# Shorooq Partners

> Shorooq Partners is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 194 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 194
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Fund size: $100M
- Last fund: May 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shorooqpartners
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/shorooqinvest
- Website: http://www.shorooq.ae
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shorooqpartners

Shorooq Partners is a VC fund in Abu Dhabi focused on Financial Services and FinTech. 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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Shorooq Partners. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Shorooq Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/shorooq-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $2M–$4.5M |
| Series A | $2M–$33M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 21 | 11% |
| FinTech | 16 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 12 | 6% |
| Internet | 10 | 5% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 5% |

147 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 54 | 28% |
| Series A | 26 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 15 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 11 | 6% |
| Series B | 9 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 21 | 11% |
| Saudi Arabia | 13 | 7% |
| United States | 13 | 7% |
| Pakistan | 10 | 5% |
| Egypt | 8 | 4% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mahmoud Adi | Founding Partner | 25 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahmoud-adi |
| Nathan Yonghyun Kwon | Principal & Korea Lead | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-yonghyun-kwon-f1bf |
| Shane (You Keun) Shin | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 44 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shane-shin |
| Tamer Azer | Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tamer-azer |
| Tarek Fouad | Head of Growth | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tarek-fouad |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aumet | Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests. | $12M | Series A | May 13, 2026 |  |
| Comfi.ai | Comfi is helping B2B SaaS vendors close 2x more annual contracts without expanding the team.In simple words, we do so by providing your customers with payment flexibility. Your customers can enjoy the annual discounts and still pay us monthly, while we pay you the value of annual contracts upfront.Not only you acquire cheap capital upfront, butalso you obtain customers that will be easier to retain in the long-run.Depending on the sales processes we can seamlessly integrate in any of the current flows in either way:1. BNPL Checkout - if you have a B2C like self-serve checkout experience we can integrate through our API. 2. Invoicing - if you use any invoicing software like Stripe, Hubspot, Freshbooks etc. your sales reps can generate payment links in Comfi dashboard and attach them to the invoices.In our dashboard, you get everything from a bird-eye overview to detailed analytics of every instalment request.For your customers, it’s always a B2C-like experience where they see exactly how much they are going to pay and when.On our checkout, they can choose between a 4/12-month instalment plans and the way they want to pay: either using their corporate credit card or via ACH direct debit .We can finance any of your customers as long as they meet certain criteria and have a business Stripe account or Bank Account that we check for creditworthiness in 1 minute and make real-time decisions.On top of that, you won’t have to worry about the risks and collections, we bear the responsibility for debt collection.The integration itself is free of charge, we only charge you a small fee whenever your customer purchases an annual subscription through Comfi.Some benefits: - Your sales teams will be able to close more annual contracts with little effort - Some of your customers would love the ability to enjoy the annual discounts while pay monthly - We can also help you increase your upfront capital by seamlessly upselling your existing customers to annual plans (if that’s applicable) | $65M | Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Comfi.ai | Comfi is helping B2B SaaS vendors close 2x more annual contracts without expanding the team.In simple words, we do so by providing your customers with payment flexibility. Your customers can enjoy the annual discounts and still pay us monthly, while we pay you the value of annual contracts upfront.Not only you acquire cheap capital upfront, butalso you obtain customers that will be easier to retain in the long-run.Depending on the sales processes we can seamlessly integrate in any of the current flows in either way:1. BNPL Checkout - if you have a B2C like self-serve checkout experience we can integrate through our API. 2. Invoicing - if you use any invoicing software like Stripe, Hubspot, Freshbooks etc. your sales reps can generate payment links in Comfi dashboard and attach them to the invoices.In our dashboard, you get everything from a bird-eye overview to detailed analytics of every instalment request.For your customers, it’s always a B2C-like experience where they see exactly how much they are going to pay and when.On our checkout, they can choose between a 4/12-month instalment plans and the way they want to pay: either using their corporate credit card or via ACH direct debit .We can finance any of your customers as long as they meet certain criteria and have a business Stripe account or Bank Account that we check for creditworthiness in 1 minute and make real-time decisions.On top of that, you won’t have to worry about the risks and collections, we bear the responsibility for debt collection.The integration itself is free of charge, we only charge you a small fee whenever your customer purchases an annual subscription through Comfi.Some benefits: - Your sales teams will be able to close more annual contracts with little effort - Some of your customers would love the ability to enjoy the annual discounts while pay monthly - We can also help you increase your upfront capital by seamlessly upselling your existing customers to annual plans (if that’s applicable) |  | Debt Financing | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| KAIO | Libre Capital, a pioneer in onchain real-world assets (RWAs), today announced its rebrand to KAIO, signalling a bold step forward in bridging traditional finance with decentralized ecosystems via compliant, institutional-grade tokenized funds. | $8M | Seed | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Safqah Capital | 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 |  |
| Design and Practice | Design and Practice is a mobility technology company that develops Chazm, a platform for comparing automobile lease and rental services. The company provides transparent pricing, vehicle comparison tools, and mobility-related information that help users evaluate leasing and rental options more efficiently. Its platform focuses on simplifyingvehicle selection and contract comparison for consumers. | $10.3M | Series A | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Open | We are building a way to let your SaaS product's users chat with your product functionality and execute stuff by text, a kind of AI copilot that can action. | $7M | Seed | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Flooss | Mobile app, Payment solutions, Fintech, Digital financing | $22M | Debt Financing | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Roamless | Roamless is a mobile app that provides global mobile connectivity solutions for travelers and digital nomads. | $12M | Series A | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Strataphy | Strataphy offers geothermal cooling via a service model for buildings, industry, data centers, and aquaculture. | $6M | Seed | Nov 24, 2025 |  |

10 of 194 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [Arzan Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arzan-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Outliers Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outliers-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Vision Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vision-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [HALA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hala-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Raed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raed-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [SVG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svg-ventures) — VC Fund
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund
- [Omnivore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omnivore-partners) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Wamda Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wamda) — VC Fund
- [F6 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flat6labs) — VC Fund
- [Oraseya Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oraseya-capital) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [All Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/investors-middle-east)
- [All VC Funds in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/vc-funds-middle-east)
- [Enterprise VC Funds in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-vc-funds-middle-east)
- [SaaS Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-investors-middle-east)
- [SaaS VC Funds in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-vc-funds-middle-east)
- [All VC Funds in United Arab Emirates](https://shizune.co/investors/vc-funds-united-arab-emirates)

## FAQ

### What does Shorooq Partners invest in?

Shorooq Partners invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 194 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 Shorooq Partners's check size?

Shorooq Partners typically joins rounds of $600k–$10M at Seed, $2M–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $2M–$33M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shorooq Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Shorooq Partners?

Public channels for Shorooq Partners include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Shorooq Partners?

The team at Shorooq Partners includes Mahmoud Adi (Founding Partner), Nathan Yonghyun Kwon (Principal & Korea Lead) and Shane (You Keun) Shin (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co