Top 25 Food and Beverage VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Egypt in October 2023

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• CardoO — Welcome To Our InnovationsExplore
• SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
• Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.

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• 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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• Buguard — Buguard, Inc. is a company information security solutions provider with expertise and demonstrated experience providing information assurance (IA) and computer security services to government, commercial and international customers. Buguard was founded in 2019 and is based in Cairo, Egypt. Our capabilities include risk and vulnerabilityassessments, secure network architecture and design, security program management and development, as well as security policy, process and procedure integration. Buguard is a focused, “boutique” consulting company.
• Menthum — Saving Made Simple
• SehaTech — Welcome to SehaTech, the groundbreaking company revolutionizing the health insurance market with our innovative solutions!

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• Tactyc — Tactyc is an easy-to-use portfolio construction, forecasting and management software for venture funds.
• Zoie Health — Zoie is a digital health firm for women that provides family planning, fertility, and maternity care services.
• Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.

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• Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
• Pylon — Pylon provides water and electricity distribution companies, in emerging markets, with a platform for managing their customers and infrastructure.
• Almentor — almentor.net is a cutting-edge continuous e-learning platform curating top-rated video-based training programs delivered by leading subject matter experts and accessible through B2C and B2B channels to serve the needs of Arabs across the world. The platform was officially launched in January 2018 and currently offers the biggest Arabic high qualitycontinuous learning video library in the world, including paid courses, free talks, crash courses and books, primarily in Arabic.

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• dKilo — dKilo is a technology company in the AdTech space. It offers smart out of home advertising solutions using the internet of things and AI.
• Roboost — Tayar is an enterprise solution using Artificial intelligence and complex Algorithms to facilitate, optimize, and manage the delivery process to any BTC (mainly home delivery) business to increase the delivery speed and performance.
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• Rology — AI-assisted On-demand Teleradiology Platform
• 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).
• FreshSource — FreshSource is revolutionizing the agriculture value chain through a tech-based B2B platform that is disrupting the distribution model of horticulture produce.

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• Filtareeq — Empowering your logistics department in ecommerce journey
• 3attar.com — Healthy Super App
• Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.

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• Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
• Bundle Kitchen — Bundle Kitchen App for Members Exclusive to the Campaign, Take Advantage of Benefits and Place an Order. Please submit.
• Mascotte Health — Supercharge your practice with a strong operational team and state-of-the-art technology.

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• 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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• Ogram — Ogram provides temporary and part-time staffing solutions for business that are looking to grow and improve their workflow. Hire Waiters, Runners, Kitchen Staff, Retail Staff, Warehouse Staff, E-Pickers and more.
• Ordera — Ordera is a mobile application focusing on enhancing the pick-up (takeaway) experience in the F&B industry, using Ordera people will be able to place and pay for their orders before their arrival to the venue and pick them up on the go in less than 30 seconds whether from the store or even from their cars like a virtual drive-thru. And with ourbuilt-in loyalty program, the more people use the application the more free-stuff they collect from their favorite venues. On the other hand, Ordera helps venue owners to increase their sales, know their customers, and maintain their loyal ones!
• Pulppo — Pulppo is the first Tech Enabled broker for Latin America. We partner with the best brokers in the region and empower them with tools, technology and resources to create a simple and transparent buying process. Pulppo was founded by Agustin Iglesias, former GM of Inmuebles24 and founder of Tokko Broker (Acquired by Navent) and Matias Gath, formerGM of Glovo in Argentina and founder of Kadabra (acquired by Glovo).

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• Baly — Baly is the cheapest and fastest taxi application in Baghdad.
• Swvl — Swvl | Book Your Daily Ride or Make Money Driving Now
• Breadfast — Fast & smooth shopping experience for the household.

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• Rybit — A leading technology platform that connects the last mile delivery industry, optimizing and simplifying day-to-day delivery operations.
• Natilus — Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ftdrone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019. Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+.
• Saltbox — Saltbox makes the hardest parts of running an ecommerce business simple. Explore our logistics and warehouse solutions growing eCommerce companies

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• Yumamia — Yumamia is a chain of virtual cloud kitchens that offers corporates & busy professionals a premium food delivery service through on demand & subscription based plans offering high quality, delicious & clean food that is more affordable & convenient than fast food. Currently operating in Egypt and expanding soon to the GCC.

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• Kenzz — Kenzz is an e-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA.
• FlapKap — FlapKap is a company revolutionizing e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region.
• Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online

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• tru.ID — APIs for fast & frictionless mobile verification. Sign up today to see how tru.ID can turbocharge your user onboarding, conversion, security and experience.
• Breadfast — Fast & smooth shopping experience for the household.
• ImmunoMet Therapeutics — ImmunoMet Therapeutics is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel oncology products that are aimed to improve the quality of life of cancer patients. With more than 6 years of experience in the field of cancer metabolism and immunometabolism, ImmunoMet has developed a comprehensivepipeline of metabolic regulators preferentially targeting the cellular metabolism of drug-resistant cancer subpopulations and immuno-suppressors of anti-cancer effector T cells.

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• BBy — BBy connects nursing mothers with couples who can't produce or do not produce enough breast milk to feed their child
• Blacktop Hoops — Blacktop Hoops is a streetball-inspired multiplayer VR basketball game. Chain together flashy dribble tricks, shots, and high-flying dunks to finish off AI opponents or players across the globe in epic streetball matches.
• Alga Biosciences — Eliminating enteric methane emissions at scale

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• MatHem — MatHem is an e-commerce company that combines a complete grocery store online with recipes and subscriptions for ready-made groceries. It delivers food to Swedish homes 7 days a week. The company also combines a full grocery store online with prescription and subscription finished shopping bags. MatHem offers a broad range of grocery products andadjacent household consumables, catering to more than half of Swedish households. The company food is delivered to your door with their own temperature-controlled to ensure an unbroken cold chain.Mathem.se has been awarded The Grocery Website of the Year (Årets matsajt) in 2010, 2011 and 2013 by the Swedish online magazine Internet world. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden
• Vezeeta — Vezeeta is the digital healthcare platform in MEA that connects patients with healthcare providers and health services. Patients are able to search, compare, book and review the best doctors in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. It also provides innovative SaaS solutions to healthcare providers in the region. Vezeeta empowers millions ofpatients through data and the ability to better access healthcare in the region. With over 200,000 verified reviews, patients are able to search, compare, and book the best doctors in just 1 minute. Doctors also provide Patients with seamless healthcare experiences through our clinic management software.
• Captain Cause — Captain Cause provides financial solutions and offer pre-financed donations to your customers, partners and employees.

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• Grinta — Grinta is a pharmaceutical supply chain that uses AI and ML to empower local pharmacies. It is a managed marketplace that is modernizing the pharmaceutical supply chain by empowering independent pharmacies across Africa through AI & ML technologies.
• FlapKap — FlapKap is a company revolutionizing e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region.
• OneOrder — One Order delivers exceptional produce, custom cuts of meat, high-quality seafood, and imported foods offering an array of global flavors.

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• Nawah Scientific — Nawah is MENA & Africa's first Cloud Lab providing Analytical and R&D services to the region's life science, food, agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors.
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• The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids

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• Yumamia — Yumamia is a chain of virtual cloud kitchens that offers corporates & busy professionals a premium food delivery service through on demand & subscription based plans offering high quality, delicious & clean food that is more affordable & convenient than fast food. Currently operating in Egypt and expanding soon to the GCC.
• NewsGuard — Transparent Tools to Counter Misinformation on Behalf of Readers, Brands, and Democracies.
• Duel — The all-in-one Brand Advocacy Platform for eCommerce brands. Manage Brand Ambassador and Customer Loyalty programs at scale to accelerate organic growth.

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• Khazna — Khazna is an Egyptian company that aims to improve and expand financial services for Egyptians through the mobile application.
• Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
• Shift EV — Electrifying fleets in emerging markets.

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• 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.

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• Voltalia — The Investor Relations website contains information about Voltalia's business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.
• Masdar Capital — Masdar Capital is developing & deploying commercial-scale renewable energy projects.
• TBC Bank Uzbekistan — The first next-generation greenfield digital bank in Uzbekistan, established by TBC Group - FTSE 250 constituent financial services group

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• Usage AI — Usage AI's automated cloud management tools help companies save time and money in the cloud.
• Vesto — Fintech
• Syncfy — LATAM's leading financial API.