# Top 25 Digital Media Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates in May 2026 ## Wamda Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services 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. ## Raed Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region ## Faith Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sharq Hawalli, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software 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. ## Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS 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. ## VN2 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Advertising, Digital Media A fund investing in the blockchain, crypto & web3 ecosystem as well as disruptive technology. Offices in London & New York. ## FHS Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Blockchain, SaaS, Sales Family Office ## Arzan Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Arzan Venture Capital (Arzan VC) is a Kuwait-born VC firm that has been investing in startups with a MENA angle since 2014, making it one of the earliest VC firms in the region. Arzan VC's portfolio includes 30+ startups. The firm invests in young, fast-growing and innovative tech teams and it remains committed to building long-lastingrelationships with the region’s most talented entrepreneurs at an early stage. ## Inbox Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Service Industry Venture Capital in disruptive, global and high growth potential companies. Stage of funding is pre-series A - C rounds ## Magnus Olsson - Type: Angel - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem. ## Deniz Devrim Cengiz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Apps Deniz Devrim Cengiz ## Alfred Ruth - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Digital Media, Apps Private investor with background as co-founder/CTO of Videoplaza. Author of speculative fiction thriller trilogy Fermi's Filter. ## Dtec Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps Dtec Ventures is the venture capital unit of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority and an integral part of the Dtec ecosystem. We invest in early-stage technology businesses in the MENA region with a nucleus in Dubai, that are disrupting or enabling traditional industries. ## Tech Invest Com - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Predictive Analytics Saudi technology investment company established in 2005. We invest in growth stage tech startups in Saudi Arabia & Middle East North Africa (MENA) region ## KAAF Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Apps, Audio, FinTech KAAF Investments is an investment firm. ## Boğaziçi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Video Games Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision. ## Kamel Gazzaz - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Digital Media, NFC, Audiobooks Kamel Gazzaz - Angel Investor @ Mars Reel ## EQ2 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail 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. ## HALA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Predictive Analytics Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages. ## Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD FRCPC - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech 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). ## Northzone - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Northzone is a venture capital fund with a perspective shaped by lives as entrepreneurs. Since 1996, they've made over 175 investments and invest from Seed to Growth. They've partnered with the founders of Spotify, Avito, iZettle, Klarna, Hopin, and hundreds of others to build category-defining businesses. They've raised €1bn inSeptember 2022. ## Aquarius 1 - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Big Data, Software, Analytics A group of Angel investors from Egypt ## Bonnier Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Digital Media, Software Bonnier Capital is the investment division of the Bonnier Group. Since 2016, we invest in promising companies in structurally growing industries and have become a reliant investment partner to companies and funds of various sizes. ## Creades AB - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Apps Creades is an investment company investing in businesses that have the potential for revaluation and value creation. Creade's business concept is to provide a good risk-adjusted return to its shareholders by investing in businesses where Creades can act as an engaged owner, primarily in small and medium-listed and unlisted Swedish companies.The firm is a spin-off from Investment AB Öresund. ## GINCO Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Big Data, Food and Beverage 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. ## Sami ElShafai - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Big Data, Software, Analytics Sami ElShafai # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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