Top 20 Sports Startup Investors in Egypt in January 2026
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Sports startups based in Egypt. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sports companies from Egypt. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Sports Startup Investors in Egypt in January 2026
| Investor | Sports Egypt investments |
|---|---|
| HIMAngel | 3 |
| Falak Startups | 3 |
| 4DX Ventures | 2 |
| UI Investments | 2 |
| F6 Ventures | 2 |
| Kushal Shah | 2 |
| F6 Ventures | 2 |
| Ali Rampurwala | 1 |
| P1 Ventures | 1 |
| Darwazah Capital | 1 |
| Afropreneurs | 1 |
| LoftyInc Capital | 1 |
| Khalid AlTawil | 1 |
| Oqal | 1 |
| Beltone Venture Capital | 1 |
| Jedar Capital | 1 |
| La French Tech | 1 |
| Endure Capital | 1 |
| A15 | 1 |
| Index Sports Fund | 1 |
HIMAngel is a venture capital and private equity firm that supports early-stage startups to grow. It fills the funds' gap as there is an increasing focus on growth-stage VC funds, but little attention and even less money made available for early-stage investments.
HIMAngel was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cairo, Al Qahirah.
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- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Rology — AI-assisted On-demand Teleradiology Platform
- GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
- FreshSource — FreshSource is revolutionizing the agriculture value chain through a tech-based B2B platform that is disrupting the distribution model of horticulture produce.
Falak Startups is a start-up accelerator designed to support and empower the next generation of Egyptian entrepreneurs and contribute to the development of the start-up ecosystem in Egypt.
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- E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- InCurA — Why InCurA ProductsWe Innovate Medical Devices for Today, Tomorrow and What's Needed NextInCurA is developing a pipeline of products based on its unique
- Tafatifi — Tafatifi is an online music platform that provides information regarding music events in Egypt. It is also a music based social media.
- Fincart — Fincart.io - Your trusted partner for seamless shipping & working capital access to grow your online brand.
4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Information Technology, Logistics
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
- PALM — PALM rewards users for consistency and advancement by fusing contemporary behavioral nudges with conventional investment techniques. To assist customers in achieving their objectives, PALM selects the best asset allocations among asset types, such as fixed income, stocks, and precious metals. PALM improves savings value and lowers out-of-pocketexpenses by fusing exclusive offers from an expanding merchant network with strong investment returns.
- Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
UI Investments is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Software, Wellness
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, France
Portfolio highlights
- DillX — Streamline due diligence, mitigate risks, and unlock investment potential. Discover DillX SaaS RegTech platform for investors in MENA.
- Cilkoa — The barrier solution for paper packaging. Oxygen & water vapor dual-barrier property. Resistance to water & grease. Virtuous life cycle
- Nauticoncept — Nauticoncept provides digital solutions for boating professionals such as manufacturers, dealers, and charter businesses. Their boat fleet management solution digitizes and optimizes the processes of nautical companies through white label applications that allow the exchange of information on boats, manufacturing processes, preparation anddelivery, the life cycle of the boat around an E-book of maintenance, and the management of the uses of the boat by the owner, tenants, or members of boat clubs.Nauticoncept is headquartered in Mâcon, France and was founded in 2016.
F6 Ventures is a leading seed stage venture capital firm operating across emerging markets. We back exceptional founders from idea-stage all the way to Series A, combining early capital with strategic support and a commitment to long-term partnership. With deep ties across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, we empower innovative startups to scalewith purpose and impact.
We manage over $90M in AUM across more than 300 investments in seven countries. By investing early in Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A rounds, we help founders cover initial costs, develop their product, and take it to market. This early capital acts as a launchpad, enabling startups to hit key milestones like securing first customers, attracting follow-on funding, and making significant strides forward.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Let'sGrant — Let’sGrant is a point of sale lending platform, partnering with lenders and consumer goods stores to make the lending process fast, simple and flexible for everyone. With a vision to be internationally recognized as a driving force in personal and consumer loans in the MENA region, Let’sGrant will soon be launching the first online peer to peerlending platform for personal loans in the MENA region which connects individual investors directly to potential borrowers in search of funding through debt.
- lululittle — lululittle combines storytelling with cultural themes to create empowering personalized books where your children are the heroes. We use the power of personalized storytelling to create inspiring and engaging reading experiences, placing your kids at the center of these stories. Our stories are inspired by relevant cultural themes that aim toempower kids in their diverse cultural environments. Our first story is inspired by the Arab world's rich culture and is suited for kids age 0-10. lululittle's easy to use online platform lets you personalize, preview, and order their book in just a few minutes.
- Ouda W Dar — Ouda W Dar is an online platform that helps hosts and guests book unique short-term accommodations.
Kushal Shah is a Senior Partner at Roland Berger's Dubai office and a Managing Partner for the Middle East. Prior to joining Roland Berger, he spent 12 years with a leading consultancy in London and Dubai. He studied Economics at Cambridge in the UK and he is a certified Chartered Accountant.
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Investment focus
- eSports, Video, Gaming
- Seed, Series B
- Egypt, United States, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
- LabLabee — Gain practical expertise in the most in-demand Telco Cloud technologies with instantly set up labs.
- YaLLa esports — YaLLa Esports was born out of a passion for gaming shared by friends, which ignited a mission to build a community of gamers with an organized structure in the MENA region, championing the gaming culture and building the perfect environment for professional gamers to flourish. We aim to position ourselves as a supportive hub for gamers of alllevels with a future vision of constructing and managing the very best teams in the region, competing on a global scale and showcasing the Middle Eastern & African talent in the international gaming stratosphere.
MENA’s leading seed and early stage VC firm, and the manager of the most renowned startup programs in the region. We are Accelerating the Future.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Egypt, Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- WellPal — Healthy Super App
- Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.
- Instadiet — Instadiet helps to lower your blood sugar level to the normal range without medication or surgery. It controls blood sugar without medication and includes reducing the chances of heart disease, dispensing with medications, reducing cumulative sugar, and weight loss.
15 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate strategy, angel investing, and business development having an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and being a CAIA Charterholder.
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- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Egypt, India
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
- Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
P1 Ventures works as a venture capital firm. They specialize in early-stage industrial technology firms in Africa.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Egypt, Kenya, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
- Paymee — Paymee offers a solution to facilitate payments.
- Reliance Health — Reliance Health Global. Improve the lives of your staff with innovative company healthcare benefits fit for any business. You can rely on us.
Darwazah Capital is the private investing arm of Omar Darwazah. The investment firm's assets span equities, real estate, venture capital LP positions and early and growth stage technology company investments.
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Investment focus
- Logistics, Information Technology, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Egypt, Kenya, Morocco
Portfolio highlights
- MoneyHash — Emerging and Global markets first all-in-one flexible payment orchestration and revenue operations platform that covers all of your payment needs. We help you build, optimize, and scale your payment infrastructure at any stage of growth.
- Taxo — Taxo helps healthcare providers and payers save time and money by automating administrative tasks using AI. Streamline prior authorizations, benefits verification, and patient follow-ups.
- ClearGrid — Revolutionize your debt recovery with AI and advanced analytics. Our platform delivers faster, more personalized collections that benefit both your business and your customers.
Afropreneurs is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Pre-Seed
- Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.
- Instadiet — Instadiet helps to lower your blood sugar level to the normal range without medication or surgery. It controls blood sugar without medication and includes reducing the chances of heart disease, dispensing with medications, reducing cumulative sugar, and weight loss.
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Salus Cloud — Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security.
- Nucleon Security — Nucleon Security is a cybersecurity software company that develops advanced, AI-powered endpoint protection solutions based on Zero Trust principles. Our mission is to help organizations of all sizes detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats in real time—without compromising performance, usability, or sovereignty.At the core of our offeringis Nucleon EDR, a next-generation Endpoint Detection & Response platform designed to provide deep visibility, proactive defense, and automated response capabilities. Complemented by our MDR (Managed Detection & Response) services and Malprob, our malware detonation sandbox, we deliver a comprehensive security stack that adapts to evolving threat landscapes.Headquartered in France with operations across Europe and Africa, Nucleon Security partners with critical infrastructure, governments, and enterprises to strengthen their cyber resilience and accelerate secure digital transformation.
- ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
Khalid AlTawil is a Board Member at Saudi Chemcial Company.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, eSports, Rental
- Seed
- Egypt, India, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
- GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
- RentSher Middle East — UAE Listings and Directories for Vape and Tobacco Shop in UAE
Oqal Group was formed as an endowment group by a group of young businessmen to be a platform that brings together angel investors and emerging entrepreneurs to form partnerships of economic feasibility that raise the welfare of society and enhance the quality of life. It enables the founders of entrepreneurial startups to develop innovative andfast-growing startups in a variety of sectors by providing access to smart capital and experienced angel investors.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Beltone Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Beltone Holding Company.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Sports, Apparel
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
- VelyVelo — Discover VelyVelo, the specialist in the rental, servicing and maintenance of electric bicycles for professionals in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille.
- BIRD NEST — BIRD NEST is a Co-Living Startup that provides a holistic living experience that drives personal & professional development.
VC venture capital investing in early stage startups from seed to series A in fintech, insurtech, marketplaces, foodtech, SaaS, healthtech and agritech
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- E-Commerce, Delivery, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria
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- Chaldal — Order grocery and food online with same-day home delivery. Save money, save time
- Paismo Inc — Paismo HR & Payroll is the Next-Gen Human Capital Management software giving you access to Schedule Management, Time Off, Timesheets, Payroll, etc.
- Fincart — Fincart.io - Your trusted partner for seamless shipping & working capital access to grow your online brand.
La French Tech is a global initiative that supports and promotes French communities of startups and entrepreneurs around the world. It assists all the professionals working towards startups’ growth and international promotion, including entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, designer, developers, corporate companies, R&D centers, governmentagencies, incubators, co-working spaces, and more.La French Tech was founded in 2013 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- France, United States, Egypt
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- Sonio — Sonio is a cloud-based ultrasound reporting software using clinical Al* to bring efficiency and quality control to your OB-GYN practice's workflow.
- Smart Immune — Smart Immune is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing the next generation of hematopoietic stem cell-based biotherapies to change the prognosis and life quality of patients with devastating diseases. The company's first cell therapy program is based on T cell progenitors or ProTcellsTM (CD7+/CD34-; CD5- cells)curative power to enable a short, polyclonal, and safe post-transplantation immune recovery. This program be completed by integrative developments from targeted conditioning to gene therapy and genome editing enabling clinicians to access new-generation treatments for a wide variety of inherited blood disorders and blood cancers.
- GreenWaves Technologies — GreenWaves Technologies designs highly efficient and seamlessly programmable embedded AI processors for highly energy-constrained devices
Endure Capital is an early stage investment fund headed by entrepreneurs looking for startup teams. They look for founders who are relentlessly resourceful and imaginative, solving genuine problems that matter to a lot of people and building high growth companies that endure.
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- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
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- Pyka — We believe that electrification and automation will make aviation safer, more affordable, and more accessible than has ever been possible in human history.
- ShopLook — Online personal styling destination. Discover outfit ideas or virtually create your own using our outfit maker.
- Cash Cows — Cash Cows helps startups hone their operations and strategies so they can expand profitably and create better brands. They collaborate with customers to close the gap between traditional business practices (experience) and cutting-edge approaches (solutions), allowing companies to operate successfully.
A15 is an entrepreneurial company that invests in digital products and technology brands. They aspire to empower the human race to overcome its limits and expand its capabilities by creating real products for real people. They help them scale by providing them with investment, the support of our ecosystem, and act as their launchpad for expansion.It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, United States, United Arab Emirates
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- Nowlun — Search for cheap & fast freight prices from all shipping lines.
- Paymob — Paymob runs millions of transactions for different business sizes across the Middle East and Africa. Start using Paymob’s solutions and API’s to accept and send payments for your online business now.
- FlapKap — FlapKap is a company revolutionizing e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region.
Index Sports Fund is an investment fund.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Sports, Apparel
- Seed
- Egypt
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- WayUp Sports — WayUp Sports is an ecommerce platform specialized in performance based sports gear, offering 10k+ product range, for 15+ sports, sourced directly from 70+ local and international brands.
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