# Maqamees Holdings

> Maqamees Holdings is a VC fund in Kuwait backing FinTech and Payments. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuwait, Kuwait
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Maqamees Holdings is a investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Payments | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kem | Kem was started with the idea of achieving a simple goal, to make it easy to send money to your friends. Millions of people in the Gulf were facing this issue, and we built Kem for the purpose of removing the pain from peer-to-peer payments.Today, Kem is the fastest growing payments app in Kuwait & the GCC. Pay anyone instantly, receiveeverywhere, spend anywhere. Join the thousands already using the Kem app.The Kem App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Kem’s bank partner(s). Kem Company for Electronic Payment & Settlement Systems W.L.L is a service of Kem Technologies Holding Ltd. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 31, 2023 | https://kemkuwait.com/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Maqamees Holdings invest in?

Maqamees Holdings invests primarily in FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kuwait. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Maqamees Holdings last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Maqamees Holdings closed in Aug 2023. 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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