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.

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.

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.

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.

Access Bridge Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Founded in 2020, it invests in startups across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan, with opportunities outside these regions considered on a case-by-case basis. The firm focuses on healthcare, education technology, fintech, enterprise technology, software as a service, e-commerce, and marketplace models. It typically leads rounds and provides ongoing support as the first institutional investor to help portfolio companies grow.

Cubit Ventures is a Cairo-based venture capital firm that backs seed- and early-stage technology startups in North Africa and the Middle East, with an additional office in Minneapolis. The firm targets software, information technology, fintech, consumer tech, healthcare technology, and other tech-enabled sectors across the region. By leveraging a network of mentors and investors, Cubit Ventures supports portfolio companies through early growth stages and digital transformation initiatives in Egypt and neighboring markets.

DisrupTech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Giza, Egypt, founded in 2021. It invests in early-stage technology startups, with a primary focus on financial technology and fintech-enabled digital services, particularly in Egypt.

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.

AUC Angels is the first university-based angel investor network in the MENA region, based in Cairo, Egypt. It connects American University in Cairo alumni and friends with early-stage startups, building an active pipeline for angel investments, facilitating deal flow, and supporting startups through seed funding and post-investment guidance. In partnership with AUC Venture Lab, it provides access to vetted startups that have launched products and shown traction, with strong growth potential. The network helps startups develop robust investment cases through business and finance training, contributing to a dynamic Egyptian entrepreneurship ecosystem.

A15 is a venture capital firm based in Cairo, Egypt that invests in digital products and technology brands across North Africa and the Middle East, with a focus on Egypt. It supports portfolio companies with capital and ecosystem resources, helping them scale and expand into regional markets.

EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme is the venture capital arm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Based in London, it focuses on technology companies at early and growth stages and is stage agnostic. The firm seeks to identify, invest in, and collaborate with entrepreneurs and management teams to build world-class companies with global ambitions, aiming to become leaders in their markets. It primarily targets technology firms located in Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia, with related coverage in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region. Typical investments range between €2 million and €25 million over the life of the investment.

Founded in 2018, EmergingTech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Casablanca, Morocco. It invests primarily in North Africa and West Francophone Africa, focusing on sectors such as health, agriculture, retail, and education. The firm backs founders who demonstrate strong leadership, market understanding, and resilience.

ACG Management, now known as SMALT Capital SA, is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2000, specializing in investments in unlisted small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various sectors. The firm targets capital-succession deals and invests at all stages, including seed, startup, and mature stages. It focuses on growth capital, buyouts, and recapitalization transactions, typically investing between €0.05 million and €8 million per deal. ACG Management emphasizes sectors such as industrials, consumer goods, healthcare, renewable energy, and digital technologies, among others. The firm seeks to acquire minority stakes of up to 35% and majority stakes in its portfolio companies, often taking seats on their boards. With a geographic focus that spans France and several regions in North Africa and the Caribbean, ACG Management aims to adapt its strategies to regional market specifics. The firm typically exits investments after five years and also engages in co-investment opportunities. Its headquarters are in Marseille, France, with additional offices in various locations, including Paris and Tunis.

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.

Ingressive Capital is a Lagos-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies across Africa. It pursues pre-seed to seed investments in fintech, SaaS and cloud, internet, health tech, and agritech, with a pan-African footprint including investments in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria. The firm backs indigenous founders and aims to be a strategic partner on founders' cap tables, supporting growth through transformational tech-enabled solutions and contributing to Africa's value-chain development and GDP growth. By prioritizing B2C solutions for Africa's youth and B2B platforms that enhance value-chain ownership, Ingressive Capital seeks to accelerate entrepreneurial success across the continent.

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.

Sunny Side Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, established in 2022. The firm primarily focuses on early-stage startups located in North Africa, with the potential to extend its investments to the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. By targeting these emerging markets, Sunny Side Venture Partners aims to support innovative businesses and drive economic growth in the region.

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.

Founded in 2022, Nclude is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. It focuses on investing in early-stage and growth-oriented fintech and fintech-enabled startups based in Egypt and the Middle East & Africa region.

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.

EFG EV Fintech is a Cairo-based startup accelerator focused on fintech and related sectors, including insurtech, regtech, proptech, blockchain, and infratech. Backed by EFG Hermes and Egypt Ventures, it runs an integrated program that supports startups through funding, mentorship, training, and office space, with the aim of strengthening the domestic fintech ecosystem and facilitating expansion to international markets.

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.

HR&ED-tech is an investment accelerator focused on supporting technology startups in the human resources and education technology sectors. This firm specializes in helping early-stage companies thrive, particularly in emerging markets such as India, Indonesia, the Middle East, and North Africa. By providing access to funding, expertise, and a robust network, HR&ED-tech aims to unlock the potential of startups in these fields. In 2023, the firm introduced Scalez, an advisory program designed to assist startups in securing funding and expanding their operations into new markets. Through these initiatives, HR&ED-tech plays a crucial role in fostering innovation and growth in the HR and EdTech industries.

Rasmal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Doha, Qatar, established in 2023. It focuses on technology-focused seed and early-stage investments in Qatar and the Middle East and North Africa region, with a sector-agnostic approach. The firm backs Qatari and regional startups as well as global firms entering the market, and is described as Qatar's first independent venture capital firm.

IFU is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that specializes in providing equity, mezzanine financing, loans, and guarantees to projects in developing countries. Established in 1967, IFU focuses on creating and financing new businesses, joint ventures between Danish companies and local partners, and acquiring existing ventures. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as commercial services, biofuels, renewable energy, and irrigation systems, with a particular emphasis on climate and agribusiness. Investments are targeted at countries with a low gross national income per capita, as defined by specific criteria, and include regions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. IFU typically invests between DKK 0.5 million and DKK 100 million and often seeks co-investment opportunities with Danish firms. The firm also supports small and medium-sized enterprises and provides advisory services for business investments in developing markets. With a preference for board membership, IFU aims to exit investments within five to seven years, ensuring a positive return for its stakeholders.

Established in 1999, IEG is a global boutique investment banking firm specializing in mid-cap transactions within the internet and technology sectors. With majority-owned offices in seven international locations across Asia, North Africa, Europe, and the US, IEG offers entrepreneurial solutions in M&A, financings, and principal investments, focusing on digital innovations and business models.

Sawari Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Cairo, Egypt, that invests in technology-enabled companies across the Middle East and North Africa, targeting early to growth stage opportunities. It partners with local founders to translate regional potential into scalable global businesses, focusing on sectors such as software, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, fintech, health tech, education technology, and mobility as they scale in the MENA market.

KAUST Innovation Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2010 and located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. The firm focuses on fostering the emerging Saudi technology ecosystem by making seed and early-stage investments in high-tech startups across various sectors, including energy and environment, food and water, advanced materials, robotics, information and communications technology, and healthcare. By acting as a long-term strategic partner, KAUST Innovation Ventures supports its portfolio companies through mentorship and acceleration programs offered by its Entrepreneurship Center. The firm aims to cultivate an innovation-driven investment community and attract both local and international investors to contribute to the growth of innovative technologies in the region.

Foundation Ventures is a venture capital company based in Cairo, Egypt, established in 2018. It makes early-stage and growth investments in technology-enabled companies, supporting portfolio firms as they scale. The firm helps founders access a broad regional network of distribution channels and market opportunities, enabling rapid expansion across the Egyptian market and neighboring regions. Foundation Ventures focuses on identifying ambitious teams building industry-defining products and providing strategic backing to accelerate growth, scale operations, and capture regional demand.

Egypt Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Cairo, Egypt. It prioritizes technology sector investments and supports the entrepreneurial ecosystem by investing in accelerators that nurture early-stage startups.

Edventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Nahdet Misr Publishing House, based in Giza, Egypt. It incubates, accelerates and invests in startups operating in education, culture and innovative learning solutions, focusing on seed and pre-Series A rounds with emphasis on Egypt, Africa and the Arab World. It provides technical and financial support tailored to each company's needs and maturity level to help ensure market success and continuity.

Alexandria Business Angels Network is an angel investment network based in Alexandria, Egypt, established in 2016. It brings together individual and corporate investors from the MENA region to fund early-stage ventures.

Seedra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm established in 2019 and based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The firm is dedicated to fostering disruptive innovations and trends throughout the region, focusing on sectors such as business-to-business, commercial services, business-to-consumer, energy, financial services, healthcare, and technology. Seedra Ventures aims to provide venture-building services and strategically invests in companies within Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, supporting their growth and development in a dynamic marketplace.

Endure Capital is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. It backs early-stage startups and partners with resourceful, mission-driven founders who solve meaningful problems and aim to build durable, high-growth companies with global reach, focusing on technology and innovation that can generate positive societal impact.

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.

VNV Global is a Stockholm, Sweden–based investment company focusing on growth capital, venture investments, and select buyouts in unlisted online marketplaces, as well as consumer-focused and business-to-business companies. It targets ventures with strong network effects and potential for value creation, investing across incubation, seed and startup phases through late-stage venture and growth opportunities. The firm seeks significant minority or majority stakes and actively manages its portfolio through board representation, pursuing global opportunities (excluding China).

The Raba Partnership is a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, focused on African technology companies in logistics, supply chains, and financial services. It partners with founders building technology companies that tackle hard problems in emerging African ecosystems and is backed by a select group of venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs, and families with global business experience.

Signal Peak Ventures is a Salt Lake City, Utah-based venture capital firm that backs technology companies across the United States, with emphasis on information technology and life sciences sectors. The firm focuses on software, SaaS, enterprise software, networking, security, Internet and mobile computing, and may invest in drug delivery, diagnostics and medical devices in life sciences. It funds companies across multiple stages, often acting as a first institutional investor, with initial investments typically in the low to mid millions and total commitments over the life of a company several million dollars. The team draws on decades of leadership experience and provides hands-on support, including early introductions to customers and strategic partners and assistance in executive recruitment. While headquartered in Salt Lake City, the firm pursues opportunities nationwide, with attention to underserved markets in the Rocky Mountain region.

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.

Business Valley is a Cairo-based firm established in 2019 that focuses on venture capital funding for early-stage startups. In addition to investments, it operates coworking spaces, runs an incubator program, and maintains an angel investment network in Egypt.

Pride Capital is a Cairo-based venture capital firm focused on backing fintech and financial services startups in Egypt and across Africa. Founded in 2017, it concentrates on payments and transfers, consumer banking, insurance, capital markets and advisory, aiming to expand access to financial services for underserved markets.

Mad’a Investment Company is the private equity and venture capital arm of Abdul Aziz Al Othaim & Sons Holding Company, specializing in growth capital investments with a focus on the Saudi Arabian market. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Riyadh, the firm works with management teams to unlock value and drive performance across its portfolio. It seeks to contribute to the Kingdom’s development and aligns its investment approach with national priorities, including Vision 2030. The company has expanded its presence with additional offices in Seef, Bahrain, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to support regional opportunities and collaboration with portfolio companies.

Centamin is a gold mining company with its flagship Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt, operating both open-pit and underground mining to supply ore feed. The company engages in exploration, development, and production of precious metals across multiple regions, including Egypt and projects in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Jersey, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Centamin emphasizes responsible mining practices and aims to build long-term value through partnerships with local communities and stakeholders. Based in Saint Helier, Jersey, the firm has a history dating to 1970 and focuses on expanding its resource base while maintaining safety and environmental standards.

Palm Drive Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that provides early-stage and growth capital to technology companies across the United States. It focuses on software-related sectors, including software as a service, artificial intelligence, fintech, e-commerce, and deep-tech and enterprise software, with an emphasis on US-based opportunities. The firm maintains a national footprint beyond New York, including activity on the West Coast and presence in major tech centers across the Northeast, Midwest, and South, with offices in New York and Miami. Palm Drive Capital operates as a registered investment adviser.

Sequence Ventures is a Cairo-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 that invests in seed and early growth DeepTech startups. It focuses on defensible technologies that address global challenges through scalable, R&D-driven innovations.

Kabnoury Ventures is a founder-focused venture capital firm with operations in Cairo, Egypt and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It invests in finance, education, and technology solutions, seeking opportunities across the Middle East and Africa and beyond. The firm emphasizes backing the people behind ideas, offering strategic and financial support to help portfolio companies grow and navigate challenges. Guided by an experienced management team, Kabnoury Ventures aims to partner with ambitious founders to develop and scale innovative ventures across diverse industries.

8X Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chennai, India, that finances startups focused on deeptech and related technologies. It backs innovations in cleantech, smart logistics, smart mobility, and Industry 4.0, leveraging technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, 3D printing, robotics, and the Internet of Things. The firm operates across Asia (primarily India and Singapore), the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (primarily UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt), and Europe, supporting startups that aim to disrupt industries and create sustainable value.

Based in Paris, A Plus Finance is an independent investment firm specializing in venture capital and the management of funds dedicated to innovation. It focuses on information technology, environment and e-business in France, and also pursues opportunities in real estate and private equity. The team combines financiers and entrepreneurs, providing practical management insight and a long-term development perspective for portfolio companies. The firm manages about €220 million in assets and typically invests between €1 million and €4 million per project, reflecting a goal of supporting growth-stage and promising early-stage ventures in the French market.

AlRajhi Partners is a venture capital investment firm based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, founded in 2019. It is owned by members of the AlRajhi family, known for founding one of the world's first and largest Islamic banks. The firm specializes in public equities, private equity, and real estate investments, with a particular focus on technology and real estate sectors. AlRajhi Partners aims to leverage its extensive experience and network to identify and support promising companies in these fields.

Aloe Private Equity is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2003 and based in Paris, with additional offices in Mumbai, Beijing, Mauritius, Singapore and Reading. The firm specializes in growth capital, late-stage investments and buyouts in small and medium-sized enterprises across Europe and Asia, with a focus on environment-friendly technologies, energy, cleantech, waste management, recycling, water, and related industries. Typical investments range from €2 million to €20 million and are often majority stakes in companies with revenues up to about €100 million. The sectors include business-to-business services, technology, and ag-tech, and the management team comprises serial entrepreneurs with experience across environment, energy, software, IT, retail, and media. Aloe aims to back companies that advance sustainable economic and environmental outcomes.