# Yaser Moustafa

> Yaser Moustafa is a private equity investor at NBK Capital Partners backing FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [NBK Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nbk-capital-partners)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ae.linkedin.com/pub/yaser-moustafa/18/850/3b1

Yaser Moustafa is a private equity investor at NBK Capital Partners in Dubai focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Yaser Moustafa is the CEO at NBK Capital Partners. Yaser Moustafa attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |
| Fashion | 1 | 17% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 1 | 17% |
| Jordan | 1 | 17% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lorien Finance | Lorien Finance is a cross-border FinTech platform providing affordable student loans and retail banking services to immigrants (students and temporary workers) moving to the US. | $2.3M | Seed | Feb 27, 2025 |  |
| Lorien Finance | Lorien Finance is a cross-border FinTech platform providing affordable student loans and retail banking services to immigrants (students and temporary workers) moving to the US. | $1.8M | Seed | Jan 24, 2023 |  |
| Moove | Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership across Africa. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenueanalytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans. | $10M | Debt Financing | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Classic Fashion Apparel Industry | Classic Fashion Apparel Industry Ltd. Co. Get familiar with the products and processes of the largest garment-making company in Jordan with the biggest turnover and the largest contingent of employees. Take a tour through the production lines of garments, the quality ensuring procedures, the welfare measures for employees and the vision, missionand objectives of the Company. See the achievements and accomplishments of the Company and the recognitions that have been showered on the Company. |  | Private Equity | Apr 03, 2018 |  |
| Energia Model Trading | Energia Model Trading & Contracting is a Saudi energy rental business. |  | Private Equity |  |  |
| Kaumeya Language School | Kaumeya Language School Believes that a student should be educated in an atmosphere that strongly nurtures education, within an environment that supports and encourages the understanding and appreciation of their own and other cultures.Throughout the curriculum, we believe that a complete education requires not only a strong academic program butalso a committed approach to education of the whole person including social. intellectual, emotional , aesthetic and physical development. Through this approach the school strives to teach students to think critically and acquire the learning skills, self -confidence, and self-discipline necessary to develop inquiring minds and to be a life-long learner in an increasingly complex and interdependent world. The result is that students will attain a positive self-esteem and realistic perception of their personal capabilities.Kaumeya Language school seeks to maintain a diverse community of students, faculty, and administrators. Staffing decisions, admissions policies and the financial aid programs are important components in maintaining a balanced multi-national and multicultural environment within the school.Through such a healthy and open learning milieu, it is our aim that both students and graduates of the school will be able to achieve their goals that will continue to reflect upon the philosophy of the school. |  |  |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gulf Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gulf-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Play Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/play-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rockefeller Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockefeller-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seedstars International Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedstars-international-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Silver Ridge Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silver-ridge-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Supermorpheus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/supermorpheus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About NBK Capital Partners

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

NBK Capital Partners, formerly known as NBK Capital Limited, is based in the DIFC, Dubai under DFSA jurisdiction with a presence in Kuwait and Turkey. Originally formed in 2005 as the Alternative Investments Group of NBK Capital, a subsidiary of the National Bank of Kuwait, the group rebranded in 2015 as NBK Capital Partners. NBK Capital Partnersoperates with a separate Investment Committee and a fully dedicated investment team.Since the launch of its first fund in 2007, NBK Capital Partners has successfully sourced and executed 20 investments, primarily across the consumer, education and healthcare sectors, and exited 11 investments. With the launch of the first mezzanine fund in the MENA region in 2009, we are the leading mezzanine debt investor with the largest number of investments and exits in the region. The firm’s proven track record is the result of strong deal origination capabilities and our hands-on, operational approach.

5 contacts available at NBK Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yaser Moustafa | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yaser-moustafa |
| Amit Sanghvi | Vice President, Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-sanghvi |
| Cem Bayulgen | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cem-bayulgen |
| Kapil Chadha | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapil-chadha |
| Mirsaid Kupuev | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirsaid-kupuev |

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## FAQ

### What does Yaser Moustafa invest in?

Yaser Moustafa invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Energy startups, most often at Private Equity and 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.

### When did Yaser Moustafa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yaser Moustafa closed in Feb 2025. 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?

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