Erad is a company that provides expansion capital to online enterprises, focusing primarily on startups in the Middle East. It operates an online fund management platform that enables these businesses to connect their sales, marketing, and accounting data. By doing so, Erad facilitates access to non-dilutive capital funding, allowing businesses to secure the growth funding they need without sacrificing ownership. In addition to financial support, the platform offers key insights and analyses that help businesses optimize their operations and increase profitability.
NymCard Payment Services
Series B in 2025
NymCard is a payment processing platform founded in 2016, operating from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a focus on enhancing the digital payment landscape in Africa and the Middle East. The company specializes in providing an issuer processor solution that allows banks and financial institutions to offer innovative digital payment products, including plastic, virtual, and tokenized cards. NymCard's advanced infrastructure and user-friendly mobile wallet solutions facilitate quick account setup and immediate access to smart payment cards, promoting efficient and secure online transactions. By leveraging open APIs and mobile SDKs, NymCard aims to address the low penetration of payment cards in these regions, thereby driving greater participation in the digital economy.
Podeo is the largest podcast platform in the Middle East and North Africa, dedicated to enhancing the reach of audio content. The company offers an application that aggregates a diverse range of podcasts tailored to users' interests. It features integration with car navigation systems, allowing users to listen to podcasts based on their travel time. Podeo aims to support the entire podcasting ecosystem by providing innovative tools for creators, listeners, and advertisers, thereby unlocking the full potential of the human voice and making audio content accessible to a broad audience.
Enhance Fitness
Funding Round in 2022
Enhance Fitness is a technology-driven company that is transforming the personal training sector in the Middle East by offering on-demand access to personal training services across various locations. The company provides a comprehensive software-as-a-service platform designed to streamline the personal training experience for both trainers and clients. Its technology suite includes customer and trainer applications, a certifying trainer academy, and a robust backend for operational management. Additionally, Enhance Fitness features a management control dashboard that offers real-time business insights and facilitates payment processing, thereby supporting gyms, fitness clubs, personal training companies, and individual trainers in optimizing their operations and enhancing service delivery.
Erad
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Erad is a company that provides expansion capital to online enterprises, focusing primarily on startups in the Middle East. It operates an online fund management platform that enables these businesses to connect their sales, marketing, and accounting data. By doing so, Erad facilitates access to non-dilutive capital funding, allowing businesses to secure the growth funding they need without sacrificing ownership. In addition to financial support, the platform offers key insights and analyses that help businesses optimize their operations and increase profitability.
VUZ is a prominent immersive social application that specializes in delivering XR and Metaverse digital experiences, enhancing the realism of virtual interactions. Launched in 2017, the company operates from offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh. VUZ offers the world's largest premium library of exclusive immersive content, featuring over 20,000 hours of material that spans entertainment, creators, and sports, along with XR, VR, and AR experiences accessible from virtually anywhere. The platform's primary goal is to foster connections among users by providing authentic immersive experiences, effectively eliminating barriers related to travel, time, and access for billions globally. By streaming live events such as sports, talk shows, and music, VUZ enables users to engage with these experiences in a uniquely immersive manner, leveraging advanced technologies for an enriched social interaction.
souKare
Seed Round in 2020
SouKare operates an e-commerce platform specializing in the sale of contact lenses and sports nutrition products. It offers express shipping worldwide, with a focus on ninety-minute delivery within Dubai. The platform provides users with a convenient shopping experience for immunity boosters, pharmacy items, vitamins, supplements, corrective lenses, and color contact lenses.
paymennt.com
Seed Round in 2019
Paymennt is a mobile-first payments platform designed to facilitate online and in-person transactions for businesses, particularly micro and small enterprises. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with an additional office in Amman, Jordan, the company specializes in providing a simple and efficient payment solution. Paymennt enables users to accept payments through various methods, including payment links, thereby streamlining the payment process and enhancing the overall customer experience. The company also focuses on integrating loyalty and reward points into its payment systems, allowing users to redeem and spend their points seamlessly.
Letswork
Seed Round in 2019
Letswork is a marketplace and membership platform that provides users access to a wide range of on-demand workspaces, including private offices and meeting rooms. As the largest network of co-working spaces in the UAE, it offers affordable and flexible workspace solutions tailored to the needs of small-scale businesses. Users can benefit from a subscription-based model that allows them to work from a diverse network of partner locations, including cafes, hotels, and shared spaces. The platform also enables clients to book private offices, meeting rooms, and creative studios as needed, promoting versatility and convenience in workspace selection.
Yallacompare
Series A in 2016
Founded in 2011, Yallacompare is a leading finance comparison platform operating across nine Middle East and North Africa countries. It specializes in helping users compare banking products and insurance policies, enabling them to save thousands of dollars annually through informed decision-making.
Based in Dubai's DIFC Innovation Hub, Wellx is the Middle East's pioneering wellness-focused InsureTech company. Founded by Vaibhav Kashyap and Javed Akberali, it offers personalized health insurance plans that encourage engagement in various wellness activities such as gym visits, healthy eating, mental wellness programs, and wearable tech usage. Leveraging advanced data analytics tools, Wellx tailors wellness experiences for individuals, families, corporates, and SMEs.