Noor Sweid
Founder & Managing Partner @ Global Ventures
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Noor Sweid is a seed investor at Global Ventures in Dubai focused on Software and SaaS. Noor is the Founder and Managing Partner of Global Ventures, a UAE-based, Series-A focused, emerging-market venture capital firm with presence in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. With $300 million AUM, and financial returns rating it as a top decile fund, Global Ventures has become a leading investor across the Middle East and Africa.Since itsinception in 2018, Global Ventures has completed 60 investments and 5 exits across ten markets, deliberately focused on sectors positively affecting millions of lives across the world, such as FinTech, Digital Health, EdTech and AgriTech. In addition to generating top decile returns, the portfolio has had a demonstrable impact on millions of lives through its company founders creating 11,100 jobs, enabling female leadership, powering financial inclusion for over 64 million people and expanding healthcare access to over 6.8 million patients.Prior to Global Ventures, Noor was the first woman to operate, scale and IPO a company in the MENA region, listing Depa on NASDAQ Dubai and the London Stock Exchange for US$1.1 billion in April 2008. One of the world’s largest interior contractors, Noor scaled Depa tenfold, expanding operations from six countries to 22, including four cross-border acquisitions. Identified by Forbes as one of the “World’s Top 50 Women in Tech” and by Arabian Business as one of the “Most Influential Arabs”, Noor's previous roles include Chief Investment Officer at The Dubai Future Foundation and a Founding Partner at Leap Ventures. Noor also founded the largest chain of yoga and pilates studios in the Middle East, ZenYoga, which was acquired by Cedarbridge in 2014. Noor is an active, independent board director of Clue, the largest femtech company in Europe. She is the Founding Chairwoman of the Middle East Venture Capital Association, a Director of the Global Private Capital Association, TechWadi, and the Karman Fellowship. She is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. She previously held Board Director roles at MIT Sloan and was a founding board member of Endeavor UAE.Noor holds Bachelors’ degrees in Finance and Economics from Boston College, and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
- Total investments:
- 38
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 68%
Last updated:
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Industries Noor Sweid invests in
Stages Noor Sweid invests in
Countries Noor Sweid invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$11M
- Series A
- $3M–$17M
- Series B
- $9M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (13%)
- SaaS 3 (8%)
- FinTech 3 (8%)
- Payments 3 (8%)
- Health Care 3 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (26%)
- Series A 7 (18%)
- Series B 5 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (5%)
Country
- United Arab Emirates 5 (13%)
- Saudi Arabia 4 (11%)
- Egypt 2 (5%)
- Nigeria 2 (5%)
- United States 2 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Maalexi
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We are a deal-driven and buyer-focussed digital ecosystem for 'Wholesale Import and Finance of Food and Agriculture products into US, Europe, Africa, India and the UAE'. We make it faster, cheaper and safer to trade internationally, by standardizing and digitalizing trade processes, and have built key partnerships with globally renownedcompanies, that assure performance, finance, and mitigate transactional risks.We help local SME manufacturers and distributors to import and get finance for food and agricultural products directly from the source. Agricultural products can be imported by local manufacturers directly from small and medium co-operatives and processors, while food products can be imported directly by local distributors from manufacturers. We help buyers connect and transact with sellers by mitigating transactional risks in cross-border trade like : Counter-party, Price, Product Quality and Quantity, Delivery and Payment. We have partnerships that allow us to provide - digital contracting, end-to-end fulfillment, physical inspections, and secured payments. We are partnered with globally renowned - Distributed Ledger Technology platform, Logistics Service companies, Insurance providers, an Inspection Agency, and Financial Service fin-tech firms. We work 24x7, 365 days to 'simplify cross-border trade', and we invite you to join us in this endeavor. | $2.8M / Seed / Jun 26, 2026 | |
Antimatter
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Antimatter is an AI infrastructure company that combines energy, data center, and cloud computing capabilities into a single integrated platform. The company was formed through the combination of three operating businesses, Data Factory, Policloud, and Hivenet, which together provide flexible power generation, modular data center infrastructure,and distributed cloud software. Its mission is to make sovereign, sustainable, and scalable AI computing more accessible by addressing the growing constraints around energy availability, data center capacity, and AI workload deployment. The company's infrastructure model is built around deploying compute resources where energy is already available rather than constructing large centralized facilities that require new grid connections. Through modular micro data centers and distributed cloud orchestration software, Antimatter enables AI workloads to run across geographically distributed locations while maintaining unified access to computing, storage, and networking resources. | $350.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 04, 2026 | |
Immensa
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Immensa is building the largest on-demand AM spare parts platform for the energy industry thought, rapid digitization and RE of physical spare parts, collaborating with leading OEM's and Energy companies, enabling digital inventories on a global scale. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 09, 2026 | |
BioSapien
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BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life. | $8M / Seed / Dec 13, 2024 | |
Locad
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Locad is a cloud-based solution for global e-commerce fulfillment. Access to an international warehousing network. Distributed fulfillment keeps products close to customers, reducing shipping time and cost. | $9M / Series B / Nov 19, 2024 | |
Bumblebee
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Bumblebee's goal is to help working mothers make feeding time easier and faster while maintaining good health and nutrition. | $13.6K / Angel / Apr 01, 2024 | |
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Maalexi
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We are a deal-driven and buyer-focussed digital ecosystem for 'Wholesale Import and Finance of Food and Agriculture products into US, Europe, Africa, India and the UAE'. We make it faster, cheaper and safer to trade internationally, by standardizing and digitalizing trade processes, and have built key partnerships with globally renownedcompanies, that assure performance, finance, and mitigate transactional risks.We help local SME manufacturers and distributors to import and get finance for food and agricultural products directly from the source. Agricultural products can be imported by local manufacturers directly from small and medium co-operatives and processors, while food products can be imported directly by local distributors from manufacturers. We help buyers connect and transact with sellers by mitigating transactional risks in cross-border trade like : Counter-party, Price, Product Quality and Quantity, Delivery and Payment. We have partnerships that allow us to provide - digital contracting, end-to-end fulfillment, physical inspections, and secured payments. We are partnered with globally renowned - Distributed Ledger Technology platform, Logistics Service companies, Insurance providers, an Inspection Agency, and Financial Service fin-tech firms. We work 24x7, 365 days to 'simplify cross-border trade', and we invite you to join us in this endeavor. | $3M / Seed / Jan 08, 2024 | |
Hakbah
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Hakbah is a Fintech startup focusing on an alternative financial saving. Hakbah is modernizing financial saving via its intelligent platform by offering a comprehensive one-stop-shop solution for Savings Groups to initiate, manage, join, and pay directly within the mobile app. | $5.2M / Series A / Dec 20, 2023 | |
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Immensa
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Immensa is building the largest on-demand AM spare parts platform for the energy industry thought, rapid digitization and RE of physical spare parts, collaborating with leading OEM's and Energy companies, enabling digital inventories on a global scale. | $20M / Series B / Nov 28, 2023 | |
Almouneer
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Healthcare, Diabetes, Practice Management, Technology | $3.6M / Seed / Oct 31, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
VentureSouq
9 deals together
Arzan Venture Capital
4 deals together
Global Founders Capital
4 deals together
Dubai Angel Investors
3 deals together
i2i Ventures
3 deals together
MSA Novo
3 deals together
About Global Ventures
Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm, investing in founders and ideas across emerging markets. The Global Ventures team is a diverse, collaborative, talented, and curious group of professionals who, combined, have years of experience and expertise building and scaling companies.
Global Ventures Contacts
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Noor Sweid
Founder & Managing Partner
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Said Murad
Operating Partner
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Taj Najjar
Analyst
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Amal Enan
Managing Director
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Basil Moftah
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Noor Sweid invest in?
Noor Sweid invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Noor Sweid's check size?
Noor Sweid typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$11M at Seed, $3M–$17M at Series A and $9M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Noor Sweid participates in.
When did Noor Sweid last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Noor Sweid closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 38 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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