# Hubertus Thonhauser

> Hubertus Thonhauser is a seed investor at Enabling Future (Dubai) backing Mobile and E-Commerce. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Enabling Future](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enabling-future)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hubertus-thonhauser-b6a43127/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mr_hubertus
- Website: https://x.com/mr_hubertus

Hubertus Thonhauser is a seed investor at Enabling Future in Dubai focused on Mobile and E-Commerce. Hubertus Thonhauser - Managing Partner @ Enabling Future

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 27% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 18% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 18% |
| Art | 1 | 9% |
| iOS | 1 | 9% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 36% |
| Angel | 3 | 27% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 18% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 18% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 18% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 9% |
| Estonia | 1 | 9% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| myco | myco is a content streaming super dApp that smoothly integrates AVOD and SVOD capabilities into a decentralized ecosystem. | $10M | Series A | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| VAST.app | VAST.app provides artists, celebrities, and brands with more control over their content and innovative ways to increase the value of their nfts. They deliver premium brand content on premium platforms to premium consumers who are predisposed to premium brand experiences, including engagement, experiential, and product. |  | Seed | Mar 04, 2022 |  |
| Bringoo | Bringoo is an application for grocery deliveries from local stores. Customers order their grocery on the Bringoo application and pay online. Our shoppers collect the order and our riders deliver them - all within 45 minutes. |  | Angel | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Synova Power | Synova's waste-to-chemicals technology is a superior form of chemical recycling designed to displace the need for virgin fuels and reduce climate impacts. Synova is focused on enhancing the circular economy of plastics and helping consumer product and petrochemical companies achieve targets for reducing waste and utilizing more recycledplastics.Synova's patented technology is uniquely poised to close the current gap in the plastic value chain. Able to process MSW, including mixed plastic waste, the technology also features a 'best in class' cleanup train that removes 99.5% of unwanted tars and uses the energy value to create a highly efficient process with a better CO2 footprint. The result is a gas made up of high value molecules that have numerous applications, including BTX and olefins (the building blocks for new plastics), RNG and electricity. Synova's technology has more than 8,000 hours of independently-verified testing. |  |  | Oct 01, 2016 |  |
| Eventornado | Founded in 2014, from Estonia; the worlds most digital country, Guaana is a community-based platform to run online innovation & research challenges.Guaana builds creative solutions for research funding and innovation. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, we adapt approaches from non-research focused applications used to solve challenges similarto those faced in research funding and implement them into the evaluation of scientific work in ways that enhance collaboration and transparency in the process.Guaana works with governments and organizations from all over the world, helping them to:* Distribute research grants - 6x times faster, and 75% more efficient * Run online hackathons - remove manual activities, and engage globally * Gather ideas through an online workshop - remove travel time & expense, infinite scale, ​more flexible use of time, global reach, low admin requirementEverything in one app, no more juggling files and data between multiple different systems. |  | Angel | Dec 01, 2015 |  |
| Eventornado | Founded in 2014, from Estonia; the worlds most digital country, Guaana is a community-based platform to run online innovation & research challenges.Guaana builds creative solutions for research funding and innovation. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, we adapt approaches from non-research focused applications used to solve challenges similarto those faced in research funding and implement them into the evaluation of scientific work in ways that enhance collaboration and transparency in the process.Guaana works with governments and organizations from all over the world, helping them to:* Distribute research grants - 6x times faster, and 75% more efficient * Run online hackathons - remove manual activities, and engage globally * Gather ideas through an online workshop - remove travel time & expense, infinite scale, ​more flexible use of time, global reach, low admin requirementEverything in one app, no more juggling files and data between multiple different systems. |  | Angel | Dec 01, 2015 |  |
| Thrive Market | Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market, we deliver the highest quality, healthy and sustainable products at member-only prices, while matching every paid membership with a free one for someone in need. Thrive Market carries over 5,000 organicand non-GMO products, and offers 70+ filters and values, allowing you to shop by diet and lifestyle. Over the last 4 years, Thrive Gives has raised over $3.5M to fund food access and environmental sustainability causes. In March 2020, Thrive Market launched a COVID-19 Relief Fund, To date, raising over $1M and supporting over 30,000 families affected by the pandemic. | $30M | Series A | Jul 10, 2015 |  |
| G mobile | G-Mobile is a Mongolian's newest mobile phone operator. It is focusing its operations in rural areas. It uses CDMA2000 at 450 MHz and provides internet services with cell phones as modem or proper modem. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2015 |  |
| GetSocial, a Keywords Studios | GetSocial is a cloud-based mobile acquisition and engagement platform that empowers any mobile app developer with tools to maximize user acquisition, engagement, and retention. | $1M | Seed | Nov 13, 2014 |  |
| Babil Games | Founded in 2012 and based in Dubai and Amman, Babil Games became part of Stillfront Group AB, listed on First North Premier Growth Market in Stockholm, in 2016.Babil Games helps developers from around the world to successfully navigate international markets, with a focus on the MENA region, the world’s fastest-growing games market, and bringgamers culture-adapted, high-quality entertainment in their native tongue.Babil’s success stems from its passionate, creative, high-spirited, and dedicated team of talented artists and experienced professionals. Within a few months of the release of its first game, Nida Harb, Babil Games ranked in the Top-10 on iOS App Store for its outstanding strategy-action game. *With over 20 million downloads | $150K | Angel | Jan 01, 2012 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arteel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arteel-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Change Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/change-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mercurio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercurio) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draft-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enabling Future](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enabling-future) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Factor6 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/factor6-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Enabling Future

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Enabling Future (EF) is a sector agnostic, family office backed Venture Capital firm head quartered in Dubai. EF provides seed and early stage funding to entrepreneurs who challenge conventional wisdom and look to create true disruption. Our goal is to enable entrepreneurs to build companies of the future. We provide our portfolio companies withcapital, experience, strategy and network.

3 contacts available at Enabling Future.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hubertus Thonhauser | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hubertus-thonhauser |
| Saad Umerani | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saad-umerani |
| Yusuf Bashir | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yusuf-bashir |

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## FAQ

### What does Hubertus Thonhauser invest in?

Hubertus Thonhauser invests primarily in Mobile, E-Commerce and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hubertus Thonhauser's check size?

Hubertus Thonhauser typically joins rounds of $10M–$30M 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 Hubertus Thonhauser participates in.

### When did Hubertus Thonhauser last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hubertus Thonhauser closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 11 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?

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