Dubai Future District Fund

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.

Mamo is a Fintech startup based in Dubai, UAE, focused on providing innovative payment and financial solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company operates under a Cat 3C Providing Money Services license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority, making it the first licensed Fintech startup in this category in the region. Mamo's flagship offering, Mamo Business, serves as an alternative to traditional banking for SMEs, combining payments, spend management, and analytics into a user-friendly platform. This platform enables businesses to accept payments globally in multiple currencies, manage expenses, and issue virtual cards, thereby streamlining financial operations and enhancing payment success rates. Mamo's diverse customer base includes a variety of sectors, such as B2B services, healthcare, tourism, and retail, making it a crucial partner for businesses looking to optimize their financial processes.

Iyris Advanced Desert Greenhouses specializes in agriculture glazing solutions aimed at enhancing crop production in desert environments. The company leverages advanced agroclimatic technology that integrates climate control, plant science, and intelligent control systems to promote sustainable food production in water-scarce regions. By collaborating with leading glass manufacturers, Iyris offers ultra-clear glazing equipped with innovative anti-reflective and light diffusive coatings. This approach not only reduces the carbon and water footprint of agriculture but also empowers local farmers to cultivate food using fewer resources. Iyris is committed to designing sustainable agricultural technologies that effectively address the challenges posed by harsh climates, ultimately lowering costs and improving crop yields.

Holo is the Middle East’s first digital property buying platform, transforming the homebuying process with an integrated, end-to-end digital solution. With advanced algorithms, Holo matches customers with the optimal mortgage product tailored to their financial needs and connects them with over 2,500 real estate agents via The Hub. With a user-friendly, 24/7 interface, users can seamlessly apply, upload documents, and track progress on any connected device. Recognized in the 2020 Wamda X cohort, Holo is revolutionizing home financing in the UAE—achieving monthly loan GMV exceeding AED 1 billion.

MoneyHash streamlines payment processes for businesses by offering a unified API that integrates various pay-in and pay-out rails. It provides a customizable checkout experience, optimizes transaction routing to minimize fraud failures, and offers centralized reporting.

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.

Holo is the Middle East’s first digital property buying platform, transforming the homebuying process with an integrated, end-to-end digital solution. With advanced algorithms, Holo matches customers with the optimal mortgage product tailored to their financial needs and connects them with over 2,500 real estate agents via The Hub. With a user-friendly, 24/7 interface, users can seamlessly apply, upload documents, and track progress on any connected device. Recognized in the 2020 Wamda X cohort, Holo is revolutionizing home financing in the UAE—achieving monthly loan GMV exceeding AED 1 billion.

VUZ is a developer of an immersive video platform and social app for XR and Metaverse experiences. It streams 360-degree video, live events, and interactive entertainment across VR, AR, and other devices, enabling users to access immersive content from anywhere. It offers a large library of content (over 20,000 hours) spanning entertainment, creators, and sports, and features such as gyroscope-based navigation and social sharing to enhance realism and interactivity. It aims to connect people by removing travel, time, and access constraints. Founded in 2017, the company operates with offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh.

CozmoX AI is an end-to-end platform for creating and deploying AI voice employees that can truly replace repetitive human roles at enterprise scale. Just as AWS revolutionized cloud computing, we're transforming how businesses build AI workers - complete with natural voice interactions, task automation, and learning capabilities. Our platform enables companies to rapidly deploy AI employees who can handle customer service, sales, administrative tasks, and more, with the ability to speak naturally, understand context, and execute complex workflows. With CozmoX AI, you can build, test, and scale your AI workforce in days instead of months, while maintaining enterprise-grade security and full control over your AI employees' capabilities and learning. We are backed by Y Combinator, Dubai Future District Fund, Goodwater Capital, Rebel Fund and leading global investors.

Established in 2020 and headquartered in Dubai, COTU Ventures is a prominent seed-stage venture capital firm focused on the Middle East. It partners with early-stage founders, supporting companies from pre-seed through Series A, accelerating their path to product-market fit.

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.

Outliers Venture Capital is a global venture capital firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It operates as an operator-led investor that backs outlier founders building compounding businesses, with a focus on early-stage seed opportunities. The firm invests in the United States and the MENA region, targeting information technology and adjacent sectors such as cybersecurity and privacy, data infrastructure, digital finance, digital retail, and innovative models of work and learning. It seeks category-defining companies by partnering with founders who pursue bold challenges and translate early insights into enduring, scalable businesses.

Mamo is a Fintech startup based in Dubai, UAE, focused on providing innovative payment and financial solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company operates under a Cat 3C Providing Money Services license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority, making it the first licensed Fintech startup in this category in the region. Mamo's flagship offering, Mamo Business, serves as an alternative to traditional banking for SMEs, combining payments, spend management, and analytics into a user-friendly platform. This platform enables businesses to accept payments globally in multiple currencies, manage expenses, and issue virtual cards, thereby streamlining financial operations and enhancing payment success rates. Mamo's diverse customer base includes a variety of sectors, such as B2B services, healthcare, tourism, and retail, making it a crucial partner for businesses looking to optimize their financial processes.