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Top 45 Sports Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in United Arab Emirates Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
F6 Ventures
VC Fund
4 Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $15k–$1.3M
FJ Labs
VC Fund
3 United States, Brazil, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $1.4M–$68M
Global Ventures
VC Fund
3 United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, FinTech, Software $1.2M–$50M
Eureeca
VC Fund
2 United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A SaaS, Consulting, Guides $202k–$405k
Oraseya Capital
VC Fund
2 United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $155k–$15M
AngelHub
VC Fund
2 Hong Kong, United States, Mexico Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Software, Blockchain $500k–$4.8M
Oqal
VC Fund
2 Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $100k–$10M
Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $500k–$32M
Nuwa Capital
VC Fund
2 United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services $1.2M–$39M
Embody Fitness
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates Corporate Round Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Alexander Abramyan
Angel
1 United Arab Emirates Angel Gaming, eSports, Mobile Apps
Ithmar Capital
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates Series A Fitness, mHealth, Software
Aurelia Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Shukhrat Ibragimov
Angel
1 Tajikistan Convertible Note SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Faisal Alabdelsalam
Angel
1 Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps $150k–$2M
Silicon Badia
VC Fund
1 United States, Egypt, Jordan Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $570k–$12M
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services $420k–$50M
BECO Capital
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology $905k–$60M
DASH Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates, Jordan, United States Seed, Series B, Series A Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce $600k–$44M
Kai Stubbe
Angel
1 Germany Seed, Pre-Seed Marketing, Health Care, Marketing Automation
Khalid AlKhudairi
Angel
1 United Arab Emirates Seed Gaming, Rental, eSports $1M–$2M
Shurafa Real Estate Development
VC Fund
1 Saudi Arabia Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Grocery, Hospitality, Online Portals $1M–$5M
RAKBANK
VC Fund
1 Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Norway Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Energy, Oil and Gas, Medical $250k–$233M
Wefunder
VC Fund
1 United States, Kenya, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding Software, SaaS, E-Commerce $51k–$2.5M
GRENKE
VC Fund
1 Germany Corporate Round Customer Service, Management Consulting, Small and Medium Businesses
Wes Schwalje
Angel
1 India, United States, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology $150k–$2M
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
VC Fund
1 India, United States, United Kingdom Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity, Secondary Market Financial Services, Manufacturing, Health Care $24M–$4.2B
Kingsway Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $1.8M–$120M
Kushal Shah
Angel
1 United States, Egypt, Singapore Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed eSports, Software, Telecommunications $100k–$60M
Igor Vasiliev
Angel
1 United Arab Emirates Angel B2B, B2C, Apps
Beehive Holdings
VC Fund
1 United States, United Arab Emirates Seed, Debt Financing Pet, Fashion, Women's $350k–$3M
iMENA Group
VC Fund
1 Jordan, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A, Series B Recreation, Advertising, Classifieds
XVC Tech
VC Fund
1 Singapore, United Arab Emirates, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant Blockchain, Web3, Artificial Intelligence $100k–$2.2M
Wamda Capital
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $600k–$65M
Sole Digital
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates Seed Sports, eSports, Advertising
Alumni Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.5M–$79M
GINCO Investments
VC Fund
1 United States, United Arab Emirates, India Seed, Pre-Seed Big Data, Software, Education $120k–$1.2M
Node Kapital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, Switzerland Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Trading Platform $20k–$5.2M
Ventures Lab
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates Seed Fitness, Wellness, Personal Health
Arrow Capital
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates Seed Fitness, Wellness, Personal Health
Multiply Group
VC Fund
1 United States, United Arab Emirates Series A, Series C, Post-IPO Equity Fashion, Fitness, Women's
MOCHAX
VC Fund
1 Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Spain Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, FinTech, Crowdfunding $1.5M–$2.5M
HP Spring Studios
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Fitness, Payments $220k–$550k
Plus Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $550k–$5.6M
SC Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Series A, Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain $6.2M–$40M
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F6 Ventures
VC Fund · Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt · 4 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 307
  • Round size: Seed $15k–$1.3M; Pre-Seed $32k–$650k
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Makan Home — SHEN168 adalah situs toto togel online yang terpercaya, menawarkan pengalaman bermain yang aman dan menyenangkan bagi para penggemar togel online.
  • Ouda W Dar — Ouda W Dar is an online platform that helps hosts and guests book unique short-term accommodations.
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FJ Labs
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1441
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $12M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
  • Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
  • Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
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Global Ventures
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 3 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

We back global-minded, growth-stage and technology-focused founders in emerging markets and the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 122
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Series A $3M–$25M; Series B $8M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $85M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Maalexi — We are a deal-driven and buyer-focussed digital ecosystem for 'Wholesale Import and Finance of Food and Agriculture products into US, Europe, Africa, India and the UAE'. We make it faster, cheaper and safer to trade internationally, by standardizing and digitalizing trade processes, and have built key partnerships with globally renownedcompanies, that assure performance, finance, and mitigate transactional risks.We help local SME manufacturers and distributors to import and get finance for food and agricultural products directly from the source. Agricultural products can be imported by local manufacturers directly from small and medium co-operatives and processors, while food products can be imported directly by local distributors from manufacturers. We help buyers connect and transact with sellers by mitigating transactional risks in cross-border trade like : Counter-party, Price, Product Quality and Quantity, Delivery and Payment. We have partnerships that allow us to provide - digital contracting, end-to-end fulfillment, physical inspections, and secured payments. We are partnered with globally renowned - Distributed Ledger Technology platform, Logistics Service companies, Insurance providers, an Inspection Agency, and Financial Service fin-tech firms. We work 24x7, 365 days to 'simplify cross-border trade', and we invite you to join us in this endeavor.
  • PoliCloud — PoliCloud is a cost-effective, sustainable, and independent cloud solution designed for people that desire complete control over their data.
  • Antimatter — Antimatter builds AI infrastructure designed for real-world limits: energy, geography, and deployment time. Faster to deploy and lower cost than hyperscale models.
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Eureeca
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Eureeca matches companies ranging from growth businesses to Pre-IPO ventures with institutional and individual investors that add value to the companies’ strategic expansion plans. Our vision is to democratise financial opportunities across multiple regions. We are currently regulated and operate in the UK, the Middle East, and South East Asia,with plans for further expansion and integration globally. Eureeca is the only multi-regulated platform globally. Eureeca UK is regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. Eureeca SEA is regulated by the Securities Commission in Malaysia. We continue to build on this and obtain authorization in multiple regions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Consulting, Guides
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $202k–$405k; Pre-Seed $252k–$370k
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Turpal — Turpal is a travel technology company that provides software and digital solutions for tour operators, travel agencies, and attraction providers. The platform supports online booking management, inventory distribution, and reservation processing for travel experiences and activities. Its services are designed to help travel businesses manageoperations, connect with distribution channels, and streamline customer booking workflows across web and mobile platforms.
  • eBen — eBen is an Employee benefits provider utilizing work technology and world-class people engagement approaches.
  • Bhatia Labs — Bhatia Labs provides productized services, platforms and infrastructure at affordable costs to individuals, startups and businesses all over the world.
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Oraseya Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups, 14 in the past 12 months

A Diez Venture Capital Arm. Fueling Dubai's New Business Ideas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 79
  • Round size: Seed $155k–$15M; Series A $700k–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • vfrog — The full physical AI loop. Any robot. Any model.
  • RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
  • MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
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AngelHub
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Join the movement toward democratised private markets, where investing is open to everyone. Discover a range of vetted tech investments, embodying the spirit of innovation in Web3, FinTech, AI, and ESG. Transform your investment strategy for a smarter, more sustainable future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.3M; Series A $3M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pitz — PITZ is building the infrastructure layer for the $1T global auto repair industry — starting with Latin America, expanding to the US in Q4 2026. The platform combines voice-driven AI diagnostics, automated parts procurement, and embedded financing into a single system of record for independent repair shops. In 9 months: $1.78M ARR, 1,462 activeworkshops across Mexico and Brazil, 83% gross margin, 70% subscription revenue, and NRR above 100%. Founded in 2025. Delaware C-Corp. Seed stage.
  • Antiverse — Designing biologics for 100 challenging targets
  • Nufi — Nufi is Latin America's first alternative identity bureau, empowering businesses with fast, reliable, and AI-powered verification solutions. Our platform offers Know Your Business (KYB) and Know Your Customer (KYC) services, enabling the instant verification of individuals and companies in less than 5 minutes. By providing clean, structureddata through seamless API integrations, Nufi helps financial institutions, fintechs, proptechs, and HR companies make secure, data-driven decisions. With access to over 130 data sources, Nufi stands out for its speed, accuracy, and scalability, driving trust and transparency across the region's transactions.
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Oqal
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 2 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

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

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 127
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $220k–$1M; Series A $133k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nqoodlet — Nqoodlet is a fintech company that develops an expense management platform to help small and medium-sized enterprises manage their spending, expenses, and purchases through the credit cards given to the employees. Its expense management platform enables enterprises to streamline their financial operations. By allowing businesses to register bills,track purchases, and manage expenses in one centralized system, the platform offers real-time visibility into all transactions made via corporate cards issued to employees. This solution simplifies the expense reporting process, enhances transparency, and improves financial control across the organization.
  • Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
  • Mantas — Cloud outage insurance, built for cloud-first businesses. #ParametricInsurance
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 2 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 971
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5M; Series A $5M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
  • Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
  • Arrakis Technologies — Arrakis partners with ambitious companies to deploy secure AI in production, taking them from experimentation to real-world impact at warp speed.
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Nuwa Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups, 6 in the past 12 months

A radical investment platform reshaping the relationship between founders and capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$13M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$5.5M; Series B $5M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $75M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Aya — Aya is a modest fashion e-commerce platform that strives to unite the fragmented modest fashion industry into a single discovery platform.
  • Bundle — Bundle is the first networked rewards platform in the world, revolutionizing how companies interact with and reward their clients.Bundle provides companies with access to significantly more incentives than they could provide on their own by pooling brand incentive funds into common reward pools. Even though they only contribute a small portion ofthe total incentive value, brands can increase conversions.
  • Mantas — Cloud outage insurance, built for cloud-first businesses. #ParametricInsurance
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Embody Fitness
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Embody Fitness is a focused personal training, nutrition, and sports therapy at the personal training gym in London

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Corporate Round
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • STEPPI — Run corporate step challenges, wellness programmes and team engagement activities with STEPPI. Trusted by organisations, government entities and large-scale events.
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Alexander Abramyan
Angel · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Alexander Abramyan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fotrum — Fotrum: Empowering Mobile Gamers through Competitive GamingHave you ever wondered why PC games like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike remain incredibly popular for years, while many competitive mobile games struggle to maintain traction over time, even in the most successful regions? The secret sauce lies in community-driven activities. Just take a lookat CS:GO, where the community plays on platforms like Faceit, hosts tournaments, and fosters the growth of esports.Introducing Fotrum, the all-in-one ecosystem designed specifically for the mobile gaming market. At Fotrum, we've tackled the user retention challenges faced by mobile game publishers head-on by offering real competition and growth opportunities to mobile gamers on our innovative competitive platform.One of the major hurdles we've addressed is the lack of APIs provided by mobile game publishers. We've developed special bots that revolutionize the gaming experience. These bots are capable of creating lobbies, inviting players, initiating games, collecting in-game statistics, and much more. By bridging this technological gap, we ensure a seamless and enriched gaming experience for our users.But that's not all. Fotrum also provides an advanced toolkit tailored to esports organizations. Our toolkit includes an automated tournament system that simplifies the hosting of qualifications through our bot system, a targeting system to help teams find skilled players, and native integrations for tournament organizations, allowing for monetization opportunities.Fotrum has also played a pivotal role in creating the esports market for Standoff 2 in the CIS region. By providing a dedicated platform for competitive play, Fotrum has cultivated a thriving community of Standoff 2 enthusiasts, offering them a place to showcase their skills, compete in tournaments, and elevate the esports scene in the region.Currently, Fotrum supports popular games such as Standoff 2, PUBG Mobile, and Brawl Stars, with plans to expand our list of supported games in the near future. Mobile Legends will be added to our platform within a couple of months, further diversifying the gaming options available to our users.Behind Fotrum's success is a team of 15 highly experienced individuals in the game industry and software engineering. Our team brings invaluable expertise from some of the largest fintech companies, ensuring that Fotrum operates at the cutting edge of technology and gaming.Join the Fotrum community today and unlock the true potential of mobile gaming. Experience our advanced matchmaking system, access to tournaments, esports team system, comprehensive statistics, and game analysis. With Fotrum, mobile gamers can finally embark on a journey of growth, competition, and success.
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Ithmar Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Founded in 2005 with headquarters in Dubai and coverage across the Gulf Cooperating Council countries (GCC) Invested and manage in excess of US $800 million in equity capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, mHealth, Software
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Okadoc — The quickest way to book from thousands of doctors, manage your appointments and attend video consultations. All online: healthcare in your hands.
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Aurelia Ventures
VC Fund · Santa Barbara, California, United States · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Equity-free programs for B2B SaaS founders - 1:1 Coaching with each founder team - Community of 200+ B2B founders - $1.25M+ Perks & Benefits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GHOSTDRIVE — The Ghostdrive leverages the decentralized nature of P2P networks (IPFS, and Filecoin) to provide unlimited data uploads. Unlike traditional centralized systems, where storage capacity is finite, P2P networks can dynamically expand their storage capabilities as more users join the network.
  • Flanksource — Mission Control for Enterprise Software Teams
  • SEO Site Checkup — SEO Site Checkup offers webmasters, small business owners, and SEO agencies with SEO tools, software, and articles. It offers users with analysis and monitoring tools to analyze SEO issues of websites, to generate white-label SEO reports, to receive notifications on SEO score changes, and to understand their competitors’ SEO profiles.SEO SiteCheckup is operated from New York, United States.
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Shukhrat Ibragimov
Angel · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Shukhrat Ibragimov is a Group CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Eurasian Resources Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Convertible Note
  • Geography: Tajikistan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • zypl.ai — We help financial institutions, government entities make more accurate decisions
  • Galaxy Racer — Galaxy Racer provides content creators with brand endorsement deals, streaming contracts, creator collaborations, digital rights management, monetization, online and offline event opportunities, social media management and content programming.
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Faisal Alabdelsalam
Angel · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Faisal Alabdelsalam is the Founder and CEO of Zetta Technologies. He previously worked at STC as a Database Manager. Faisal Alabdelsalam attended King Saud University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bekia — We are proud to say that Bekia is the most flexible company when it comes to recycling.
  • SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
  • T7D Gaming — Gaming infrastructure for 600M+ players across MENA. Home of Pulse.
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Silicon Badia
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm providing networks and support to leading technology entrepreneurs around the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Egypt, Jordan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Round size: Seed $570k–$6M; Series A $2.3M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • Scalvy — Scalvy is a distributed power delivery company that develops modular power electronics and energy systems that enable distributed power delivery for applications such as data centers, energy storage, and electric mobility. The company replaces traditional centralized power architectures with a distributed system of “power neurons,” which convertand manage electricity closer to the point of use, improving efficiency, scalability, and system reliability. Its platform is built on software-defined, modular components that can be scaled across different power levels and use cases, allowing flexible deployment in high-demand environments. These systems support high-voltage output ranges and deliver high power density while reducing the physical footprint and complexity of conventional power infrastructure.
  • ZeroDrift — The Compliance Firewall for AI // Your policies and regulations, enforced at machine speed
  • Algebra AI — Algebra AI designs and runs agentic AI workflows that turn complex, manual operations into reliable, production-ready systems with human oversight and real accountability.
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Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative tech companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries. With a team of 20 VC professionals across offices in Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, MEVP manages 5 regional funds with more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management. MEVP is the largest and most established VC firm in the region, with clear cross border investment appetite.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $420k–$6M; Series A $2.6M–$14M; Series B $4.6M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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  • One Click Delivery Services — One Click Delivery Services redefines last mile delivery throughout the region. By providing seamless and personalized delivery from local businesses to the consumer’s doorstep, They are closing the last-mile gap between merchants and their customers. Their entire last mile and on-demand delivery is technology-enabled, with a robust deliverymanagement system featuring GPS locations tracking and automated customer notifications.
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BECO Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

BECO Capital is a conviction-driven VC, backing exceptional founders across the GCC and MENA region with hands-on support, partnerships and sector expertise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Round size: Seed $905k–$10M; Series A $2M–$28M; Series B $6.8M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Algebra AI — Algebra AI designs and runs agentic AI workflows that turn complex, manual operations into reliable, production-ready systems with human oversight and real accountability.
  • Merkle Science — Next generation crypto threat detection, risk management and compliance for businesses, banks and government agencies. Sign up now
  • Property Finder — PropertyFinder owns and operates real estate portals across Dubai. Available in both English and Arabic, its websites provide visitors with search facilities covering residential and commercial properties for rent or for sale, real estate news, home advice, and buying and selling guides.PropertyFinder provides its users with the tools to helpconsumers find the properties that fit their needs. It works with brokers to list properties in one convenient site, and make it easier to see all of the information about those properties while browsing from its users’ desktop or on the move.
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DASH Ventures
VC Fund · Amman, Amman, Jordan · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

At the core of our ethos is a firm belief in human potential and the promise of a better future. We forge lasting legacies by partnering with founders who are obsessed with redefining paradigms and building companies that will transcend generations.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$5M; Series A $2.3M–$6M; Series B $4.5M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HeyBreez AI — Conversational Al, for Everyone. Real phone calls. Real-time automation. Built for real operations.
  • Orbii AI — Our AI enriches & analyses borrower data, helping you make credit decisions in minutes. Accelerate your business loan Underwriting decisons.
  • PostEx — Instant & upfront payments for e-commerce stores offering Cash on Delivery. Get seamless COD, growth capital, and nationwide same-day delivery with PostEx!
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Kai Stubbe
Angel · Bad Honnef Am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Kai was born in Germany in 1985. He did his Bachelor degree in Germany, Chile and Australia and is pursuing a part-time MBA at Loyola Marymount University. Kai worked for KPMG Advisory in Germany and Mercedes Benz Auto Finance in Beijing, China. Kai is Co-Founder of Trolion Inc., an AI location based service provider developing an innovative andcomprehensive marketing and business intelligence platform for the consumer and retail market. Kai is also Founder of the non profit organization Alpha Kai that is changing the interaction between students on campuses and groups of common interest.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Health Care, Marketing Automation
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caidera — Cut compliance approval from 4 weeks to 4 minutes. AI-powered marketing compliance for pharma, medtech & biotech. GDPR & EU AI Act compliant.
  • CRYO Holdings — Discover advanced cryotherapy chambers, electric cryotherapy systems, localized cryotherapy devices and wellness technologies engineered by CRYO Science for recovery, wellness and performance businesses worldwide.
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Khalid AlKhudairi
Angel · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Khalid AlKhudairi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Rental, eSports
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
  • T7D Gaming — Gaming infrastructure for 600M+ players across MENA. Home of Pulse.
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Shurafa Real Estate Development
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Shurafa Real Estate Development is a real estate company based in saudi arabia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Grocery, Hospitality, Online Portals
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gathern — Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.
  • NOMU Group — Reinventing Groceries for Families & Small F&B Pros
  • T7D Gaming — Gaming infrastructure for 600M+ players across MENA. Home of Pulse.
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RAKBANK
VC Fund · Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

RAKBANK, also known as the National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah, is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic banks in the UAE. Founded in 1976, the Bank underwent a major transformation in 2001, with a shift in focus from corporate banking to retail and small businesses.Today, the Bank offers a wide range of personal and business bankingservices throughout its 35 branches and its portfolio of electronic banking solutions, which include Telephone, Online, and Mobile Banking. It also offers Sharia-compliant personal and business banking services via its Islamic Banking unit, RAKBANK AMAL.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Oil and Gas, Medical
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Norway

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Debt Financing $250k–$233M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BGN — BGN is an energy company that focuses on trading, storage, and transportation of petroleum and petrochemical products.
  • meta[bolic] — Metabolic Health is a precision healthcare platform focused on preventing and managing metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and hormonal disorders. It combines medical expertise, continuous data monitoring, and AI-driven insights to deliver personalized treatment plans. The platform enables real-time health tracking, lifestyle coaching,and improved long-term metabolic outcomes through integrated digital and clinical care.
  • Aldar Properties — Aldar offers UAE residents and investors a range of premium properties and real estate services. Explore our villas, apartments, and offices in Abu Dhabi.
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Wefunder
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Wefunder is a crowd investing platform that offers capital raising services. The company's online platform offers investment services to startups through its investors' userbase and disruptive companies can receive amount as small as hundred dollars, enabling companies to grow and develop their businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $103k–$1M; Equity Crowdfunding $51k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25k in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Kombuchery — Kombuchery is disrupting the beverage industry and becoming the leading DrinkTech player in Europe.
  • Trace — Trace is an orchestration engine that breaks down existing workflows, assigns repetitive tasks to AI agents and routes the rest to the right people.
  • Firesale — Firesale is an AI-powered resale marketplace built for people with too much stuff and zero time. Sellers record a 2-second video, and Firesale’s AI instantly generates the title, description, photos, and price. No typing, no pricing games, no endless messages — just tap, record, and sell. Designed to feel like a digital yard sale, Firesale makes iteffortless to turn clutter into cash locally, with Uber-powered pickup and delivery options.
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GRENKE
VC Fund · Baden-baden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Established in 1978, GRENKE has become a versatile partner for small and mid-sized businesses. They’ve grown alongside their customers and their needs. Today, they have three well-established business areas, and locations in 32 countries. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a reseller, an institution or a private customer, they know that yourchallenges are as unique as you are. So they make sure their solutions are unique, too.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Customer Service, Management Consulting, Small and Medium Businesses
  • Stage:Corporate Round
  • Geography: Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • miete24 — The miete24 offer is aimed at both business and private consumers. With our portal, It has completely digitalized the renting process, allowing users to sign a leasing agreement in a matter of seconds. Customer service is as easy and quick as online shopping. Because of our high level of digitization, we may mix and bill IT products andconsumption-based tariffs under a single rental rate.
  • Pole Position — Automotive events agency in Dubai with creative new activation ideas and a single source for turnkey automotive event management and delivery
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Wes Schwalje
Angel · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $360k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
  • PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
  • Chhotastock — SAUDARATOTO adalah daftar situs toto slot dan bandar togel resmi 4D & 5D terpercaya yang menawarkan layanan aman, transaksi cepat, serta peluang menang besar setiap hari. Nikmati permainan lengkap dengan sistem stabil dan akses mudah kapan saja.
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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Established in 1976, ADIA is a globally-diversified investor that prudently invests on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi to generate long-term value.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity, Secondary Market
  • Geography: India, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 126
  • Round size: Private Equity $55M–$1.6B; Post-IPO Equity $37M–$1.6B; Secondary Market $24M–$4.2B
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Equis — Equis is focused on the development of renewable energy, bioenergy, waste processing, and recycling infrastructure assets across developed markets.
  • Innocap — Innocap is a business development financial services company located in Montreal.
  • Vantage Data Centers — Vantage Data Centers provides innovative, scalable wholesale data center campuses to hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises across North America and Europe.
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Kingsway Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$13M; Series A $7.5M–$120M; Series B $6M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mesh — Mesh Pay is a payment infrastructure platform that enables businesses to accept and send digital assets and cryptocurrency transactions through a single integration. It supports connectivity with hundreds of wallets and exchanges, and processes payments, deposits, verification,s and global payouts, settling funds in stablecoins or local currency toreduce volatility risk and increase completion rates. The platform includes SmartFunding™, which orchestrates funding from multiple sources to streamline checkout and payout processes, and offers real-time address validation and settlement features. Mesh Pay also provides programmable wallet capabilities for autonomous commerce and routes funds securely across wallets, banks and exchanges.
  • Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
  • Open Campus — The Open Campus is a community-driven protocol that leverages the power of blockchain and invites all to build the future of education by putting the power of learning back in the hands of educators, students, and the community.
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Kushal Shah
Angel · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Kushal Shah is a Co-Founder of Dubai Angel Investors. He was a Board Member at Airalo. He studied at the University of Cambridge.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Software, Telecommunications
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Egypt, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series B $20M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Derq — Derq built an award-winning platform powered by AI and predictive analytics helping eliminate crashes, save lives, and create safer and smarter roadways. Our real-time analytics platform feeds a live dashboard available to road owners and operators and sends alerts to connected vehicles and infrast
  • 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).
  • 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.
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Igor Vasiliev
Angel · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Igor Vasiliev

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, B2C, Apps
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Easy Padel — EasyPadel is a comprehensive platform designed to revolutionize the padel tennis experience by seamlessly connecting players, clubs, and governing bodies. For players, EasyPadel offers convenient court bookings, access to tournaments, and real-time tracking of personal rankings and performance. Clubs benefit from advanced B2B tools for managingclients, schedules, and tournaments, enhancing operational efficiency. Additionally, government authorities can leverage B2G solutions to oversee club activities, manage national rankings, and support the sport’s development. EasyPadel aims to grow the padel community by providing an integrated ecosystem that simplifies participation, fosters competition, and drives the sport’s expansion across the World.
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Beehive Holdings
VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Beehive Holdings is an angel fund focused primarily in seed to Series A investing. We focus on technology companies with a sweet spot to support diversified teams. The companies we invest in address challenges and opportunities associated with products and services that are mostly used by women. Beehive Holdings is passionately committed to thesuccess of their entrepreneurs and brings a sought after network of accomplished industry leaders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Pet, Fashion, Women's
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Petnet — Petnet is a connected pet device company that offers a pet analytics platform to find solutions for fundamental problems of petcare.The company offers SmartFeeder, a hardware device that programs itself around its users’ lives and the wellness of their pets. It gets adjusted to its users’ schedules and keep them informed about their pets’eating patterns.Petnet was founded on December 12, 2012 and is based in California.
  • Monthly Gift — Dear Kate products are hi tech and low stress, giving you the confidence to live worry-fear and fear-proof every day of the month.
  • Pole Position — Automotive events agency in Dubai with creative new activation ideas and a single source for turnkey automotive event management and delivery
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iMENA Group
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

iMENA is a holding company focused on capturing the hyper-growth phase of the consumer Internet opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The company invests in, builds, and partners with great founders and organizations across sectors and businesses with globally proven technology and business models. iMENA supports them withstrategic and operational services that address the challenges of building, growing, and creating value out of online businesses in the MENA region.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recreation, Advertising, Classifieds
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OpenSooq — OpenSooq is an online classified platform that allows users to freely trade property, cars, products, and services in the Middle East & North Africa region. Sellers can offer products and services to millions of users online without intermediaries. Buyers can browse a wide variety of goods and services, including automotive, Real Estate,Electronics, and much more.
  • ReserveOut — Reserveout, choose a city to find out the best restaurants & promotions near you ..RESERVE A TABLE NOW!
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XVC Tech
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

XDC Ventures is a $125mn fund supported by founders of the XDC Blockchain Network that specializes in investing in early-stage Tech start-ups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Web3, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Singapore, United Arab Emirates, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Roxonn — Empowering software innovation through decentralization.
  • Klink Labs — Klink enables weekly earnings on your deposit of up to $1M every week through its no-loss prize draws.
  • Zodia Markets — Zodia Markets' mission is to be the most trusted and reliable partner for your institutional crypto trading. Secure your institution's digital assets today.
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 127
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • HeyBreez AI — Conversational Al, for Everyone. Real phone calls. Real-time automation. Built for real operations.
  • Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
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Sole Digital
VC Fund · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Sole Digital is a Dubai-based media and cultural platform focused on youth, creativity, and contemporary culture across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Originally launched as an extension of the renowned Sole DXB festival, the platform publishes feature-driven content covering music, fashion, visual arts, sports, identity, and socialissues.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, eSports, Advertising
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ball Above All — Basketball Academy - Leagues - Coaching for kids - adults. #baasports #BallAboveAll #BallAboveAllSports #Basketball #BasketballDubai #BasketballAdelaide
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Alumni Ventures
VC Fund · Manchester, New Hampshire, United States · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Access curated startup investment opportunities and diversified venture capital exposure designed for accredited investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2214
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $5.5M–$35M; Series B $12M–$79M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • WINN.AI — WINN.AI helps revenue teams run better sales calls and win more deals by automating admin work and guiding reps live, during the call.
  • Car Body Lab — The easy way, online.
  • Perennial — Cloud Agronomics is the platform for soil carbon management.
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GINCO Investments
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

We invest in Seed through Series B companies around the world. Our focus is to invest in companies where we can add material value through our deep relationships in UAE government as well as decades of developing successful enterprise software implementations. We invest directly and through our partners at Techstars and Human Ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Software, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
  • Nestrom — An all around EHS platform, Gather Observations, Inspections, Audits & Data and Action work-orders from one platform through a mobile app and web
  • Three Wheels United — Three Wheels United is a tech-enhanced financier for light electric vehicles in India, starting with the auto rickshaws.
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Node Kapital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Node Kapital provides the financial backing (SEED & Pre-sale) & operational guidance to DeFi & NFT Protocols. We help your team with Funding, Marketing, Partnerships, Reputation Management, Exchange Listings & Scaling Up.We have +7 Years Experience With Digital Currencies from Technical, Legal & Marketing Perspective.YourSuccess is Our Success.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Trading Platform
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $490k–$5.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $20k–$2.4M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zizle — Zizle wants to use the Solana blockchain to transform social networking: better data privacy, decentralized governance, and more efficient revenue streams for consumers and producers. the platform's goal is to make social networking a more entertaining, healthy, and profitable environment.
  • Aleph Zero — Discover Aleph Zero, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the adoption and development of decentralized technologies. Learn about our mission to create a secure blockchain ecosystem and develop secure smart contracts that power the decentralized world.
  • PolkaCipher — A Cross-Chain Oracle Network focused towards NFT Privacy for Business, Community Governance, Multi-Chain Interoperability, and On-Chain DApps. Platform: @nftzie
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Ventures Lab
VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Ventures Lab is a new Venture Building Program by Hub71 and Modus Capital to co-create startup.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Personal Health
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fit On Click — Providing solutions to people in UAE which conveniently leads them to a healthy lifestyle as we believe being active is the key to living a happy life.
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Arrow Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Arrow Capital is a financial and investment advisory firm that provides investment management and asset management services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Personal Health
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fit On Click — Providing solutions to people in UAE which conveniently leads them to a healthy lifestyle as we believe being active is the key to living a happy life.
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Multiply Group
VC Fund · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Fitness, Women's
  • Stage:Series A, Series C, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LVL Wellbeing — A digital first wellbeing platform that caters to everyone's needs, regardless of their current state of wellbeing or where they work. Helping organizations to keep their employees engaged and giving them the tools to prioritize their wellbeing.
  • Getty Images — Getty Images is a digital media company. They specialize in capturing, creating, and preserving content to elevate visual communications. They help companies tell stories that will move their brand, their customers, their readers, and viewers, and help them create lasting connections.
  • Savage X Fenty — Savage X Fenty is an accessories company that offers underwear and other fashion clothes for women. In partnership with a team assembled from the industry’s elite, the label has disrupted and redefined the marketplace with its accessible price point and extensive assortment of lingerie.Savage X Fenty was founded by Robyn Rihanna Fenty, a musicand fashion icon.
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MOCHAX
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

Disrupting TradFi via Tokenised Investments. Investing in early stage blockchain companies with global growth potential.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Crowdfunding
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Brickken — Get ahead in the token game with Brickken. Our tools and experts will guide you through the process of creating, selling and managing tokens.
  • myco — myco is a content streaming super dApp that smoothly integrates AVOD and SVOD capabilities into a decentralized ecosystem.
  • Only U Bank — A bank for female influencers and their followers
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HP Spring Studios
VC Fund · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups

HP Spring Studios is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Fitness, Payments
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $220k–$550k
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BILRS — Bilrs.com is a global bill payment solution platform, enabling online and offline Partners to offer a wide selection of bills to their Customer offerings through a single integration.
  • Soor Insurance — Experience hassle-free car insurance in Bahrain. Compare, customize, and purchase your motor insurance policy in minutes. Trusted by thousands.
  • OpenFarming — OpenFarming.Earth is an AI-powered food distribution and supply-chain platform focused on helping food distributors automate order aggregation, inventory management, demand forecasting, routing, and payment workflows. The company mainly targets distributors, wholesalers, restaurants, hotels, and grocery supply chains in the Middle East.
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Plus Venture Capital
VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups, 15 in the past 12 months

At Plus VC, we leverage over a decade of experience and 200+ transactions to empower MENA startups for sustainable growth. We offer fair...

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $550k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • estaie — Flexible furnished stays from weeks to a year. Stay longer and save across hotels, serviced apartments, and managed holiday homes with one simple payment and no hidden fees.
  • Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
  • Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
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SC Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in United Arab Emirates Sports startups, 7 in the past 12 months

SC Ventures is Standard Chartered Bank’s innovation, fintech investment, and venture unit. Focused on "rewiring the DNA in banking", SC Ventures aims to develop an innovation culture and mindset, deepen capabilities, and experiment with new business models through an open platform and network of people and partnerships. It runs aneXellerator innovation lab network across Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, Nairobi, and San Francisco.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Series A $6.2M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GSR — GSR has nine years of deep crypto market expertise as a market maker, ecosystem partner and active, multi-stage investor. GSR sources and provides spot and non-linear liquidity in digital assets for token issuers, institutional investors, miners, and leading cryptocurrency exchanges. GSR employs over 300 people around the globe, and its tradingtechnology is connected to 60 trading venues, including the world's leading DEXs. We have a culture of approaching complex problems with tenacity and imagination. We build long-term relationships by offering exceptional service, expertise and trading capabilities tailored to the specific needs of our clients.
  • Circle — Circle helps businesses and developers harness the power of digital dollar stablecoins for payments and internet commerce worldwide. Learn more today!
  • Yellow Card — Yellow Card is a licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure provider powering global money movement across USD and 50+ local currencies. Talk to us.
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Sports Investor funding in United Arab Emirates at a glance

Stats across 18 deals from 17 investors.

17
investors
in United Arab Emirates Sports startups
18
deals
in United Arab Emirates Sports startups
$300k
median round
in United Arab Emirates Sports startups
35%
lead investors
lead at least one round
39%
Seed
most common funding stage
88/12
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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