Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in Middle East (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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18 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $575k–$30M |
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Raed Ventures
VC Fund
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16 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | $400k–$30M |
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Global Ventures
VC Fund
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16 | United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.2M–$50M |
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VentureSouq
VC Fund
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12 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $225k–$50M |
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Entrée Capital
VC Fund
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10 | Israel, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.5M–$54M |
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Vision Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $22k–$27M |
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Shorooq Partners
VC Fund
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10 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $600k–$29M |
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Arzan Venture Capital
VC Fund
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9 | United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $180k–$25M |
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund
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8 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | $600k–$65M |
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F6 Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $15k–$1.1M |
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HALA Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $450k–$440M |
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FJ Labs
VC Fund
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8 | United States, United Kingdom, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $1.2M–$65M |
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
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7 | United States, China, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.2M–$100M |
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Moneta VC
VC Fund
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7 | Israel, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1M–$100M |
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Arbor Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | United States, Singapore, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $2.6M–$150M |
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Falak Startups
VC Fund
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6 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps | $6k–$2.4M |
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STV
VC Fund
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6 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $2.1M–$72M |
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Animoca Brands
VC Fund
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6 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | $100k–$40M |
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Khwarizmi Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, FinTech, Software | $1.6M–$157M |
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Alameda Research
VC Fund
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6 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $250k–$40M |
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Impact46
VC Fund
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6 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Gaming, Financial Services | $1M–$24M |
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Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
VC Fund
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6 | United States, Israel, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software | $1.5M–$33M |
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Earlybird Digital East Fund
VC Fund
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6 | United States, Turkey, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software | $1M–$112M |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Egypt, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics | $50k–$40M |
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Revo Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $430k–$66M |
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Algebra Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Jordan | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software | $150k–$30M |
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Derayah Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, FinTech, Marketplace | $800k–$33M |
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Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Turkey, United States, Ireland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $175k–$9M |
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Oqal
VC Fund
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5 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace | $100k–$10M |
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Wa’ed Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $25k–$30M |
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SEEDRA Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Predictive Analytics, E-Commerce | $120k–$40M |
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Digital Currency Group
VC Fund
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5 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $550k–$114M |
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A15
VC Fund
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5 | Egypt, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, FinTech, Software | $50k–$8M |
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BECO Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software | $905k–$60M |
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Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund
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5 | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $420k–$50M |
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Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund
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5 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $200k–$6M |
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Olive Tree Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, India, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Series C | FinTech, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $2.2M–$300M |
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Class 5 Global
VC Fund
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5 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $300k–$23M |
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Magnus Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Initial Coin Offering | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $1.3M–$34M |
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AU21 Capital
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Initial Coin Offering | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $1.1M–$14M |
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Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund
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4 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $26k–$4.6M |
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Glilot Capital Partners
VC Fund
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4 | Israel, United States, Uruguay | Seed, Series A, Series B | Cyber Security, Software, Security | $1.5M–$70M |
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Blumberg Capital
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Israel, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.1M–$40M |
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OurCrowd
VC Fund
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4 | Israel, United States, New Zealand | Series B, Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $604k–$62M |
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Oracles Investment Group
VC Fund
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4 | Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $1.3M–$11M |
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otf Jasoor Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman | Seed, Series A, Series B | Logistics, B2B, FinTech | $2M–$42M |
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Mad'a Investment Company
VC Fund
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4 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Health Care, Financial Services | $1.6M–$13M |
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CMT Digital
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $2M–$150M |
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Outliers Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology | $918k–$33M |
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Disruptech Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Egypt, United States, Morocco | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech | $1M–$38M |
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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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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1121
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $575k–$5M; Series A $5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Benford — Benford is a modern, licensed audit firm that provides technology-driven statutory audit services using its custom software, AuditOS.
- Primo — A birdseye view of your IT.
- sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $400k–$13M; Series A $2.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zeal — Zeal transforms your current card machines, enabling them to unlock powerful insights and deliver seamless loyalty. Zeal integrates with all card machines and is trusted by industry leaders.
- Echelon — Echelon is an artificial intelligence operations group that manages technology integrations, technical workforce training, and industrial software distribution for enterprise and government clients.
- THINK-AI — The Think AI Fabric: AI Node, ILM, and Constellation bonded into one supercompute platform, built for radical efficiency. Nothing sits idle.
We back global-minded, growth-stage and technology-focused founders in emerging markets and the world.
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- Industry: Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Series A $3M–$27M; Series B $8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- PoliCloud — PoliCloud is a cost-effective, sustainable, and independent cloud solution designed for people that desire complete control over their data.
- Enhance Fitness — Enhance Fitness is a fitness and wellness company that provides personal training services through a mobile and web-based platform. The company connects users with certified trainers for one-on-one fitness sessions conducted at home, gyms, outdoor locations, or partner facilities. Its platform supports booking management, trainer matching, workouttracking, nutrition guidance, and progress monitoring. Enhance Fitness operates primarily in the Gulf region, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar, and also develops software tools for fitness businesses through its Enhance Tech platform..
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $225k–$9M; Series A $6M–$37M; Series B $300k–$50M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Orbii AI — Our AI enriches & analyses borrower data, helping you make credit decisions in minutes. Accelerate your business loan Underwriting decisons.
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
- MilkStraw AI — Saving companies up to 75% on AWS
We are a team of former serial founders managing $1.5Bn across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York. We back the next generation of category-defining companies with conviction of founders who have built companies themselves. We back founders with a partnership built on trust, fairness and real operating experience. We stand with founders through every challenge, and help them grow with clarity, resilience and purpose.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 312
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Series A $5.4M–$30M; Series B $17M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $175M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Chamelio — Chamelio builds intelligent technology for in-house legal teams. We understand that every in-house legal team operates uniquely - shaped by their industry context, company culture, and strategic priorities. Our platform adapts to these distinct characteristics, delivering hyper-personalized workflows that evolve with your team's specific needs.
- Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices
- Undecimal Bio — Undecimal Bio operates as a platform biotechnology company that develops targeted delivery mechanisms for small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics. The company utilizes a proprietary platform that combines combinatorial chemistry libraries with transformer-based artificial intelligence to discover molecular conjugates capable of guiding genetic medicines to specified cells outside of the liver. This approach aims to circumvent traditional delivery constraints to expand the reach of RNA therapeutics into a broader range of therapeutic areas and human organs.
Vision Ventures (VV) is an early stage venture capital firm founded by experienced entrepreneurs. Its slogan is:"By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs". We invest in innovative startups in the Seed and Series A across a wide range of verticals. We help startups realize their dreams and make a difference in a noisy world. We are an energeticteam that has a wealth of experience in starting companies and steering them to success and hyper growth. Our combined experience spans over 90 years in multiple countries which gives us extensive experience in multi-national, multi-cultural teams. We provide startups with hands on assistance and guidance on marketing, sales, product/service development, financial planning and management, expansion & growth strategy, and more.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Round size: Seed $200k–$5M; Pre-Seed $22k–$1.7M; Series A $1.3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Raff — RetailTech startup aiming to be the center of commerce.
- Madeed — Madeed is a privately held company that works in the facilities and health care distribution industry.
- Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $2M–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- FMSi — FMSi is a SaaS company that helps with vehicle tracking solutions, administration and monitoring services for IVMS, and project management.
- Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
- OptimizeGEO.ai — OptimizeGEO.ai is an AI search visibility platform whose proprietary engine helps brands dominate LLM and AI search results
No Boring Tech backs and builds startups that matter. No sameness, no fluff - just committed partners, builders who care, and capital that shows up to help create lasting companies.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $180k–$1.7M; Series A $3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Yasmina — Yasmina offers AI-driven Home & Renters Insurance services.
- 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!
- Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HeyBreez AI — Breez AI is a no-code voice orchestration platform built for reliable, scalable real-time voice AI. The system unifies carrier connectivity, media delivery, AI models, and orchestration into one global routing layer, stabilizing phone operations and enabling companies to scale voice automation without engineering or additional headcount.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
- Anecdote —
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 scale with 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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 365
- Round size: Seed $15k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $49k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $95M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Tagaddod — Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company, started in February 2013 and operating in Cairo –Egypt. Currently focusing on clean fuels, Tagaddod is working on Biodiesel production from Vegetable Oils. Biodiesel is a fuel alternative that is produced from waste vegetable oils and used in conventional diesel engines, whichcan directly substitute for or extend supplies of traditional petroleum diesel.
- Makan Home — SHEN168 adalah situs toto togel online yang terpercaya, menawarkan pengalaman bermain yang aman dan menyenangkan bagi para penggemar togel online.
- MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.3M; Series A $500k–$35M; Venture - Series Unknown $450k–$440M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.
- intella — AI-powered voice agents, call center analytics, transcription, and speech-to-text for banks and telecoms across MENA. 86+ Arabic AI experts.
- Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1805
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.8M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $10M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
- Causa Prima — Causa Prima develops software to help finance teams handle both sides of every transaction on one network. The company's AI agents handle invoicing, disputes, and discounts on behalf of clients. It provides a network for the financial operations of businesses.
- Goodweek — The AI management platform that gives partners and businesses one secure place for every AI model.
We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2522
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$14M; Series A $5.5M–$50M; Series B $12M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Z.ai — Z.ai develops artificial intelligence models and services built upon large-scale pretrained architectures. The company offers ChatGLM, a dialogue-focused language model series designed for smooth conversation and easy integration. It also provides Ying, a text-to-video model capable of generating short video clips from text or images, and AutoGLM,a voice-driven AI agent that performs smartphone tasks based on complex user instructions. Z.ai supports integration through an API platform and offers migration assistance for developers moving from other AI ecosystems. The company’s technology stems from research at Tsinghua University’s KEG lab and emphasizes general-purpose cognitive intelligence models.
- ApnaPaisa — ApnaPaisa offers the Best Deals on Home Loans, Personal Loans, Credit Cards and EMI Calculators in India. EST'D 2007.
- Despegar — Despegar operates as an online business-to-consumer travel agency that focuses on the Portuguese and Spanish speaking markets. It enables people to research travel plans, check flight availability, book airline, and hotel and car rental reservations online, as well as offer travel-related services, including access to airlines, car rentalcompanies, and hotels and vacation packages. The company serves the leisure and corporate travelers. It operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain, and the United States. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Miami, Florida.
Moneta is a venture capital firm that invests in Data Science Technology startups and operates 2 parallel funds: Seed and Growth. Moneta specializes in Fintech, Insuretech and Financial-related AI and is supporing its ventures across all stages of their capital development. Moneta is backed by world leading financial institutions in USA, Africa andAsia.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $3.5M–$26M; Series B $16M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $120M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- WINN.AI — WINN.AI helps sales team run better sales calls and win more deals with real-time guidance that's tuned to every rep, every deal, and every call.
- Basis Theory — The tokenization API to build secure and compliant applications in minutes.
- Safebooks AI — Safebooks AI develops a platform for enterprises to automate the quality verification of financial data. It enables enterprises to sign off on 100% of their financial data.
Arbor Ventures is a visionary fintech-focused VC, partnering with innovators to shape a smarter future.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Series A $5M–$110M; Series B $12M–$70M; Series C $2.6M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $7.8M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- AppliedAI — AppliedAI is an Abu Dhabi technology company building AI-native workflow systems for banking, fintech, insurance, and healthcare. Its platform, Opus, automates and supervises mission-critical, document-heavy processes with embedded governance and human oversight.
- Tabby — Tabby is the money app that lets you buy now and pay later, send and receive money, earn cashback and save.
- Stitch — Build and launch loans, cards, wallets, deposits, and payments on one operating system. Trusted by leading banks and fintechs worldwide.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $31k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $6k–$360k
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
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.
STV is a $500M technology venture capital fund headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$17M; Series A $6M–$30M; Series B $20M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $100M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Morni — Morni is an interactive platform that provides roadside assistant services in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Countries through a smart-phone application. Morni currently provides its services to both individuals and corporations.
- Signit — Transform your contract workflows with secure, legally-binding e-signatures. Trusted by 700+ Saudi organizations.
- Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security, and new business models.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 519
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Pre-Seed $100k–$5M; Series A $5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Superlogic — OneOf is the mass-consumer Web3 company connecting the next 100M non-crypto-native fans to iconic brands, artists, and athletes. OneOf technology enables global brands and enterprises to reimagine commerce, loyalty and engagement, allowing consumers to seamlessly collect or trade digital assets with no prior crypto expertise. Deeply committed to a sustainable and inclusive blockchain future, minting digital assets on OneOf's platform uses up to 2 million times less energy than previous generation proof-of-work networks, and costs up to 99% less in gas fees. A leader in diversity, over 80% of the collections curated by OneOf come from minority or female creators.
- PERPTools — PERPTools combines crypto perpetual trading with activity points and risk-free market predictions.
- Slinky Network — Slinky Network provides an on-chain marketplace and payment protocol that connects AI agents and applications with third-party APIs. The company offers the SlinkyLayer platform, which wraps developer endpoints as discoverable skills and exposes them through an x402 pay-per-execution interface. Each API call triggers a non-custodial on-chainmicropayment, settling in the same request loop using networks such as Base and BNB Chain. Developers set prices, earn a defined revenue share, and receive instant payouts to their wallets without subscriptions or custodial holds. AI agents authenticate via wallet signatures, enabling autonomous, machine-to-machine access and payment without traditional logins or credit cards. The platform also records call ratings on-chain to provide portable, verifiable reputation for services.
Khwarizmi Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks investments in startups with a passion for algorithms. It seeks to help create their vision, as they embark on a journey together that aligns their goals to improve quality of life using technology powered by algorithms. .
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$16M; Series A $5.5M–$37M; Series B $16M–$157M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $63M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
- Aya — Aya is a modest fashion e-commerce platform that strives to unite the fragmented modest fashion industry into a single discovery platform.
- RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 327
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Series A $2.7M–$35M; Venture - Series Unknown $250k–$40M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 3Commas — 3Commas develops a crypto-asset management tool for tracking investments and exchanges in a unified platform. It provides access to a unified dashboard as the central hub for trading and portfolio management execution.
- Fuel Labs — At Fuel, we are building the fastest execution layer for the modular blockchain stack.
- Optim Finance — Optim Finance provides investment tools that optimize yield on digital assets. Their financial primitives enable users to rent ADA delegation rights to power novel use cases such as SPO loans, leverage into ISOs, and initial bonds.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Gaming, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $5M–$22M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $133M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Hazen.ai — Hazen.ai is a Saudi startup focusing on artificial intelligence based traffic analytics and monitoring solutions
- TakaHouse — TakaHouse is a gaming company that combines entertainment and communication for gamers.
- Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
JVP is a top VC firm with $1.9B AUM and 165 companies built, leading in AI, Cyber Security, Fintech, Insurtech and Climatech.
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- Industry: Software, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 204
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8M; Series A $4.6M–$22M; Series B $10M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Reduxio — Overcome data gravity with ionir, a Kubernetes Data Services platform built for enterprises and optimized to run in Kubernetes.
- ThetaRay — ThetaRay's big data analytics solutions are based on AI & machine learning, empowering businesses to find opportunities and threats hidden in their big data
- Centrical — Centrical helps businesses improve employee engagement, proficiency, and performance through gamification, microlearning, and performance management.
Earlybird Digital East Fund is an investment firm that focuses on early stage companies in Eastern Europe and Turkey.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Series A $1.8M–$30M; Series B $4M–$112M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FintechOS — FintechOS is the AI platform for financial product operations. Design, price, launch, and evolve financial products with governed AI and reduced core dependency.
- Simr (formerly UberCloud) — UberCloud's HPC Simulation Platform helps engineers run faster simulations and helps overworked IT teams gain control.
- Picus — The Complete Security Control Validation Platform | Stay proactive by validating your security controls with attack scenarios, empower your Red, Purple, Blue teams.
4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $456k–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $49M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Anda Africa — Anda is Angola’s leading mobility fintech platform, providing asset financing, ride hailing, and delivery services to empower mobility entrepreneurs. Built for emerging markets, Anda bridges the credit gap by financing productive assets such as motorcycles, tricycles, and cars, enabling drivers to own their vehicles, increase their earnings, andenter the formal economy. Through technology driven credit profiling and fully digitized payments, Anda creates financial identities for people who were previously underserved and unlocks responsible access to financial services. As an impact driven company, Anda brings together mobility, financing, and digital payments to deliver safe, affordable, and inclusive transportation while enabling a new generation of financially empowered entrepreneurs.
- Aether Bio — Aether uses its state of the art platform to rapidly engineer enzymes, enabling our customers to manufacture complex and novel products at fractional cost.
- Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market
Operational venture capital firm that invests across Turkey, Eastern Europe & Baltics in seed to Series B rounds.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Round size: Seed $430k–$8.4M; Series A $1M–$38M; Series B $3.4M–$66M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $86M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- CLEATUS — Agentic AI for government contracting. Research markets, manage capture and proposals, and automate workflows under your direction.
- a1Mobile — Your carrier, now AI-native.
- Turbo Law — Review, strategize, draft, research and settle in one connected picture that keeps the work current.
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 well as 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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $400k–$7M; Pre-Seed $150k–$13M; Series A $750k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
- Synapse Analytics — We build data science and AI solutions for streamlined operations and data driven decisions. Synapse Analytics, enabling a smarter world.
- Blnk — Blnk is a fintech firm that provides lending, financing, affordability, commission, reporting and settlement, and e-commerce services.
Derayah Venture Capital is a Venture Capital Fund That Invests in High Growth Startups across the MENA region.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $800k–$21M; Series A $2.3M–$33M; Series B $6M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Resal — Resal is the regional leader in digital value exchange and alternative payment solutions by creating a comprehensive ecosystem for prepaid gift cards, loyalty, rewards, and payout and spend management
- Moyasar — Moyasar is an online payment gateway that provides electronic payment solutions.
- Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million. Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Seed $175k–$2.3M; Series A $350k–$3M; Series B $825k–$9M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- BiSU — BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.
- obilet.com — Obilet.com, founded in 2012, is an end-to-end ticketing platform listing hundreds of bus operators, airlines and ferry companies as well as offerings from hotels and car rental companies. Obilet also provides bus operators with its best-in-class Inventory Management System (IMS) as a SaaS.Obilet is the indisputable market leader in Turkey both inB2B and B2C segments with 400+ bus carriers using its IMS software, 25 million visitors per month, and 15 million app downloads.Obilet is projected to sell more than 40 million tickets annually in 2024, making it one of the top-3 bus ticketing platforms in the world. Obilet also set its vision to be the one-stop-shop for whole needs of users regarding the tourism and travel products by expanding its category offerings with the addition of hotel booking and car rental services. Moreover, Obilet has launched its international expansion project in H2 2022, has one of the largest coverage of markets globally.
- StratiFi — An AI-powered client investment workflow software for wealth managers
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 and fast-growing startups in a variety of sectors by providing access to smart capital and experienced angel investors.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 146
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $220k–$1.1M; Series A $133k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raff — RetailTech startup aiming to be the center of commerce.
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
- Mantas — Parametric insurance for cloud outages with swift payouts triggered by real-time data
Wa’ed Ventures is a $500 million venture capital fund with the aim to accelerate the development of an integrated startup ecosystem by investing in local tech-based startups and incentivizing global entrepreneurs to localize their tech innovations in the Kingdom.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Round size: Seed $600k–$5.5M; Series A $2.5M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $25k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Autobia — Autobia is a B2B marketplace leveraging the data to solve the infrastructure and after-sales challenges in the automotive industry. The company bridges the gap between wholesalers and resellers by offering in-between digital, operational and logistical integrated solutions. It was founded in 2021 and is located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
- OCTA — OCTA brings you the clients and runs the work behind them, from books and reconciliations to billing and close. You grow the firm without adding headcount.
- StrikeReady — Transform security operations with Composite AI. Investigate alerts, automate SOC workflows and connect your security stack.
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Browse database — It's Free!SEEDRA Ventures invests in companies from the very first stages of inception to Series-A and beyond, providing financing and hands-on development support.
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- Industry: FinTech, Predictive Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $120k–$1.5M; Series A $1.3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Madeed — Madeed is a privately held company that works in the facilities and health care distribution industry.
- Gaia — Gaia is a sovereign AI platform for Saudi enterprises. It connects knowledge, files, systems, emails and workflows into a single operational intelligence layer. Employees search across everything the company knows but permission-aware so no one sees what they don't already have access to, get generative AI answers grounded in their own datawith cited sources, and hand cross-system work to AI agents with important steps routed to a person for approval. Hosted on the company’s cloud or fully on-premise so data never leaves your own infrastructure.
- RIME — A specialized Saudi company providing AI driven solutions, integrated with branch monitors and IoT. Utilizing AI agents
We are the capital engine supporting emerging talent & crypto technology. On its mission to accelerate the development of a better financial system.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 394
- Round size: Seed $550k–$9.7M; Series A $3M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$114M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AntSeed — AntSeed operates a peer-to-peer protocol and open marketplace for AI services, connecting buyers with independent providers for model inference, agents, and routing. The network uses BitTorrent DHT for discovery and WebRTC for transport, while payments settle in USDC on the Base blockchain through non-custodial smart contracts. Providers define their own services and pricing, and on-chain settlement data is used to build verifiable performance and reputation metrics. AntSeed exposes OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs via a local proxy so existing tools, frameworks, and autonomous agents can route requests through the network. For non-technical users, the AntStation desktop application offers a chat interface that selects providers based on factors such as model type, cost, latency, and privacy. The ecosystem also includes the ANTS utility token, which underpins emissions and incentive programs tied to real network activity.
- Umia — Umia is an onchain venture-creation platform for token-native projects. It provides a legal wrapper, token minting, community fundraising through public token auctions, a noncustodial treasury, and governance through onchain “decision markets.”
- SafeWorld — SafeWorld is a safety testing platform for companies deploying robots around people, helping them assess and improve the safety.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $100k–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iVoiceUp — iVoiceUp is the first whistleblowing platform in MENA for anonymous reporting, case management, and compliance analytics. Detect fraud, protect reporters, and build defensible compliance.
- Byit — Byit is a technology platform developed to empower independent real estate brokers and freelancers.
- KNOT Technologies — Sell tickets, merchandise, and hospitality in one place. With built-in fraud protection and real-time revenue tools, you stay in control at every step.
BECO Capital is a conviction-driven VC, backing exceptional founders across the GCC and MENA region with hands-on support, partnerships and sector expertise.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Seed $905k–$9.5M; Series A $2M–$27M; Series B $5M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $4.5M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
- Amaani — World-class beauty and wellness brands from the Middle East. Brands and products made for Arab consumers, with uncompromising global quality and a true reflection of Modern Arabia. Born in region, designed for the world. Backed by PeakXV, Formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA.
- Property Finder — PropertyFinder owns and operates real estate portals across Dubai. Available in both English and Arabic, its websites provide visitors with search facilities covering residential and commercial properties for rent or for sale, real estate news, home advice, and buying and selling guides.PropertyFinder provides its users with the tools to helpconsumers find the properties that fit their needs. It works with brokers to list properties in one convenient site, and make it easier to see all of the information about those properties while browsing from its users’ desktop or on the move.
MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative tech companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries. With a team of 20 VC professionals across offices in Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, MEVP manages 5 regional funds with more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management. MEVP is the largest and most established VC firm in the region, with clear cross border investment appetite.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $420k–$6M; Series A $2.6M–$22M; Series B $4.6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $68M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
- PinPay — Pin-Pay is an innovative mobile payment service offered at our Partner Banks which aims to bring our subscribers the most secure, reliable and intelligent payment experience.Using Pin-Pay, you can perform a number of different transactions directly from your mobile phone. Since all transactions are conducted live and under 20 seconds, you cansafely receive money straight to your account in no time.
- OCTA — OCTA brings you the clients and runs the work behind them, from books and reconciliations to billing and close. You grow the firm without adding headcount.
We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 267
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $75M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Rilla — Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+.
- Osmo — Osmo is a payment company that helps people to send and receive money immediately.
- Uniblock — Uniblock helps connect developers with Web3 using our APIs and services. Our developers use Uniblock because of how easy it is to integrate into exciting applications. Try it for free today!
Early-stage capital backing the next generation of frontier technology, critical infrastructure, and applied AI.
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- Industry: FinTech, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$7.1M; Series A $8M–$30M; Series C $25M–$300M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $400k in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Flick.art — Flick is an AI-powered platform reimagining the future of filmmaking. It offers creators an open canvas where words, images, and moving pictures can grow and connect freely. Instead of working through prompts or rigid tools, filmmakers engage in a dialogue with an “AI director,” allowing stories, characters, and worlds to unfold organically. Byweaving together multiple advanced models, Flick enables a process that feels intuitive, narrative-driven, and collaborative.
- MaverickX — Breakthrough chemical solutions across oil & gas, mining & metals, and water treatment. More oil. More metals. Smarter chemistry.
- Rinascera Therapeutics — Rinascera Therapeutics develops transformative therapies for rare genetic skin diseases, including RIN-001 for Gorlin Syndrome and RIN-002 for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (DEB).
Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$5M; Series A $8M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.2M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Ziina — Pay and get paid fast. Ziina is the easiest way to send and receive money in the UAE. Accept cashless payments anywhere with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.
- 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.
Magnus Capital is a crypto investment firm.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7.5M; Initial Coin Offering $2.1M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Spicenet — Spicenet is a hyper-fast Layer 2 (L2) trading solution, engineered as a custom application rollup to deliver ultra-fast, reliable, and efficient transaction processing for seamless trading experiences.
- Real Finance — Purpose-built blockchain infrastructure for issuing, managing, settling, and distributing tokenized financial assets across institutional workflows. Regulated banking integrated at the foundation.
- WorkQuest — About WorkQuest WorkQuest is a decentralized employment and workforce automation protocol enabling employers and workers to collaborate through smart contracts, stablecoin payments, AI matching engines, and on-chain reputation scoring. The platform transforms global employment into a transparent, verifiable, and borderless digital labor economy.
A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 175
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.8M; Initial Coin Offering $1.2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PERL.eco — The Planetary Ecosystem Registration Ledger will be a dedicated blockchain for real-world ecological assets through tokenizing carbon credits and biodiversity, NFTs and decentralised (DeFi) rewards.
- Meter.io — Meter.io is a base layer hybrid consensus protocol built to address the volatility, scaling and interoperability problems in the existing cryptocurrencies.
- Injective — Explore Injective: the high-performance blockchain powering decentralized finance, governance, and next-gen Web3 apps with unmatched speed and scale.
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Browse database — It's Free!Ales Venture Capital Investment Trust Inc. 100% Escort Technology Investment Co., Ltd. was established in late 2012 as a subsidiary of an investment company subject to the Capital Markets Board legislation.Their target audience was primarily started to produce products or services are targeted at companies with existing customers and growth.However, the product or service to switch to the sales and marketing process, although in need of ready finance companies also take interest in Their initiative.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 134
- Round size: Seed $30k–$600k; Pre-Seed $26k–$150k; Convertible Note $30k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- GlaucoT — GlaucoT develops contact-free intraocular pressure monitoring and neuroprotective treatment technology for glaucoma disease.
- Kozmonot — Kozmonot is a mobile competition application with real money prizes focused on knowledge, research and intelligence.
- ConverJinn — Paste a product link and the Jinn writes a conversion-driven description with SEO-smart HTML, ready to drop into your store.
Glilot Capital invests in Seed, Series A, and Series B enterprise software, cybersecurity, and AI companies, with $1.3B raised.
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- Industry: Cyber Security, Software, Security
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, Uruguay
Investor stats
- Total investments: 136
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $5M–$32M; Series B $6M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $500M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Way Security — Your IdP, IGA, and PAM tools do nothing until they're enforced on every app. Way is the last mile: any control, any application, any identity.
- Rein Security — Discover and secure every agent, MCP, and app with real execution context. Eliminate blind spots across your AI workflows with Rein security platform.
- Bloom Security — Bloom brings visibility, contextual risk assessment, precise enforcement, and one-click remediation to endpoint security in the AI era.
Blumberg Capital is an early and growth stage venture capital firm, partnering with visionary technology founders from inception to exit. Learn more.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 310
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.1M; Series A $3.5M–$16M; Series B $9.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.8M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- FirmPilot — The AI-powered law firm marketing platform that gets you more cases. Automate SEO, content, and paid ads to better target qualified clients today.
- Snorkel AI — Snorkel AI builds specialized training data, benchmarks, and evaluation environments that help frontier models and agents perform in high-stakes domains.
- Angle Health — Angle Health provides a technology-enabled health insurance platform to simplify employer-sponsored healthcare benefits. The company's service offers fully configurable group health plans that employers can tailor and deploy quickly through its “Benefit Builder” and “Quote-to-Card” tools, often eliminating the need for individual member-level underwriting. It integrates medical, pharmacy, demographic, claims, and population-health data with AI-enabled analytics to help employers, brokers, and care teams anticipate health needs and design plans accordingly. Angle Health’s plans typically include telemedicine, digital behavioral health, chronic-disease management, and access to a national network of doctors and providers—services that are often bundled into standard coverage.
Invest in exclusive and pre-vetted startups, late-stage companies, and top tier funds - private market access made simple, transparent, and institutional-grade.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Israel, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 393
- Round size: Seed $604k–$8M; Series A $3M–$22M; Series B $6.1M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $230k in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
- BloomX — Helping nature do its magic with the power of technology
- Hemispheric — Hemispheric develops fundamental AI technologies aimed at deciphering brain activity for innovative applications.
Oracles investment group About Us Investing in the future Oracle Investment Group (OIG) is a venture capital firm with a distinctive focus on the domains of decentralized finance, metaverse development, blockchain gaming, and the intricate infrastructure that underpins these domains. At the core of our investment strategy lies the recognition that community and connectivity are
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ordzaar — A modern, user-friendly launchpad for Bitcoin Ordinals and degen playground.
- Tren Finance — Tren Finance: a secure DeFi liquidity protocol offering seamless asset swaps, yield opportunities, and cross-chain compatibility through automated smart contracts, redefining liquidity for users and institutions.
- BLIFE Protocol — Bringing Web3 to Bitcoin with the backing of Animoca Brands. Merged with @Portalcoin
We back Omani founders from the first idea to the first real scale. Initial funding up to 40,000 OMR.
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- Industry: Logistics, B2B, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $2M–$7.5M; Series A $2.3M–$37M; Series B $26M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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>
- ELEVATUS — Elevatus is the #1 Agentic AI Hiring Operating System built for enterprise scale. Autonomous recruiting from requisition to onboarding - zero code.
- Dastgyr Technologies — Simplifying Global Trade
Mad’a Investment Company is a Private Equity firm headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Abdul Aziz Al Othaim & Sons Holding Company (ASO&SONS). We aim to assist businesses to reach their true potential by unlocking values which otherwise could not have been realized. We strive to create exceptional value tobusinesses through our team of investment and operating professionals working collaboratively with the management of our portfolio companies. We, as a Saudi Company, are committed to contributing to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and our Investment Strategy is aligned with the Vision 2030.
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- Industry: FinTech, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klaim — Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments.
- Telfaz11 — Telfaz11 is a creative media studio from Saudi Arabia specializing in locally-relevant entertainment content
- OAK Group — OAK Group offers its wide range of services through restaurants, catering services, beach clubs, temporary accommodation solutions.
An exciting new iteration of our website is coming soon. CMT Digital is a blockchain and digital assets focused subsidiary of the CMT Group, a 24 year-old trading and investments firm. The CMT Group has operated as a valued partner to entrepreneurs, traders, and technologists
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 228
- Round size: Seed $2M–$13M; Series A $5M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.8M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $9.2M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- DePay — DePay is an Argentina-based real-time payments infrastructure startup.
- Diameter Pay — Diameter Pay is a financial service company that provides financial inclusion, fintech, blockchain, and social entrepreneurship services.
- City Protocol — City Protocol offers growth incentives and creative tools driven by AI. A portable reputation is created via City ID.
Backing outlier founders who build different.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$6M; Pre-Seed $918k–$11M; Series A $1M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grove — Grove is a Riyadh-based company building technology for freshness in the fresh-produce sector. Grove connects farms, markets, and households through an integrated, demand-driven operating system that coordinates planning, quality, logistics, and service as one loop. Demand signals from multiple channels are unified to guide upstream decisions andensure every grade of produce has an optimal path to market. Quality is treated as a managed process across the chain—not a final inspection—so produce reaches consumers ripe, flavorful, and reliable.
- Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
- Global Settlement Network — Global Settlement Network enables regulated institutions to issue digital currency, settle tokenized assets, and move value across borders.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, United States, Morocco
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2.2M; Series A $12M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Khazna — Khazna is an Egyptian company that aims to improve and expand financial services for Egyptians through the mobile application.
- i'SUPPLY — i'SUPPLY is a leading Egyptian Health Tech platform, licensed by the FRA. We simplify B2B2C order management and integrate fintech solutions to empower healthcare SMEs. Our mission is to connect stakeholders, improve operations, enhance working capital access, and ensure patients get essential medic
- 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
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