Top 50 Software Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in October 2023
Top 50 Software Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in October 2023
| Investor | Software United Arab Emirates investments |
|---|---|
| Bashar Hamood | 4 |
| Hesham Zreik | 4 |
| Chantalle Dumonceaux | 3 |
| Omar Darwazah | 2 |
| Arya Bolurfrushan | 2 |
| Mark Ransford | 2 |
| Musaab Hakami | 2 |
| Magnus Olsson | 2 |
| Yan Hascoët | 1 |
| Jitendra Gupta | 1 |
| omar bajarash | 1 |
| Amrish Rau | 1 |
| Afzal Shaikh | 1 |
| Yahya Bajarash | 1 |
| Omar Bajarash | 1 |
| Scott Ross | 1 |
| Zahi Khouri | 1 |
| Khalid AlHadlaq | 1 |
| David Pirrie | 1 |
| AbdulMuhisn Al-Sulaiman | 1 |
| Suniel Shetty | 1 |
| Asif Keshodia | 1 |
| Robert Kay | 1 |
| Mathias Ackermand | 1 |
| Nour Al Hassan | 1 |
| Tim Draper | 1 |
| Scott Moore | 1 |
| Yahya Bajarash | 1 |
| Muhammad Ismail | 1 |
| Alper Celen | 1 |
| Khalid Al Taweel | 1 |
| Samih Toukan | 1 |
| Zeid Husban | 1 |
| Fahad Sami Al-Hukair | 1 |
| Hala Fadel | 1 |
| Omar Benmoussa | 1 |
| Srinivas Rao M | 1 |
| Kunal Shah | 1 |
| Sergei Kovalenko | 1 |
| Prajit Nanu | 1 |
| Othmane Bouhlal | 1 |
| Eduardo Ronzano | 1 |
| Faiz Mayalakkara | 1 |
| Yakir Gola | 1 |
| Rafael Ilishayev | 1 |
| Abdulhamid Al Omar | 1 |
| Musa Bin Adi | 1 |
| Gowri Narayanan | 1 |
| Alexander Rugaev | 1 |
| Andy Preikschat | 1 |
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Bashar Hamood is a result oriented professional with versatile experience across diverse organizational domains. He is well versed in the development of marketing strategies, branding, direct marketing, new products/brands launches, analysis, reporting, and positioning.He is an entrepreneur and self-starter with expansive experience in brandawareness and development, community outreach.Bashar is a versatile business manager with proven competencies in optimizing team dynamics uniting diverse agenda to common goal and harnessing strategic and operational drivers to deliver results.He has a strong analytical mind with rigorous study for each case and the output of each variation for each parameter.Bashar loves to take risk and new challenges.
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- Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, India, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Safedeploy — Fault free software update platform for tracking your software reliability in real time for every device and every software application
- Event Arena — Event Arena organizes events, corporate events, conferences, sales promotions, and presentations.
- Palacio Inc. — Palacio Inc. aims to inspire every living space through innovation in art and technology. Our first product Canvia is a revolutionary content platform for art and photography, which utilizes patented technology for a seamless and authentic experience in any environment. We bring content from leading contemporary creators and world class culturalinstitutions into our living spaces like never before.
Hesham has been ranked #39 out of top 50 investors (Forbes 2018) based on investment and successful exits. Hesham has invested in +100 startups. He has co-founded more than 40 startups. He has a passion for building innovative start-ups around the principle of developing simple solutions to challenging problems. He is multilingual and can speak,read and write Arabic, English, French. He has also some good knowledge in German and Spanish. Hesham is a founder and CEO of FasterCapital. FasterCapital is an online incubator who has border-less reach. Hesham has already co-founded (as a technical cofounder) and invested as an angel investor in more than 40 startups and has helped expand FasterCapital to have more than 1000 regional partners, a network of 1000 mentors, +500 offices worldwide and more than 400 startups. Hesham has invested and helped improve and refine the product in each of the 40 incubated startups. During his work at FasterCapital, Hesham has co-founded: - co-founded Edunoor.com: online learning platform with social components. - invested in Dooet.com: a discovery and search engine for mobile applications and other content. - invested in Letuscloud.com: Bridging the gap between enterprises and virualization - invested in abcmob.com: Mobile business application. 18 sectors already covered. - invested in Mobayle.com: an instant AppStore creator and customizer - invested in Meody.com: Cross platform messenger with focus on enterprises and operators. - invested in TVlize.com: a platform for social and engaging TV - He also cofounded and invested in Nakkeb.com, BeamGift.com, PickTaxi.com, MobAdv.com, Bazarmaker.com, puttag.com, fulhost.com, Entablet.com, PinProfile.com, mp3ready.com, BookThatbook.com Newsanalyse.com, B2Butterfly.com and many more. He is also a mentor for more than 50 companies. Hesham started his first company ZGroup Mobile in 2002 with less than $20/month and grow it to reach a valuation of $2.5-$3.25 million in 2005 by Public company Incagold plc (it would have been the first company in MENA region to be acquired by a public company). ZGroup Mobile is a developer and publisher of mobile content (mobile games, mobile apps, mobile music, mobile videos) and services. He has been ranked 7th in Baccalaureate tests among 200,000th participants. He has completed his engineering degree at HIAST then he has done an MBA at Edinburgh business school and a Master in computer information science at AABFS.
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- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- TVlize — TVlize is a company specialized in improving and socializing TV experience. At TVlize we change the viewing experience from lean backward to lean forward.
- AIR AGRO — MarketPlace para o mercado de Pulverização Áerea por drones, aviões ou helicópteros agrícolas. Auditoria em tempo real. Certificação dos fornecedores. Analise agronômica tempo real. Boas práticas e compliance que o mercado exige. Segurança Alimentar. Moeda Agro Cash Back que o produtor rural escolhe uma entidade da sua comunidade para ajudar oualguma cadastrada no nosso banco de dados. Produzir mais, com menos, de maneira sustentável e contribuindo com sua comunidade.
- Dietfoodi — Dietfoodi is a cloud kitchen idea is essentially a kitchen space meant for production of food for delivery-only purposes. Since this food can be ordered online, hence, the name, Cloud kitchen. In this pandemic time cloud kitchen is a very supportive & positive business idea where we want to mix international cuisine cultural with very vastway.This commissary kitchen are also known as ghost kitchens, shared kitchens, or virtual kitchens with the delivery-only food brands operating within them called virtual restaurants. But moving to a delivery-only model has been made possible recently by advances in technology and changes in consumer habits. It offers certain advantages over offering delivery from a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant.
Chantalle Dumonceaux
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- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Arab Emirates, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Melltoo — Best quality & prices for new and used mobiles, computers & laptops, electronics, furniture, clothing, toys, autos. FREE DELIVERY UAE. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
- Souqalmal — Compare more quote features than ever from top UAE brands at souqalmal.com
- OfficeRock — Online e-commerce store specifically built to service small and medium businesses in the United Arab Emirates. The company aims to offer end to end business supply solutions from office supplies, paper, toners, technology, pantry, cleaning and uniforms.
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.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Binance.US — Binance.US provides a regulated marketplace built on cutting-edge technology for everyday access to digital assets. Their vision is to accelerate America’s transition to a digital era. It is FinCEN regulated entity in the United States. It is a cryptocurrency exchange that provides a platform for trading various cryptocurrencies.
- Rabbit — Transforming transportion in the region. Rabbit is a micro-mobility sharing platform for short-distance transportation using environmentally friendly vehicles.
- Exponential DeFi — View risk assessment ratings and expert research for 500+ decentralized finance pools from Exponential DeFi.
Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Education
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Oliv — Oliv.com is a career marketplace based in Dubai, made for the youth of the Middle East. We connect students and graduates to employers for internships, part-time & graduate jobs. Launched in 2013, we set out to tackle a huge problem - a 30% youth unemployment rate in the MENA region. Oliv helps university students and graduates launch theircareers. And we're pretty good at it.Today, Oliv is home to thousands of students and graduates where their ambitions are aligned to opportunity. More than 1,000 businesses from startups to Fortune 500s use Oliv to hire top emerging talent to maintain a healthy talent pipeline and grow their business for the future.Our goal is to make launching careers simple, personal and rewarding. That's Oliv.
- The Applied AI Company (AAICO) — AAICO is a leading AI technology company with a team of renowned Silicon Valley-based engineers, applied AI experts, and seasoned entrepreneurs.
- Jingle Pay — Join now and get your ZERO fees, forever FREE account.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, France, Hungary
Portfolio highlights
- Alpha Vault — Alpha Vault is a decentralized crypto investment platform
- Sync Savings — Rebuilding the infrastructure of cash savings
- Sidekick — Expertly-managed portfolios for the modern investor
GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Pluto Card — Unlimited corporate cards with spend controls, petty cash management and automated receipt collection built for businesses in MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia & more).
- Funding Souq — Funding Souq connects established SMEs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE with retail and institutional investors worldwide. Investors earn up to 15% per annum
- Groundfloor — Building the infrastructure for IRL community
Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem.
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- E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States
Portfolio highlights
- VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
- Getbee — Use live video calls to create in-person interactions with your clients from product recommendations to completing a purchase.
- Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
Yan Hascoët
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- Banking, Finance, Cannabis
- Angel, Seed, Series A
- France, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Spades — Guests Scan a QR code to view the menu and Pay, they can also Split the amount and Tip the staff. Now faster than ever.
- Memo Bank — Memo Bank is a new bank for small & medium-sized businesses.
- Roof — Roof provides private co-living studios for students with common areas.
Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- KUmar Pradeep — Cart Abandonment Rate is the percentage (%) of online visitors who add items to their shopping cart but then abandon it without making a purchase. It shows the rate at which your potential customers are leaving without buying.
- OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
- CoinCRED — CoinCRED allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.
omar bajarash
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- SaaS, Payments, Logistics
- Angel
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- AHOY Holding — Through AHOY's core tech, we are able to optimize any process related to movement, tasks, consent, and resources on this earth. People, goods, money, and information meet spatial capabilities in a serverless cloud. Get in touch and explore our APIs and technology.
Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- KUmar Pradeep — Cart Abandonment Rate is the percentage (%) of online visitors who add items to their shopping cart but then abandon it without making a purchase. It shows the rate at which your potential customers are leaving without buying.
- OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
- CoinCRED — CoinCRED allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.
CEO of HFM Global • Entrepreneur with 3 decades of experience across India, Middle-East and South East Asia • Have been in Gold trading business for more than a decade.
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- Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
Yahya Bajarash
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- SaaS, Payments, Logistics
- Debt Financing
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- AHOY Holding — Through AHOY's core tech, we are able to optimize any process related to movement, tasks, consent, and resources on this earth. People, goods, money, and information meet spatial capabilities in a serverless cloud. Get in touch and explore our APIs and technology.
Omar Bajarash
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- SaaS, Payments, Logistics
- Debt Financing
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- AHOY Holding — Through AHOY's core tech, we are able to optimize any process related to movement, tasks, consent, and resources on this earth. People, goods, money, and information meet spatial capabilities in a serverless cloud. Get in touch and explore our APIs and technology.
Scott Ross is the Managing Partner of Hill Path Capital, which he founded in 2015. Mr. Ross has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SeaWorld Entertainment since 2019. Before founding Hill Path Capital, Mr. Ross was a Partner at Apollo Management, where he was responsible for leading private equity and debt investments in thelodging, leisure, entertainment, consumer and business services sectors. Prior to Apollo, Mr. Ross was employed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was a member of the Merchant Banking Division and a Member of the Principal Finance Group in the Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities Division. Mr. Ross has previously served on the board of directors of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc. and CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese’s and Peter Piper Pizza).
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- Developer Platform, Media and Entertainment
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- HyperSpace — We invent, build, and operate next-gen attractions connected to digital lifestyles.
Zahi Khouri
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- SaaS, Recruiting, Human Resources
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- SocialDice — SocialDice offers an innovative digital hiring solution making hiring easy, smart and fun. Employers can advertise their job to several job sites via few clicks and they will manage all candidates from all job sites via their candidates’ dashboard. They will drill down to top 10-15 candidates directly via their Artificial Intelligence technologythat leverage machine learning & semantic algorithms, collaborate effectively via their social timeline, communicate with candidates via their features and manage the stages of the process.
Khalid is an active angel investor in early-stage technology companies with 17 years of experience and a General Management education from Harvard Business School. After an exciting career at Microsoft and Logica, Khalid co-founded and managed Xceed Ventures, a social media intelligence company that got acquired. He currently serves as the CreativeSolutions Director at the Central Payment System of Saudi Arabia to support the development of FinTechs in Saudi and bring disruptive innovation.
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- Software, Apps, Social Network
- Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Digitzs —
- Taste — User Reviews and Recommendations From Like-Minded People For Movies and TV Shows at Taste.
- QIDZ LLC — The family guide for best inspiration, deals and rewards for kids activities. Browse on QiDZ now and start creating family memories today.
David Pirrie - Director @ Financial Software
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- iOS, Mobile, Internet
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Melltoo — Best quality & prices for new and used mobiles, computers & laptops, electronics, furniture, clothing, toys, autos. FREE DELIVERY UAE. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
AbdulMuhisn Al-Sulaiman
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- B2B, SaaS, Software
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- ToggleMarket — ToggleMarket is a B2B digital marketspace facilitating and powering secure multi-tenant interactions across the supply chains of non-standard goods - from procurement to fulfilment - through its advanced infrastructure e-commerce technology, and dedicated industry specific web platforms for Hospitality, Healthcare, Education and Construction.Toggle Market is an end-to-end highway for B2B procurement connecting pre-qualified buyers and suppliers with robust enterprise level workflow tools to manage complex multi-stakeholder transactions driving greater efficiencies in managing pre-opening procurement needs.
Sunil Veerappa Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Bollywood films.
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- Wellness, Health Care, Fitness
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- India, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- REGRIP — Regrip tyres are a high-performance alternative to fresh tyres for big commercial vehicles' dummies and drive axles. Regrip's inexpensive, dependable, and ecological product line assists fleet owners in saving significant money on tyre use.
- The biohacker — The Biohacker aspires to be a full-service wellness clinic that combines the finest integrative health approaches with traditional medicine. To achieve optimal health, accessible therapeutic approaches will be used. The brand is focused on building centers/clinics that they hope will revolutionize the healthcare sector by enhancing health atthe cellular level for each individual.
- Pro Panja League — The Pro Panja League is an arm wrestling tournament and the fastest-rising arm wrestling league.
Asif Keshodia is an Angel Investor based in Dubai, UAE and the co-founder of Storfox.com. He is most notable for his work as the Group CFO of Souq.com, which was acquired by Amazon in a milestone deal for the Middle East tech sector. He joined Souq in 2011 as an early stage investor and raised over $400m to help it become the leading onlineretailer in the region. After its acquisition by Amazon in 2017, he took the role of MENA Regional Finance Director at Amazon. Asif has over 20 years of experience with some of the world’s biggest names, such as PwC, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and Amazon, in countries around the world, including the UK, South Africa, Russia, and Pakistan. He is now using his decades of multinational corporate experience to help usher small startups to big success. He is dedicated to aiding young entrepreneurs launch their projects, with sights currently set on bolstering the e-commerce ecosystem in the MENA region and South Asia’s burgeoning market.In the recent past Asif has served on the Boards of Souq, Payfort.com, and Instashop.com, recently acquired by the Delivery Hero. He has also invested in a number of fledgling startups including Shipox, Clicky.pk, EzHire and Cartlow.comAsif is a graduate of the University of Karachi with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce & Economics and a Chartered Accountant (FCA). In 2016, he was named Best Retail CFO of the MENA Region by renowned Middle Eastern publication, The CFO.
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- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Consumer Goods
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Kamel Pay — Looking for best payment method and safe corporate payment solutions in Dubai? Kamelpay provide leading business payment services in UAE
- CLICKY.PK — Clicky.pk offers the largest collection of trendy and affordable fashion and lifestyle products online. Clicky has the best online brand stores in Pakistan. Huge Collection of Jewellery, Handbags, Clutches, Sunglasses, Clothing, Nightwear & More!
- PriceOye — Priceoye is Pakistan's No.1 marketplace for buying original mobile phones and electronics. Priceoye is Pakistan's most trusted online store and offers the lowest prices every day.
Robert Kay
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- SaaS, Retail, Software
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- zip24 — Toggle panel: Page homeShow newsYesNoSubtitleButton TextButton UrlImage with arrows
Mathias Ackermand is a Private Investor at Privat. Attended Kiel University.
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- Apps, Audio, Music
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Sweden, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- 46elks — Integrate SMS, MMS and Phone calls into your applications with just a few lines of code. Transparent pricing, no startup fees, no minimum monthly costs.
- Kitab Sawti — Kitab Sawti is an Arabic audio entertainment service offering audiobooks and podcasts through mobile apps.
- Anotherblock — access music ownership in the world's biggest tracks.
Nour Al Hassan, is a female founder and CEO of two companies that specialize in linguistic services and translation -- Tarjama and UREED. Building on the success of Tarjama, which she founded in 2008, she realized there was demand to leverage the power of the internet to connect businesses and freelancers across the region through a digitalmarketplace called Ureed. Ureed, which means I want, is an on-demand tool that creates jobs for the freelance workforce while at the same time gives businesses of any size access to a pool of talent who can translate quality content, in more than 30 languages, including Arabic, English and French instantly. Nour is focused on driving Ureed to become the region’s official editorial marketplace for linguistic and editorial services offering editorials services, such as blogging, copywriting, legal documentation, editing and proofreading.Nour has spent her career creating and building a vast network of translators, editors, and linguists from the Middle East and around the world through Tarjama, a renowned translation company, which has translated more than 200 million words in 30 languages for companies and organizations across the world. For nearly a decade, Nour has pledged her time and expertise to empower females across the region, and she is continuing to this day to break barriers and drive the female workforce across the GCC and beyond.Nour is a lifelong advocate of women’s empowerment a mission that is reflected in Tarjama’s socially responsible business model, which trains and employs the largest network of Arabic speaking female translators in the world. Nour’s drive to enable women will continue through her latest launched venture Ureed.com, a platform that will enhance women’s global economic contribution to the workforce by offering a virtual editorial marketplace that matches Arab freelance translators, editors, content writers and interpreters in the region to employers worldwide.With more than 15 years of experience, Nour is an Aspen Fellow, a certified life coach, and a member of both the advisory board at Saint Joseph University in Lebanon. She is a mentor to start-ups, spends time speaking to entrepreneurs and empowering the ecosystem in MENA to promote the value creation potential of the region. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Al-Ahlia University in Jordan.
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- Internet, Software, Freelance
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Ureed.com — Ureed is an online marketplace connecting employers from around the world with vetted and certified freelance talents across all professional fields.
Tim Draper is the Founder of Draper Associates. He was a Member of the Advisory Board at Mode Media. He attended Harvard Business School.
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- Software, FinTech, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- EtherMail — EtherMail is the Web 3.0 Email Solution setting the standard for anonymous and encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication.
- Arkam Intelligence — See intelligence on the addresses, entities, individuals, and assets most important to you.
- SignalRank Corporation — SignalRank Corporation is a FinTech company in the Venture space. It focuses on the seed stage asset class and uses data analytics to allocate capital to the best seed fund managers for their top performing companies. GPRank and CompanyRank are two proprietary algorithms it leverages to automate capital allocation. The company invests from balancesheet. Its customers are seed stage investors with outstanding companies in their portfolio.
Scott Moore is the Co-Founder at Gitcoin. He attended the University of Toronto from 2015 to 2016.
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- Internet, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Yup — Yup is a crypto-backed social media platform.
- WeaveDB LTD — WeaveDB is Firestore on Smart Contract bringing web2 UX to web3 dapps both for users and developers.
- WalletConnect — WalletConnect is the open source web3 standard to connect blockchain wallets to dapps.
Yahya Bajarash
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- SaaS, Payments, Logistics
- Angel
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- AHOY Holding — Through AHOY's core tech, we are able to optimize any process related to movement, tasks, consent, and resources on this earth. People, goods, money, and information meet spatial capabilities in a serverless cloud. Get in touch and explore our APIs and technology.
Muhammad Ismail is the Managing Director at Amtec Links International. Muhammad Ismail attended University of Derby.
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- CRM, Hardware, Software
- Private Equity
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Amtec Links International — Amtec Links International is an IT company that develops, manufacture, sell, resell, and support a range of products and solutions.Amtec Links International partners with some of the leading companies in the IT industries such as Microsoft, Dell, Cisco to offer its ranges of products and solutions in the Middle East and African markets.Thecompany also design, manufacture, and distribute its products through resellers, distributors, and online. Amtec Links International was established in 2007 by Muhammad Ismail in Nigeria, later moved the head office to United Arab Emirates where it is currently based.
Alper Celen is a Founding Partner at Enhance Ventures and the Co-Founder of Joi Gifts.
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- B2B, Software, Logistics
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Buglance — The best testing environment made real!
- Right Farm — right farm is a B2B eCommerce and supply-chain company that sources food from farmers for foodservice businesses, addressing global challenges in the procurement and supply chain of fresh produce. right farm was created with one mission in mind, to improve the food supply chain. We are here to make it simpler, smarter, and more sustainable - allthrough the use of data and technology. Our control of the supply chain and our use of predictive technology facilitates routing, operations, and purchasing, designed to provide a seamless and convenient end-to-end process from farm to table. Our mission doesn't stop there, we have built our business model with the environment in mind, which means we are committed to reducing waste across our supply chain, lessening carbon footprint by supporting local farmers, and building a restorative and regenerative value chain.
Khalid Al Taweel of RAI group.
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- Apps, FinTech, Delivery
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Wafeer — Wafeer is a fintech personal finance management app that provides financial solutions.
- RestHero.io — Easily create your own online store and start selling today! Our platform offers a free trial and easy setup for your eCommerce needs. Start building your store now!
In the year 2000 Samih founded and became the CEO of Maktoob.com the world’s first Arabic email and largest Arab Online community. In 2005 Samih cofounded Souq.com, the Arab Worlds largest ecommerce site. In 2009 Maktoob was acquired by Yahoo! and in 2017 Souq.com was acquired by Amazon in the largest technology acquisition deals in the history ofthe region.Samih is currently the Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group (Jabbar.com). Jabbar today is one of the leading investors in Internet and technology companies in the region.
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- Social Media, Mobile, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Arab Emirates, Jordan
Portfolio highlights
- Ola — Ola operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners in India. Its mobile application allows its customers to book a range of cabs, auto-rickshaws, bikes, and shuttle buses. Ola's mobile application allows customers to book city taxi, outstation travel, car rental, and corporatetravel services. Its mobile application is available on Windows, Android, and iOS platforms. Ankit Bhati and Bhavish Aggarwal founded Ola on December 1, 2010. It has its headquarters with additional offices in Bengaluru in India.
- VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
- Kitchenful — Kitchenful is an app for personalized recommendations of recipes, which gets users the ingredients delivered from their local supermarket. Kitchenful's algorithm always suggests the most popular recipes that are 40% cheaper than meal kits.
Zeid obtained his Bachelor`s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the UK in 2008. He then moved back to Jordan and co-founded ifood.jo, an online food ordering platform. ifood.jo attracted the eyes of investors from abroad and in 2013, the company sold a majority stake to the Turkish food ordering company Yemeksipeti. Zeid soldthe rest of his shares in ifood.jo in 2016 after a successful acquisition by the global giants "Delivery Hero". Now hoping to revolutionize the point-of-sale industry in the region.
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- SaaS, Software, Analytics
- Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates
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- Growdash — Growdash is a business intelligence and analytics tool built specifically for restaurants to support profitable growth strategic decisions across online sales channels.
Fahad Sami Al-Hukair
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- B2B, SaaS, Software
- Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates
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- ToggleMarket — ToggleMarket is a B2B digital marketspace facilitating and powering secure multi-tenant interactions across the supply chains of non-standard goods - from procurement to fulfilment - through its advanced infrastructure e-commerce technology, and dedicated industry specific web platforms for Hospitality, Healthcare, Education and Construction.Toggle Market is an end-to-end highway for B2B procurement connecting pre-qualified buyers and suppliers with robust enterprise level workflow tools to manage complex multi-stakeholder transactions driving greater efficiencies in managing pre-opening procurement needs.
Hala Fadel
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- Apps, Sales, Software
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
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- Wrappup — AppMaster is a no-code platform designed to help businesses create production-level applications with source code generation: backend, web, and native mobile apps.
Omar Benmoussa is the Founder at of Kapten.
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- Payments, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments
- Angel
- United Arab Emirates
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- Spades — Guests Scan a QR code to view the menu and Pay, they can also Split the amount and Tip the staff. Now faster than ever.
Srinivas Rao M is a CEO at T-Hub.
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- Advice, Payments, Food and Beverage
- Grant, Seed
- India
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- KUmar Pradeep — Cart Abandonment Rate is the percentage (%) of online visitors who add items to their shopping cart but then abandon it without making a purchase. It shows the rate at which your potential customers are leaving without buying.
- Lauriko — Lauriko.com: The World's 1st Laurik Enhanced Coconut Health Nutrition Brand. Focusing on Concerns Related to Skin Care, Hair Care, Anti-Ageing, Collagen Boosting, Immunity, Beauty and Overall Wellness based On Lauric Acid and Other 26 Natural Ingredients backed by 24 Months Researched with 10+ Certifications.
- CoinCRED — CoinCRED allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.
Kunal Shah
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Singapore
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- Jugyah — Jugyah is a technology company transforming how the next billion urban Indians rent their homes.Our pioneering, fin-tech powered business model is radically changing the long term home rental market.We believe there is a better place (”jugyah”) out there for both renters and property owners where they feel like they belong. Our goal is to takethem there.Backed by the largest real estate developers in the country and some of the top tier angels and VCs, we are currently in beta.
- Peping — India's best digital gastrointestinal care clinic. For gut health issues like constipation, bloating, acidity.Care plans by the best gastroenterologists and nutritionists.
- Clinikally — Video consult top skin & hair doctors online with the expertise of over 30,000 patients. Shop with us & get the finest skin & hair care products now!
Sergei Kovalenko is the Co-Founder at Braavo Capital.
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- Gaming, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Arab Emirates
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- Donut Lab — Donut Punks is a MOBA game that offers a unique blend of fun, action, and strategy. It is designed for players who want to team up and take on the challenge of fighting against hordes of zombies in a thrilling online environment.
- iChoose.Best — iChoose.Best is tech startup building new, category-defining, AI-sales channel, the next generation of hyper-personalization. Empowered by an emotion-driven recommendation engine with social proof, it is a safe shopping space, where the consumer discovers the best-matching products in just one tap. It allows brands to increase sales by 40%, buildlong-lasting relationships and get access to unique consumer behavior insights. The complexity of choice turned into simplicity with a sprinkle of gaming.
Prajit serves as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors. Based in Mumbai, Prajit is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of our organization. He is also in charge of driving innovation across processes and create value add for customers. Prior to co-foundingInstarem Prajit, held several leadership positions in global companies, including Global Sales Director, TMF Group and Vice President, Sales and Account Management at WNS (NYSE:WNS). He is a graduate from Mumbai University.
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- Advice, Payments, Financial Services
- Seed
- India
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- KUmar Pradeep — Cart Abandonment Rate is the percentage (%) of online visitors who add items to their shopping cart but then abandon it without making a purchase. It shows the rate at which your potential customers are leaving without buying.
- CoinCRED — CoinCRED allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.
Othmane Bouhlal is the Founder of Kapten.
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- Payments, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments
- Angel
- United Arab Emirates
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- Spades — Guests Scan a QR code to view the menu and Pay, they can also Split the amount and Tip the staff. Now faster than ever.
Eduardo Ronzano is the Founder of KelDoc.
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- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- France, United States, United Kingdom
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- Screeb — Make products your users will love by using Screeb, the all-in-one tool for Product Discovery. Product analytics, user recruitment, and more!
- Spades — Guests Scan a QR code to view the menu and Pay, they can also Split the amount and Tip the staff. Now faster than ever.
- Morpho Labs — Morpho is an on-chain peer-to-peer layer on top of lending pools. Rates are seamlessly improved for borrowers and lenders while preserving the same guarantees. Morpho combines the efficiency of P2P with the liquidity of lending pools. Users enjoy an improved APY while maintaining the pool’s flexibility
Faiz Mayalakkara Director Investments, Emirates Investment Authority.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, Panama, United States
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- BharatX — BharatX is a Fin-Tech startup that enables any Consumer-facing app/website in India to offer Credit to their users by integrating its APIs. It can enable white-leballed journeys like of "Buy Now, Pay Later","Credit Line", "Try and Buy", "Pay in 3", "Postpaid", etc.
- Fello — Fello is a savings and investment platform that helps to save, invest and earn higher returns than a traditional savings account.
- Log 9 Materials — Log 9 Materials Scientific Private Limited is a graphene research and development company. At Log 9 Materials we are determined to accelerate the commercialization of graphene nanotechnology. We have just developed the first commercial product on graphene- 'Smoke-safe'. This innovative graphene based cigarette filter reduces the risk ofgetting cancer by 90%. We offer a wide range of graphene (CVD graphene, rGO) and its derivatives. We bring to you graphene as researchers and not just manufactures, so we understand the triviality of the grade of our products.
As a freshman at Drexel University, Yakir Gola met co-founder Rafael Ilishayev on the first day of their Business 101 class, and the two went on to start Gopuff a year later. A first-generation American who grew up in an entrepreneurial family, Yakir - along with Rafael - have grown Gopuff into one of the fastest growing tech companies in the U.S.with operations in more than 650 cities, leveraging its network of over 250 micro-fulfillment centers and recently acquired BevMo! stores to fulfill orders of thousands of everyday essentials to customers in 30 minutes. Constantly analyzing the business and industry to identify potential for growth, Yakir’s data-driven approach to business and strategic insights motivate and drive the company forward. Yakir, along with Rafael, was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the Retail & Ecommerce category in 2017, in 2019 received the Drexel University Founders Award and in 2020, Gopuff was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50. Yakir is closely involved with Chabad serving Drexel University and spearheads many of Gopuff’s philanthropic efforts, including recent $1 million matching donation for the Boys & Girls Clubs COVID-19 Relief Funds.
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- Marketplace, Real Estate, Developer Platform
- Seed, Series D
- Brazil, United Arab Emirates
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- Loft — Loft is a transactional marketplace for residential real estate that helps manage the home buying and selling process.Founded by repeat entrepreneurs in 2018, Loft is Brazil’s first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, facilitating the purchase and sale of properties on behalf of individuals, brokers, and two publicly listedREITs managed by the company. By leveraging proprietary transaction data and an end-to-end digital workflow, Loft is bringing the Brazilian homebuying experience into the e-commerce age while integrating a multitude of adjacent service offerings.Loft was founded in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
- HyperSpace — We invent, build, and operate next-gen attractions connected to digital lifestyles.
Rafael Ilishayev is a first-generation American who grew up with an entrepreneurial family in the New York metro area. Rafael met Yakir Gola in their first Business 101 class at Drexel University and the two went on to start Gopuff the following year. Together, they’ve grown Gopuff into the instant needs category creator and one of the fastestgrowing tech companies with 7,000 employees across the country. Today, Gopuff has operations in more than 650 U.S. cities, leveraging its network of over 250 micro-fulfillment centers and recently acquired BevMo! stores to fulfill orders of thousands of everyday essentials to customers in 30 minutes. Under Rafael’s leadership, every Gopuff initiative - big or small - is developed with a customer-first mentality. Rafael, along with Yakir, was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the Retail & Ecommerce category in 2017, in 2019 received the Drexel University Founders Award and in 2020, Gopuff was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50. Rafael is closely involved with his alma mater, Drexel University, through the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship and Chabad Serving Drexel University.
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- Marketplace, Real Estate, Developer Platform
- Seed, Series D
- Brazil, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Loft — Loft is a transactional marketplace for residential real estate that helps manage the home buying and selling process.Founded by repeat entrepreneurs in 2018, Loft is Brazil’s first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, facilitating the purchase and sale of properties on behalf of individuals, brokers, and two publicly listedREITs managed by the company. By leveraging proprietary transaction data and an end-to-end digital workflow, Loft is bringing the Brazilian homebuying experience into the e-commerce age while integrating a multitude of adjacent service offerings.Loft was founded in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
- HyperSpace — We invent, build, and operate next-gen attractions connected to digital lifestyles.
Abdulhamid is the CEO of Talabat, the leading online food delivery e-Commerce in the GCC. The firm evolved from a Kuwaiti based start-up to become a market leader in its space. He joined Talabat at an early stage and contributed to its growth from his post as head of Business development and Product. In 2015, Rocket Internet acquired Talabat for170m USD, representing the largest Internet technology acquisition in the Middle East till date. Started his career in the IT and the Banking industries, and prior to joining Talabat he was the e-Channels team lead for Kuwait Finance House, one of the leading Islamic banks in the Middle East. Abdulhamid received his MBA from the University of Leeds with a BSc in Computer Science.
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- SaaS, Software, Analytics
- Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates
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- Growdash — Growdash is a business intelligence and analytics tool built specifically for restaurants to support profitable growth strategic decisions across online sales channels.
Musa is an entrepreneur, author , and a senior business leader who worked in various managerial positions with many years of experience specializing in management and compliance, marketing, business risk management, project management, operational risk, and enterprise infrastructure and operations for clients in the oil & gas, manufacturing,engineering, and food industries. Musa holds a master's degree in International Management from the University of Liverpool, a certificate in cybersecurity management from the University of Toronto, a diploma in Project Management, and a BSc degree in electrical power engineering technology.
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- SaaS, Restaurants, Food Delivery
- Seed
- United Arab Emirates
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- Whatfoodsmenu — Online Ordering System For Restaurants , Everything You Need To Grow Your Food And Beverage Business
Gowri Narayanan - Partner, FinTech @ SoftBank Vision Fund
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series C, Series D
- United States, India, Canada
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- Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
- Nitra — Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products.
- Trellis Technologies — Finally, an API for insurance information.
Alexander Rugaev is the Founder of AR Ventures FZE. He previously worked at Insolar as an Advisor. Alexander Rugaev attended the Baltic State Technical University and Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and Instrumentation.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning
- Secondary Market, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
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- Udemy — Udemy's mission is to create new possibilities for people and organizations everywhere by connecting them to the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in a changing world. The Udemy marketplace platform, with thousands of up-to-date courses in dozens of languages, provides the tools learners, instructors, and enterprises need to achievetheir goals and reach their full potential. Millions of people learn on Udemy from real-world experts in topics ranging from programming and data science to leadership and team building. For companies, Udemy Business offers an employee training and development platform with subscription access to thousands of courses, learning analytics, and the ability to host and distribute their own content.
- Discord — Discord is the easiest way to talk over voice, video, and text. Talk, chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.
- FiscalNote — The #1 most trusted partner for managing the global issues and policy affairs that present the biggest risks and opportunities to your organization.
Andy Preikschat is CEO of Don's RV, a top-20 RV dealer in California. He is CIO of Edgebrook Partners, which has 9 B2B software investments, and is an Angel Investor. He has degrees from Stanford University and Claremont McKenna College.
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- Marketplace, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Pakistan, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
- FreightFlows — Freightflows is a maritime company that offers predictive analytics for global trade. It specializes in the fields of analytics, big data, data science, and machine learning. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Dastgyr Technologies — Making trade and capital seamless and reliable
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