypt
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- Cloudline — Cloudline leverages lighter-than-air technology and the latest developments in unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver essential goods and services to the 1 billion people without direct access to roads and runways.
- Cloudline — The all-in-one cloud platform helping leisure businesses sell more, reduce costs & personalize experiences.
- Fuse Financial Technologies — Financial APIs for building products in the Middle East.
Marakez is the leading Mixed-used developer in Egypt
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- Mobile, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Egypt
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- 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.
The best companies, off the beaten path.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Mexico
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- Foodology — Foodology creates and operates digital restaurant brands made for delivery.The company aims to be a delivery-focused restaurant group in Latam. With its portfolio of virtual brands operated through cloud kitchens, Foodology strives to create a best in class delivery experience for its customers.The company was founded in 2019 by HarvardBusiness School classmates Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero.
- Kyte — Kyte delivers rental cars straight to your door. We deliver and pick up the vehicle. No lines, no paperwork, freedom to explore. Fully flexible. Book today!
- EQUIP — In the region, SMB construction companies, which represent 90% of the market buy supplies manually at local hardware stores or retailers at high markup prices, which affects access to housing in LatAm. EQUIP’s platform offers a more efficient and cost-effective alternative, allowing construction companies to buy all the materials they need, get thedelivery and credit, all in one place.Our founding team has strong tech and construction backgrounds. Our investors include Pareto VC, Unpopular VC, GG Capital and angels from Rappi, Mercado Libre, and Amazon.
We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, India, Brazil
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- CurbWaste — A software by haulers, for haulers
- Reserv — We are a premier claims platform, born from state-of-the-art data intelligence and talent management technology.
- CipherOwl Inc — CipherOwl delivers AI-powered digital asset intelligence and automation tools for institutions, helping banks, exchanges, and crypto teams manage risk, ensure compliance, and operate with confidence.
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.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
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- 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 now powering the YO Risk Engine. The risk graph that powers YO will soon be published.
P1 Ventures works as a venture capital firm. They specialize in early-stage industrial technology firms in Africa.
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- Financial Services, Software, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Egypt, Kenya, United States
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- 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
- Paymee — Paymee offers a solution to facilitate payments.
- Reliance Health — Reliance Health Global. Improve the lives of your staff with innovative company healthcare benefits fit for any business. You can rely on us.
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