# COTU Ventures

> COTU Ventures is a VC fund in Dubai backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cotuventures/
- Website: https://www.cotu.vc/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$3M |
| Series A | $12M–$37M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 24% |
| Software | 4 | 16% |
| SaaS | 2 | 8% |
| Finance | 2 | 8% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 52% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 12% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 24% |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 12% |
| Egypt | 2 | 8% |
| United States | 2 | 8% |
| India | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amir Farha | Founder & General Partner | 20 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amir-farha |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stitch | The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments. | $25M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Safqah Capital | Safqah Capital is an innovative fintech and proptech company headquartered in Riyadh. We specialize in structuring and distributing Sharia-compliant Sukuk for small and medium-sized real estate developers. Safqah's digital investment platform enables secure participation from both retail and institutional investors, backed by rigorous duediligence, transparency, and smart governance. Safqah operates at the intersection of technology, finance, and real estate, positioning itself as a key enabler of Vision 2030’s housing and development goals. | $15.2M | Seed | Feb 09, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Mnzil | Mnzil is redefining workforce living through technology, creating smarter, more comfortable, and more productive environments for workers and the companies that rely on them. | $11.7M | Series A | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Huspy | Huspy is a proptech based in Dubai redefining the home financing process through a user friendly digital experience that puts the buyer first. | $59M | Series B | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Rekaz | Rekaz provides system to automate recurring payments, enhance online presence, improve customer relationships and boost sales. | $5M | Seed | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Stitch | The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments. | $10M | Seed | May 27, 2025 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [VentureFriends](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturefriends) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BY Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/by-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [RZM Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rzm-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [VentureSouq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturesouq) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does COTU Ventures invest in?

COTU Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 25 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 COTU Ventures's check size?

COTU Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$10M at Seed, $300k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $12M–$37M 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 COTU Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact COTU Ventures?

Public channels for COTU Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at COTU Ventures?

The team at COTU Ventures includes Amir Farha (Founder & General 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 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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