Top 10 Travel Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates (May 2026)

Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 112
Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $3M–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$23M
Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

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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Ion Pacific invests creative capital in the technology sector to galvanize opportunities, connect markets and tackle the challenges of building a great business. As the technology sector has grown and matured, venture capital LPs, GPs, corporate venture capital funds and technology companies face new challenges that require creative capitalsolutions. Ion Pacific has a blindpool venture capital structured secondaries fund. Ion Pacific was founded in 2015 and has offices in Hong Kong, New York City and Europe

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
Stage:Secondary Market, Series C
Geography: United States, Singapore, Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $134M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Carbon Health — Carbon Health Provides Smart, hassle-free Primary & Urgent Care. Book same day Adult & Pediatric appointments instantly.
Chocolate Finance — Making life richer
500 Startups Vietnam — 500 Startups Vietnam is a US$14 million fund to invest in promising Vietnam-connected startups. We provide finance, mentorship, and connections to both global and regional startups.

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BECO Capital provides growth capital and hands-on operational support for early-stage technology companies. It is a technology-focused venture capital that supports entrepreneurs and financial sectors to raise funds.The company helps small companies with growth capital and hands-on operational mentorship in their early stage of development. Itwas founded in 2012 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.BECO Capital was founded on February 1, 2014, by Dany Farha and Amir Farha, and it is headquartered in Dubai.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

Total investments: 86
Round size: Seed $800k–$6.4M; Series A $1M–$27M; Series B $5M–$60M
Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
Kemet Trading — Kemet Trading provides institutional-grade infrastructure for digital asset derivatives trading; optimizing access to liquidity, data, trade execution and post-trade workflows.
Pine Street Labs — A non-custodial API for managing wallets. Built for enterprises.

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Created in 2017, Convivialité Ventures, is the venture arm of Pernod Ricard and is based in San Francisco . By nurturing entrepreneurship, Convivialité plays a key role in the development of innovative and inspiring new offerings that not only embrace, but also shape, the future evolution of socializing.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Marketplace
Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
Geography: United States, China, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Round size: Seed $2.5M–$9.6M; Series A $9M–$16M; Series B $23M–$80M
Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

JOKR — Grocery shopping is easier now with JOKR, your instant delivery app. Order your groceries and favorite products in our online supermarket and get them instantly at your door. Download the app now and make your first grocery order on us. Available in IOs and Android. Access www.jokr.com for more info
EloElo — Look Good, Feel good daily with India’s #1 Short Videos App for Health, Beauty & Lifestyle ! 100% Made in India, Made for India App that lets you watch entertaining & informative 60 second videos and also win 100s of Products free
Atmosfy — Atmosfy lets you explore dining through video. Easily browse 10-second, engaging videos from customers who recently dined there.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Travel, Tourism, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

DHARMA — DHARMA empowers iconic people and brands to create and sell travel experiences.
SystemOne — SystemOne approaches infectious disease challenges from a systems point-of-view, moving critical data to enable rapid decision-making around resource allocation, training, ROI evaluations and, most importantly, to ensure every positive diagnosis is linked to a patient and treatment is confirmed.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 100
Round size: Seed $500k–$3M; Series A $2M–$6.5M; Series B $3.5M–$47M
Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

BitOasis — BitOasis is MENA's leading platform that allows you to securely buy, sell and trade crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Bitcoin Cash at the best rates. Currently available in UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
Believe — Believe Pte Ltd. is a global, Singapore-based FMCG conglomerate that provides market-ready solutions for customers by listening to their needs and designing products that suit their culture and life choices. From breakthrough personal care essentials to beauty products surpassing global standards, our worldwide team of experts use cutting-edgetechnology, scientifically proven methodologies and ancient knowledge to gift our customers
Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.

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Felix Schaal is an engineer and angel investor based out of Europe.He co-founded the German direct marketing company Felix has been also the chairman of the advisory board ofPrior to starting his entrepreneurial career, Felix has worked at His investments include Berlin-based startups such as Felix is also an active supporter of non profit organizations, e.g.

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Fitness, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 8
Round size: Seed $268k–$2.9M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Feedr — Probieren Sie Deutschlands Top Catering Service | EatFirst
HealthUnlocked — We are the world's largest online support network. Ask questions. Get answers. Talk to others who've been there before. #UnlockYourHealth
Circle Medical — Circle Medical is an online medical clinic that provides a better primary care experience. Book a telehealth appointment with one of our doctors today!

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Soha Nashaat served as Strategic Advisor To The Executive Chairman of SHUAA Capital psc since January 20, 2014. Nashaat served as a Senior Advisor of Barclays Bank (Suisse). She is a high-calibre leader with global, multi touch experience and expertise in building client-centric financial organizations. She has private and institutional clients.Nashaat served as Chief Executive Officer of Wealth Middle East & North Africa at Barclays PLC. Nashaat served as Head of Middle East of Barclays Private Bank Limited. Nashaat joined Barclays Bank in June 2006. Nashaat served as Managing Director and Head of Middle East Team of Barclays Bank plc, United Arab Emirates. Nashaat served as the Chief Executive Officer of Middle East and North Africa of Barclays Wealth Management. She established the footprint and operations for the wealth management business. Prior to Barclays, Nashaat had a distinguished career at Merrill Lynch, where she served leadership positions in New York, Buenos Aires and London, including responsibility for the offshore Middle East business for London, Geneva and Monaco as well as creating the Institutional Client Group serving small and mid-size institutions across Europe and the Middle East. She serves as a Member of the Board of Barclays Bank (Suisse). She serves on the Board of the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment and on the International Committee for Barnard College, Columbia University. Nashaat is widely recognized as a Leader in financial services and a leading Business Woman, including "Woman Banker of the year 2007" by Businesswomen and Leaders Achievements Awards, "Leading Business Women in the Arab World" by the Financial Times in 2007 and 2008, "Top 100 women in Finance" by Financial News (Dow Jones) and was ranked 23rd among the "100 Most Powerful Arab Women" in 2011 by Arabian Business.

Investment focus

Industry: Hotel, Travel, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

TravelerVIP — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 123
Round size: Seed $15k–$300k; Pre-Seed $32k–$230k
Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

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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