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Top 40 Consumer Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in October 2023

A list of 40 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Consumer startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Consumer companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 40 Consumer Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in October 2023

Investor Consumer United Arab Emirates investments
Hesham Zreik 3
Bashar Hamood 3
EQ2 Ventures 3
Vision Ventures 3
Shorooq Partners 2
Consolidated Contractors Company 2
Inspire Ventures 2
Graphene Ventures 2
Flat6Labs 2
Wamda Capital 2
Club degli Investitori 1
Abunayyan Holding 1
SEDCO Capital 1
Khalid AlTawil 1
Klaus Hommels 1
HV Capital 1
Kinnevik 1
Andreea Danila 1
Al Faisaliah Ventures 1
Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD FRCPC 1
Endeavor Catalyst 1
Regolith 1
Rocket Internet 1
VentureFriends 1
Wharton Alumni Angels 1
INSEAD Angels 1
Financial Horizon Group 1
Manu Gupta 1
StonePine ACE Partners 1
ACE & Company 1
Alexander Rugaev 1
Glowfish Capital 1
Max Burger 1
Muhammad Ismail 1
Anuscha Iqbal 1
Knuru Capital 1
Mindrock Capital 1
Faith Capital 1
French Partners 1
GS Shop 1

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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hesham has been ranked #39 out of top 50 investors (Forbes 2018) based on investment and successful exits. Hesham has invested in +100 startups. He has co-founded more than 40 startups. He has a passion for building innovative start-ups around the principle of developing simple solutions to challenging problems. He is multilingual and can speak,read and write Arabic, English, French. He has also some good knowledge in German and Spanish. Hesham is a founder and CEO of FasterCapital. FasterCapital is an online incubator who has border-less reach. Hesham has already co-founded (as a technical cofounder) and invested as an angel investor in more than 40 startups and has helped expand FasterCapital to have more than 1000 regional partners, a network of 1000 mentors, +500 offices worldwide and more than 400 startups. Hesham has invested and helped improve and refine the product in each of the 40 incubated startups. During his work at FasterCapital, Hesham has co-founded: - co-founded Edunoor.com: online learning platform with social components. - invested in Dooet.com: a discovery and search engine for mobile applications and other content. - invested in Letuscloud.com: Bridging the gap between enterprises and virualization - invested in abcmob.com: Mobile business application. 18 sectors already covered. - invested in Mobayle.com: an instant AppStore creator and customizer - invested in Meody.com: Cross platform messenger with focus on enterprises and operators. - invested in TVlize.com: a platform for social and engaging TV - He also cofounded and invested in Nakkeb.com, BeamGift.com, PickTaxi.com, MobAdv.com, Bazarmaker.com, puttag.com, fulhost.com, Entablet.com, PinProfile.com, mp3ready.com, BookThatbook.com Newsanalyse.com, B2Butterfly.com and many more. He is also a mentor for more than 50 companies. Hesham started his first company ZGroup Mobile in 2002 with less than $20/month and grow it to reach a valuation of $2.5-$3.25 million in 2005 by Public company Incagold plc (it would have been the first company in MENA region to be acquired by a public company). ZGroup Mobile is a developer and publisher of mobile content (mobile games, mobile apps, mobile music, mobile videos) and services. He has been ranked 7th in Baccalaureate tests among 200,000th participants. He has completed his engineering degree at HIAST then he has done an MBA at Edinburgh business school and a Master in computer information science at AABFS.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • TVlize — TVlize is a company specialized in improving and socializing TV experience. At TVlize we change the viewing experience from lean backward to lean forward.
  • AIR AGRO — MarketPlace para o mercado de Pulverização Áerea por drones, aviões ou helicópteros agrícolas. Auditoria em tempo real. Certificação dos fornecedores. Analise agronômica tempo real. Boas práticas e compliance que o mercado exige. Segurança Alimentar. Moeda Agro Cash Back que o produtor rural escolhe uma entidade da sua comunidade para ajudar oualguma cadastrada no nosso banco de dados. Produzir mais, com menos, de maneira sustentável e contribuindo com sua comunidade.
  • Dietfoodi — Dietfoodi is a cloud kitchen idea is essentially a kitchen space meant for production of food for delivery-only purposes. Since this food can be ordered online, hence, the name, Cloud kitchen. In this pandemic time cloud kitchen is a very supportive & positive business idea where we want to mix international cuisine cultural with very vastway.This commissary kitchen are also known as ghost kitchens, shared kitchens, or virtual kitchens with the delivery-only food brands operating within them called virtual restaurants. But moving to a delivery-only model has been made possible recently by advances in technology and changes in consumer habits. It offers certain advantages over offering delivery from a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant.
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Bashar Hamood
Angel

Bashar Hamood is a result oriented professional with versatile experience across diverse organizational domains. He is well versed in the development of marketing strategies, branding, direct marketing, new products/brands launches, analysis, reporting, and positioning.He is an entrepreneur and self-starter with expansive experience in brandawareness and development, community outreach.Bashar is a versatile business manager with proven competencies in optimizing team dynamics uniting diverse agenda to common goal and harnessing strategic and operational drivers to deliver results.He has a strong analytical mind with rigorous study for each case and the output of each variation for each parameter.Bashar loves to take risk and new challenges.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • United States, India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Safedeploy — Fault free software update platform for tracking your software reliability in real time for every device and every software application
  • Event Arena — Event Arena organizes events, corporate events, conferences, sales promotions, and presentations.
  • Palacio Inc. — Palacio Inc. aims to inspire every living space through innovation in art and technology. Our first product Canvia is a revolutionary content platform for art and photography, which utilizes patented technology for a seamless and authentic experience in any environment. We bring content from leading contemporary creators and world class culturalinstitutions into our living spaces like never before.
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EQ2 Ventures
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

EQ2 Ventures is an investment firm that invests in Seed to Series B-stage startup companies. It was incorporated as a spin-off of Equitrust, a corporate VC arm launched in 2015 by Choueiri Group to capture opportunities linked to the digital transformation of the Middle East. Relying on a strong network of strategic investors and mentors, EQ2Ventures helps talented entrepreneurs solve major consumers and business problems, build sustainable companies. and create long-term value.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

  • Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
  • AIfluence — AIfluence uses advanced algorithms to accurately match influencers to brands, manage, predict and deliver measurable ROI on every influencer marketing campaign
  • Hala — Hala is the UAE's first car insurance product that rewards you for driving safely. For each day you're accident free, you get hala coins which you spend on meals, gym memberships, and hotel stays.
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Vision Ventures
VC Fund · Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia

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.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

  • Haseel — The new concept to meet your needs of vegetables and fruits selects you the best crops and the best prices in a way that is consistent with your digital age.
  • Nearpay — Focus On Building Deep Technology To Create Innovations
  • RedBox — Don't wait for drivers to deliver your packages! Instead, use RedBox lockers to ship your packages and collect them at your convenient time. No human contact!
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Shorooq Partners
VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 12 investments in the past 12 months

Shorooq Partners is the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Dtonic — Efficient Spatio-Temporal Big Data Processing across Smart-X Industries
  • The Food Lab — The Food Lab is a cloud kitchen platform but describes itself as an infrastructure company for restaurants in Egypt — about 400,000 in number — in the food & beverage (F&B) space. The company provides a full suite of end-to-end services, including cloud kitchen (kitchen as a service) and procurement.
  • Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.
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Consolidated Contractors Company
VC Fund · Algiers, Alger, Algeria

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.

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Investment focus

  • Wearables, Construction, Internet of Things
  • Seed
  • United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • WakeCap Technologies — WakeCap Technologies RTLS is an IoT-based enterprise solution designed to support the digitization process of work sites, Construction, Oil and Gas, Industrial, Manufacture.
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Inspire Ventures
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

Venture Capital Company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that Invests in Seed & Early-Growth stage companies

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Internet, Wearables
  • Seed, Convertible Note
  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Salla — Salla a Saudi-based e-commerce platform that allows users to set up their e-commerce store in Arabic and sell their products and services to customers. In addition, users can set up their own branded store (with their own domain name) by selecting a design of their liking available on Salla. The owners of the e-commerce stores can then manage theirinventory by using Salla’s website or app. Salla provides different types of reports and tools that help store owners with automatic invoices, integration, Instagram, customer database, the ability to block customers, pin favorite products, have offers and discounts, and more.
  • Gathern — Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.
  • WakeCap Technologies — WakeCap Technologies RTLS is an IoT-based enterprise solution designed to support the digitization process of work sites, Construction, Oil and Gas, Industrial, Manufacture.
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Graphene Ventures
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months

Graphene - venture fund for innovative startups.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Bricksave — Real estate investment paying monthly returns from completed, fully managed property. Invest from just $1,000. Capital at risk. Click here
  • senhasegura — Protecting and controlling the use of generic and high privilege credentials, providing secure storage, access segregation and full traceability of use.
  • Smartlens — Smartlens, Inc. is a medical technology company making non-invasive soft contact lenses as a convenient and affordable way of diurnal IOP (eye pressure) measurement. Smartlens helps with screening, diagnosis, and treatment of Glaucoma - the leading cause of irreversible blindness.
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Flat6Labs
VC Fund · Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt · 8 investments in the past 12 months

Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.

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Investment focus

  • Software, E-Commerce, Apps
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

  • Midient — We help restaurants collect, analyze, and act on their customer data to increase customer satisfaction and increase revenue.
  • Growdash — Growdash is a business intelligence and analytics tool built specifically for restaurants to support profitable growth strategic decisions across online sales channels.
  • Agel — Agel aim at reshaping the traditional financial services business model, operational model and customer experience to unlock a unique finance avenue for (“MSMEs”), with a core preposition of availing industry-agnostic merchandise credit limit for Merchants within Agel network in a manner that is Digital, Cashless and Sharia compliant, aligning withthe UN Global (“SDG”) goals, and Egypt’s 2030 plan towards financial inclusion and sustainability.our goals are: - Empowering MSMEs growth, - Accelerating Financial Inclusion, - Eradicating Informal Economy, - Raising Financial literacy
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in the past 12 months

Wamda Capital is the MENA region's leading venture capital firm investing in exceptional entrepreneurs building the region's most promising high growth technology businesses. We invest both at the growth and seed stages with the aim of taking portfolio companies through successive rounds of financing through to exit.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • BitOasis — BitOasis is MENA's leading platform that allows you to securely buy, sell and trade crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Bitcoin Cash at the best rates. Currently available in UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
  • Believe — Believe Pte Ltd. is a global, Singapore-based FMCG conglomerate that provides market-ready solutions for customers by listening to their needs and designing products that suit their culture and life choices. From breakthrough personal care essentials to beauty products surpassing global standards, our worldwide team of experts use cutting-edgetechnology, scientifically proven methodologies and ancient knowledge to gift our customers
  • Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.
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Club degli Investitori
VC Fund · Torino, Piemonte, Italy · 8 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Italy, United Kingdom, Israel

Portfolio highlights

  • Largix — Largix is the first company to develop and commercially produce 3D Robotic Printers for real production processes. We have invented the "Cold 3D Printing®" technology that makes 3DP possible for real industrial production. Largix uses the most common thermoplastic polymers: Polypropylene and Polyethylene, polymers that nobody else iscapable of printing.
  • TextYess — Increase your eCommerce Retention with a Frictionless Experience.
  • Electra Vehicles — Control, Analyze, & Design Innovative Battery Packs using Electra Vehicles' EVE-Ai 360 Adaptive Controls and Analytics and EnPower Design.
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Abunayyan Holding
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

Abunayyan Holding are turnkey partners who provide integrated solutions in water, power and energy applications in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Internet, Food and Beverage
  • Series A, Seed
  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Saee — At saee we delivering smiles through fulfilling online orders. Also integrate with saee.sa and deliver your shipments and track the couriers.
  • Lucidya — Lucidya is a tool for social media analytics powered by artificial intelligence and big data solution. lucidya have many uses like market research, benchmarking, crisis management , product development ..etc
  • MUNCH:ON — MUNCH:ON is a food tech startup that has cracked the subscription space in the UAE & KSA, focusing on offering meals from the best restaurants at a significant discount and with free delivery. The company has invested heavily in its scheduling, bundling and order prediction software which has enabled it to achieve massive cost savings for itsrestaurant partners that they then pass on to their users, often offering up to a 55% discount vs. restaurants' regular price. Whether it's employees ordering from their company's curated menu or users ordering for their families at home, the platform takes the usual hassle and cost out of food delivery in a financially (and environmentally) sustainable manner for all stakeholders
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SEDCO Capital
VC Fund · Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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.

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Investment focus

  • Beauty, Wearables, Construction
  • Seed, Post-IPO Equity
  • Canada, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Venus Concept — Venus Concept is a progressive thinking company driven by their passion to create cutting edge technologies and products. While resting on strong ethical morals, they push boundaries in order to create new standards in the medical aesthetics industry.Led by a team of experienced executives and researchers, world renowned for their achievementsin the medical aesthetics industry, Venus Concept is delivering the promise of a more effective, more pleasant and more profitable experience.
  • WakeCap Technologies — WakeCap Technologies RTLS is an IoT-based enterprise solution designed to support the digitization process of work sites, Construction, Oil and Gas, Industrial, Manufacture.
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Khalid AlTawil
Angel · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

Khalid AlTawil is a Board Member at Saudi Chemcial Company.

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Investment focus

  • Gaming, eSports, Rental
  • Seed
  • Egypt, India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
  • GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
  • RentSher Middle East — RentSher was established in 2016 and is an online platform for renting event furniture and services, electronics, medical and travel essentials. It manages order bookings, payments, deliveries and value added services.
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Klaus Hommels
Angel · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Klaus Hommels is Founder of Lakestar. Lakestar invests in European as well as U.S. companies that show fast international growth. Klaus has been involved in the early days of investments such as Skype, Xing, King, Facebook, Spotify and Airbnb. More recent investments include online men's grooming business Harry's, GoEuro, Opendoor andFiveAI. Klaus started his career at Bertelsmann, before joining AOL Germany in 1995 as a Board Member. He was also a venture partner of Benchmark Capital Europe. He earned his MBA and PhD in finance from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He was ranked as one of the top Europe-based venture capital investors in the global Midas List 2013, 2014 and 2015 and just became third best European investor in the first European list of the same ranking. Lakestar is the leading European VC with a true global presence with offices in Zurich, Berlin and London as well as satellites in New York and Hong Kong. Klaus has a strong voice in the European Tech Ecosystems which he supports passionately with various initiatives, eg. the 'Internet Foundation'.Klaus started his career at Bertelsmann, before joining AOL Germany in 1995 as a Board Member. He was also a venture partner of Benchmark Capital Europe. He earned his MBA and PhD in finance from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He was ranked as one of the top Europe-based venture capital investors in the global Midas List 2013, 2014 and 2015 and just became third best European investor in the first European list of the same ranking. Lakestar is the leading European VC with a true global presence with offices in Zurich, Berlin and London as well as satellites in New York and Hong Kong. Klaus has a strong voice in the European Tech Ecosystems which he supports passionately with various initiatives, eg. the 'Internet Foundation'.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Software, News
  • Series A, Funding Round, Seed
  • Germany, Sweden, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Enfore — EnFour is a business platform paired with a collection of versatile, easy to use apps that run on smartphones, tablets and personal computers. It was founded in 2009 by Marco Boerries. Enfour's solution creates a level playing field by giving small businesses instant access to the tools, capabilities insights normally only available to largercompanies. Their goal is to provide the majority of small businesses around the world with similar efficiencies and scale effects to those that large enterprises possess. They founded enfore to re-imagine how these businesses utilize technology and to enable them to stay competitive in a connected world. By combining innovative hardware, powerful and easy to use software as well as comprehensive services, enfore delivers an amazing solution to connect all business aspects.
  • Citra Style — Citra Style designs and produces fashion for Muslim Women that follows contemporary runway and mainstream trends. Products are available both online and offline across the globe, with strong footprint in USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and Germany. The quality of merchandise is considered best in the segment.Citra Style’s fashion experts combinefashion items to looks which are made available online in a distinguished “Shop-By-Look” feature to inspire online shoppers.The team consists of Western born/raised Muslims with extensive fashion and ecommerce experience. Citra Style has a solid investor base that will help grow the company into a Multi 100 million USD business.
  • Factory Berlin — Factory Berlin is the strongest innovation network in Europe: a curated community of 3500+ creators from the world of startups, tech, and corporates.
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HV Capital
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 14 investments in the past 12 months

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Payrails — Payrails enables high-growth companies to craft their payment experiences and financial services globally.
  • Cello — Turn users into your most valuable growth channel. Cello is the easiest way to add a P2P referral program to any SaaS product in hours.
  • NEURA Robotics — NEURA Robotics is revolutionizing the world of robotics by using cognitive capabilities to bring robots and humans closer together.
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Kinnevik
VC Fund · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 15 investments in the past 12 months

Kinnevik is an industry-focused investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. Its purpose is to build digital consumer businesses that provide more and better choices. The company does this by working in partnership with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast-growing businesses in developed and emergingmarkets.Kinnevik believes in delivering both shareholder and social value by building well-governed companies that contribute positively to society. Kinnevik was founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor, and von Horn families. Kinnevik's shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's list for large-cap companies under the ticker codes KINV A and KINV B.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Series B, Funding Round, Series C
  • United States, Germany, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

  • Instabee — Delivery when it suits you who shop online
  • TravelPerk — TravelPerk offers the freedom travelers want, and the control companies need. Enjoy the world's largest travel inventory, 24/7 support and easy booking.
  • H2 Green Steel — H2 Green Steel will be a fully integrated, digitalized and automated greenfield steel plant. By bringing together raw materials, renewable energy, local expertise, and artificial intelligence, we aim to bring emissions down to zero.
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Andreea Danila
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Andreea is an award-winning entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is the Founder & General Partner of Global Millennial Capital, the first investor from the Arab world to introduce artificial intelligence into its investment origination process, and an investor and board member of various portfolio companies in Silicon Valley includingUnifimoney, Rocket Dollar, Envel, UnifImoney, Elly Health, Blue Studios, PathBooks among others.Prior to starting Global Millennial Capital, Andreea was an M&A professional with Ernst and Young Corporate Finance where she advised sovereign wealth funds, investment banks, and technology companies on strategy, M&A, and market entry strategies for billion-dollar strategic capital projects.She brings extensive experience in launching and scaling private equity and venture capital funds in the middle east, previously being a founding member and Director with a middle east USD 1 Billion private capital fund. She holds close and strategic relationships with most of the institutional investors from the Middle East for the last 15 years in the region.Andreea is a Harvard Business School alumni with a specialization in General Management and holds a post-graduate diploma from MIT - Artificial Intelligence.

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • KingsCrowd — KingsCrowd aggregates, analyzes, and rates startups raising on the online private markets so that you can invest like a venture capitalist.
  • Unifimoney — Unifimoney is an investment and money management app built to simplify, diversify and unify your money management. Manage and grow your wealth effortlessly and in one place. Passive and Active investing, plus alternative assets like Crypto and Precious Metals, a credit card with rewards paid in Bitcoin, Gold, or Equities, and a full suite of banking services. Plus exclusive benefits and offers for customers including student loans with bonuses up to $2,500, mortgages, auto loans, insurance, HSA, and more.
  • Millennial Brands — Millennial Brands is an emerging consumer player specializing in launching and developing the next generation of direct-to-consumer and digital brands.
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Al Faisaliah Ventures
VC Fund

Al Faisaliah Ventures is created Corporate Ventures Capital arm of Al Faisaliah Group.

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Investment focus

  • Mobile, Shopping, E-Commerce
  • Series A
  • United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Awok.com — Today AWOK.com has close to 700 employees with its own courier service fleet, which enables the company to keep control on the quality of service delivered to customers as well as timely delivery. The company sells its products in at least 120 countries through its cross border services and has its own fulfillment center and logistics.Offeringapproximately 70,000 products across 30 plus categories, the vision has always been to be the preferred E-Commerce channel across all locations that the company operates in, where customers are assured of affordable, effortless and seamless shopping experience. At Awok.com, we believe that in order to create the best shopping experience and deliver highest quality of customer satisfaction technology needs to exploited to the fullest. With this in mind we have built a reliable and scalable technology network and are constantly looking to innovate with the help of our highly skilled and creative team.
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Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD FRCPC
Angel · 2 investments in the past 12 months

Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD ABIM FRCPC is an Iraqi-Canadian physician-entrepreneur who specializes in endocrinology, hypertension and genetics. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, and an early-stage investor and advisor with over 10 years of clinical and business experience. He has conducted extensive researchin the field of hormones and genetics at America’s research hospital, the National Institutes of Health, and co-founded and financed several startup companies in the fintech, blockchain and healthcare sectors. Business:Fady is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of FHS Capital (fhscapital.io), a privately held early-stage investment fund focusing on real estate, express car wash services, wellness and digital assets. He serves as a strategic advisor and consultant on several healthTech and blockchain companies, focusing on strategic planning, operational skills, business support, and financing. He led several seed financing rounds, including; Ovenue Inc. (ovenue.com), a no-code AI and blockchain Platform-as-a-Service for real-world asset valuation and tokenization; Flyby (flyby.global), a technology platform connecting last mile delivery with digital out of home advertising; and Fluus (fluus.com), a web3 ramping solution. Medicine:Fady completed clinical training in internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine; adult endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the National Institutes of Health; and clinical biochemical genetics at the University of Toronto. He is board-certified in internal medicine and endocrinology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada; and in clinical hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. He is an active staff physician and adjunct professor at Vancouver General Hospital (UBC), and Trillium Health Partners (UofT), and a fellow with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Research: Fady served the NIH (2015-2021) as a physician-scientist in endocrinology/genetics, Head of Graduate Medical Education and Associate Program Director of endocrinology fellowship program. His research interests remain on adrenal disorders including primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension that is potentially reversible with early detection and treatment. He has authored over 100 original articles, book chapters and reviews on endocrine-genetic conditions (h-index 20, i10-index 42), and was the founding member and first Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Endocrine and Metabolic Science (Elsevier).

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • FLUUS — FLUUS is an aggregator of fiat to crypto gateways with a crypto ramping network covering emerging. FLUUS allows users to buy, sell, or swap cryptocurrencies and tokens. They aggregate cryptographic services into a single software development kit, connect ramping, exchanging, transactions, and payments, and create a money experience.
  • Fasset — Fasset is a global digital asset gateway that brings unparalleled accessibility to the digital asset space. Through our simple, safe and innovative digital assets, we provide people in emerging markets the opportunity to build a better future. We are pioneering web3 technologies and driving adoption of digital assets for the next billion.
  • Flyby — Flyby is an innovation in last mile delivery with a smart delivery box and technology platform offering tracking and advertising.
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Endeavor Catalyst
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 17 investments in the past 12 months

Endeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$500M+ AUM across four funds and has made 260+ investments to date in 35+ different markets. TodayThe Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 53 companies valued at $1B+. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • United States, Brazil, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

  • Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Thunes — Payment infrastructure for a connected world.
  • InvGate — InvGate is the solution to build a modern service desk and empower IT with total visibility of your IT estate.
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Regolith
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Regolith provides convenient private equity investments in early and late-stage Venture Rounds, pre-IPO, IPO, NFT, and real estate in the US, UAE, and Asia.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Marketplace, Consumer Goods
  • Seed
  • United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • YallaHub — We store, pick, puck and deliver. Add 15-minute Delivery to your Business.
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Rocket Internet
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in the past 12 months

Rocket Internet incubates, builds, develops operationally and strategically invests in internet and technology companies globally. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Rocket Internet's selected companies are active in a large number of countries around the world.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Internet, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Apata — Apata the go-to fraud prevention provider for fintech issuers.
  • Knoma — Search hundreds of courses from leading schools and bootcamps. Learn now and pay later with Knoma and spread the cost with ethical finance
  • The Coterie — https://blog.thecoterie.co/introducing-the-coterie-34e739cb85dcThe Coterie builds financial software for people who may make more from assets than salary. We offer founders access to venture capital investments, estate planning strategies and, coming soon, lending products. Our founders—Ethan Agarwal, Jeson Patel, and ChrisBoies—have all founded and sold companies before. We built The Coterie, alongside our incredible team, because we saw the need for these products first hand, and we created the world we want to live in. We’ve raised $50M in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Garry Tan (Midas List), Gokul Rajaram (IFKYK), Mar Hershenson (Midas List), Stanley Tang (Doordash co-founder), and more. Loans are made by Coterie Finance LLCLoans are made by Coterie Finance LLC. Investment advisory services provided through The Coterie Management Co LLC. Not investing advice, no guarantee of future results.
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VentureFriends
VC Fund · Athens, Attiki, Greece · 9 investments in the past 12 months

We are an early stage investor investing in Seed and Series A startups.

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Investment focus

  • FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Greece, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Embat — Keep your cash flows, cash accounts, debt positions and forecasts monitored and automated real time.
  • Embla — Embla provides an online medical weight loss treatment using prescription drugs and coaching. The company provides patients with evidence-based treatments, digital tools, medication, and coaching to facilitate sustainable weight loss. Embla was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.
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Wharton Alumni Angels
VC Fund · Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months

Founded in 2016, Wharton Alumni Angels is an active angel investment group composed of University of Pennsylvania alumni and non-Penn alumni who have joined our community. Our members are entrepreneurs, and senior business executives, and institutional investors with a global reach. Our members are located on every continent and invest in startups worldwide.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Brazil, Canada

Portfolio highlights

  • Alltius Inc. — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.
  • Fluid Biomed Inc. — Fluid Biotech is a Calgary based company that aims to develop the next generation of stents to improve patient well-being and realise better health and quality of life through innovation.
  • Secret Skin — Buy non-toxic skincare & beauty products online from Secret Skin. Shop 100% natural and organic Skin Care, Hair Care, Bath & Body Care, Beard Grooming and Beauty products for Women & Men online at the Secret Skin store.
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INSEAD Angels
VC Fund · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Group of Bay Area INSEAD Alumni

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Investment focus

  • Education, Information Technology, EdTech
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • France, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

  • JetLearn — Personalized online coding classes for kids by top 1% tutors. The world's first web 3 academy for kids.
  • Já Vendeu — Compre e venda produtos usados
  • Secret Skin — Buy non-toxic skincare & beauty products online from Secret Skin. Shop 100% natural and organic Skin Care, Hair Care, Bath & Body Care, Beard Grooming and Beauty products for Women & Men online at the Secret Skin store.
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Financial Horizon Group
VC Fund · Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia

Financial Horizon Group is a family office that was established in 2014 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its services vary from Investment, Recruitment, and Consultancy.

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Investment focus

  • Software, FinTech, Finance
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

  • Magnitt — Magnitt is a startup directory that connects investors, mentors, and emerging companies in the Middle East. The discovery platform is a database with over 5,500 MENA startups and over 200 investors.
  • Telfaz11 — Telfaz11 is a creative media studio from Saudi Arabia specializing in locally-relevant entertainment content
  • POSRocket — Traditional cash registers are a thing of the past. POSRocket modernizes this near-obsolete system by providing business owners with an intuitive, user-friendly, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) platform.
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Manu Gupta
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 4 investments in the past 12 months

Manu is the founder of Blue Lion Global VC, and was previously a founding member and Partner of Lakestar VC (>$1.4bn). He splits time between San Francisco and London.

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

  • 5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
  • Vetic — Vetic is a network of cutting-edge clinics with an emphasis on providing comprehensive pet health care.
  • Sunhero — Sunhero delivers custom-built solar panel solutions. Sunhero offers consumers a hassle-free method of installing customised photovoltaic solar systems on their homes, be that either purchasing outright or renting for a 20 year period.
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StonePine ACE Partners
VC Fund

StonePine ACE Partners is a joint venture between StonePine Capital Partners and ACE & Company.

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Investment focus

  • Mobile, Shopping, E-Commerce
  • Series A
  • United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Taaleem — Taaleem one of the largest education providers in the United Arab Emirates and their main activity is the development and management of early childhood, primary and secondary schools. With quality at the forefront of their offering, they tailor each project to answer the specific educational requirements of a wide range of families by offering topinternational curricula including British, American, the International Baccalaureate and their multi-lingual, custom early childhood programme.Taaleem, which means 'education' in Arabic, is committed to inspiring students and helping them to identify and develop their passions and talents. They only recruit the best international teachers who are capable of delivering their international curricula in a creative and engaging manner. Taaleem seeks to raise the educational standards in the region. The combined experience of its core team of senior education leaders in international education policy, operations and global management best practices means Taaleem is well positioned to ensure the creative of truly exceptional schools that satisfy the most comprehensive and exacting education developmental requirements.
  • Awok.com — Today AWOK.com has close to 700 employees with its own courier service fleet, which enables the company to keep control on the quality of service delivered to customers as well as timely delivery. The company sells its products in at least 120 countries through its cross border services and has its own fulfillment center and logistics.Offeringapproximately 70,000 products across 30 plus categories, the vision has always been to be the preferred E-Commerce channel across all locations that the company operates in, where customers are assured of affordable, effortless and seamless shopping experience. At Awok.com, we believe that in order to create the best shopping experience and deliver highest quality of customer satisfaction technology needs to exploited to the fullest. With this in mind we have built a reliable and scalable technology network and are constantly looking to innovate with the help of our highly skilled and creative team.
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ACE & Company
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 8 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • DePoly — DePoly is a spin off out of the LSMO lab at EPFL- Valais that has developed a novel technology allowing for the chemical recycling of PET plastic back to its main two components ethylene glycol (EG) and terephthalic acid (TPA). Our approach turns low valued materials (PET waste) into high-valued chemicals like TPA creating a circular economy. Weexpect this process to generate revenue from chemically recycling PET to TPA/EG, which can be sold back to industry to make new virgin PET plastic and allowing for a sustainable source of TPA and EG on the market.
  • ANYbotics — ANYbotics provides autonomous legged robots for industrial applications to provide high availability and reliability in automated routine inspections.
  • Pledge — Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to measure, reduce and offset the climate impact of their products.
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Alexander Rugaev
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Alexander Rugaev is the Founder of AR Ventures FZE. He previously worked at Insolar as an Advisor. Alexander Rugaev attended the Baltic State Technical University and Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and Instrumentation.

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Investment focus

  • Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning
  • Secondary Market, Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, Singapore, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Udemy — Udemy's mission is to create new possibilities for people and organizations everywhere by connecting them to the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in a changing world. The Udemy marketplace platform, with thousands of up-to-date courses in dozens of languages, provides the tools learners, instructors, and enterprises need to achievetheir goals and reach their full potential. Millions of people learn on Udemy from real-world experts in topics ranging from programming and data science to leadership and team building. For companies, Udemy Business offers an employee training and development platform with subscription access to thousands of courses, learning analytics, and the ability to host and distribute their own content.
  • Discord — Discord is the easiest way to talk over voice, video, and text. Talk, chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.
  • FiscalNote — The #1 most trusted partner for managing the global issues and policy affairs that present the biggest risks and opportunities to your organization.
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Glowfish Capital
VC Fund

Glowfish Partners is a boutique business builder that invests in and creates early-stage companies within the Middle East and Africa. We believe in the 'old' VC model where we are actively involved in our ventures. We provide our exceptional talent with funding, expertise, and mentoring for ambitious projects that can quickly become realbusinesses.Glowfish prefers to invest in booming industries, in growing economies where opportunities are plenty but real talent is scarce. Glowfish is based out of Dubai. It was founded in 2013 by Wim Torfs and Ali Malik, both McKinsey & Co alumni.

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Investment focus

  • Consumer, Automotive, E-Commerce Platforms
  • Seed
  • United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • CarSwitch — Sell your car in UAE - free car valuation, get the best price, quickly and without hassle with CarSwitch
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Max Burger
Angel

Max Burger is an Angel Investor in Asia, Europe and the United States. He is the co-owner of FMCG.

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Investment focus

  • B2B, SaaS, Enterprise Software
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • United States, Spain, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

  • Smartvel — Are you looking to drive marketing success? Smartvel offers you specialized content creators and travel content solutions with AI. More information here!
  • Clara — End-to-end spend management for companies in Latin America.
  • Managed by Q — Keep your workplace running smoothly with Eden Workplace's all-in-one workplace management and desk booking software. Discover how Eden Workplace's suite of solutions can streamline your workflow today!
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Muhammad Ismail
Angel · Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Muhammad Ismail is the Managing Director at Amtec Links International. Muhammad Ismail attended University of Derby.

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Investment focus

  • CRM, Hardware, Software
  • Private Equity
  • United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Amtec Links International — Amtec Links International is an IT company that develops, manufacture, sell, resell, and support a range of products and solutions.Amtec Links International partners with some of the leading companies in the IT industries such as Microsoft, Dell, Cisco to offer its ranges of products and solutions in the Middle East and African markets.Thecompany also design, manufacture, and distribute its products through resellers, distributors, and online. Amtec Links International was established in 2007 by Muhammad Ismail in Nigeria, later moved the head office to United Arab Emirates where it is currently based.
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Anuscha Iqbal
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Anuscha Iqbal

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Investment focus

  • Beauty, Cosmetics
  • Pre-Seed
  • United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

  • Secret Skin — Buy non-toxic skincare & beauty products online from Secret Skin. Shop 100% natural and organic Skin Care, Hair Care, Bath & Body Care, Beard Grooming and Beauty products for Women & Men online at the Secret Skin store.
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Knuru Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Based out of Dubai, Knuru pursues equity and credit opportunities in fintech and marketplaces across the GCC, Africa and Southern Europe. The management is led by a team of investors and entrepreneurs bringing to venture capital extensive cross-asset class experience dedicated to supporting high growth businesses.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Financial Services, Transportation
  • Funding Round, Series C, Series A
  • United Arab Emirates, Spain, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

  • Amitruck — Meet your digital logistics partner in Africa. Click here to learn more about our end-to-end smart digital logistics solution.
  • Savana — Transform EMR into Deep-Real World Evidence with a scientific methodology that applies Artificial Intelligence (AI) to EMR free-text.
  • The Giving Movement — Sustainable Activewear & Streetwear Clothing | Made in UAE | $4 per item donated to charity | Gym Clothing & Workout Clothes
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Mindrock Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months

Mindrock Capital offers access to the best venture deals in Silicon Valley for investors around the world. We invest in emerging tech leaders when they show the highest growth rate.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Internet, FinTech
  • Secondary Market, Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, Russian Federation, Cyprus

Portfolio highlights

  • Q-CTRL — Infrastructure software to power the quantum future
  • Planetarians — Why: When the alternative meat consumption grows from the current 2% to a projected 23%, where will the industry get proteins? Isolation, fermentation, cultured… all of them require it’s own ingredients for proteins. They might be not so readily available in the food system on the Earth…What: PLANETARIANS developed a new platform to makealternative meats from animal feed (Sunflower, Corn DDGS, Pulses). Skipping protein isolation it uses just 0.5:1 water (no chemicals). Product prototypes have umami taste, improved protein quality and lower costs than meats made from isolates and concentrates.How: Solid-state fermentation converts carbs in the ingredients into extra protein in addition to inherent one and improves PDCAAS. Wet extrusion works as a kill step and creates a meat-like texture.
  • Micropolis — Micropolis was founded to make functional transportation safer, cleaner, and more usable. To achieve that goal, the team created a whole new form of transportation.Micropolis will provide mobility-as-a-service in dense urban environments. We will handle the autonomous control, charging, maintenance, and upgrades for our fleet of vehicles.In2020, Micropolis joined forces with Dubai Police. And in the process, solidified the future in the autonomous rover industry. We are focused on testing on private and public roads as we move towards launching the first fleet.
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Faith Capital
VC Fund · Sharq Hawalli, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait

Faith Capital is a venture capital firm investing in talented MENA founders building long-term value by developing sound operations at home and abroad.A Kuwait based venture capital fund owned and managed by individuals with proven business experience and success in the GCC.The principal focus of Faith Capital is on e-commerce businesses,based in the region, which have high growth potential for the future.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain

Portfolio highlights

  • Nana — Nana is an online grocery platform that provides doorstep deliveries of groceries and other home essentials. The company's platform offers a wide assortment of groceries, fruits, and vegetables, cosmetics, electronics, bakery items, and flowers that enables consumers to purchase products online and get them delivered to their homes.Nana wasestablished in 2016 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
  • Playbook — Playbook accelerates career growth for women through expert-led Masterclasses and an engaged community that enables women to keep learning and leading.
  • 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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French Partners
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

French Partners is the first co-investment club dedicated to qualified investors wishing to accompany and finance companies led locally by French entrepreneurs. French Partners targets start-ups and growing SMEs with revenues of up to several tens of millions of euros, who already have or wish to accelerate their international presence, as well asinnovative investment funds. French Partners invests from €1 million to €5 million, often on a minority basis, alone or in co-investment, in the capital of companies founded and managed by french entrepreneurs internationally.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Software, Payments
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, France, China

Portfolio highlights

  • Greenly — With Greenly's Carbon Management's platform; measure, reduce, report and offset your carbon emissions for a cleaner future!
  • Reebelo — Reebelo is APAC’s leading marketplace for pre-loved tech devices. Our vision is to reduce e-waste by building the circular economy for refurbished electronics. While doing so, we enable consumers to save up to 70% on their favorite brands and flexibly rent devices instead of buying them. Reebelo is based in Singapore with additional offices inAustralia, New Zeland & Malaysia. Get in touch if you want to be part of a high-growth, disruptive team working to make a positive impact!
  • GAIA — GAIA is a furniture eCommerce platform for the sale of home products and design accessories. It offers a range of products such as sofas, chairs, drawers, dressers, tables, desks, rugs, and textiles that let consumers purchase home furnishing products at affordable prices.
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GS Shop
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea

GSHS is Korea’s foremost multimedia retailer as well as a global leader in TV home shopping.GSHS strives to fulfill its corporate vision of ‘Value No. 1 Online Commerce Leader’, working tirelessly to create a new quality of life by enabling our customers to shop conveniently whenever and wherever. This vision is the guiding light that hasfueled our growth to the very apex of Korea’s multimedia retail industry.GSHS focuses on creating a shopping environment that is convenient and accessible. To this end, we provide shopping services not only via TV, internet, and shopping catalogs but also through new media platforms, including digital cable TV, IPTV (internet protocol television), smartphones, and tablet PCs.We continuously strive to enhance our customers’ quality of life. We search all corners of the globe for quality products that can further enrich our customers’ lives, and we never stop thinking about new services that would provide added convenience.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Mobile, Marketing
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • South Korea, United States, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

  • AB180 — AB180 is a data-driven performance marketing firm that assists organizations in the digital age using data analytics & marketing technology.
  • Guhada — Guhada platform serves as a luxury goods distribution hub, connecting local boutiques in Europe, domestic conglomerate shopping malls, and luxury goods and fashion vertical commerce. Guhada has been supplying the domestic market with luxury goods owned by European boutiques, ranging from high-demand high-end luxury goods to contemporary onlineproducts.
  • Pet Friends — Pet Friends is a one-hour delivery service for pet supplies.
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