# Venture MENA

> Venture MENA is a VC fund in Abu Dhabi backing FinTech, Financial Services and Payments. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venturemena/
- Website: https://www.venturemena.com

Venture MENA is a VC fund in Abu Dhabi focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Early Stage Venture Capital

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $225k–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $28k–$180k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 67% |
| Payments | 2 | 33% |
| Health Insurance | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 2 | 33% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 33% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simplified Financial Solutions Company | Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting. | $10M | Seed | May 30, 2024 |  |
| Klaim | Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Subsbase | SubsBase is a cloud-based subscription and billing platform. That provides operational, analytics, and billing tools to subscription-based businesses to efficiently manage their subscribers, removing the entire overhead of subscriber lifecycle management from the business and core products and services. | $180K | Pre-Seed | Jan 17, 2020 |  |
| Dapi | Dapi is a fintech API play that is aimed at facilitating payments between consumer bank accounts and companies. That Dapi has managed to make its service work in seven countries with deep bank support is impressive and Dapi has found demand for its service, with $400,000 in ARR and growth of more than 50% per month as of its presentation. | $225K | Seed | Nov 03, 2019 |  |
| Paynas | Through its cloud-based HRM tool designed to fit the needs of SMEs, a seamless payroll solution—via Visa-powered cards, and tailored and affordable medical insurance, paynas aims to unlock the resources SMEs need to grow, while promoting the financial inclusion of their employees through a menu of financial services and benefits. | $28K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2018 |  |
| BulkWhiz | Bulkwhiz is the first hassle-free online bulk grocery shopping in the UAE, powered by the next generation artificial intelligence. It is the first local startup in its sector to develop its own proprietary AI-enabled technology that offers a personalized, simple online shopping experience for households and small businesses. Through its homegrowntech solution, Bulkwhiz delivers value and is designed to save time, money and effort for the busy working moms and dads, city dwellers and small businesses. Its one-click order offers door-to-door delivery service of branded bulk, shelf stable, household staples and office products. Carefully curating leading regional and international brands, Bulkwhiz allows shoppers to create a one-time smart and flexible shopping list that makes the arduous shopping of bulk products simple and easy. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2017 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arzan Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arzan-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EFG EV Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/efg-ev) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Byld](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byld-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EFG Hermes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/efg-hermes) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Egypt Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/egypt-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Venture MENA invest in?

Venture MENA invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Venture MENA's check size?

Venture MENA typically joins rounds of $225k–$10M at Seed and $28k–$180k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Venture MENA participates in.

### When did Venture MENA last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Venture MENA closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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