Global Ventures

Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm, investing in founders and ideas across emerging markets. They back global-minded founders that are leading growth-stage companies and using technology to transform emerging markets and the world. The Global Ventures team is a diverse, collaborative, talented and curious group of professionals who, combined, have years of experience and expertise building and scaling companies.

Eslam Darwish

Partner

Sacha Haider

Partner

Mona Khan

Senior Associate

Farah Osman

Principal

Simon Sharp

Partner

Past deals in Bahrain

Tarabut

Seed Round in 2021
Tarabut Gateway, a disruptor in its own right, is the first and only licensed Open Banking platform (AISP/ PISP) in the MENA region. By developing a single universal open banking API, Tarabut Gateway provides access to a global network of banks and FinTechs that allows money and information to flow securely, instantly, and at a low cost. Having been the first to obtain an AISP & PISP license in the Middle East and North African region, Tarabut Gateway is transforming the MENA financial services landscape by introducing new revenue streams to financial institutions and allowing Fintech to test & monetize on their solutions.

Mumzworld

Series B in 2018
Mumzworld.com operates an online shopping site that sells products for kids, babies, and moms. The company offers diapers, feeding products, toys, outdoor products, bathing solutions, clothes, safety products, nursery equipment, and books. It serves customers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, and internationally. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with representative offices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.