# Top 50 Wellness Startup Investors in Middle East in October 2023

## Flat6Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Pontifax
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Pontifax is a healthcare-dedicated venture capital firm.The fund focuses on innovative bio-pharma opportunities.

## Triventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Medical

Triventures is a global, early stage fund that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs. We partner with disruptive ventures with innovative breakthroughs in healthcare and beyond. Our vision is to create a better, healthier future through data driven solutions and cross industry convergence.

## Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Intelligent Systems

Wa’ed Ventures is the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed), established by Saudi Aramco with the vision of igniting the spirit of entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Wa’ed has deployed a suite of programs over the years to assist entrepreneurs in establishing, enhancing, or expanding their ventures. Theseprograms comprise development and financial support including business incubation, coaching and training to guide and nurture entrepreneurs along different business stages, seed funding, non-collateral loans, venture capital (equity/debt) investment, and business development. These programs support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of localizing industries and diversifying the Kingdom’s economy. Wa’ed also collaborates and engages with key players in order to create an effective entrepreneurship ecosystem.Wa’ed aspires to provide leadership in promoting entrepreneurship to support economic growth, diversification, and social development in Saudi Arabia, in alignment with the Kingdom’s strategic thrust into moving towards a knowledge-based economy. The organization aims to turn innovative ideas into successful projects, create and support sustainable SMEs, and develop entrepreneurs into successful business owners.Wa’ed Ventures aims to fuel the growth of high potential companies, thereby promoting economic development in Saudi Arabia with job creation for Saudi nationals, technological improvement, knowledge transfer, economic diversification, and economic growth within the Kingdom. The firm focuses on seed, early, and growth-stage businesses across a diverse range of sectors including information and communication technology (ICT), energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and services – from mobile application platforms and technologies to industrial equipment manufacturing to advanced software solutions.

## Yaron Samid
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Cyber Security

Yaron Samid is an Israeli-American technology entrepreneur, investor, and startup community builder. Yaron is the founder of TechAviv, the 3K-member global Israeli startup founders club, and is the managing partner of TechAviv Founder Partners, a pre-seed venture fund, backed and powered by over 100 of the world’s most successful company builders.Previously, Yaron was the founder and CEO at BillGuard (Acq. by Prosper), founder & CPO at Pando (Acq. by Microsoft), and a founding board director at CloudLock (Acq. by Cisco) and Pond5.Yaron lives in Tel Aviv with his family and is a regular guest lecturer at Stanford and Columbia Business School. He attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland.

## Global Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## JOINT JOURNEY
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Active investment firm that calling founders with a great product vision across diverse industries

## Legziel Family
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Legziel Famliy

## Teknoloji Yatirim
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Baby, Fitness

Teknoloji Yatirim is a early-stage technology venture capital & private equity firm.

## Alumni Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.

## Fark Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Fitness, Delivery

Fark Labs is an Innovation center with a focus on mobility.

## Pitango VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Pitango VC is a venture capital firm focused on health-tech (Pitango Health-tech) and growth (Pitango Growth) investments in startups around the world in domains such as vertical SaaS, digital health, deep tech, fintech and insurance technology, devops, generative AI, Web3, and food tech.With two offices in Israel, Pitango currently managesseveral venture funds totaling over $2.8 billion in committed capital. It has invested in more than 250 companies.

## F+ Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Transportation, Automotive

F+ Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Fark Holding dedicated to evaluating and investing in technologies and business model innovations that are transforming our transportation systems. We support “A teams” by helping with customer acquisition and smart capital. F+ invests in innovative solutions, early stage disruptive technologies, startupswith technological value proposition and business model innovation. We seek to make late seed and series A investments in ambitious tech savvy teams building businesses.

## Docor International Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical

Docor International B.V. is a fully-owned subsidiary of Crecor B.V. Both Docor and Crecor were formed as wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Van Leer Group Foundation to promote and participate in commercial activities in Israel.

## UI Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Software, Wellness

UI Investments is an investment firm.

## Genesis Park
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Debt Financing
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Natural Resources

Genesis Park is a Houston-based private equity firm focusing on buyouts, partnering strategies with public corporations, and growth financing. We bring capital, commercial execution capabilities and a depth of experience in mergers and acquisitions.We are opportunistic within market sectors where we have depth and exposure. Those sectors includetelecommunications, energy technology and media. Energy technology is a rapidly expanding category, and our Houston base allows us to marry traditional and alternative techniques in upstream and downstream environments. Founded in 2000, Genesis Park has used discipline and patience to build value for our investors, regardless of prevailing market conditions. We are consistently active in our portfolio companies, listening, learning and adding value by working alongside management. While our preference is to partner with an existing management team, we commonly source additional talent to optimize the existing opportunity.

## ACT Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing

Early stage deep tech investor

## LionBird
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

LionBird is a Tel Aviv- and Chicago-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage software companies operating in the healthcare, commerce, and enterprise sectors. Founded in 2012, LionBird has developed an investment strategy around early-stage startups that leverages online technology to re-imagine traditional offline business processes andmodels.

## Good Seed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology

Good Seed Ventures is a Venture Capital firm that exclusively invests in sustainable food tech.

## Sanara Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ra'anana, HaMerkaz, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device

Sanara Ventures is an innovation-investment platform, elevating outstanding healthcare-technology companies, from early-stage to global market maturity. At Sanara, They share a vision of an integrated continuum of care supported by accessible advanced healthcare solutions for people around the world.

## VSC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing

Storytelling is our superpower. We invest at Seed & Series A and go to work for you!

## ERT Clinical
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Fitness, Internet, Wellness

Clario generates the richest clinical evidence by fusing our deep scientific expertise and global scale into the broadest endpoint technology platform.

## Kli Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical

Kli Capital is a firm focused on investing in fearless entrepreneurs who are building foundational enterprise technologies and ubiquitous consumer brands.
We partner with exceptional founders with unique insights, from inception through all phases of growth.

## 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.

## Flat6Labs Egypt
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

MENA’s leading seed and early stage VC firm, and the manager of the most renowned startup programs in the region. We are Accelerating the Future.

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

## Assaf Wand
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Insurance, Health Care, Information Technology

Assaf Wand is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Hippo Insurance. He previously worked at Sabi (Sold to Urbio) as a Founder and CEO. Assaf Wand attended Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

## Providence Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software

Providence Ventures generally targets mid- to late-stage venture investments across Healthcare IT, MedTech, and tech-enabled services.

## LoftyInc Capital Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Carmel, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

## Welltech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: mHealth, Health Care, Biotechnology

Welltech Ventures is Israel’s leading fund focused exclusively on investing in the health and wellness space. We seek to partner with entrepreneurs who epitomize the Startup Nation’s ethos and are building paradigm-shattering companies that are making an impact in the wellness space. As thought leaders we work with global investors focused onaccessing and investing in the Israeli tech ecosystem’s most promising entrepreneurs.

## Eczacıbasi Momentum
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Biotechnology, Financial Services

Eczacıbaşı Momentum invested in three venture companies and a venture capital fund; Their goal is to invest US$30 million over the next five years as they continue to partner with funds
and startups that shape the new normal of modern life, focusing on well-being, consumption, and home-living.

## Doha Tech Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, FinTech

Doha Tech Angels provides seed funding for early stage disruptive technology startups in Qatar, the Middle East, and internationally.

## Romain Afflelou
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Software

Romain spearheaded the digital strategy of Alain Afflelou Group before becoming an investor in numerous start-ups. He uses his fine-tuned analysis skills to support and invest in innovative start-ups. In addition to being a major shareholder and Co founder of Cosmo Connected a French start-up specialized in connected objects related to security andmobility.Romain is Director and Board member of Multiwave Technologies /develops breakthrough metamaterial technologies to improve people's lives.Serial investor in +50Tech companies6over6 (Acquired by 1-800 contacts)
Cityscoot
Clay Inc VR
Cowboy Bike
Epicery
Everoad (Ex Convargo)
Fithouse
Fré Skincare
Fokoya
Guillotine Vodka
Klassroom
Laminate Technologies
MeetFabric
Molotov TV
Multiwave Technologies
Nestor
Octopus
Officeriders
Onoff telecom
Pledg
Quiqup
Universal Standard
Shapr
Spendesk
Zipdrug...(Acquire by Anthem Pharmacy)

## Joshua Riff
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Wellness, Analytics

Josh Riff is the co-founder of Included Health.

## Accelmed
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Aventura, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series D, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Medical

Accelmed is a venture capital firm that funds private and public medical device companies with significant market potential and proven clinical data.Concentrating on medical device companies that have already reached the revenue stage enables the firm to assist companies in benefiting from its managerial capabilities and financial resources.Together with the management teams of their portfolio companies, the Accelmed can steer the way from the clinical-stage to a profitable business with a clear commercial plan, thereby accelerating the path to a successful exit.In 2009, Mori Arkin and Uri Geiger, the co-founders of Accelmed, established the firm in Herzliya, Tel Aviv.

## Sarus Select Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Wellness, Human Resources

Sarus Select Capital manages investments and provides investment advisory services.

## Disruptive Technologies Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Advertising, Cloud Computing

Disruptive is a global early stage investor with operations in Israel and the US.

## Afropreneurs
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Afropreneurs is an investment firm.

## Matias Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Investing in early stage startups, led by Yossi Matias (VP Search, AI @ Google) and Michael Matias (Stanford CS, 8200).

## PipelBiz.com
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing

PipelBiz enables companies to raise capital from an unlimited number of investors without the need of a prospectus

## 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.

## Jedar Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Delivery

VC venture capital investing in early stage startups from seed to series A in fintech, insurtech, marketplaces, foodtech, SaaS, healthtech and agritech

## Kingsway Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

## VegInvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Seafood

VegInvest provides early-stage capital and guidance to companies striving to replace the use of animals.

## SeedIL Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Big Data

SeedIL Ventures is a seed stage investment fund focusing on Israeli related companies in any sector except medtech/biotech and heavy Hardware.
After investment, SeedIL is committed to ensuring that portfolio companies reach their full potential by providing on-going coaching and connections through its extensive network, including the Limitedpartner's connections and intelligence.

## AngelHub
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services

Hong Kong's first SFC licensed startup investment platform for professional investors and global startups raising growth capital

## Terra Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

We are an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with inspiring entrepreneurs to build breakthrough companies

## Five35 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Wellness

Five35 Ventures is committed to unlocking capital and growth opportunities for female-focused early-stage African technology startups.

## Mindshift Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, Wellness, Health Care

Investing in global, female entrepreneurs. 

## Asymmetry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

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