# Alain Dib

> Alain Dib is a seed investor at Knuru Capital backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Knuru Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/knuru-capital)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alain-dib-01b3498/

Alain Dib is a seed investor at Knuru Capital focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Alain Dib is the Founder, CEO and Managing Partner of Knuru Capital. He attended NEOMA Business School in 1987.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 60% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 60% |
| Banking | 2 | 40% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| B2C | 1 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 60% |
| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Klaim | Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments. | $5M | Seed | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| The Giving Movement | The Giving Movement is a direct-to-consumer sustainable fashion brand. The company offers same-day delivery to its users in the UAE, while other deliveries for customers across the wider gulf cooperation council. | $15M | Series A | Mar 11, 2022 |  |
| NOW Money | NOW Money uses mobile banking technology to bring accounts and remittance to the unbanked population of the Middle East. It provides a convenient and easy to use solution for those currently excluded from the financial system, bringing full access to the financial system, and significant savings on remittance. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2021 |  |
| Ibancar | Ibancar is a fintech company specialized in online lending to a largely unbanked client base, one that does not have access to conventional forms of credit. In a world where banks have low risk appetite and are increasingly bureaucratic our objective is to build a solid and sustainable business which steps up to offer credit to clients who are inneed of urgent liquidity or are experiencing temporary financial difficulties. We are a team of specialists who have worked for 4 years developing a loan product with zero credit losses, clear differentiating factors and competitive advantage. This has made Ibancar the fastest growing and most respected secured loan (car equity loans) platform in the sector. We are responsible lenders with transparent rates, flexible payment plans and over 1.5m in issued loans to date. | $1.9M |  | Nov 25, 2020 |  |
| Jiji | Jiji is a leading classifieds marketplace in Africa. Starting from Nigeria, the company expanded to four new geographies in 2019. Following an OLX acquisition, Jiji’s monthly audience exceeded 8mn monthly unique users. In 2018, the Jiji app was #1 by downloads in the Shopping category by Nigerian Android users, and it is currently the highest ratedapp in Nigerian e-commerce. | $3M | Series C | Dec 10, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anthemis Exponential Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-exponential-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commercial Bank of Dubai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commercial-bank-of-dubai) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Expo 2020](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expo-2020) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DIFC FinTech Hive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintech-hive) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GreenHouse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenhouse-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Salica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hambroperksltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Knuru Capital

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Based out of Dubai, Knuru pursues equity and credit opportunities in fintech and marketplaces across the GCC, Africa and Southern Europe. The management is led by a team of investors and entrepreneurs bringing to venture capital extensive cross-asset class experience dedicated to supporting high growth businesses.

3 contacts available at Knuru Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alain Dib | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alain-dib |
| Victor Sunyer | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/victor-sunyer |
| Bassim Haidar | Founder & Group CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bassim-haidar |

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## FAQ

### What does Alain Dib invest in?

Alain Dib invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alain Dib last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alain Dib closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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