Shane (You Keun) Shin
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Shorooq Partners
Shane (You Keun) Shin is a seed investor at Shorooq Partners focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Forbes 30 Under 30. Kauffman Fellows. Korean in the Middle East. Founding Partner at Shorooq Partners, a leading seed stage VC in the MENAP Region. Passionate value investor and aspire to work closely with the Founders and Entrepreneurs to bring world changing ideas to the Middle East and build companies together in the regionBorn and grew up inKorea, educated in the US, China and Canada, worked in New York and San Francisco and now working in the Middle East
- Total investments:
- 44
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 41%
Last updated:
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Industries Shane (You Keun) Shin invests in
Stages Shane (You Keun) Shin invests in
Countries Shane (You Keun) Shin invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 7 (16%)
- Internet 6 (14%)
- Financial Services 5 (11%)
- FinTech 3 (7%)
- Logistics 3 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 19 (43%)
- Series A 7 (16%)
- Series B 3 (7%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (5%)
Country
- United Arab Emirates 11 (25%)
- Saudi Arabia 5 (11%)
- United States 5 (11%)
- India 2 (5%)
- Egypt 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Safqah Capital
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Safqah Capital is an innovative fintech and proptech company headquartered in Riyadh. We specialize in structuring and distributing Sharia-compliant Sukuk for small and medium-sized real estate developers. Safqah's digital investment platform enables secure participation from both retail and institutional investors, backed by rigorous duediligence, transparency, and smart governance. Safqah operates at the intersection of technology, finance, and real estate, positioning itself as a key enabler of Vision 2030’s housing and development goals. | $15.2M / Seed / Feb 09, 2026 | |
Strataphy
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Strataphy offers geothermal cooling via a service model for buildings, industry, data centers, and aquaculture. | $6M / Seed / Nov 24, 2025 | |
Santechture
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Santechture is a healthcare technology innovator transforming Revenue Cycle Management in Asia with smart AI and cloud-based solutions. SANTECHTURE's Software as a Service products assist large and small healthcare providers in developing efficient Revenue Cycle Management in order to reduce costs, increase automation, maximize accuracy, andprotect revenue. | Jun 05, 2025 | |
MANTRA DAO
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MANTRA develops a vertically-integrated and regulatory-compliant blockchain ecosystem. It allows users around the world to trade, issue, and earn from both digital assets and tokenized securities alike. | $11M / Series A / Mar 19, 2024 | |
Ad-Shield
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Ad-Shield is an adtech platform that helps publishers detect, measure, and monetize ad-block “dark traffic” to recover lost advertising revenue helps publishers recover ad-blocked revenue with the world’s most advanced adblock recovery technology. By complying with the Better Ads Standards, our solution enables publishers to monetize AdBlocktraffic while maintaining a positive Internet experience for users. | $2M / Seed / Feb 19, 2024 | |
Retailo Technologies
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Retailo is the fastest growing B2B startup in MENAP and has digitized retail supply chains in the region. Founded in July 2020 by former Careem executives Talha Ansari, Wahaj Ahmed and Mohammad Nowkhaiz, Retailo has raised $9 million in just 9 months thanks to a diverse group of international investors that include institutions from Silicon Valley,UK, and GCC and also high net worth individuals (HNWs).Headquartered in Riyadh and operational in multiple markets in MENAP, Retailo currently provides services to over 35,000 active retailers that can access more than 2,000 SKUs from the Retailo app which are delivered to them within 24-hours of order placement. Retailo’s 500+ colleagues are spread across multiple cities in MENAP and fulfil tens of thousands of retailers’ orders every month. This vast operation is managed through multiple warehouses that store inventory from hundreds of brands, many of which are direct Retailo partners.Retailo’s mission is to simplify the retail business and make supply chains easily accessible and beautifully uncomplicated. Through its high-powered app, driven teams and smart operations, Retailo will unlock the earning potential of 10 million SME retailers in MENAP and lift the economy of the entire region. | $15M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 27, 2023 | |
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Santechture
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Santechture is a healthcare technology innovator transforming Revenue Cycle Management in Asia with smart AI and cloud-based solutions. SANTECHTURE's Software as a Service products assist large and small healthcare providers in developing efficient Revenue Cycle Management in order to reduce costs, increase automation, maximize accuracy, andprotect revenue. | Seed / Feb 14, 2023 | |
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Retailo Technologies
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Retailo is the fastest growing B2B startup in MENAP and has digitized retail supply chains in the region. Founded in July 2020 by former Careem executives Talha Ansari, Wahaj Ahmed and Mohammad Nowkhaiz, Retailo has raised $9 million in just 9 months thanks to a diverse group of international investors that include institutions from Silicon Valley,UK, and GCC and also high net worth individuals (HNWs).Headquartered in Riyadh and operational in multiple markets in MENAP, Retailo currently provides services to over 35,000 active retailers that can access more than 2,000 SKUs from the Retailo app which are delivered to them within 24-hours of order placement. Retailo’s 500+ colleagues are spread across multiple cities in MENAP and fulfil tens of thousands of retailers’ orders every month. This vast operation is managed through multiple warehouses that store inventory from hundreds of brands, many of which are direct Retailo partners.Retailo’s mission is to simplify the retail business and make supply chains easily accessible and beautifully uncomplicated. Through its high-powered app, driven teams and smart operations, Retailo will unlock the earning potential of 10 million SME retailers in MENAP and lift the economy of the entire region. | Convertible Note / Nov 10, 2022 | |
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Retailo Technologies
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Retailo is the fastest growing B2B startup in MENAP and has digitized retail supply chains in the region. Founded in July 2020 by former Careem executives Talha Ansari, Wahaj Ahmed and Mohammad Nowkhaiz, Retailo has raised $9 million in just 9 months thanks to a diverse group of international investors that include institutions from Silicon Valley,UK, and GCC and also high net worth individuals (HNWs).Headquartered in Riyadh and operational in multiple markets in MENAP, Retailo currently provides services to over 35,000 active retailers that can access more than 2,000 SKUs from the Retailo app which are delivered to them within 24-hours of order placement. Retailo’s 500+ colleagues are spread across multiple cities in MENAP and fulfil tens of thousands of retailers’ orders every month. This vast operation is managed through multiple warehouses that store inventory from hundreds of brands, many of which are direct Retailo partners.Retailo’s mission is to simplify the retail business and make supply chains easily accessible and beautifully uncomplicated. Through its high-powered app, driven teams and smart operations, Retailo will unlock the earning potential of 10 million SME retailers in MENAP and lift the economy of the entire region. | Debt Financing / Jul 05, 2022 | |
TruKKer
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TruKKer is a technology-enabled truck aggregator that operates multiple truck types for multiple end markets. The company integrates demand and supply for land freight services. The network is built on real-time data analytics that creates reliability, transparency, and utilization-based savings for Shippers and thousands of transporters. Thenetwork’s rapid growth and scale are creating multiple opportunities through data monetization and consolidated procurement.Trukker's cloud-based freight solutions offer end-to-end coverage and a full-service portfolio for shippers, carriers, and businesses alike.It was founded in 2016 and is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. | $46M / Series B / Feb 14, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About Shorooq Partners
Founded in 2017, Shorooq Partners is the leading alternative investment manager across the Middle East and North Africa regions. The firm’s venture capital and private credit funds invest in the most innovative technology companies. The firm has built deep sectoral expertise in Fintech, Platforms, Software, Gaming and Web3.0. Shorooq Partners hasbacked market leading disruptors including Pure Harvest Smart Farms, Nymcard, Tamara, Sarwa, Lean Technologies, TruKKer, Mozn and Lendo. Since its inception, Shorooq Partners was built on the principle of being founders’ partners, company builders and value investors.Shorooq Partners is a pan regional firm with direct and indirect presence across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Egypt and Korea. Shorooq Partners refers to a group of companies that are affiliates of each other and which operate under this business name, of which Shorooq Partners Ltd (regulated by the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority FSRA FSP: 190004) is a member.
Shorooq Partners Contacts
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Mahmoud Adi
Founding Partner
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Nathan Yonghyun Kwon
Principal & Korea Lead
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Shane (You Keun) Shin
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Tamer Azer
Partner
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Tarek Fouad
Head of Growth
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FAQ
What does Shane (You Keun) Shin invest in?
Shane (You Keun) Shin invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 44 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 Shane (You Keun) Shin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Shane (You Keun) Shin closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 44 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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