# Glowfish Capital

> Glowfish Capital is a VC fund backing Consumer, Automotive and E-Commerce Platforms. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/movesouq-com
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/pink_entropy
- Website: http://www.glowfishcapital.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/movesouq.is.awesome

Glowfish Capital is a VC fund focused on Consumer and Automotive. Glowfish Partners is a boutique business builder that invests in and creates early-stage companies within the Middle East and Africa. We believe in the 'old' VC model where we are actively involved in our ventures. We provide our exceptional talent with funding, expertise, and mentoring for ambitious projects that can quickly become realbusinesses.Glowfish prefers to invest in booming industries, in growing economies where opportunities are plenty but real talent is scarce. Glowfish is based out of Dubai. It was founded in 2013 by Wim Torfs and Ali Malik, both McKinsey & Co alumni.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consumer | 1 | 100% |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce Platforms | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CarSwitch | CarSwitch is a UAE-based online marketplace and car-buying platform that helps people buy and sell used cars directly from private owners with added inspection and transaction support. The platform was launched in 2016 and focuses on making used-car transactions more transparent, safe, and convenient. The platform connects buyers with verifiedsellers and provides services such as vehicle inspection, price valuation, financing assistance, warranty options, and secure payment processing. Each listed vehicle typically undergoes a comprehensive inspection (around 200 points), and the results are shared online so buyers can check the car’s condition before arranging a test drive. | $1M | Seed | Mar 06, 2018 | https://carswitch.com/uae/used-car/sell |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dubai Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dubai-angel-investor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Glowfish Capital invest in?

Glowfish Capital invests primarily in Consumer, Automotive and E-Commerce Platforms startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Glowfish Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Glowfish Capital closed in Mar 2018. Shizune tracks 1 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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