# Top 35 Climate Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in October 2023 ## BECO Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology BECO Capital provides growth capital and hands-on operational support for early-stage technology companies. It is a technology-focused venture capital that supports entrepreneurs and financial sectors to raise funds.The company helps small companies with growth capital and hands-on operational mentorship in their early stage of development. Itwas founded in 2012 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.BECO Capital was founded on February 1, 2014, by Dany Farha and Amir Farha, and it is headquartered in Dubai. ## Emkan Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Transportation, Payments Emkan Capital invests primarily in early-stage technology companies. ## Inspire Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Wearables Venture Capital Company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that Invests in Seed & Early-Growth stage companies ## Graphene Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Graphene - venture fund for innovative startups. ## Consolidated Contractors Company - Type: VC Fund - Location: Algiers, Alger, Algeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Wearables, Construction, Internet of Things CCC is the top construction company in Middle East as per the ENR list of top 250 international contractors, carrying out construction, engineering, procurement, development and investment activities. ## Signal Peak Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Signal Peak is a venture capital firm with more than $550 million of committed capital under management. The fund invests in information technology companies and looks for entrepreneurial teams with the potential to transform markets and create lasting value. Specific areas of focus include Internet, SaaS, enterprise software, communications,security, and mobile computing—all markets in which the firm has deep expertise.Our strategy includes providing a level of operational assistance that creates additional value. We take a labor-intensive, service-oriented approach by making early introductions to key customers and strategic partners, and by helping to recruit top executives and co-investors.Collectively, the Signal Peak team has founded and served as senior officers or board members in dozens of companies. The team has a combined history of successful company leadership and private equity investments that span over 60 years. As a result, our team has the resources, decision-making experience, and strategic relationships to meet the demands of today's passionate entrepreneurs. ## VentureSouq - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio. ## Matt Mickiewicz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Human Resources, Internet, Software Matt Mickiewicz is an internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of SitePoint. Mickiewicz also co-founded the web companies Flippa, 99designs, and Hired.Born in Kraków, Poland, living in Hameln -Germany, and currently residing in Vancouver, Canada, Mickiewicz created his first website at the age of 14 called Webmaster-Resources.com, whichlater became SitePoint. At 16, Mickiewicz traveled to Melbourne with his mother and met his soon-to-be business partner and co-founder, Mark Harbottle. At 16, Mickiewicz found himself closing $10,000 advertising deals between classes at high school. Mickiewicz barely finished high school and did not attend college.In 2008, Mickiewicz spun off 99designs from SitePoint, which went on to raise $35 million in capital from Accel Ventures, Michael Dearing / Harrison Metal, Dave Goldberg (SurveyMonkey), Anthony Casalena, and Stewart Butterfield (Flickr). In June 2009 Mickiewicz and Harbottle launched Flippa.com, the largest marketplace for buying and selling websites in the world. In the fall of 2012, Mickiewicz co-founded DeveloperAuction.com which raised $2.7 million was later renamed Hired. The company later raised a $15 million Series-A round in March 2014. By December 2014, Hired was reportedly valued at $200m and had raised an additional $15m in the capital in its Series B round.Mickiewicz was named a 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur by Forbes and INC in 2011, a Smart Company 30 under 30 in 2012, and frequently speaks at conferences and seminars worldwide. ## Vision Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Vision Ventures (VV) is an early stage venture capital firm founded by experienced entrepreneurs. Its slogan is:"By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs". We invest in innovative startups in the Seed and Series A across a wide range of verticals. We help startups realize their dreams and make a difference in a noisy world. We are an energeticteam that has a wealth of experience in starting companies and steering them to success and hyper growth. Our combined experience spans over 90 years in multiple countries which gives us extensive experience in multi-national, multi-cultural teams. We provide startups with hands on assistance and guidance on marketing, sales, product/service development, financial planning and management, expansion & growth strategy, and more. ## Jolt Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B - Focus: Software, Analytics, Manufacturing Jolt Capital SAS is a fully independent Private Equity firm. We are specialized in Technology investing. Jolt Capital generates returns for its investors.. ## SEDCO Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Beauty, Wearables, Construction SEDCO Capital is a global asset management firm that offers a range of services in asset allocation, real estate, private & public equity, liquidity instruments, agriculture, timber, and commodities. ## Shorooq Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech Shorooq Partners is the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world. ## Energy Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manama, Al Manamah, Bahrain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Wireless Energy Capital Group (ECG) is an investment firm focused on generating long term profits for our investors by investing in the global energy sector. With our world-class team - and by leveraging our Middle East strategic shareholders - ECG is uniquely positioned to exploit our compelling investment opportunity. ## Green Coast Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Energy, 3D Printing, Oil and Gas Green Coast Investments is the investment management arm of Green Coast Enterprises. Green Coast Investments consolidates the reserves within the operational entities under Green Coast Enterprises with the mandate to deploy capital in a risk-efficient manner and generate surpluses that will be used to actively support the expansion plans andinitiatives of the operational entities. ## Alturki Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: Al Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Energy, 3D Printing, Oil and Gas Alturki Holding is a premier investor and partner for building great sustainable businesses ## Dynamo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management We invest in extraordinary founders building startups in supply chain and mobility. We are equipped to support founders through the seed stage in their effort to transform global trade and commerce. ## Mad'a Investment Company - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce Mad’a Investment Company is a Private Equity firm headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Abdul Aziz Al Othaim & Sons Holding Company (ASO&SONS). We aim to assist businesses to reach their true potential by unlocking values which otherwise could not have been realized. We strive to create exceptional value tobusinesses through our team of investment and operating professionals working collaboratively with the management of our portfolio companies. We, as a Saudi Company, are committed to contributing to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and our Investment Strategy is aligned with the Vision 2030. ## Club degli Investitori - Type: VC Fund - Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software Club degli Investitori (Investors Club) is a network of investors and business angels that invest on early-stage SMEs and startups. The community of 300+ Members (entrepreneurs, CEOs, executive managers) actively scouts for investing opportunities on SMEs & startups and invests with a minimum ticket of €200k. The Club supports business byinvesting capital and by leveraging the Members' network and experience.Club degli Investitori is supported by Unicredit and KPMG Italy. ## Abunayyan Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Food and Beverage Abunayyan Holding are turnkey partners who provide integrated solutions in water, power and energy applications in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and Africa. ## Equinor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas We are an international energy company headquartered in Norway, with 22,000 employees in around 30 countries worldwide. Find out more and get to know us better. ## Justin Mateen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services Justin Mateen is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. In 2021, Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on thetop 100 list of US Seed Investors. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business. ## Paul Buchheit - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Paul Buchheit co-founded social network aggregator FriendFeed, along with three other former Google employees. He is also an investor in FriendFeed and participated in a $5 million Series A round in February 2008.He was the 23rd employee at Google, where he created Gmail and implemented many of its innovative features. He developed the originalprototype of Google AdSense, and was responsible for Google's famous "Don't be evil" motto in a meeting. ## Peter Thiel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Peter Thiel Is The Member, Board of Directors At Facebook. Founder at Breakout Labs. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Aditum Bio - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Life Science, FinTech Aditum Bio is a new model of biotech venture capital, uniquely positioned to rapidly translate scientific discoveries into innovative new medicines. ## Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Al Khubar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Renewable Energy The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) is a multilateral development bank established to foster the development of the Arab world’s oil and gas industries. ## Stormbreaker Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Stormbreaker Ventures partners with the high-velocity, high-conviction companies that stand out from their peers because they are driven to build efficiently. ## Anonymous - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology Anonymous ## Adenium Energy Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy Adenium Energy Capital is a private equity firm. ## Mitsui & Co - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Mitsui & Co is a general trading company. Mitsui & Co's business area covers energy, machinery, chemicals, food, textile, logistics, finance, and more.They will contribute to address diverse industrial needs, through procurement, supply and sales of iron and steel products and investment to processing and distribution businesses inJapan and abroad.Through business development, investment and trading of mineral, metal resources and metals, they reinforce a stable supply of the resources and materials necessary for both industry and society. They are also active in metal recycling and other initiatives to develop industrial solutions to environmental issues.They contribute to creating better lives through the long-term, reliable supply of social infrastructure such as electricity, gas, water,railways and other logistics infrastructure. They provide sales, financing, lease, transportation and logistics, and project investment in a wide range of machineries, including large-scale plants, marine resource development facilities,ships, and aerospace, motor vehicles, construction/mining machinery and industrial machinery.Their chemicals business encompasses trade and investment in a range of industries, from upstream chemicals such as basic chemicals, fertilizer resources, through to downstream chemicals such as functional materials, electronics materials,fertilizers,aguricultural chemicals and specialty chemicals. They are also pursuing new initiatives such as green chemicals.Through upstream development, logistics and trading of energy resources such as oil, natural gas/LNG ,coal and uranium, they contribute to the stable supply of energy vital to both industry and society. As part of efforts to achieve a low-carbon society, they are also actively involved in next-generation energy and environemental businesses.Adapting to changes in consumption and lifestyles while meeting consumers’ diverse needs, they provide value-added products and services, develop businesses and make investments in the fields of food resources, food products, retail support business, medical and healthcare, fashion, forestry plantation resources, real estate-related business.Through their ICT, Finance and Logistics business, they work on a diverse range of projects aimed at developing innovative business and expanding their business field. At the same time, they aim to strengthen their company-wide earnings base by pursuing strategic projects and new opportunities and providing specialized functions that contribute to the whole Mitsui & Co. group.Trading in various commodities led by overseas trading subisidiaries of offices located in the Americas area. Trading in various commodites led by overseas trading subsidiaries or offices located in Europe, the Middle East and Africa area. Trading in various commodities led by overseas trading subsidiaries of offices located in the Asia Pacific area. ## Taibah Valley - Type: VC Fund - Location: Medina, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Bitcoin, FinTech Taibah Valley is a limited liability company established in accordance with the Saudi Companies Law to practice investment in the fields of innovation and future technologies. ## Paul Graham - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software Paul Graham ## Olive Tree Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services Olive Tree Capital started as the foreign investment arm of the single member family office. With a diverse mandate, we are able to seek worthwhile global investment opportunities without asset class restrictions; we seek public market opportunities with discrepancies between market perception and fundamental reality, and we enjoy privatelyinvesting in and collaborating with partners who share our passion, dedication, and clarity. More philosophically, we live by the Golden Rule; thus, we especially love entrepreneurs, artists, and businesses that are positively contributing to humanity in parallel with pursuing profitability. ## International Finance Corporation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most. ## ACE & Company - Type: VC Fund - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services ACE & Company (“ACE”), founded in 2005, is a global investment group specialized in private investments with total assets of over $1.6 bn across three investment strategies and investment solutions. With headquarters in Geneva and offices in London, New York, and Cairo, ACE’s global presence brings the company in direct contact with sourcingpartners, investment firms, as well as entrepreneurs and provides investors unparalleled access to a network of opportunities. ACE’s passion is for finding investment opportunities where we have an advantage through many years of relationship building, a carefully developed position of knowledge in the sectors which we are active, and a culture of efficiency to gain first mover’s advantage. ACE’s purpose is to offer investors a long-term and collaborative investment approach that values honesty, transparency and rigorous execution, so that our strategies not only provide unique access to value accretive, risk-managed deals, but fosters what we consider our bedrock—trust.ACE’s progress has been marked by a globally respected track record since the Company was founded in 2005. In the last four years we have increased our total assets by fivefold and in 2017 received the Swiss Financial Supervisory Authority (FINMA) authorization. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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