Omar Darwazah
Managing Member @ Darwazah Capital
New York, United States
Omar Darwazah is a seed investor at Darwazah Capital in New York focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Omar is a Managing Director, General Partner, and CFO at AAF Management Ltd. (AAF), an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2016. Over the past 5 years, Omar has invested in over 120 venture-backed startups in the US, Europe, and MENA region across a multitude of different sectors alongside over 800 blue-chip venture capital firms, corporate venture arms as well as notable incubators and accelerators. Omar has also deployed capital to 18 emerging managers globally. His fund performance is consistently ranked in the top decile in terms of DPI and TVPI respectively benchmarked on Cambridge Associates’ data on over 1500 US VC Funds. Previously, Omar spent 10 years of his career with OCI N.V. in Cairo and New York focusing on investor relations, strategy, and corporate finance where he worked on over $35 billion worth of corporate transactions. Prior to that, Omar was with Deloitte Tax LLP in Chicago and Deutsche Bank’s Leveraged Finance team in London. Omar also founded and successfully exited his own startup, Premier Foods SAE, which managed two gourmet fast food brands in Egypt. Omar previously advised Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ corporate venture arm Hikma Ventures on its digital healthcare investments Omar is also an angel investor in over 20 tech companies including Andela, Blockstack, BitOasis, Dayra, Freterium, Halan, FiscalNote, Thndr, and Ziina. Omar sits on the Board of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and the Middle East Venture Capital Association (MEVCA). He is also a mentor to the NYU Steinhardt EdTech Accelerator, an advisor to Yale University’s Center for Digital Health and Innovation, and a judge at the Wharton School’s Venture Lab. In aggregate, Omar has over 16 years of international experience in corporate finance, corporate communications, management consulting, strategy, investor relations, and venture capital. Omar is an avid traveler and has visited 87 countries around the world. He also has an interest in film production and has been an Executive Producer on several short feature films including Baby Mine (2017) and Lab Rat (2018). Omar holds a BA in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was named as one of Wharton’s 40 under 40 in 2017 and one of the Top 100 the University of Chicago Alumni in Tech in 2021.
- Total investments:
- 40
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Omar Darwazah invests in
Stages Omar Darwazah invests in
Countries Omar Darwazah invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$14M
- Pre-Seed
- $360k–$4.3M
- Series B
- $24M–$125M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 13 (33%)
- FinTech 9 (23%)
- Payments 7 (18%)
- Finance 6 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 20 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (15%)
- Series B 2 (5%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
- Series A 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 13 (33%)
- Egypt 9 (23%)
- United Arab Emirates 6 (15%)
- Kenya 1 (3%)
- Panama 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Flash is a mobile application and financial service company that facilitates digital payments to businesses. | $1M / Seed / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Munify provides stablecoin-powered cross-border payments and AI-driven workflow tools for financial services. | $3M / Seed / Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Taxo automates healthcare administration using proprietary AI models | $5M / Seed / Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| ClearGrid, creating software and AI to streamline recovery and collaborate with the existing vendors. | $6.5M / Seed / Mar 19, 2025 | ||
| MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration. | $4.5M / Seed / Dec 21, 2023 | ||
| Fuze operates as a digital assets infrastructure provider. | $14M / Seed / Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| Curacel is an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management. Curacel automates the insurance claims process, allowing staff to process claims volumes quickly and efficiently, and automatically vets claims to detect fraud, waste and abuse. Curacel was established in 2019 by Henry Mascot in Ikoyi, Lagos. | $3M / Seed / Feb 14, 2023 | ||
| Blnk is a fintech firm that provides lending, financing, affordability, commission, reporting and settlement, and e-commerce services. | Seed / Nov 10, 2022 | ||
| Exponential DeFi platform makes it easy to discover, assess, and invest in DeFi yield opportunities. | $14M / Seed / Oct 03, 2022 | ||
| Exponential DeFi platform makes it easy to discover, assess, and invest in DeFi yield opportunities. | Seed / Oct 03, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Darwazah Capital
Darwazah Capital is the private investing arm of Omar Darwazah. The investment firm's assets span equities, real estate, venture capital LP positions and early and growth stage technology company investments.
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What does Omar Darwazah invest in?
Omar Darwazah invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Omar Darwazah invest in?
Omar Darwazah typically joins rounds of $1M–$14M at Seed, $360k–$4.3M at Pre-Seed and $24M–$125M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Omar Darwazah's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Omar Darwazah took part in.
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When did Omar Darwazah last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Omar Darwazah closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 40 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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