# Glint Consulting

> Glint Consulting is a VC fund in Cairo backing Software and iOS. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Egypt
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glint-consulting
- Website: http://www.glintconsulting.com

Glint Consulting is a management consulting firm that specializes in business strategy, operational efficiency, and growth acceleration. Its consulting services enable our clients to achieve better results and accelerate growth through advising management on key opportunities and issues such as strategy, operations, digital, and technology.GlintConsulting was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Glint Consulting. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Glint Consulting. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/glint-consulting?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| iOS | 1 | 14% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |
| Fashion | 1 | 14% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 5 | 71% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tarek Aboualam | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tarek-aboualam |
| Irini Raafat | Co-Founder and Associate Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irini-raafat |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Darwinz AI | Darwinz AI is a technology company specializing in deploying advanced AI solutions and data analytics to help businesses solve complex challenges and identify new opportunities. With over 30 years of experience in technology and data science, Darwinz AI focuses on delivering real value to its partners by modeling business operations and enablingdata-driven decision-making. | $325K | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Iqraaly | Iqraaly provides applications for audio, audiobooks, and novels that provide users with a listening experience for the novels and books within their renewed audio library. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| MITCHA | MITCHA operates as an e-commerce platform that focuses on the fashion and retail industries. The platform supports over 200 local Egyptian fashion designers, providing them with a seamless online marketplace. Customers can browse and purchase a wide range of fashion items from these designers. The platform also has a return policy, allowingcustomers to return their orders within 14 days of delivery. However, it's important to note that MITCHA currently does not offer exchanges. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Kashier | Kashier is a payment management platform for commerce and retail businesses that provide tools used for running a business. The toolkit covers subscriptions to invoices and online payments and is built with the capability to meet the rapidly evolving needs of today’s fast-growing businesses, from small startups to large enterprises. | $610K | Seed | Sep 20, 2020 |  |
| Wasla Browser | As global habits shift towards digital, many people in emerging markets are left behind due to significantly high data costs and limited infrastructure of fixed broadband; which leaves the vast majority of the population completely reliant on, unaffordable, mobile internet. To solve this issue, we have built a gamified mobile browser that rewardsusers with free mobile internet, and our mission is to connect the next 500 million people in emerging markets to subsidized mobile internet while fostering digital and financial inclusion. Wasla serves as a centralized platform for all online activity, operating as a gateway that will expand beyond a browser, to a platform that encompasses social networking, shopping, entertainment, and payments. We reward users based on their engagement, and users can redeem their points for free airtime directly from our Wallet; Browse, Collect, Redeem!We drive loyalty by creating unprecedented value for our users, and simultaneously form an ecosystem that redefines brand to consumer interactions, giving brands the ability to engage with their target audience freely. | $1M | Seed | Dec 03, 2019 |  |
| Filkhedma | FilKhedma is the largest home services marketplace in Egypt. Users can book online quality guaranteed reliable service providers in home cleaning, maintenance and other services. Service providers apply online and are accepted after passing through the onboarding process after which they receive orders through a mobile app. The service operates in3 Egyptian cities. | $800K | Seed | Dec 02, 2018 |  |
| Filkhedma | FilKhedma is the largest home services marketplace in Egypt. Users can book online quality guaranteed reliable service providers in home cleaning, maintenance and other services. Service providers apply online and are accepted after passing through the onboarding process after which they receive orders through a mobile app. The service operates in3 Egyptian cities. | $300K | Seed | Sep 10, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Algebra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algebra-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Egypt Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/egypt-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [F6 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flat6labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Glint Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glint-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Second Century Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/second-century-ventures) — VC Fund
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [F6 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flat6labs) — VC Fund
- [Falak Startups](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falak-startups) — VC Fund
- [Algebra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algebra-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [All Investors in Egypt](https://shizune.co/investors/investors-egypt)
- [All VC Funds in Egypt](https://shizune.co/investors/vc-funds-egypt)
- [Mobile Investors in Egypt](https://shizune.co/investors/mobile-investors-egypt)
- [Software Investors in Egypt](https://shizune.co/investors/software-investors-egypt)
- [Software VC Funds in Egypt](https://shizune.co/investors/software-vc-funds-egypt)
- [Real Estate Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/real-estate-investors-middle-east)

## FAQ

### What does Glint Consulting invest in?

Glint Consulting invests primarily in Software, iOS and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Glint Consulting's check size?

Glint Consulting typically joins rounds of $300k–$1M 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 Glint Consulting participates in.

### How do I contact Glint Consulting?

Public channels for Glint Consulting 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 Glint Consulting?

The team at Glint Consulting includes Tarek Aboualam (Managing Partner) and Irini Raafat (Co-Founder and Associate 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co