Flat6Labs is a Cairo-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm and accelerator in the MENA region. Since 2011 it has built a network of startup programs that support entrepreneurs from pre-seed through pre-Series A, and operates offices across the region including Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Jeddah, Manama, and Tunis. The firm regularly funds more than 100 startups annually and provides a range of investment tickets from 50,000 to 500,000, supported by a broad investor network and extensive mentorship, investor, and corporate connections. Flat6Labs focuses on accelerating the growth of technology-driven startups by combining capital with mentorship, partnerships, and opportunities to scale regionally.

OurCrowd is an Israel-based venture investing platform that enables institutions and individuals to invest in and engage with emerging companies. It vets and selects opportunities, invests capital, and provides its global network with access to co-investment, connections, talent, and deal flow. The platform supports portfolio companies with mentorship, industry advisors, and guidance through follow-on rounds, creating growth opportunities through its multinational partnerships. Headquartered in Jerusalem, it maintains offices in the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States, North America, and Australia. OurCrowd invests across sectors such as transportation tech, greentech, enterprise solutions, telecommunications, web and fintech, medtech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Internet of Things, 3D printing, digitally enabled agriculture, autonomous robotics, blockchain, and AR/VR, and also focuses on digital health, energy and agtech. It seeks to take board seats in portfolio companies and operates as an independent venture investment platform with a global footprint, supporting opportunities in Israel, Asia Pacific, and the United States.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors and venture capital firms that supports technology and healthcare startups across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. It partners with entrepreneurs by offering hands-on operating experience and broad access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help build global businesses. The firm focuses on early to growth-stage investments in software infrastructure, developer tools, data, security, vertical SaaS, enterprise software and healthcare technologies, drawing on a wide international footprint that includes the US, Israel, Singapore and China. Vertex Ventures emphasizes active portfolio involvement and leverages the broader Vertex network to create value for portfolio companies through strategic guidance and partnerships.

Pitango Venture Capital is a Herzliya-based venture capital firm, founded in 1993, with additional offices in New York and Silicon Valley. The firm manages multiple funds, including Pitango First, Pitango Growth, and Pitango HealthTech, and pursues early to growth-stage investments across Israel and international markets. Its focus spans information technology, software and TMT, health tech and digital health, artificial intelligence, IoT, and related sectors. Pitango emphasizes hands-on support for portfolio companies, including strategy, talent, fundraising help, and scale-related guidance, and has a long track record with approximately 300 portfolio companies and 91 exits, backed by funds totaling several billion dollars.

VentureSouq is a venture capital firm headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with a global portfolio. Founded in 2013, it backs early-stage technology companies across sectors including fintech, software as a service, edtech, gaming, legaltech, and climate technology. The firm operates with a regional focus on the Middle East and North Africa and seeks scalable, innovative solutions, supporting portfolio companies through strategic guidance and capital.

Viola Group is an Israel-based technology-focused investment group with multiple dedicated arms, including Viola Ventures, Viola Growth, Viola Credit, Viola Partners and Viola FinTech. Founded in 2000, the group provides long-term capital and value-added support to tech companies across stages, from early venture to growth and credit financing, with a broad geographic reach in Israel and globally. Viola Group manages over three billion dollars in assets and has backed more than 200 technology companies, leveraging specialized teams, extensive networks, and strategic partnerships to help portfolio companies scale in sectors such as software, cybersecurity, fintech, semiconductors, and deep technology. The firm operates as a multi-strategy house, allowing independent arms to pursue distinct investment approaches while sharing services and expertise to drive durable returns for global institutional investors and private partners. Its approach combines capital with hands-on partnership to build transformational technology businesses.

Endeavor is a nonprofit organization that supports high‑impact entrepreneurs through a global network spanning nearly 40 countries. It backs more than 2,000 entrepreneurs whose companies generate over $28 billion in combined revenues, employ more than 3.9 million people, and attracted more than $4 billion in capital in 2020. The organization offers an entrepreneur‑first model that connects founders with mentors, peers, and opportunities to scale and pay it forward. Its global ecosystem includes affiliates such as Endeavor Miami, which focuses on early‑stage technology firms and reflects the network’s regional and sectoral reach.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.

Wamda Capital is a Dubai-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and growth-stage technology companies in the MENA region. It seeks to guide portfolio companies through multiple rounds of financing toward an exit. The firm targets sectors including financial services, consumer goods, software, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on high-growth startups. By backing entrepreneurs across the MENA ecosystem, Wamda Capital aims to accelerate digital transformation and build regional tech leadership.

Khwarizmi Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm established in 2018 and based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is affiliated with Kadi Group Holding and Almoujil Group Holding. The firm focuses on investing in startups that leverage algorithms to enhance technology and improve quality of life. Khwarizmi Ventures targets seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies operating primarily in the e-commerce, financial technology, digital health, and property technology sectors within the Middle East and Northern Africa region. Through its investments, the firm aims to support entrepreneurs in realizing their visions and aligning their objectives with advancements in technology.

Raed Ventures is a Saudi-based venture capital firm that provides seed and early-stage funding to startups in Saudi Arabia and the broader MENA region. The firm backs entrepreneurial teams aiming to transform markets and leverages its regional market knowledge and network to support portfolio companies in building and executing growth plans, including accessing opportunities in Saudi Arabia and GCC markets.

Maverick Ventures Israel is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that focuses on early-stage technology startups in Israel, with a particular emphasis on software sectors. It makes investments across the country, typically committing 1 to 3 million USD per deal to Israeli companies.

Shorooq Partners is a venture capital and alternative investment manager founded in 2017, focused on technology-driven companies in the Middle East and North Africa and beyond. The firm invests through venture capital and private credit funds, with expertise across fintech, platforms, software, gaming and Web3.0, and an emphasis on crypto and climate technologies. It maintains a pan-regional presence with offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Cairo and Seoul, reflecting a cross-border approach. Shorooq Partners aims to be founders' partners, builders and value investors, backing market-moving startups across the region.

Established in 2023, Oraseya Capital is a venture capital firm serving as the investment arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority. It focuses on early-stage investments in sectors such as fintech, edtech, digital health, logistics, future of work, impact investing, AI/ML, consumer products & services, and e-commerce within the United Arab Emirates.

Oryx Fund is a venture capital firm that makes early-stage technology investments, typically from Pre-Seed to Series A, with a focus on the MENA region and sectors such as Fintech, Healthtech, Enterprise tech, Logistics tech, and Edtech. The firm is described as backed by Hambro Perks and co-managed with Salica Investments, with bases in Abu Dhabi and London.

Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Founded in 2018, it focuses on investing in technology companies and supporting founders and ideas across emerging markets. The firm is described as having a diverse, collaborative team with experience in building and scaling companies.

Jerusalem Venture Partners is an Israeli-based venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Erel Margalit. It operates internationally with activities in Israel and New York, extending its reach across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm has raised about US$1.4 billion and invested in more than 140 companies, focusing on cybersecurity, big data, fintech, foodtech, agtech, digital health, enterprise software, storage, mobile, media and the Internet of Things. In addition to its main fund, JVP runs early-stage programs such as JVP Media Labs, which provides seed financing, hands-on management, workspace and strategic guidance, and JVP Cyber Labs, a cyber security and big-data incubator based in Beer Sheva with government support and industry partnerships. Through these platforms, JVP seeks to build category-leading startups and help them scale to international markets.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Israel. The firm backs early and growth stage start-ups across sectors such as enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and information technology, and pursues opportunities in the United States, Asia, and Israel. It funds a broad range of rounds, including seed, early, later, and expansion, and also provides debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale through capital, strategic guidance, and operational support, and maintains a diversified portfolio across enterprise, consumer, big data, mobile, and internet-enabled sectors.

Dubai Future District Fund is an investment platform and venture capital fund of funds based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, established in 2021. It targets technology-driven opportunities across proptech, healthtech, logistics tech, deeptech, circular economy and web3, aiming to expand startup and venture capital activity in Dubai and the region, support diversified GDP growth, and create jobs by fostering the next generation of industries and skills.

BECO Capital is a Dubai-based venture capital firm that provides growth capital and hands-on operational mentorship to early-stage technology companies in the Middle East and North Africa. It focuses on seed and early-stage investments in mobile, Internet of Things, software as a service, and other technology sectors, supporting entrepreneurs to scale their businesses across the region.

Saned Partners is a Beirut-based venture capital firm that operates as an independently managed early-stage investment firm in the Middle East and North Africa. It backs startups across information technology, telecommunications, media, light manufacturing, food and beverage, and consumer services sectors, with a focus on helping them grow and reach profitability. The firm pursues partnerships with entrepreneurs by providing resources, guidance, and access to networks to turn ideas into scalable, best-in-class businesses, aiming to catalyze economic and social development in the MENA region.

Middle East Venture Partners is a Dubai-based venture capital firm with offices in Beirut, Bahrain, and Riyadh. It backs early and growth-stage technology companies across the GCC and Levant, pursuing cross-border investments in North Africa and Turkey. The firm focuses on sectors such as cloud-based software, ICT, fintech, e-commerce, education technology, digital services, consumer technology, logistics, and hospitality tech, typically taking minority stakes and investing about 0.2 to 5 million USD per deal. It manages around 260 million USD in assets and was founded in 2010.

OrbiMed is a healthcare-focused investment firm based in New York, founded in 1989, with approximately $5 billion in assets under management. It engages in private equity, venture capital, and growth investments across the global healthcare landscape, spanning biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences tools, medical devices, diagnostics, health care services, and digital health. The firm invests across the development spectrum, from startup ventures to mature companies, and pursues opportunities worldwide, including North America, Europe, Asia, Israel and India, leveraging a long-standing specialization in the sector. Through its diversified capital programs, OrbiMed partners with management to advance innovative therapies, tools, and services that address significant medical needs.

Target Global is a European technology investment firm with over €3 billion in assets under management and offices in London, Berlin, Tel Aviv, and Abu Dhabi. Founded in 2015 by Shmuel Chafets and Yaron Valler, it backs technology companies across seed to growth stages in Europe and beyond, offering diverse expertise and hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale. Its investments cover fintech, software, and consumer platforms, and the firm has backed unicorns and led or participated in numerous exits through a multi-fund and co-investment approach, reflecting a focus on identifying high-potential ventures in large and evolving markets.

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 1911 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. It backs startups across seed to growth stages, focusing on software, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer and healthcare technologies, and high-growth business models. The firm operates internationally, supporting portfolio companies from early product development through scale, and has backed well-known names such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, Wix and others. BVP emphasizes helping founders establish durable foundations and guides companies through multiple growth phases, leveraging hands-on operational support, strategic networks, and cross-border expertise. With a diversified approach that includes consumer, enterprise and deep-tech investments, the firm seeks to build lasting companies that matter across global markets.

Oasis500 is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Amman, Jordan, that supports early‑stage startups across multiple sectors, including technology, education, health, fintech, agtech, consumer solutions, and more. It identifies aspiring entrepreneurs, provides initial investment, and accelerates selected ventures for about 180 days through an intensive program that emphasizes growth, capability building, and access to a network of mentors. Startups in Oasis500’s program benefit from mentorship and connections to investors to facilitate follow‑on funding as they scale. By facilitating entrepreneurship and innovation, Oasis500 contributes to the development of Jordan’s and the wider MENA region’s startup ecosystem.

57 Stars is an independent asset manager and private equity and venture capital firm that pursues direct and fund-of-funds investments, including mezzanine opportunities. It focuses on investments outside the United States, particularly in emerging markets, and targets primary and secondary private equity partnerships as well as co-investments in select markets. The geographic scope includes India, China, Japan, Turkey, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, Eastern Europe, Israel, Brazil, and other regions across Latin America, pan-Africa, and pan-Asia. The firm typically makes investments ranging from $15 million to $50 million. Founded in 2005, 57 Stars is based in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Munich, São Paulo, and San Diego.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Magma Venture Partners is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm founded in 1999 that focuses on early-stage investments in information technology, communications technology, semiconductors, software, internet and media. The firm pursues opportunities in Israel and the United States, leveraging sector specialization and active collaboration with entrepreneurs, industry experts, and other investors to help portfolio companies grow from early ideas into market leaders. With deep local market knowledge and a broad network, Magma Venture Partners seeks to foster innovation and influence the global paths of its portfolio companies in the communications, networking, software, and related technology sectors.

STV is an independent venture capital investment firm based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, founded in 2018. It is anchored by STC, the largest telecom operator in the MENA region, granting access to essential assets such as network infrastructure, customer analytics, and an extensive customer base. This support enables STV to assist its portfolio companies in scaling their operations effectively. The firm focuses on investing in early and later-stage companies, with a particular emphasis on the information technology sector.

Battery Ventures is a technology-focused venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1983. It invests in category-defining technology companies across sectors such as application software, infrastructure software, consumer internet and mobile services, industrial technologies, and life science tools. The firm supports growth across various stages and geographies, including the United States, Europe, and Israel, with emphasis on software, TMT, and related tech-enabled opportunities. As a registered investment adviser, Battery Ventures backs companies that build scalable platforms and transformative products, helping them compete in rapidly evolving markets.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and device solutions. Its portfolio spans consumer electronics (mobile devices, televisions, home appliances, cameras), information technology products (PCs, peripherals, printers), semiconductors, memory and storage, and display technologies. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure and related services, and conducts extensive research and development to advance core technologies. With a global footprint across Korea, China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of smartphones, memory chips, and displays, and it coordinates significant manufacturing and supply chain activities to support its varied product lines.

Aleph is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2013, that focuses on early-stage investments in Israeli technology companies across software, IT, SaaS, big data, AI, and related sectors. It partners with entrepreneurs to build large, global brands and provides high-touch, partner-level support through its Ampliphy value-generation platform, which addresses talent recruitment, business development, and follow-on funding at scale. The firm has backed more than 50 companies, including Lemonade, Melio, Healthy.io, SparkBeyond, JoyTunes, Fabric, Freightos and Bringg, and seeks to support the broader Israeli tech ecosystem as it leverages new technologies to create transformative companies.

Vintage Investment Partners is an Israel-based investment firm that operates as a venture capital and fund-of-funds manager. Founded in 2003, it allocates capital to technology-focused venture funds and private equity funds globally, with activity in Israel, Europe, and the United States. Through primary and secondary transactions, it acquires limited partnership interests in funds and also makes direct growth-stage investments in technology companies, often alongside partner venture funds. The firm also engages in co-investments in late-stage technology companies and offers advisory services to Israeli institutions regarding international private equity and venture investments.

Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.

Entrée Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It provides multi-stage investment to startups worldwide, spanning from pre-seed to growth stages, across sectors including AI, data, deep tech, fintech, cyber, software as a service, and crypto. The firm supports portfolio companies through active funding and strategic guidance, with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and San Francisco.

Blumberg Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1991 that backs early-stage technology companies. It focuses on AI-driven B2B software and enterprise technologies across fintech, data analytics, cybersecurity, healthtech, and supply chain, typically investing at seed and Series A and providing active board involvement and hands-on guidance. The firm has backed notable companies such as Addepar, Braze, Nutanix, Hootsuite and Trulioo, and maintains offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv.

Grove Ventures is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in Israeli startups across technology-driven sectors, including software infrastructure, developer tools, IoT, biotechnology, healthcare, semiconductors, data centers, energy, cloud and data infrastructure, AI and automation, backing companies at the frontier of science and technology and aiming to support teams from inception through growth by prioritizing people, close collaboration, and value creation.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues investments across multiple sectors, including information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, and provides early to growth-stage funding coupled with strategic support to help founders build lasting, category-defining companies.

Peregrine Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Or Yehuda, Israel that invests in healthcare and life sciences, including digital health, medical devices, pharma, and biotechnology. The firm supports early-stage to growth companies, offering strategic guidance and deep industry knowledge to accelerate medical innovation. Its approach combines a synergetic investment model with hands-on support to help portfolio companies advance through development and commercialization. Peregrine seeks opportunities across Israel, the United States, and Europe, aiming to back ventures capable of delivering meaningful breakthroughs in healthcare and healthtech. The organization operates through multiple funds, reflecting a focus on long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs in healthcare technology and related sectors.

Algebra Ventures is a Cairo-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments in the Middle East and North Africa. It targets Series A and Series B opportunities across sectors such as fintech, consumer internet, e-commerce, online marketplaces, and other technology-enabled businesses. The firm primarily backs startups in Egypt and nearby markets, with a footprint in Jordan, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, and Morocco. It seeks high-potential teams with a clear value proposition and the ability to scale, typically taking minority positions and making checks ranging from about 0.1 million to 4 million USD. Algebra Ventures emphasizes supporting capable founders and pursuing ventures that can generate meaningful regional impact and economic returns.

Aurum Ventures MKI is a venture capital firm based in Ramat Gan, Israel, that provides value-added growth capital to entrepreneurs in life sciences, healthcare, technology, and clean-tech. It backs cutting-edge technologies with strong commercial propositions that can mature into successful businesses and contribute to society. The firm deploys a hands-on, senior team that actively supports portfolio companies to strengthen strategy and execution and pursues a long-term investment horizon.

83North is a London-based venture capital firm with an additional office in Herzliya that manages over $1.8 billion in assets. It invests across Europe, the United States, and Israel, spanning seed to growth stages in consumer and enterprise technology. The focus areas include software, fintech, health tech, cybersecurity, SaaS, data infrastructure, and other technology-enabled sectors. With a global investment approach, 83North backs category-leading startups and supports portfolio companies through multiple funding rounds, emphasizing building scalable businesses across Europe, the United States, and Israel.

212 is a Luxembourg-based investment firm focusing on technology companies across Turkey, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa. It backs early- and growth-stage tech ventures, with a particular emphasis on B2B software, internet, mobile, e-commerce, and cloud sectors. The firm seeks companies with traction and clear product-market fit that can scale internationally, often taking minority stakes and providing hands-on mentoring and strategic guidance in addition to capital. Its approach combines regional insight with global execution, aiming to help portfolio companies expand beyond local markets. The team comprises seasoned professionals with backgrounds in multinational corporations and startups, focused on strategy, operations, and execution to cultivate a regional tech ecosystem.

Class 5 Global is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2018. It invests across seed, early, and later stages in consumer products, consumer services, information technology, e-commerce, software-as-a-service, and other technology-enabled sectors. The firm pursues a global footprint, backing companies across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East and supporting growth from emerging markets to scale internationally.

Glory Ventures is a Shanghai-based venture capital firm that backs startups across early and growth stages, with a focus on information technology, IoT, artificial intelligence, and consumer-oriented ventures. The firm pursues a cross-border approach, particularly between China and Israel, and builds an ecosystem by integrating industrial resources from private equity markets and public companies to create strategic synergies. It targets subsectors such as B2B enterprise services, consumption upgrade, and IoT, and seeks value-added exits through M&A or IPO. Its portfolio includes AI, IoT, fintech, and related technologies, with several companies attracting follow-on investments from industrial capital and notable investors.

TLV Partners is a Tel Aviv-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on Israeli startups in cybersecurity, data, artificial intelligence, DevTools, fintech, biotech, and eCommerce. Founded in 2015, the firm partners with ambitious founders to turn disruptive ideas into category-defining companies and has backed a number of notable exits, including Granulate (acquired by Intel), Oribi (acquired by LinkedIn), Neosec (acquired by Akamai), Puresec (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), and Aqua Security. With assets under management exceeding $1 billion, TLV Partners supports portfolio companies with strategic resources and an extensive network to accelerate growth from day one.