# Karim Beshara

> Karim Beshara is a seed investor at A15 (Cairo) backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [A15](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-15)
- Location: Cairo, Egypt
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karimbeshara

Karim Beshara is a seed investor at A15 in Cairo focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Karim Beshara is the chairman of A15.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 16% |
| FinTech | 2 | 11% |
| SaaS | 1 | 5% |
| Finance | 1 | 5% |
| Fitness | 1 | 5% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 37% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 8 | 42% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KNOT Technologies | AI-powered solutions designed to untangle event ticketing inefficiencies | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 18, 2026 |  |
| iVoiceUp | iVoiceUp is a fully-fledged enterprise ethics & compliance case management platform that empowers senior management to Detect, Handle & Analyze misconduct and unethical cases. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 14, 2025 |  |
| Tapline | Digital funding platform providing subscription-based companies access to frictionless capital | $20.8M | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| FlapKap | FlapKap is a company revolutionizing e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region. | $34M | Seed | Sep 09, 2024 |  |
| OneOrder | One Order delivers exceptional produce, custom cuts of meat, high-quality seafood, and imported foods offering an array of global flavors. | $16M | Series A | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Buguard | Buguard, Inc. is a company information security solutions provider with expertise and demonstrated experience providing information assurance (IA) and computer security services to government, commercial and international customers. Buguard was founded in 2019 and is based in Cairo, Egypt. Our capabilities include risk and vulnerabilityassessments, secure network architecture and design, security program management and development, as well as security policy, process and procedure integration. Buguard is a focused, “boutique” consulting company. | $500K | Seed | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| OneOrder | One Order delivers exceptional produce, custom cuts of meat, high-quality seafood, and imported foods offering an array of global flavors. | $3M | Seed | Dec 05, 2022 |  |
| FlapKap | FlapKap is a company revolutionizing e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region. | $3.6M | Seed | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Esaal | Esaal offers physical health, mental health, and nutrition consultations with health professionals. | $1.7M | Seed | May 25, 2022 |  |
| Paymob | Paymob is a regional digital payments enabler that builds payments infrastructue technologies empowering the underserved with access to financial services. Paymob is bridging the financial inclusion gap in MEA region by enabling businesses of all sizes to benefit from the power of digital payments and what it unlocks. Paymob was founded in 2015and headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. | $50M | Series B | May 09, 2022 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nclude](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nclude) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [FMO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fmo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Capria Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capria-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delivery Hero Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [QED Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qed-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About A15

VC Fund · Cairo, Egypt

A15 is an entrepreneurial company that invests in digital products and technology brands. They aspire to empower the human race to overcome its limits and expand its capabilities by creating real products for real people. They help them scale by providing them with investment, the support of our ecosystem, and act as their launchpad for expansion.It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

5 contacts available at A15.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fadi Antaki | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fadi-antaki |
| Karim Abd El Kader | Head of Marketing & Growth Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karim-abd-el-kader |
| Karim Beshara | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karim-beshara |
| Mahmoud Abu El-makarem | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahmoud-abu-el-makarem |
| Moustafa Hamama | Head of Legal Affairs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moustafa-hamama |

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## FAQ

### What does Karim Beshara invest in?

Karim Beshara invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Karim Beshara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karim Beshara closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 19 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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