# Acasia Ventures

> Acasia Ventures is a VC fund in Cairo backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Egypt
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theacasiagroup/
- Website: https://acasia.ventures/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacasiagroup/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$2.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 7 | 32% |
| FinTech | 6 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 18% |
| Supply Chain Management | 3 | 14% |
| Apps | 2 | 9% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 64% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 27% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 9 | 41% |
| United States | 4 | 18% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 9% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alia Bayoumi | Investment Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alia-bayoumi |
| Aly Shalakany | Managing Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aly-shalakany |
| Biola Alabi | General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biola-alabi |
| Hanan Abdel Meguid | Investment Committee Member, Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanan-abdel-meguid |
| Mohamed Hussain | Senior Investment Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohamed-hussain-eb96 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bluworks.io | Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions. | $1M | Seed | Nov 22, 2025 |  |
| Winich Farms | 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 Payments | 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 | Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 22, 2024 |  |
| Pharmacy Marts | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Balad is a financial technology firm offering prepaid card solutions to the underbanked relatives of Egyptian migrants living overseas. |  | Pre-Seed | May 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acasia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-cairo-angels-syndicate-fund) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Acasia Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cairo-angels) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [A15](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-15) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ventures Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-platform) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [First circle capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-circle-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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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 is Acasia Ventures's check size?

Acasia Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.6M at Seed and $1M–$2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Acasia Ventures participates 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.

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