Arzan Venture Capital
VC Fund
Kuwait, Kuwait
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.
- Total investments:
- 59
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Arzan Venture Capital invests in
Stages Arzan Venture Capital invests in
Countries Arzan Venture Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $600k–$3.7M
- Pre-Seed
- $180k–$1.7M
- Series A
- $3M–$25M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 12 (20%)
- E-Commerce 10 (17%)
- Information Technology 7 (12%)
- SaaS 6 (10%)
- Financial Services 6 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 32 (54%)
- Series A 9 (15%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (7%)
- Series B 4 (7%)
- Series C 1 (2%)
Country
- United Arab Emirates 19 (32%)
- Egypt 7 (12%)
- Saudi Arabia 7 (12%)
- Jordan 3 (5%)
- Kenya 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hasan Zainal
Founder and Managing Partner
|
Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Laith Zraikat
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yozo AI Growth Agent is a self-sufficient Shopify store marketing assistant. Yozo is an e-commerce store owner's suite of AI agents. | $1.7M / Pre-Seed / Jan 28, 2026 | ||
| Yasmina offers AI-driven Home & Renters Insurance services. | $2M / Seed / Jul 13, 2025 | ||
| Revenya Capital, providing revenue-based financing to tech startups in MENA. | $2M / Seed / Nov 05, 2024 | ||
| Hulexo is a low-code EPR system that helps retailers streamline operations and make smarter decisions using a smart decision-making engine. | $1.2M / Seed / Sep 01, 2024 | ||
| Nearpay is a fintech startup based in Saudi Arabia, on a mission to make payments easy, secure, and accessible for every merchant. Our focus is simple: we build innovative payment infrastructure solutions that cater to banks, payment providers, and SaaS startups. With a blend of expertise and enthusiasm, we're shaping the future of paymentsone transaction at a time. | $14M / Series A / Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| Gameball triggers powerful human emotions, moving your customers through the entire user journey faster, and keeping you engaged with them at every step. | $3.5M / Seed / Feb 06, 2023 | ||
| Money Fellows is a financial technology company that offers digitized money circles, also known as rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs). Through its mobile application, users can join money circles with flexible durations of 6, 10, or 12 months. Participants make regular contributions and receive payouts according to a predeterminedschedule. The platform supports various payment methods, including the Money Fellows Card, credit/debit cards, pre-paid cards, bank transfers, Fawry, and e-wallets. Users can participate in multiple circles simultaneously, with payouts up to 1,200,000 EGP. The service includes features such as cashback on payouts and discounts on pay-ins. Money Fellows operates under the supervision of the Central Bank of Egypt's Regulatory Sandbox and collaborates with Banque Misr to monitor transactions and user payouts. | $31M / Series B / Oct 30, 2022 | ||
| Zid is an e-commerce in a box - solution that any retailer can use to start their eRetail. Zid helps them to build their own eStores (with their own name and identity) and integrates them with the supply chain players to enable them to manage and with ease. The company aims to enable the retail sector to enter the world of electronic retail in aneasy and professional.Zid was founded in 2017 and based in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia. | $50M / Series B / Oct 17, 2022 | ||
| SubsBase is a cloud-based subscription and billing platform. That provides operational, analytics, and billing tools to subscription-based businesses to efficiently manage their subscribers, removing the entire overhead of subscriber lifecycle management from the business and core products and services. | $2.4M / Seed / Aug 25, 2022 | ||
| Khazenly is an on-demand digital warehousing and fulfillment management platform that provides an omnichannel solution to help merchants digitize their businesses. | $2.5M / Seed / Jun 15, 2022 | ||
| See all 59 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Arzan Venture Capital invest in?
Arzan Venture Capital invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 59 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 round sizes does Arzan Venture Capital invest in?
Arzan Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $600k–$3.7M at Seed, $180k–$1.7M at Pre-Seed and $3M–$25M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Arzan Venture Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Arzan Venture Capital took part in.
How do I contact Arzan Venture Capital?
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Who are the partners at Arzan Venture Capital?
The team at Arzan Venture Capital includes Hasan Zainal (Founder and Managing Partner) and Laith Zraikat (Partner). 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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