# Den Venture Capital

> Den Venture Capital is a VC fund in Cairo backing Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Egypt
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/denvc
- Website: https://denvc.com/

Den Venture Capital is a VC fund in Cairo focused on Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence. Den is a US-based venture capital operating in emerging markets including Africa and the Arab region. Den’s first fund is an accelerator focusing on early-stage technology enabled startups.In doing so, we welcome impactful startups with great unit economics and clear scalability potential. Den Accelerator is not a one size fits all program.During the filtration phase, we work closely with shortlisted candidates. We spot exactly their areas to develop. By then, Startups are either ready so they could jump into the Den lounge, or they need to get ready so they have to stay in the Den lobby for a while. Each of the hypothetical areas (Lobby, and Lounge) has its customized course of action for each startup to move forward to the next level. Den lobby is a preparatory hypothetical place where we share with the startups our insights about their venture and what they need to focus on to make the best use of our program. Not only this, we offer them monitoring and support until they reach the milestone that makes them eligible for The Den Lounge. Den Lounge, however, is the 90 days customized and focused program. When the startups complete the needed prerequisites throughout The Den Lobby Phase. We are ready to host them in the Den Lounge virtual space.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| Fuel | 1 | 10% |
| AgTech | 1 | 10% |
| Drones | 1 | 10% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 6 | 60% |
| United States | 2 | 20% |
| Austria | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nawah Scientific | Cutting edge research is available exclusively to those with high tech equipment in their labs. Nawah is a core hub of advanced equipment specialized in natural and medical sciences. Nawah's online platform receives experiments requests, Nawah's scientists carry them out and return results online. Thus, researchers can do much advancedresearch regardless of their location and available facilities in their labs. In 3 years, we analyzed 10K+ samples for 25 universities and companies in the MENA, Malaysia, UK and Switzerland. | $23M | Series A | Dec 15, 2025 |  |
| FlyNow Aviation | FlyNow Aviation GmbH develops, produces, and operates efficient, automatically flying, electric modular eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft. The company focuses on urban air mobility solutions, aiming to complement existing transportation systems with innovative flying taxi services. FlyNow Aviation has started flight testingtwo eCopter passenger electric helicopters as proof-of-concept models, showcasing their commitment to advancing urban air mobility technology. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| WHITEGUARD | AI-Powered Cybersecurity Management System |  | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2025 |  |
| WideBot AI | WideBot is the first bot builder platform in the MENA region. We allow anyone to build his own intelligent chatbot without any coding or technical experience in just 10 minutes. | $3M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| WideBot AI | WideBot is the first bot builder platform in the MENA region. We allow anyone to build his own intelligent chatbot without any coding or technical experience in just 10 minutes. |  | Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Fuelin App | Fuelin App is a digital fuel management system that enables fleet companies to manage their fuel consumption with ease, control, and efficiency. They create fuel management software to digitize the fueling process. The company specializes in fraud prevention, real-time transaction visibility, and payment software that allows fleet owners to makeand track fuel payments. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Delta Oil | Delta Oil is an Egyptian waste oil management start-up in the clean and Agri-Tech sector that offers services in collecting the used cooking oil from households. Founded in 2018, the headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Delta Oil operates in more than Five cities and hundreds of villages. Delta Oil Build's an ecosystem for a thriving biodieselindustry by providing a sustainable and cheap feedstock of used cooking oil to be converted into clean biodiesel. It collects used cooking oil from individuals’ homes providing a pickup service to make it easier so that individuals can dispose of their used cooking oil safely. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Proteinea | Proteinea makes biotherapeutics design smarter, safer, and faster by leveraging novel deep-learning models & platforms integrated with smart experimental throughput. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Your Parts | Your Parts offers one-stop-shop offering a wide range of autoparts and services for service centers embedded by on demand delivery and financial solutions. | $200K | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Career 180 | Career 180 assists youth to develop their skills to fit the labor market, through its counseling services, workshops, and theoretical or practical training programs in various specialties. |  |  |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AfricInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afric-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Al-Mohaidab family office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/al-mohaidab-family-office) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Al-Wafra Al-Thanya](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/al-wafra-al-thanya) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Core Vision Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/core-vision-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Disruptech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/disruptech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [El Sewedy Capital Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/el-sewedy-capital-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Den Venture Capital invest in?

Den Venture Capital invests primarily in Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Fuel startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Den Venture Capital's check size?

Den Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $200k–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Den Venture Capital participates in.

### When did Den Venture Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Den Venture Capital closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 10 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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