# Top 15 Marketplace Startup Investors in Lebanon in May 2026

## Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Saned Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Online Portals

Saned Partners is an independently managed Venture Capital fund, aiming to nurture early-stage companies in the MENA region into growth and profitability.Their mission is to partner with entrepreneurs and to provide them with the means and resources to turn their projects into established, best-in-class businesses that offer exceptional all-aroundvalue to stakeholders.Saned’s vision is to serve as a catalyst for economic and social development in the region, by providing entrepreneurs with the opportunity to capitalize on their ambition and ideas.

## IM Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Software, Furniture

IM capital provides investment tools and support to companies for equity guarantee.

## Draper University Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, E-Commerce

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## Phoenician VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Founded in 2015, Phoenician Funds is at the heart of thriving capitals of digital innovation and startup ecosystems in the Middle East and North Africa ...

## Sawari Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software

The Middle East/North Africa is the next great investment opportunity. The Middle East has a collective population larger than the US, the vast majority of whom are ‘digital natives‘ (e.g.; under 30) with great appetites for consumer technology products and services. The region boasts higher per capita GDP and more disposable income than Indiaor China. In short, the Middle East is one of the technology sector’s high-growth regions, and offers tremendous potential for expansion in mobile, internet, social media and eCommerce services.Like the BRIC’s and other emerging markets, local partners are key to success. Sawari Ventures is at home in the Middle East, and knows its culture, context and business climate. They have experience and relationships working with technology and investment leaders world-wide. They know how to translate local visionaries into global hits.

## Flat6Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## B&Y Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software

B&Y Venture Partners is a MENA based Venture Capital firm that invests globally at both seed and growth stage. We invest in visionary and high-impact founders aiming to create new markets or transform existing ones.

## Kafalat iSME
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Education, Grocery, Internet

The iSME Programme is a USD 30 million initiative funded by the Government of Lebanon and the World Bank.

## iSME
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Furniture, E-Commerce, Home Decor

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## HIVOS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: News, Events, Crowdfunding

HIVOS is a Netherlands-based organization that seeks new solutions to persistent global issues.

## Wamda Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Alfanar
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Fashion, Recycling

Alfanar is the Arab region's first venture philanthropy organisation. We support social enterprises in the Arab region by helping them to become sustainable.

## Seeders Angel Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Furniture, E-Commerce, Home Decor

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## N2V
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Marketplace, Real Estate, Crowdfunding

N2V - National Net Ventures, is one of the largest Internet holding groups in Arabia, focused on value creation through building and investing in Arabic consumer web & mobile ventures (e-commerce, digital publishing, social media, Games, mobile apps, web forums, and user generated content), with over 200 employees spread in offices arounddifferent Arab countries and the USA.N2V also continually launches innovative and exciting initiatives focused on fostering digital entrepreneurship in Arabia.A few of their current initiatives include: connecting entrepreneurs together, educating and maturing the market, promoting an Arabic digital ecosystem, and promoting Digital Arabia regionally and globallyN2V is a member of National Technology Group (NTG), the region's largest ICT conglomerate and key provider of financial information and solutions for streaming real-time stock market feeds.

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