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Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in Middle East (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Middle East Payments startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Middle East Payments startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Raed Ventures
VC Fund
14 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $400k–$33M
Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
13 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $637k–$33M
Global Ventures
VC Fund
11 United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services $1M–$50M
Shorooq Partners
VC Fund
10 United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce $750k–$33M
Vision Ventures
VC Fund
9 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $60k–$27M
Arzan Venture Capital
VC Fund
8 United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $180k–$25M
HALA Capital
VC Fund
7 United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Software, Financial Services $500k–$35M
VentureSouq
VC Fund
7 United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Software $250k–$50M
Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
7 United States, China, India Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $5.5M–$190M
Entrée Capital
VC Fund
7 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1.4M–$55M
Moneta VC
VC Fund
6 Israel, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Software $1M–$100M
STV
VC Fund
6 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States Series A, Series B, Seed E-Commerce, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics $2.1M–$54M
Arbor Ventures
VC Fund
5 United States, Singapore, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $6M–$175M
BECO Capital
VC Fund
5 United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology $905k–$60M
Oqal
VC Fund
5 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $100k–$10M
Algebra Ventures
VC Fund
5 Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, E-Commerce, Marketplace $150k–$38M
4DX Ventures
VC Fund
5 Egypt, United States, South Africa Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics $50k–$40M
Wamda Capital
VC Fund
5 United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $600k–$65M
Impact46
VC Fund
5 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology $1M–$22M
Falak Startups
VC Fund
5 Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps $6k–$1.2M
F6 Ventures
VC Fund
4 Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $14k–$1.5M
MSA Novo
VC Fund
4 Egypt, India, Pakistan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech $1.5M–$32M
Glilot Capital Partners
VC Fund
4 Israel, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Cyber Security, Software, Security $1.5M–$70M
AU21 Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.1M–$14M
Revo Capital
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $430k–$38M
Disruptech Ventures
VC Fund
4 Egypt, United States, Morocco Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech $1M–$38M
CMT Digital
VC Fund
4 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2M–$50M
coinIX
VC Fund
4 Germany, Israel, Switzerland Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $250k–$5.5M
fresh.fund
VC Fund
4 Israel, United States, Norway Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software $120k–$21M
Outliers Venture Capital
VC Fund
4 Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $918k–$33M
Olive Tree Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, India, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Health Care, Financial Services $2M–$100M
B&Y Venture Partners
VC Fund
4 United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $753k–$70M
Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
VC Fund
4 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund
4 United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States Series A, Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech $420k–$110M
Sandeep Nailwal
Angel
3 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Blocksync Ventures
VC Fund
3 Singapore, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
General Electric
VC Fund
3 United States, Israel, China Series A, Series B Energy, Software, Renewable Energy
Viola Credit
VC Fund
3 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Debt Financing, Series B, Series A Software, FinTech, Financial Services
GSR
VC Fund
3 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Pantera Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2M–$48M
Khwarizmi Ventures
VC Fund
3 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, FinTech $1M–$37M
Digital Currency Group
VC Fund
3 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $650k–$48M
Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.4M–$75M
Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund
3 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $200k–$6M
Ribbit Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Brazil, India Series B, Series A, Series C Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $7.4M–$250M
Emkan Capital
VC Fund
3 United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Transportation, Medical $1.2M–$20M
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
VC Fund
3 United Arab Emirates, India, Bahrain Series A, Seed, Series B Financial Services, Banking, FinTech $8.4M–$9.4M
Musaab Hakami
Angel
3 United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software $50k–$7.4M
EFG Hermes
VC Fund
3 Egypt, Kuwait, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Banking $28k–$7M
Joule Ventures
VC Fund
3 Israel, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Analytics $800k–$30M
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Raed Ventures
VC Fund · Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia · 14 investments in Middle East Payments startups

We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $400k–$13M; Series A $3.6M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grinta — Grinta is a pharmaceutical supply chain that uses AI and ML to empower local pharmacies. It is a managed marketplace that is modernizing the pharmaceutical supply chain by empowering independent pharmacies across Africa through AI & ML technologies.
  • 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.
  • Zarya App — Earn without investment.
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 13 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 824
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $637k–$5M; Series A $4M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
  • Clever Care Health Plan Inc. — Clever Care delivers culturally sensitive Medicare options in Southern California that honor and represent the cultural values of the communities we serve. Health and wellness, centered around you.
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Global Ventures
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 11 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $3M–$30M; Series B $8M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $85M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Almouneer — Healthcare, Diabetes, Practice Management, Technology
  • 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.
  • Tarjama — Translation services, certified translation agency, legal translation, medical translation, website translation, video translation, and subtitling.
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Shorooq Partners
VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 10 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$11M; Pre-Seed $2M–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • OneLoad — OneLoad is an online service that enables users to easily buy prepaid vouchers for all mobile companies, pay utility bills and transfer balance to others.
  • MANTRA DAO — Launched in 2020, MANTRA (previously known as MANTRA DAO) is a first of its kind, vertically-integrated and regulatory compliant blockchain ecosystem.
  • Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.
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Vision Ventures
VC Fund · Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia · 9 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Ejari — Ejari is providing a Rent Now, Pay Later (RNPL) solution for residential rentals, Rent Now, Pay Later products enable tenants to better manage their budgets by converting rent from a yearly expense to a monthly expense, while landlords receive an entire year's rent in advance.
  • Spare — Spare | Know Your Money
  • Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
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Arzan Venture Capital
VC Fund · Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait · 8 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$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

  • 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.
  • Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.
  • Revenya Capital — Revenya Capital, providing revenue-based financing to tech startups in MENA.
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HALA Capital
VC Fund · Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia · 7 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $550k–$730k; Series A $500k–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
  • 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 — intella is a platform as a service (PaaS) provider which offers real-time intelligence services for businesses.
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VentureSouq
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 7 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$9M; Series A $6M–$37M; Series B $6M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% 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
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 7 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1685
  • Round size: Series A $5.5M–$45M; Series B $10M–$100M; Series C $12M–$190M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Tacto — Tacto develops an intuitive, data-driven, and automated solution for procurement in medium-sized industrial enterprises. The AI-based software gives customers a transparent overview of their procurement activities, algorithmically highlights risk & savings potential, and automates all transactional workflows in sourcing and supplier managementto focus on what matters. With Tacto customers can focus on strategic work, leverage savings potential, and reduce complexity - without the need for costly IT resources.
  • Decart — Decart is an AI platform significantly improves the training and inference of large generative models.
  • Sierra — Sierra helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI.
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Entrée Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 7 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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. Westand with founders through every challenge, and help them grow with clarity, resilience and purpose.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 256
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$13M; Series A $4M–$25M; Series B $14M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Identiq — Identiq's network members fight fraud and improve user experience by validating new users and vouching for ones they already know without sharing any personal user data at all.
  • Toka — Toka develops cutting-edge and lawful digital forensics, intelligence and force protection capabilities to empower government agencies strengthen homeland security.
  • Imagindairy — It's dairy, done differently. Our animal-free dairy products are lactose-free, growth hormone-free and cholesterol-free.
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Moneta VC
VC Fund · Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel · 6 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $3.5M–$25M; Series B $16M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gaviti — Gaviti is a receivable management solution that empowers the receivable collections task owners. Gaviti helps companies to accelerate cash-flow, reduce write-offs and increase productivity X10. This is achieved via: Visualization - quickly understand your receivables with a clear dashboard and insights screen. Automation - efficiently engage allyour delinquent clients with smart, personalized workflows. Optimizatione - improve results over time with data-driven collections process optimization.
  • WAY2VAT — Way2VAT is a global leader in integrated VAT/GST claim and return solutions in over in 40 countries and in over 20 languages, serving hundreds of enterprise businesses worldwide. Owns and operates a patented artificial intelligence technology that powers the world’s first fully automated, end-to-end VAT reclaim platform. Established in 2014,Way2VAT is headquartered in Tel Aviv with offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia and Romania and has over 50 employees. Used by more than 180 enterprise companies including Amdocs, EY Israel, MasterCard, eToro, Kimberly-Clark, Hitachi ABB, Mobileye Intel, RB, Willis Towers, Siemens-Israel, Daily Mail Group, , Sage, Falck, Boston Red Sox, and Foot Locker Europe with customer retention over 97%.
  • Amplify Life Insurance — Amplify helps people build wealth through permanent life insurance. Customers can directly access life insurance products that allow tax-efficient savings and investment through policies and can access the savings for whatever they wish, while still protecting their families. Emerging from the manual and agent-driven traditional industry, Amplifyoffers an intelligent customer journey with frictionless policy customization, pre-underwriting, and in-force policy management in a streamlined digital customer journey. Amplify is the first digital platform tackling the $70B permanent life insurance industry with a vision to launch a life insurance product that bridges health and financial wealth.
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STV
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 6 investments in Middle East Payments startups

STV is a $500M technology venture capital fund headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$25M; Series A $8M–$28M; Series B $20M–$54M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $800M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
  • Tabby — tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales.
  • zenda — zenda is a fintech app for families. It enables families to pay school bills with pay-now and pay-later options, unlocking rewards when ever they pay.
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Arbor Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 5 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Arbor Ventures is a visionary fintech-focused VC, partnering with innovators to shape a smarter future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$175M; Series B $12M–$70M; Series C $12M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $226M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Abra — Abra provides wealth and treasury management solutions to give clients an edge across trading, borrowing and investing digital assets.
  • Tabby — tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales.
  • Ready — Get Ready BOSS for your CSP digital transformation. Cross-sell OTT services, subscriber self-service & more. Includes flexible, modular billing & API.
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BECO Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 5 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $905k–$9.5M; Series A $2M–$28M; Series B $6.8M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
  • Abwaab — Abwaab is an online learning platform that allows secondary-school students to learn at their own pace, test themselves and get ahead with our expert tutors anytime and anywhere. By offering short, engaging video lessons, visualized learning journeys, continuous assessment and performance analytics, we are changing the way students learn outsidethe classroom.
  • BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
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Oqal
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 5 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 125
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $220k–$1M; Series A $133k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nqoodlet — NQOODLET is an electronic platform targeting SMEs to manage their expenses, purchases through the credit cards given to the employees.
  • Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
  • 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.
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Algebra Ventures
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 5 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Marketplace
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$7M; Pre-Seed $150k–$13M; Series A $750k–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M 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.
  • 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.
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 5 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, United States, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 79
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $6.6M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
  • 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.
  • Franc — Franc is the easiest way to save & invest. Our app doesn’t require any investment knowledge & our friendly risk quiz helps us understand how much investment risk is right for you. Users can start investing in less than 2 minutes. There is no minimum requirement & no paperwork. It is a seamless digital experience end-to-end. A usersimply chooses a goal, selects an investment strategy, verifies their identity & makes a deposit. Each user is recommended a personalised investment strategy for each investment goal, combining money market & index tracking ETFs. Our helpful calculators assist clients with their budgeting, retirement & targeted savings needs. We also provide free access to our online academy & fun financial literacy quizzes.We know saving is hard & investing can be scary, which is why we create savings groups & challenges so that users can encourage one another. We also run weekly competitions where users can stand a chance to win a cash prize that will boost their investments.
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 5 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • TAP — Talent Acceleration Platform (TAP) is a Dutch / Palestinian company bridging the gap between universal talent and unequal career opportunities.
  • Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
  • Tamatem — We are the leading mobile games publisher in the Arabic speaking world! We bring international mobile games from all around the world to publish in the MENA market!
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Impact46
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 5 investments in Middle East Payments startups, 13 in the past 12 months

Impact 46 is an asset manager and advisor that specializes in alternative investment opportunities. The firm provides innovative investment products and services to local & international institutions, family groups, endowments, and high net worth investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $5M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Sadq — Sadq develops a digital platform that provides users with options to handle documents by easy means and in quick steps in a safe and reliable environment. It also offers integration, safety, multilingualism, strong performance, authentication, and credibility.
  • Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
  • Hypemasters — At Hypemasters, we create legendary & genre-defining games that players all over the world enjoy for years.
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Falak Startups
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 5 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Seed $31k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $6k–$250k
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% 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.
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F6 Ventures
VC Fund · Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 187
  • Round size: Seed $14k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $32k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Brimore — Brimore is a social commerce platform connecting emerging brand owners with a network of resellers who market and sell their products using social media.
  • 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.
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MSA Novo
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

MSA Novo, a multi-stageglobal venture capital firm, boasts a diverse portfolio of startups and established businesses in tech, fintech, and consumer sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Egypt, India, Pakistan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$6.5M; Series A $6.6M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
  • Tap Protocol — Tap Protocol is a protocol that focuses on the development of bitcoin capabilities through the Ordinals system.
  • Yellow Metal — Fintech company that provides Gold loan
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Glilot Capital Partners
VC Fund · Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Glilot Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs with a solid success record and with the aim of accelerating the success of those starting out. The firm's early growth fund focuses on post-Series A startups in the enterprise software and cybersecurity sectors. They seek to provide flexible funding solutions byleading or participating in early growth rounds and offering convertible notes. Glilot+ includes a large community of industry leaders, strong financial backing, and extensive resources to drive the growth of their business. Glilot Capital Partners was founded in 2011 by Kobi Samboursky and Arik Kleinstein and is headquartered in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cyber Security, Software, Security
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $5M–$32M; Series B $6M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $220M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Bluebricks — From a single resource change to a full environment rollout, Bluebricks handles the dependency graph, sequencing, and complexity underneath - so every action is informed, coordinated, and safe. No guesswork. No blast radius surprises.
  • Redefine — Redefine is the first AI based CI optimization platform that seamlessly integrates with your existing CI environment, allowing you to accelerate your software development cycle and reduce cloud-costs. By combining code-analysis and ML, redefine optimizes your build and reduces feedback time by over 90% for developers.
  • Statement — Statement enables businesses a real-time view into their payment status and a true cash position across all banks, accounts, geographies, and currencies.
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AU21 Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

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Investment focus

  • 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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Revo Capital
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Operational venture capital firm that invests across Turkey, Eastern Europe & Baltics in seed to Series B rounds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 77
  • Round size: Seed $430k–$5M; Series A $1M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Flowla — From outreach to onboarding, create personalized sales stories, impress prospects, and build consensus with multiple stakeholders.
  • CLEATUS — CLEATUS is an AI-powered platform that helps government contractors discover contract opportunities, manage capture pipelines, and write winning proposals. We make government contracting accessible to any business, with AI that automates everything from finding opportunities to submitting winning proposals.Empowering government contractors withagentic AI for every stage of the contracting lifecycle. Effortlessly discover new opportunities, craft winning proposals, manage pursuits and win more work within a single, purpose-built platform designed for organizations of any size.
  • Onlayer — Our powerful solutions suite streamlines onboarding, compliance, monitoring and insights to mitigate risk and secure growth at every stage of the digital business lifecycle.
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Disruptech Ventures
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Egypt, United States, Morocco

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2M; Series A $12M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% 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
  • Connect Money — White labeled card issuance - Zero upfront investment - no integrations - go live in less than 10 weeks.
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CMT Digital
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Playtron — The Operating System for Gaming
  • D2X Group — Trade digital asset options and futures on the EU-regulated market infrastructure for institutions.
  • Coinflow Labs — Tech-driven payments solutions for your business
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coinIX
VC Fund · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

CoinIX manages a portfolio of cryptocurrencies and assets. The investment focus for venture investments is Europe and with a strong focus on companies using distributed ledger technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, Israel, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $250k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PPKING — PPKING is a unique decentralized financial platform that specializes in beneficial liquidity and MEME token trading.
  • Turtle Club — Turtle aligns incentives between protocols and LPs to offer the best curated incentives in DeFi.
  • BTA Protocol — BTA Protocol is a decentralized ecosystem protocol based on BTC that includes applications such as staking, liquidity, range stability, launch pool, and lending protocols.
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fresh.fund
VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

fresh.fund is an Israeli pre-seed venture capital fund investing in early-stage startups across segments and verticals.We're built to partner with early-stage founders from day one, often as the company's first institutional investors. Our model is refreshingly simple: up to $300,000 in pre-seed funding within <4 weeks and follow-oncapital as necessary.Check out our portfolio here >> https://www.fresh.fund/portfolio. It's never too early to have a conversation about your startup.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Norway

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$12M; Pre-Seed $120k–$6M; Series A $11M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wisio — Wisio lets social media creators and experts answer questions and requests from followers via paid interactions. The company’s platform empowers followers to gain exclusive access via personalized videos to their favorite creators. Wisio's flexible and easy-to-use platform is packed with features to help creators build deeper communitieswhile monetizing the creator - follower relationship. Thousands of them are already using it to help build their online reputation and business.Wisio's vision is to make everyone reachable.
  • Clearitty — Clearitty - The Ultimate Sales Accelerator by Turning Deal Insights into Revenue We provide the tools and insights for sales executives to close deals faster and outperform competitors, empowering you to drive growth and success. It’s free to start — no trial, no contract, no risk.Clearitty was born out of a shared frustration experienced bysales executives and entrepreneurs alike – the lack of critical insights about new buyers. These invaluable insights are often held by those who have successfully navigated the sales process with these coveted clients.Recognizing the gap, in 2022 we created Clearitty, dedicated to developing an intelligence tool that helps sales executives shorten sales cycles and close deals more efficiently.Our goal is to build the world’s largest database of buyer insights, empowering sales executives with the knowledge they need to succeed.
  • Sherloq — Ask your SQL anything. Built on your context, directly on your editor.
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Outliers Venture Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Backing outlier founders who build different.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $3.5M–$6M; Pre-Seed $918k–$11M; Series A $1M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
  • Vault Wealth — Discover the range of private wealth management services with personalized wealth planning from Vault, a certified private wealth advisor in Dubai & UAE. A secure digital wealth platform trusted by professionals.
  • Global Settlement Network — Global Settlement is a blockchain platform that provides regulatory compliance, liquidity, and interoperability services.
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Olive Tree Capital
VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Olive Tree Capital started as the foreign investment arm of the single member family office. With a diverse mandate, we are able to seek worthwhile global investment opportunities without asset class restrictions; we seek public market opportunities with discrepancies between market perception and fundamental reality, and we enjoy privatelyinvesting in and collaborating with partners who share our passion, dedication, and clarity. More philosophically, we live by the Golden Rule; thus, we especially love entrepreneurs, artists, and businesses that are positively contributing to humanity in parallel with pursuing profitability.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$14M; Series A $8M–$30M; Series B $30M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Karbon — Karbon Card is a financial platform for Indian entrepreneurs.
  • Compra Rapida
  • Mendel.ai — Mendel.ai transforms unstructured EMR data and clinical literature into comprehensive and compliant analytics-ready data. Mendel uses their novel AI aided by clinical experts to streamline global oncology research by organizing real-world data and automating clinical trials. They build software to solve problems at each stage of the clinical trialprocess, from feasibility to post-trial pharmacovigilance.
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B&Y Venture Partners
VC Fund · Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $753k–$9M; Series A $2.5M–$20M; Series B $5M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Bridged Media — Bridge the gap between empathy to action to boost your engagement and retention on text, audio, and video. The easiest way to help your audience create an impact.
  • Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
  • Finverity — Finverity provides technology, working capital and expertise to give banks, NBFIs, financiers and companies a strategic advantage in supply chain finance
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Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Earnix — Real-time AI-driven rating engine, dynamic pricing, product personalization, and analytical underwriting solutions for insurance & banking from Earnix.
  • Datricks — Offering real-time risk detection and control, ensuring continuous financial compliance and enabling you to significantly impact the bottom line of your business
  • Greeneye Technology — Spray Less, Grow More. Our mission is to dramatically reduce chemicals usage while increasing productivity and profitability for farmers.
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Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 4 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Seed $420k–$6M; Series A $1.5M–$14M; Series B $4.6M–$110M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PinPay — Pin-Pay is an innovative mobile payment service offered at our Partner Banks which aims to bring our subscribers the most secure, reliable and intelligent payment experience.Using Pin-Pay, you can perform a number of different transactions directly from your mobile phone. Since all transactions are conducted live and under 20 seconds, you cansafely receive money straight to your account in no time.
  • HyperPay — Hyperpay is a leading payment gateway in MENA, providing smart payment solutions that fulfill the payment needs of ecommerce and all internet businesses
  • The Cloud — NOTICE OF WINDING UP PETITION
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Sandeep Nailwal
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Sandeep Nailwal is the co-founder and COO of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as the Co-Founder and CEO. He attended the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 174
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Defx — Defx is a non-custodial perps venue. We're built on Arbitrum, and will be coming to Solana very soon.
  • Veda — Veda is the largest vault infrastructure platform in DeFi, enabling institutions to launch and manage onchain financial products at scale.
  • RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
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Blocksync Ventures
VC Fund · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Blocksync Ventures is an Investment firm specialising in digital assets.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • DotOracle — DotOracle is a chainless decentralized network. They use a combination of the PBFT protocol and the elliptic curve multi-signature technique to enhance node communication and speed up node agreement. Their polka dot ecosystem by providing a decentralized oracle service to transfer information from the real world to polka dot in real-time.
  • Vent Finance — The easiest way to research, apply, and purchase early crypto project tokens. Sign up and get started today.
  • Zeitgeist PM — Zeitgeist PM is a blockchain tech to facilitate prediction markets and the futarchy form of governance.
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General Electric
VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

General Electric Company offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide. It operates in various segments, including power and water, oil and gas, energy management, aviation, healthcare, transportation, appliances and lighting, GE capital, and more.Its power and water segment offers gas, steam and aeroderivative turbines, nuclearreactors, generators, combined cycle systems, controls, and related services; wind turbines; and water treatment services and equipment. Its oil and gas segment provides surface and subsea drilling and production systems, equipment for floating production platforms, compressors, turbines, turboexpanders, reactors, industrial power generation, and auxiliary equipment. The company’s energy management segments offers plant automation hardware, software, and embedded computing systems. Its aviation segment offers jet engines; aerospace systems and equipment; and replacement parts and repair and maintenance services. The healthcare segment provides medical imaging, software and information technology (IT), patient monitoring and diagnostics, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, and performance improvement solutions. Its transportation segment offers freight and passenger locomotives, and diesel engines for rail, marine, and stationary power applications; railway signaling and communications systems; underground mining equipment; motorized drive systems; IT solutions; and replacement parts and value added services. The appliances and lighting segment manufactures home appliances; and lighting products for commercial and industrial applications. Its capital segment offers commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services.General Electric Company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Software, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Morphisec — Breach prevention made easy. Morphisec's endpoint security solution prevents attacks that bypass NGAV, EDR and EPP through Moving Target Defense technology.
  • Travelshift — Transform the travel industry with Travelshift software. Work with the complete industry marketplace platform, top partners and regional expertise. Learn More.
  • Crowntech Photonics — Crowntech Photonics is an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified world leading designer and manufacturer of passive fiber-optics components, integrated modules, and subsystems serving the telecommunications and datacom industries. Driven by the increasing broadband demands, Crowntech Photonics is committed to deliver the solutions enabling the bandwidthgrowth through our innovative fiber-optics product lines.Crowntech Photonics was incorporated in 2008 with headquarters, sales division and R&D center in Shanghai while operations center, and the large manufacturing facilities are located in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, China. Over 120,000 square feet (12,000 square meters) of facilities were commenced in operations with 40,000 square feet of manufacturing cleanroom space positioning Crowntech to serve the ever increasing demand of fiber-optics products to our valuable partners with high quality, competitive pricing, and superior customer service.
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Viola Credit
VC Fund · Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Viola Credit is a global alternative asset manager that provides innovative, flexible, and tailored credit solutions to support the growth of global technology companies. Its two main credit offerings are Growth Lending and Asset-Backed Lending. With over 22 years of experience, Viola Credit currently manages more than $1.8B in various businessesacross the U.S., Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand at multiple stages of growth. It is part of the Viola Group, a leading technology-focused investment group with over $5.5B in assets under management (AUM).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 101
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Obligo — Say goodbye to traditional security deposits with Obligo's flexible deposit alternatives. Trusted by over 1 million homes, we simplify renting with no deposit options for renters and streamlined deposit management for properties.
  • Lendbuzz — Lendbuzz is an AI-based auto finance platform that helps consumers with thin or no credit history obtain financing when purchasing a car. Powered by machine learning and proprietary algorithms, Lendbuzz is able to better assess the creditworthiness of consumers with limited credit history, who are underserved by the traditional banks. By partneringwith auto dealerships, Lendbuzz is able to offer consumers attractive financing solutions and dealerships are able to close additional business opportunities and serve a more diversified client base. Lendbuzz is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 2015.
  • Sweet Inn — Stay in stylish apartments in prime locations with premium amenities & 24/7 local care. Over 600 vacation apartments in 28 exciting European cities. Book Now!
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GSR
VC Fund · Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups, 23 in the past 12 months

GSR has nine years of deep crypto market expertise as a market maker, ecosystem partner and active, multi-stage investor. GSR sources and provides spot and non-linear liquidity in digital assets for token issuers, institutional investors, miners, and leading cryptocurrency exchanges. GSR employs over 300 people around the globe, and its tradingtechnology is connected to 60 trading venues, including the world's leading DEXs. We have a culture of approaching complex problems with tenacity and imagination. We build long-term relationships by offering exceptional service, expertise and trading capabilities tailored to the specific needs of our clients.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 180
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Legion — Legion makes on-chain fundraising accessible to ordinary investors by ensuring regulatory compliance and investor accountability.
  • Doppler Finance — Doppler Finance is a yield-earning platform that unlock earning opportunities within the XRPL ecosystem
  • 180 Life Sciences — Born from Ethereum. Built for everyone
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Pantera Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space. The company believes that Bitcoin has the potential to transform the way people use money and that it will do for payments what the Internet has done for communications and commerce.Until 2014, Pantera focused on globalmacro hedge fund investments. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, who was a chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management. The firm has since shifted its investment advisory services to focus exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space.Shareholders include Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 290
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$18M; Series A $5.5M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Civic — Connect with your users on their terms. Verify on your terms and Prove it's them every time. Your new favorite onboarding experience deploys with just a few lines of code.
  • GlobeDX — See the markets through our lenses
  • ZOOZ Power — ZOOZ Power developed a kinetic based power booster, based on a unique flywheel concept, enabling sustainable and cost-effective deployment of ultra-fast EV charging stations anywhere, including locations with limited grid power, with no need for infrastructure upgrades.
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Khwarizmi Ventures
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$16M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2.4M; Series A $5.5M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
  • Buildnow — BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.
  • Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.
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Digital Currency Group
VC Fund · Stamford, Connecticut, United States · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 294
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$8.5M; Series A $3M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zabo — Zabo is an API for connecting to any crypto exchange, wallet, protocol or account. Sign up for access to free API keys at Zabo.com
  • Ballet — Ballet Crypto is a companion mobile app, which enables sending of cryptocurrency, checking market value and activating additional currencies. The use of the mobile app is completely optional, as you do not need it to receive and store your cryptocurrency safely.
  • Joystream — Joystream is a block chain-based, decentralized video platform.
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 328
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Series A $4.4M–$35M; Series B $5M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $190M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Hilo — Get stress-free readings round the clock with Hilo's clinically validated blood pressure monitor. Learn more
  • Neuracore — Neuracore is a robot learning platform that helps to train robots and deploy intelligent behaviour.
  • Nosh Biofoods — We create nutritional and highly functional proteins from non-GMO fungi. Our proprietary ferementation process is minimal, scalable, and sustainable.
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Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 206
  • Round size: Seed $570k–$6M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $75M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • KINO — KINO is a film production company that brings fans behind the scenes of their favorite hollywood films.
  • Tanssi Network — The Tanssi Network is a permissionless appchain infrastructure protocol designed for swift and effortless deployment of application-specific blockchains.
  • Virtualtech Frontier — Virtualtech Frontier develops business processes through virtual reality technology. It operates virtual event platforms, metaverse services, and virtual reality solutions. Virtualtech Frontier was founded in 2021 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.
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Ribbit Capital
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 258
  • Round size: Series A $7.4M–$70M; Series B $20M–$100M; Series C $28M–$250M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Forma — The Life Benefits Platform that makes it easy to design and scale flexible benefits programs in modern workforce.
  • CoinSwitch — CoinSwitch breaks down the complexities in Crypto, empowering the everyday Indian to make informed investment decisions on a simple and trusted platform. When we started up, Crypto was a field reserved for specialists. Today, over 20 million users trust CoinSwitch to learn, purchase and invest in Crypto. That makes us India’s largest crypto app.On CoinSwitch, users can invest in Crypto with a few simple taps, either as a one-time purchase or in regular intervals through an SIP. But simplicity is not a substitute for informed decisions. A CoinSwitch user spends 27 minutes on our app—to learn about Crypto and Web3 through our educational content and understand the market sentiments through CRE8, the Crypto Rupee Index. But we are just getting started. CoinSwitch not only plans to double down on making Crypto accessible to everyone but is on track to become the one-stop wealth-tech destination for every Indian.
  • Fenbeitong — Fenbeitong is the enterprise consumption platform for full process control. Through intelligent control rules and reminding measures, Debeitong helps enterprises to save a lot of money during travel, car use, procurement and other public consumption. Through the credit monthly payment and unified invoice consumption mode, Debeitong helps employeesto spare money. , free of charge, no reimbursement, greatly improve the efficiency of business operations.
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Emkan Capital
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Emkan Capital invests primarily in early-stage technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Transportation, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2M; Series A $6.9M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trukkin — Trukkin is the best logistics company within GCC. Contact us for cargo logistics solutions and truck transport services.
  • InvestSky — InvestSky offers zero commission investing in your favorite stocks. Invest smarter, together. Trading mobile app is coming soon, join the waitlist!
  • FENIX — Fenix is a UAE-based free floating micromobility operator anchored in the GCC region.
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Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Consistently recognised as the leading financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region. Find out more about what makes Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) number one and how we continue to shape the financial landscape of the region, from Dubai to the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, India, Bahrain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $8.4M–$9.4M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Sarwa — Sarwa is your all-in-one investment platform. We offer hands-off investing, real-time trading, and high-yield savings. With holistic financial tools at your fingertips, investing has never been easier. Sarwa SDWCL is regulated by the FSRA in the ADGM.
  • Clara — Easy company incorporation, equity management, documents and data room. Everything you need to manage and grow your business in one place.
  • Union Bank of India — Union Bank of India is a financial institution offering consumer and business banking services.
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Musaab Hakami
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Founder, Ex-GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$6M; Pre-Seed $50k–$3M; Series A $5.2M–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lisan — Lisan is an AI writing platform offering state-of-the-art proofreading and grammar checking to help individuals who write in Arabic to maximize their productivity, create exceptional content using cutting-edge generative AI models, and automate tasks with AI accelerators.
  • MilkStraw AI — Saving companies up to 75% on AWS
  • Groundfloor — Groundfloor Club: The neighborhood workspace where productivity, connection & community come together.
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EFG Hermes
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Egypt, Kuwait, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$7M; Pre-Seed $28k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $4.7M in 2018

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.
  • Action Energy — Action Energy Company provides a wide range of upstream services, such as onshore drilling and workover, electric submersible pumps, slickline, wireline, directional drilling, OTSG, inspection, coil tubing, simulation, cementing, and mud engineering.
  • Bedaya Mortgage Finance — Bedaya Mortgage Finance Co. is the first online mortgage provider in Egypt.
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Joule Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in Middle East Payments startups

Joule Ventures is an early stage U.S.-based venture fund enabling founding teams in Israel to tackle complex technical challenges.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$13M; Series A $7.4M–$15M; Series B $25M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reposify — Reposify - External Surface Management. We map the Internet on a daily basis and help enterprises to manage their exposure.
  • Arnica — Arnica is a framework for DevOps supply chain security that is behavior-based.
  • Reeco — #1 Shopping Solution for the hospitality industry
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