VentureSouq

VentureSouq is a Dubai-based venture capital firm established in 2013 that focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies across various sectors, including agriculture tech, environmental tech, food tech, fintech, enterprise software, health tech, and digital media. The firm operates a substantial co-investment platform and maintains a global investment portfolio, aiming to support innovative startups in their growth and development. By concentrating on diverse technology-driven industries, VentureSouq seeks to contribute to the evolution of the regional and global tech landscape.

Maan Eshgi

General Partner

Sonia Gokhale

Co-Founder and General Partner

Suneel Gokhale

Partner

Musaab Hakami

General Partner, Fintech

Tammer Qaddumi

Partner

Sonia Weymuller

Co-Founder and General Partner

Past deals in Africa

Bloom

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of web hub designed for exchanging tokens and collectibles, discovering new dApps, and enhancing DeFi portfolio management. The company's platform provides a social feed where users receive new web three recommendations by connecting with friends and following influencers, enabling users with additional functionality to the wallet including microtransactions, transaction expiration times, native tokens, and NFTs.

Bloom

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of web hub designed for exchanging tokens and collectibles, discovering new dApps, and enhancing DeFi portfolio management. The company's platform provides a social feed where users receive new web three recommendations by connecting with friends and following influencers, enabling users with additional functionality to the wallet including microtransactions, transaction expiration times, native tokens, and NFTs.

Lucky

Series A in 2022
Lucky is a financial application designed to provide users with access to a variety of credit products, sale offers, and cashback rewards. The app allows customers to engage with a range of credit services and discounts that can be utilized both in-person and online through partnerships with local and global brands. This functionality enables users to manage their credit more easily while also saving money on purchases through cashback incentives and exclusive offers.

Mozn

Series A in 2022
Developer of enterprise artificial intelligence platform designed to build advanced AI products to empower enterprises in making critical decisions. The company's platform leverages sophisticated text intelligence and AI algorithms to effectively screen and monitor customers, providing financial institutions with a robust tool for safeguarding their operations against AML and fraud threats.

Kippa

Convertible Note in 2021
Developer of app-based book-keeping software designed to improve the life cycle with a finance management app. The company's platform offers sales and expense management, business banking, POS devices, invoices tracking, financial transaction management, data storage, and backup, enabling businesses with an all-in-one financial management software.

nexopay

Convertible Note in 2021
nexopay is a company that handles financing and digital payments. is a family-friendly app. Families can use the pay-now and pay-later methods to pay for school expenses while also unlocking rewards. Their goal is to promote family well-being. They seek to facilitate families' financial wellness and make money management easier for them. Financial and banking services were created specifically for families.

Yassir

Series A in 2021
Yassir Inc. is a transport service based in Algiers, Algeria, founded in 2016. The company operates a mobile application that enables users to book drivers for on-demand transportation, ensuring safe travel. In addition to ride-hailing services, Yassir's platform also offers food delivery options, allowing users to order meals conveniently. The application serves as a multisided marketplace, combining technology with everyday activities, and provides additional services such as grocery delivery and banking applications. Yassir aims to enhance users' lifestyles by facilitating mobility and access to essential services through its innovative platform.

Dayra

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dayra empowers companies to provide financial services to unbanked gig-workers and micro-businesses they deal with, via API integration. We provide services such as virtual bank accounts and access to credit to unbanked individuals, starting with Egypt. Dayra’s financial services are instant, hassle-free, and at a lower costs than traditional lenders.

PayHippo

Seed Round in 2021
PayHippo is a financial technology company focused on providing financing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. It offers automated underwriting and credit assessment tools that facilitate the flow of capital to approximately 40 million small businesses in the region. Through its API integration, PayHippo enables partners to effectively monitor the SMEs utilizing its financing services. The company specializes in providing various financial products, including working capital loans, asset financing, and inventory financing, which help businesses acquire necessary equipment and access clean energy solutions. By bridging the financing gap for SMEs, PayHippo contributes to the growth and sustainability of small businesses in Africa.

Yassir

Venture Round in 2021
Yassir Inc. is a transport service based in Algiers, Algeria, founded in 2016. The company operates a mobile application that enables users to book drivers for on-demand transportation, ensuring safe travel. In addition to ride-hailing services, Yassir's platform also offers food delivery options, allowing users to order meals conveniently. The application serves as a multisided marketplace, combining technology with everyday activities, and provides additional services such as grocery delivery and banking applications. Yassir aims to enhance users' lifestyles by facilitating mobility and access to essential services through its innovative platform.

Trella

Venture Round in 2021
Trella is a platform that connects shippers to carriers. Trella offers services and technology to empower drivers, improve their efficiency, boost their earnings and utilization as well as creating job opportunities. Trella aims to reduce costs for shippers, introduce a transparent pricing structure and provide them with a more reliable source of carriers. All the while allowing them to track their shipments in real-time as well as report key insights on their transportation trends and performance.

inyad

Series A in 2021
SaaS, Point of sale system

NymCard

Series A in 2021
NymCard is a payment platform that specializes in enabling financial institutions to issue innovative digital payment products across Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2016 and based in Abu Dhabi, NymCard offers a comprehensive suite of services including mobile wallet solutions, card issuance and processing, cloud solutions, and security services. The platform utilizes advanced open APIs and mobile SDKs to facilitate the rapid deployment of plastic, virtual, or tokenized cards, allowing clients to launch new payment solutions in as little as eight weeks. By focusing on user experience and security, NymCard aims to address the low penetration of payment cards in regions where traditional banking infrastructure has been limited.

Wallet.ng

Venture Round in 2020
Wallet.ng is a fintech startup that allows people and companies to send, receive, and make payments, using their phone numbers. The company's infrastructure also provides plugins and libraries for merchants to accept payments online with just a URL. Wallet.ng users can pay directly into bank accounts and Pay Utility Bills in Nigeria. Wallet.ng is a mobile payment solution, its core infrastructure is built using technologies which is adaptable for multiple countries across Africa. It was established in Lagos, Lagos by John Oluranti Oke and Joseph Benson-Aruna in 2018..

Helium Health

Series A in 2020
Helium Health is a technology company focused on transforming healthcare in Africa through its electronic health records and hospital management systems. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the company provides a comprehensive suite of software tools designed to digitize medical records, manage hospital operations, and facilitate financial applications. Its platform features capabilities for managing patient visits, prescriptions, billing, and telemedicine solutions, all accessible from various devices. Additionally, Helium Health offers functionalities such as customizable forms, smart analytics, appointment management, and alerts, which help healthcare providers enhance efficiency, improve patient care, and reduce operational waste. By leveraging technology, Helium Health aspires to become the leading healthcare data exchange in Africa.

Dapi

Seed Round in 2020
Dapi Ltd is a fintech company that specializes in developing application programming interfaces (APIs) to facilitate payments between consumer bank accounts and businesses. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the company provides a suite of open banking APIs designed to connect customer bank accounts, initiate payments, and access financial data in real-time. Dapi acts as an intermediary between financial applications and banks, enabling developers to create solutions such as digital wallets, budget trackers, and investment applications. Its services allow fintech companies to initiate payments through banks and offer financial services based on customer bank statement data. Dapi operates in multiple countries, including the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa, and Kuwait, and has demonstrated significant demand for its offerings, achieving substantial growth in annual recurring revenue.

Dapi

Seed Round in 2019
Dapi Ltd is a fintech company that specializes in developing application programming interfaces (APIs) to facilitate payments between consumer bank accounts and businesses. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the company provides a suite of open banking APIs designed to connect customer bank accounts, initiate payments, and access financial data in real-time. Dapi acts as an intermediary between financial applications and banks, enabling developers to create solutions such as digital wallets, budget trackers, and investment applications. Its services allow fintech companies to initiate payments through banks and offer financial services based on customer bank statement data. Dapi operates in multiple countries, including the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa, and Kuwait, and has demonstrated significant demand for its offerings, achieving substantial growth in annual recurring revenue.

NALA

Seed Round in 2019
NALA Incorporation Company Limited develops a mobile payments application that facilitates various financial transactions without the need for an internet connection. Founded in 2017 and based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, NALA's platform enables users to make bill payments, peer-to-peer transfers, and purchase cell phone minutes. The application enhances the mobile money experience by allowing users to execute transactions quickly and securely, while also providing features such as budgeting tools, transaction tracking, and multi-factor authentication. Additionally, NALA supports international payments for Africans globally, streamlining the process of sending and receiving money across different countries.

Frontier Car Group

Series B in 2018
Frontier Car Group is a berlin-based startup who develop, launch, and operate used-automotive marketplaces within emerging market economies, with operations in Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Additionally, we are successfully engaging in two joint ventures with OLX in India and Poland. We increase the efficiency of selling and buying cars through technology, infra-structure creation, access to capital and innovative business models that allows all stakeholders to gain from our impact.

Helium Health

Seed Round in 2017
Helium Health is a technology company focused on transforming healthcare in Africa through its electronic health records and hospital management systems. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the company provides a comprehensive suite of software tools designed to digitize medical records, manage hospital operations, and facilitate financial applications. Its platform features capabilities for managing patient visits, prescriptions, billing, and telemedicine solutions, all accessible from various devices. Additionally, Helium Health offers functionalities such as customizable forms, smart analytics, appointment management, and alerts, which help healthcare providers enhance efficiency, improve patient care, and reduce operational waste. By leveraging technology, Helium Health aspires to become the leading healthcare data exchange in Africa.

Helium Health

Seed Round in 2017
Helium Health is a technology company focused on transforming healthcare in Africa through its electronic health records and hospital management systems. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the company provides a comprehensive suite of software tools designed to digitize medical records, manage hospital operations, and facilitate financial applications. Its platform features capabilities for managing patient visits, prescriptions, billing, and telemedicine solutions, all accessible from various devices. Additionally, Helium Health offers functionalities such as customizable forms, smart analytics, appointment management, and alerts, which help healthcare providers enhance efficiency, improve patient care, and reduce operational waste. By leveraging technology, Helium Health aspires to become the leading healthcare data exchange in Africa.

Zoomcar

Series B in 2016
Zoomcar India Private Ltd. is a prominent self-drive car rental service based in Bengaluru, India. Founded in 2012, the company offers a wide range of vehicles, including SUVs, luxury cars, electric cars, and sedans, available for rent by the hour, day, week, or month. Zoomcar operates an online platform that allows customers to easily book cars using their mobile phones, providing a hassle-free rental experience. With approximately 21,000 vehicles registered on its platform, Zoomcar primarily generates revenue from short-term self-drive rentals and vehicle subscriptions, with the majority of its business concentrated in India. The company also has a strategic partnership with Godrej Consumer Products Limited and has expanded its operations to several countries, including Egypt, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Zoomcar

Series B in 2016
Zoomcar India Private Ltd. is a prominent self-drive car rental service based in Bengaluru, India. Founded in 2012, the company offers a wide range of vehicles, including SUVs, luxury cars, electric cars, and sedans, available for rent by the hour, day, week, or month. Zoomcar operates an online platform that allows customers to easily book cars using their mobile phones, providing a hassle-free rental experience. With approximately 21,000 vehicles registered on its platform, Zoomcar primarily generates revenue from short-term self-drive rentals and vehicle subscriptions, with the majority of its business concentrated in India. The company also has a strategic partnership with Godrej Consumer Products Limited and has expanded its operations to several countries, including Egypt, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Zoomcar

Series A in 2014
Zoomcar India Private Ltd. is a prominent self-drive car rental service based in Bengaluru, India. Founded in 2012, the company offers a wide range of vehicles, including SUVs, luxury cars, electric cars, and sedans, available for rent by the hour, day, week, or month. Zoomcar operates an online platform that allows customers to easily book cars using their mobile phones, providing a hassle-free rental experience. With approximately 21,000 vehicles registered on its platform, Zoomcar primarily generates revenue from short-term self-drive rentals and vehicle subscriptions, with the majority of its business concentrated in India. The company also has a strategic partnership with Godrej Consumer Products Limited and has expanded its operations to several countries, including Egypt, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
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