# Amir Farha

> Amir Farha is a seed investor at COTU Ventures (Dubai) backing FinTech and Software. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [COTU Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cotu-ventures)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirfarha
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/afarha
- Website: https://x.com/afarha

Amir Farha is a seed investor at COTU Ventures in Dubai focused on FinTech and Software. Amir Farha

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$3M |
| Series A | $5M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 20% |
| Software | 4 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 20% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 10% |
| B2B | 1 | 5% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 15% |
| Series A | 3 | 15% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 35% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |
| Egypt | 1 | 5% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 5% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qureos | Qureos is a UAE-based AI recruitment and career-matching platform that helps employers automate candidate sourcing, screening, and hiring while providing job seekers with personalized job matching, resume feedback, and career support tools. Founded in 2021, the company operates across the GCC and MENA regions and has expanded into internationalmarkets. Its platform combines recruitment automation, AI-driven candidate matching, and talent management features through its AI recruiter assistant, Iris, which streamlines hiring workflows for businesses and recruitment teams. | $5M | Seed | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Kingpin | Kingpin is the AI revenue engine built to modernize how brands, distributors, and retailers transact and scale. It replaces fragmented B2B Retail systems with one intelligent infrastructure that helps Sales Leaders Find, Reach, and Convert their B2B buyers globally. | $3.5M | Seed | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Cercli | Cercli is a human resources, modern payroll and employee data platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). | $12M | Series A | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Aydi | Aydi is an IT company that enables agriculture companies to source, manage, train, and pay seasonal workers through a single platform. They intend to create a "new paradigm of work" by giving employees year-round employment, skill development, and financial services. | $7.5M | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Rekaz | Rekaz provides system to automate recurring payments, enhance online presence, improve customer relationships and boost sales. | $5M | Seed | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| MoneyHash | MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration. | $5.2M | Seed | Jan 20, 2025 |  |
| Cercli | Cercli is a human resources, modern payroll and employee data platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). | $4M | Seed | Sep 03, 2024 |  |
| MoneyHash | MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 21, 2023 |  |
| AdalFi | AdalFi provides digital lending infrastructure services.It identifies, qualifies, engages, activates, and delights lending prospects for our partner banks. | $7.5M | Seed | Feb 16, 2023 |  |
| Supy | Supy is a B2B food marketplace servicing restaurants of all sizes streamlines their ordering process and equips. | $8M | Seed | Jul 05, 2022 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Cue Ball](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cue-ball) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [RZM Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rzm-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [VentureFriends](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturefriends) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Afore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afore-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [B&Y Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-y-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About COTU Ventures

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

COTU Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture firm in the Middle East. We partner with incredible founders at the beginning of their journey; taking companies from Pre-seed through to Series A and beyond, accelerating their path to product-market fit, and ensuring that they get access to the right capital and expertise along the way.

1 contacts available at COTU Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amir Farha | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amir-farha |

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## FAQ

### What does Amir Farha invest in?

Amir Farha invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Amir Farha's check size?

Amir Farha typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$8M at Seed, $300k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Amir Farha participates in.

### When did Amir Farha last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Amir Farha closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 20 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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