# Polymath Ventures

> Polymath Ventures is a VC fund in Dubai backing Rental, Shipping and Automotive. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polymath-vc/about/
- Website: http://www.polymath.vc

Polymath Ventures is a VC fund in Dubai focused on Rental and Shipping. They believe the most interesting and complex problems facing society today can best be solved by entrepreneurs channeling the virtues of yesterday's polymaths. They back founders that delight us with both a broad base of knowledge and deep areas of expertise - and that apply that wisdom in a lateral approach to problem solving. Theirinvestments are high-touch - They only get involved if absolutely convinced they can add substantial value to their founders and their teams. They're passionate about machine learning, intelligent systems, and proprietary datasets particularly as they can be applied to solve problems in healthcare, human function, mobility, and logistics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rental | 1 | 50% |
| Shipping | 1 | 50% |
| Automotive | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Car Sharing | 1 | 50% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| swftbox | swftbox is a shipping platform that offers retailers same-day deliveries through its courier network. The platform aggregates and optimizes delivery routes to give couriers more profitable and easier to serve jobs and enhance service speed. | $2M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Ekar | Ekar is a convenient and flexible pay-as-you-drive hourly and daily car rental service. With Ekar, users can search, book, and unlock cars safely and securely for personal driving use, through a smartphone app and installed technology in rental cars. Ekar was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. | $17.5M | Series B | Nov 17, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AirAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airangels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Al Yemni Group — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Audacia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audacia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Falak Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falak-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ithraa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ithraa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MENA Technology Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mena-technology-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Polymath Ventures invest in?

Polymath Ventures invests primarily in Rental, Shipping and Automotive startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Polymath Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Polymath Ventures closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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