# Walid Hanna

> Walid Hanna is a seed investor at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) backing Search Engine. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mevp)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ae.linkedin.com/pub/walid-hanna/5/366/b75
- Website: https://www.mevp.com/

Walid Hanna is a seed investor at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) in Dubai focused on Search Engine and Billing. Walid Hanna is Founder and CEO at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Search Engine | 2 | 50% |
| Billing | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |
| Gift Card | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lebanon | 2 | 50% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ARAMOZ | Optimized for the Arab world, Aramoz ® is a powerful job search engine that provides exceptionally extensive, accurate and relevant results. Using a unique blend of sophisticated search technologies and precious human input, Aramoz provides users with unmatched effectiveness. But don’t take our word for it. Just try and compare for yourself… |  | Seed | Oct 10, 2015 |  |
| INFOGRAPHIQS | Infographiqs ® is a powerful infographic search engine that provides an exceptional degree of extensiveness, accuracy and relevance. Optimized for infographics only using a unique blend of sophisticated search technologies and precious human input, Infographiqs provides unmatched effectiveness. Try it and compare for yourself… |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2014 |  |
| OX Factory | OX Factory ® is a global modeling agency headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon. It represents male and female models from the Middle East. |  | Seed | Mar 10, 2012 |  |
| PinPay | Pin-Pay is an innovative mobile payment service offered at our Partner Banks which aims to bring our subscribers the most secure, reliable and intelligent payment experience.Using Pin-Pay, you can perform a number of different transactions directly from your mobile phone. Since all transactions are conducted live and under 20 seconds, you cansafely receive money straight to your account in no time. | $1.1M |  |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## About Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East Region with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries.With offices in Beirut, Dubai, Bahrain and Riyadh and more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management, MEVP is the largestand most established VC firm in this region, with clear cross border investment appetite.

5 contacts available at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ankit Sarwahi | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankit-sarwahi |
| Ali Almajthoob | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-almajthoob |
| Andreas Ehn | Member of the investment committee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-ehn |
| Elie Habib | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elie-habib |
| Jad El Boustani | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jad-el-boustani |

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## FAQ

### What does Walid Hanna invest in?

Walid Hanna invests primarily in Search Engine, Billing and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Lebanon. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Walid Hanna last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Walid Hanna closed in Oct 2015. Shizune tracks 4 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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