# Top 50 Fitness Startup Investors in Middle East in October 2023

## Flat6Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps

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.

## Triventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Medical

Triventures is a global, early stage fund that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs. We partner with disruptive ventures with innovative breakthroughs in healthcare and beyond. Our vision is to create a better, healthier future through data driven solutions and cross industry convergence.

## Yaron Samid
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Cyber Security

Yaron Samid is an Israeli-American technology entrepreneur, investor, and startup community builder. Yaron is the founder of TechAviv, the 3K-member global Israeli startup founders club, and is the managing partner of TechAviv Founder Partners, a pre-seed venture fund, backed and powered by over 100 of the world’s most successful company builders.Previously, Yaron was the founder and CEO at BillGuard (Acq. by Prosper), founder & CPO at Pando (Acq. by Microsoft), and a founding board director at CloudLock (Acq. by Cisco) and Pond5.Yaron lives in Tel Aviv with his family and is a regular guest lecturer at Stanford and Columbia Business School. He attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland.

## twozero Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Media and Entertainment, Software

twozero Ventures provides venture investing to technology-driven and disruptive startups in sports, media, and entertainment.

## F+ Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Transportation, Automotive

F+ Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Fark Holding dedicated to evaluating and investing in technologies and business model innovations that are transforming our transportation systems. We support “A teams” by helping with customer acquisition and smart capital. F+ invests in innovative solutions, early stage disruptive technologies, startupswith technological value proposition and business model innovation. We seek to make late seed and series A investments in ambitious tech savvy teams building businesses.

## Oqal
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace

A group of young entrepreneurs to connect young people with ideas.

## Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Intelligent Systems

Wa’ed Ventures is the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed), established by Saudi Aramco with the vision of igniting the spirit of entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Wa’ed has deployed a suite of programs over the years to assist entrepreneurs in establishing, enhancing, or expanding their ventures. Theseprograms comprise development and financial support including business incubation, coaching and training to guide and nurture entrepreneurs along different business stages, seed funding, non-collateral loans, venture capital (equity/debt) investment, and business development. These programs support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of localizing industries and diversifying the Kingdom’s economy. Wa’ed also collaborates and engages with key players in order to create an effective entrepreneurship ecosystem.Wa’ed aspires to provide leadership in promoting entrepreneurship to support economic growth, diversification, and social development in Saudi Arabia, in alignment with the Kingdom’s strategic thrust into moving towards a knowledge-based economy. The organization aims to turn innovative ideas into successful projects, create and support sustainable SMEs, and develop entrepreneurs into successful business owners.Wa’ed Ventures aims to fuel the growth of high potential companies, thereby promoting economic development in Saudi Arabia with job creation for Saudi nationals, technological improvement, knowledge transfer, economic diversification, and economic growth within the Kingdom. The firm focuses on seed, early, and growth-stage businesses across a diverse range of sectors including information and communication technology (ICT), energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and services – from mobile application platforms and technologies to industrial equipment manufacturing to advanced software solutions.

## PICO Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Big Data

Pico Venture Partners invests in visionary Israeli entrepreneurs building future-defining technologies. We seek the leaders who are relentless in their quest to disrupt existing markets, industries, business processes, and consumer experiences.

## ACT Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing

Early stage deep tech investor

## Teknasyon
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Health Care, Fitness

Turkey's leading mobile application developer and one of the fastest-growing IT company according to Deloitte Fast 50, Teknasyon, has achieved great success by reaching out to 1.5 billion people in 55 different languages and ​172 countries with dozens of mobile applications since their establishment in 2013.Besides developing hyper-growthmobile apps, Teknasyon is also an infrastructure and content provider. In addition to building successful products, the company provides additional support with B2C and B2B tools on the way to an early-stage startup’s global growth as an investor.Teknasyon is not a regular investor, which also opens the kitchen to all these startups to reach millions of new users worldwide. That means supporting startups with the tools developed on their own technologies such as advanced reporting & insights, commercial positioning/design, full integration with internal marketing tools, and 360-degree marketing production & management.Developing their vision with Facebook, Google, and leading telco operators’ collaboration from day one and creating a value-added ecosystem with the startups let Teknasyon enhance their services. In entertainment, wellness, photo/video, productivity, shopping, sports, and mobile gaming, portfolio companies always pursue global growth.

## Global Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services

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

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

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

## Fark Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Fitness, Delivery

Fark Labs is an Innovation center with a focus on mobility.

## UI Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Software, Wellness

UI Investments is an investment firm.

## Teknoloji Yatirim
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Baby, Fitness

Teknoloji Yatirim is a early-stage technology venture capital & private equity firm.

## Flat6Labs Egypt
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

MENA’s leading seed and early stage VC firm, and the manager of the most renowned startup programs in the region. We are Accelerating the Future.

## Sanara Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ra'anana, HaMerkaz, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device

Sanara Ventures is an innovation-investment platform, elevating outstanding healthcare-technology companies, from early-stage to global market maturity. At Sanara, They share a vision of an integrated continuum of care supported by accessible advanced healthcare solutions for people around the world.

## TechOne VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

TechOne VC is a venture capital firm. It invests in innovative tech startups founded by visionary entrepreneurs solving global problems, to deliver superior returns for our investors.

## Legziel Family
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Legziel Famliy

## ERT Clinical
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Fitness, Internet, Wellness

Clario generates the richest clinical evidence by fusing our deep scientific expertise and global scale into the broadest endpoint technology platform.

## 100 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2C, SaaS, Beauty

100 Ventures is an investment firm and its invests in pre-seed and seed startups companies.

## A15
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Marketplace

A15 is an entrepreneurial company that invests in digital products and technology brands. They aspire to empower the human race to overcome its limits and expand its capabilities by creating real products for real people. They help them scale by providing them with investment, the support of our ecosystem, and act as their launchpad for expansion.It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

## Welltech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: mHealth, Health Care, Biotechnology

Welltech Ventures is Israel’s leading fund focused exclusively on investing in the health and wellness space. We seek to partner with entrepreneurs who epitomize the Startup Nation’s ethos and are building paradigm-shattering companies that are making an impact in the wellness space. As thought leaders we work with global investors focused onaccessing and investing in the Israeli tech ecosystem’s most promising entrepreneurs.

## Disruptive Technologies Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Advertising, Cloud Computing

Disruptive is a global early stage investor with operations in Israel and the US.

## SeedIL Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Big Data

SeedIL Ventures is a seed stage investment fund focusing on Israeli related companies in any sector except medtech/biotech and heavy Hardware.
After investment, SeedIL is committed to ensuring that portfolio companies reach their full potential by providing on-going coaching and connections through its extensive network, including the Limitedpartner's connections and intelligence.

## Red Swan Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce

Red Swan is a seed stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs who delight customers, create culture, and disrupt industries.If Black Swans are unforeseen calamitous events, Red Swans are great companies most of us never saw coming. They are built by entrepreneurs who create joy for their customers, provide meaning to their employees,and who scare their shareholders by passing on acquisition offers. They tend to be movements as much as businesses.

## Nevzat Aydın
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.

## Ithraa Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2C, SaaS, Beauty

Ithraa Capital is a company that specializes in Investment services.

## Asymmetry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

## Firat Isbecer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, SaaS

Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

## Afropreneurs
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Afropreneurs is an investment firm.

## Ithmar Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Fitness, mHealth, Software

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

## Embody Fitness
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Our personalised body transformation programmes are designed to suit your goals and guarantee results. Book a FREE consultation today!

## Sankonline
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Tea

Sankonline is a corporate venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments in companies building game-changing technologies.

## UnityPoint Health Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Electronic Health Record (EHR), Medical

At UnityPoint Health, they’re committed to investing in ideas and partners that provide an easier, more personal experience for their patients and providers. That’s why they founded their Innovation Venture Fund in 2019, which manages financial and strategic investment opportunities.

## AngelHub
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services

Hong Kong's first SFC licensed startup investment platform for professional investors and global startups raising growth capital

## Lucrative Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2C, SaaS, Beauty

Lucrative Ventures operates as an Investment Firm.

## Dual Gate Investment Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2C, SaaS, Beauty

Dual Gate Investment Holding

## Techstars Accelerator
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: B2C, SaaS, Hotel

Techstars Accelerator

## Wes Schwalje
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services

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

## PipelBiz.com
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing

PipelBiz enables companies to raise capital from an unlimited number of investors without the need of a prospectus

## Providence Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software

Providence Ventures generally targets mid- to late-stage venture investments across Healthcare IT, MedTech, and tech-enabled services.

## Discount Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Cloud Data Services

Discount Capital they provide services to investment funds and private investors. Their team specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory, and has played a key role in some of the most notable transactions in markets.

## Ali Rampurwala
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

15 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate strategy, angel investing, and business development having an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and being a CAIA Charterholder.

## Accelmed
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Aventura, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series D, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Medical

Accelmed is a venture capital firm that funds private and public medical device companies with significant market potential and proven clinical data.Concentrating on medical device companies that have already reached the revenue stage enables the firm to assist companies in benefiting from its managerial capabilities and financial resources.Together with the management teams of their portfolio companies, the Accelmed can steer the way from the clinical-stage to a profitable business with a clear commercial plan, thereby accelerating the path to a successful exit.In 2009, Mori Arkin and Uri Geiger, the co-founders of Accelmed, established the firm in Herzliya, Tel Aviv.

## LoftyInc Capital Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Carmel, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

## Jedar Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Delivery

VC venture capital investing in early stage startups from seed to series A in fintech, insurtech, marketplaces, foodtech, SaaS, healthtech and agritech

## Kingsway Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

## Cem Ortabaş
- Type: Angel
- Location: Izmir, Izmir, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Fitness

Cem Ortabaş is a Co-Founder at HubX. He attended Koç University during 2012-2017.

## Moshe Gaon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Advertising, Association, Social Media Marketing

Business entrepreneur and investor in startups. For the past 20 years developer of new initiatives and ideas. CEO, Chairman of companies, political strategist and advertising expert. Lead public opinion campaigns for people and issues from breast cancer, to national elections to the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Founding Partner atmybulb.vcOwner of the Gaon Holding Group; Executive Director in the group's companies, focusing on development and marketing products and services for the global Water Smart Grid. Member of the AquaAgro Fund Investment committee, a 50 Million dollar Israeli Venture Capital Fund, focused only on developing innovative water and agriculture technologies, as well as other innovative clean technologies.

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