Acasia Ventures
VC Fund
Cairo, Egypt
Acasia Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies in the Middle East and Africa. With a focus on being the first to believe in innovation and entrepreneurship, the firm aims to support the growth of the next generation of market leaders through their unique and scalable solutions. Its Tech Fund I is currently lookingfor investments in tech-driven and tech-enabled startups at the pre-Seed to pre-Series A stage.
- Total investments:
- 22
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Acasia Ventures invests in
Stages Acasia Ventures invests in
Countries Acasia Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$2.6M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 7 (32%)
- FinTech 6 (27%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (18%)
- Supply Chain Management 3 (14%)
- Apps 2 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (64%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (27%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (5%)
Country
- Egypt 9 (41%)
- United States 4 (18%)
- Nigeria 2 (9%)
- Kenya 1 (5%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alia Bayoumi
Investment Associate
|
Investment Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Aly Shalakany
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Biola Alabi
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Hanan Abdel Meguid
Investment Committee Member, Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund
|
Investment Committee Member, Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Mohamed Hussain
Senior Investment Associate
|
Senior Investment Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions. | $1M / Seed / Nov 22, 2025 | ||
| At Winich Farms we are a technology-driven and agri-startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food security and democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platforms, these we use to engage farmers with quality inputs,agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle.In addition to this, utilizing our agro e-retail platform (web and app), we connect vicinity farmers with market (households) directly at farm gate price thereby reducing the activities of middlemen, making agro produce more affordable and easily accessible.One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Labana Rice, Big Bull Rice etcBacked by Orange Corners we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilient Africa powered by Agriculture. | $2.5M / Seed / Oct 02, 2024 | ||
| SETTLE automates enterprise's payments and manages all their bank accounts in one place for better cashflow decisions. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 22, 2024 | ||
| Pharmacy Marts is an online platform that enables pharmacists to get their daily prescriptions and medications from a variety of suppliers. Pharmacy Marts was founded in 2021 and is located in Cairo, Egypt. | Seed / Mar 19, 2024 | ||
| Suplyd mission is to organize and reform the F&B supply chain ecosystem with the help of digitization to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end. | Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
| Tappi is a full-stack SaaS business built for small businesses in Africa to help them find businesses online. We help SMBs get discovered, find customers, and build their reputation using messaging, payments, and AI. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Dec 06, 2023 | ||
| Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector. | Pre-Seed / Oct 04, 2023 | ||
| Menthum's desire to provide solutions that improve people's lives is the motivating reason behind the venture. Menthum Mobile App is a simple and safe digital saving solution, Customer-friendly design, creative workflow, and a purpose-built mutual fund - Menthum Money Market Fund - are among its building pieces. | Pre-Seed / Jul 10, 2023 | ||
| Balad is a financial technology firm offering prepaid card solutions to the underbanked relatives of Egyptian migrants living overseas. | Pre-Seed / May 08, 2023 | ||
| See all 22 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Acasia Ventures invest in?
Acasia Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Acasia Ventures invest in?
Acasia Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.6M at Seed and $1M–$2M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Acasia Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Acasia Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Acasia Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Acasia Ventures?
The team at Acasia Ventures includes Alia Bayoumi (Investment Associate), Aly Shalakany (Managing Partner) and Biola Alabi (General Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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