# Top 35 Payments Startup Investors in Egypt in May 2026 ## Global Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## A15 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## 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. ## VentureSouq - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio. ## Algebra Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Marketplace, E-Commerce, Software Algebra Ventures invests in technology startups that leverage innovation to transform large markets. They seek high-growth companies, led by passionate and capable teams, that have a unique value proposition, and that can generate significant economic returns.Algebra Ventures looks for entrepreneurial teams that possess vision and insight as wellas the execution skills needed to build scalable companies. Algebra Ventures focuses on Series A and Series B rounds in Egypt although they do not exclude investments in earlier-stage startups or in other parts of the MENA region. They prefer to meet startups early on and get to know the team as the opportunity is shaping up. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## FMO - Type: VC Fund - Location: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech FMO is a financial investment firm that specializes in financing businesses and projects FMO invests across the agribusiness value chain to enhance food security, support sustainability and promoting inclusive development. ## EFG Hermes - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Banking Established in 1984, EFG Hermes is the leading investment bank in the Arab world. The Firm specializes in Securities Brokerage, Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity and Research. EFG Hermes is listed on both the Egyptian and London stock exchanges. The recent acquisition of a 65% stake in Credit Libanais marks the first step towardsEFG Hermes’s transformation into a universal bank and will enable it to rapidly expand into retail and commercial banking. ## Battery Road Digital Holdings - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Payments, Financial Services Frontier Markets venture capital ## Disruptech Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Payments Disruptech specializes in financial technology start-up investments. ## Sequoia Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet We help the daring build legendary companies. ## Ingressive Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Ingressive Capital they provide services in business development, partnerships, and financial support. ## Faisal Al-Abdulsalam - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Payments, Shipping Faisal Al-Abdulsalam is the founder of Purity, and an active investor in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. ## Block - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series D, Corporate Round - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech Block is Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, TBD, and our foundational teams. ## Ali Shaaban - Type: Angel - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Banking Ali Shaaban has been a pioneer in the digital advertising and communications industry for more than 18 years, founding the award-winning full-fledged creative digital agency Icon Creations back in 2003 when the industry was at its infancy stage. Since then, Ali Shaaban has built strong long-term relationships and a strategic network with most ofthe leading automotive brands in Egypt and the Middle East, where he established a solid track record of delivering top-notch digital products & services that stood the test of time. Driven by passion for excellence and an always-on personalized approach to satisfying his partners, Ali Shaaban is the quintessential digital partner to have on your side in the automotive industry today.His automotive portfolio includes Alfa Romeo, Bentley, BMW, Castrol, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, JAC, Jaguar, Jeep, KIA, Land Rover, Maserati, Mazda, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Pirelli, Renault, Seat, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and more. Aside from being a digital pioneer, Ali Shaaban is also an angel investor and serial supporter of emerging innovative startups and fresh business ideas, venturing into several sectors to contribute in making a sustainable impact on the local and regional economies. His latest investments have tapped into the Fintech sector with rising companies such as Paynas (https://Paynas.com), Oxygen (https://oxygen.us/), Dfin Holding (https://www.dfinholding.com/) , and Kiwe wallet (https://kiweapp.com/) as well as the Media and AI sector with Speakol (https://speakol.com/) , NU Digital Awards (https://nudigitalawards.com/) and Nanotronics (https://nanotronics.co/ ).Ali Shaaban believes in always taking the next step forward in his extensive career, and using his core values and commanding personality as motivation, he has paved an impressive path over the years that will certainly lead towards an even more diverse and fruitful future. ## Launch Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa. ## 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. ## Class 5 Global - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs. ## P1 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Payments, FinTech P1 Ventures works as a venture capital firm. They specialize in early-stage industrial technology firms in Africa. ## Glint Consulting - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Internet, Payments Glint Consulting is a management consulting firm that specializes in business strategy, operational efficiency, and growth acceleration. Its consulting services enable our clients to achieve better results and accelerate growth through advising management on key opportunities and issues such as strategy, operations, digital, and technology.GlintConsulting was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. ## Kepple Africa Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. ## Al Tuwaijri Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Payments, Shipping, Logistics Al Tuwaijri Fund is a venture capital fund. ## Omar Darwazah - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Omar is a Managing Director, General Partner, and CFO at AAF Management Ltd. (AAF), an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2016. Over the past 5 years, Omar has invested in over 120 venture-backed startups in the US, Europe, and MENA region across a multitude of different sectors alongside over 800 blue-chip venture capital firms,corporate venture arms as well as notable incubators and accelerators. Omar has also deployed capital to 18 emerging managers globally. His fund performance is consistently ranked in the top decile in terms of DPI and TVPI respectively benchmarked on Cambridge Associates’ data on over 1500 US VC Funds. Previously, Omar spent 10 years of his career with OCI N.V. in Cairo and New York focusing on investor relations, strategy, and corporate finance where he worked on over $35 billion worth of corporate transactions. Prior to that, Omar was with Deloitte Tax LLP in Chicago and Deutsche Bank’s Leveraged Finance team in London.Omar also founded and successfully exited his own startup, Premier Foods SAE, which managed two gourmet fast food brands in Egypt. Omar previously advised Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ corporate venture arm Hikma Ventures on its digital healthcare investments Omar is also an angel investor in over 20 tech companies including Andela, Blockstack, BitOasis, Dayra, Freterium, Halan, FiscalNote, Thndr, and Ziina. Omar sits on the Board of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and the Middle East Venture Capital Association (MEVCA). He is also a mentor to the NYU Steinhardt EdTech Accelerator, an advisor to Yale University’s Center for Digital Health and Innovation, and a judge at the Wharton School’s Venture Lab. In aggregate, Omar has over 16 years of international experience in corporate finance, corporate communications, management consulting, strategy, investor relations, and venture capital.Omar is an avid traveler and has visited 87 countries around the world. He also has an interest in film production and has been an Executive Producer on several short feature films including Baby Mine (2017) and Lab Rat (2018).Omar holds a BA in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was named as one of Wharton’s 40 under 40 in 2017 and one of the Top 100 the University of Chicago Alumni in Tech in 2021. ## riyadh group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Payments, Shipping, Logistics Al-Riyadh Investment Companies Group. ## Nclude - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, SaaS Nclude by Global Ventures is committed to accelerating Fintech Innovation and driving Financial Inclusion through partnerships with leading Fintech and fintech enabled companies. ## Camel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Payments, Warehousing, Supply Chain Management The Pioneering Venture Debt and Venture Capital Partner for FinTech and FinTech-enabling Startups in Egypt ## Flourish Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Redwood City, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders. ## Marakez - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Internet Marakez is the leading Mixed-used developer in Egypt ## Addition - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence We invest in early & growth stage technology companies. We were founded with a mission to support visionaries in building impactful & enduring businesses. ## PayU GPO - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments PayU India website homepage ## Alex Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile Apps Alex Angels is an investment management company that helps investors to invest in early-stage companies with strong management teams. The company specializes in the fields of financial services, financial exchange, and investments. Alex Angels was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Al Iskandariyah, Egypt. ## Plus Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Payments Plus VC is regulated by ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority for the provision of Managing a Collective Investment Fund. ## Endeavor Catalyst - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology 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. ## Lorax Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zamalek, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Delivery, Payments, Apps Lorax Capital Partners is an Egypt focused PE firm with USD 320 million under management ## Venture MENA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Financial Services Early Stage Venture Capital # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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