Investors in Qatar

The QIA was founded by the State of Qatar in 2005 to strengthen the country's economy by diversifying into new asset classes. Building on the heritage of Qatar investments dating back more than three decades, its growing portfolio of long-term strategic investments help complement the state's huge wealth in natural resources. Qatar's goal is to become a major international centre for finance and investment management, a vision shared by its government, people and institutions. Headquartered in Doha, the QIA is structured to operate at the very highest levels of global investing. As a world class investor, the QIA adheres to the strictest financial and commercial disciplines. It has a strong track record of investing in different asset classes, including listed securities, property, alternative assets and private equity in all the major capital markets as well as the newer emerging markets.

CITIC Capital is a global alternative investment management and advisory company, specialising in private equity and real estate investments in China, the US and Japan. The firm is owned by China Investment Corporation (CIC), China’s sovereign wealth fund, and the CITIC Group. In August 2012 Qatar Holding, a Qatar Investment Authority investment company, purchased almost a quarter of Hong Kong-based CITIC Capital, further diluting the ownership by CITIC Holdings subsidiaries and sovereign wealth fund CIC.

Oasis500 is the leading seed investment company and business accelerator in the Tech and Creative Industry spaces based in Amman, Jordan. We enable great entrepreneurs to transform their viable ideas or creative talents into scalable businesses. That includes finding those entrepreneurs, investing in their startups, bridging their know-how gap, and eventually helping them get follow-on funding. In the process, we have become one of the most influential players in advancing the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in Jordan and the MENA region in general. It all starts with reaching out to those people with the entrepreneurial drive, compelling them to embrace it and submit their startup ideas to Oasis500. Successful applicants are invited to attend our intensive Business and Entrepreneurship workshop aimed at building their entrepreneurial capacity and maximizing their potential of securing funding. Those with more mature pitches may go to the investment stage directly and skip the workshop. Startups that are successful at securing funding from Oasis500 will be accelerated at our facilities for 180 days where the focus will be on driving growth. Startups will have access to the tremendous cumulative know-how of Oasis500 staff, and our wonderful network of mentors. Not to mention the vibrant community that will help them come to terms with their maturing entrepreneurial identity. They will also be introduced to our investors network at a later stage as part of our focused efforts to help them get follow-on funding when needed.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established to help build a new, post-Cold War era in Central and Eastern Europe. It has since played a historic role and gained unique expertise in fostering change in the region - and beyond -, investing more than €130 billion in a total of over 5,200 projects. The EBRD is also heavily involved in providing project financing in the Middle East and Africa.

Wamda Capital is the MENA region's leading venture capital firm investing in exceptional entrepreneurs building the region's most promising high growth technology businesses. We invest both at the growth and seed stages with the aim of taking portfolio companies through successive rounds of financing through to exit.

Algebra Ventures invests in technology startups that leverage innovation to transform large markets. They seek high-growth companies, led by passionate and capable teams, that have a unique value proposition, and that can generate significant economic returns. Algebra Ventures looks for entrepreneurial teams that possess vision and insight as well as the execution skills needed to build scalable companies. Algebra Ventures focuses on Series A and Series B rounds in Egypt although they do not exclude investments in earlier-stage startups or in other parts of the MENA region. They prefer to meet startups early on and get to know the team as the opportunity is shaping up.

Endeavor Global, Inc., Investment Arm is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in growth equity investments. It seeks to invest in firms with revenues between $0.5 million and $15 million. The firm seeks to take 10 percent stake in its portfolio companies. The firm will co-invest in any $5 million-plus financing rounds completed by its companies. 80 percent of the proceeds will be set aside for direct investment in Endeavour companies, while the rest will be used to fund its operations. The firm prefers to invest alongside professional investors. It seeks to follow exactly same terms as the lead investors. Endeavor Global, Inc., Investment Arm is based in New York, New York with additional offices in North America, Europe, and Africa.

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.

Summit Partners LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in later stage, mezzanine debt, growth capital, middle market, recapitalizations, possession financing, shareholder liquidity, management buyouts, bridge loans, acquisition financing, spin-off transactions, distressed situations/debtor-in-possession financing, and divestitures in fintech sector. It invests across all industry categories with a focus on education, technology enabled oilfield product and services, software, communications technology and services, semiconductors and electronics, gaming, leisure, Internet and information services, e-commerce, energy, media and entertainment, business services, financial technology and services, healthcare and life sciences, mobile, telecommunications, industrial products, consumer products, and other growth industries. The firm also invests in healthcare information technology, healthcare services, aerospace/defense, healthcare providers, healthcare services and healthcare technology, digital media, optical storage system, development tools, infrastructure services, and website infrastructure software. The firm prefers to invest in private companies around the world, focusing on Africa, North America with a focus on the United States; South America, Europe, Brazil, Asia focusing on South-East Asia, Australia and India. The firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $800 million in total in its portfolio companies. It seeks to make private equity investments between $30 million and $500 million; venture capital investments between $5 million and $30 million; and mezzanine debt financing of up to $125 million in conjunction with equity investment. In India, it seeks to invest $10 million to $100 million per company. The firm typically invests between $5 million and in excess of $500 million per company in combination of equity, subordinated debt, and senior debt financing. It prefers to be a lead or sole investor and can take a minority ownership position or controlling majority stake in its investee companies. The firm seeks to take a board seat and prefers to be a first institutional investor in its portfolio companies. Summit Partners was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Menlo Park, California; Palo Alto, California; Mumbai, India; and London, United Kingdom.

We are a global institution investing in growth markets across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Turkey. Founded in 2002 by Founder and Chief Executive Arif Naqvi, we have pioneered the private equity industry in many of the markets where we operate. Our journey has been one of innovation and entrepreneurial drive. We have developed a purpose-built approach for investing in growth markets. Some of the world’s most demanding institutions have entrusted us to manage capital on their behalf. We currently manage US$ 13.6 billion in assets and are focused on investment strategies across private equity, private credit, impact investing and real estate. By combining deep local reach, a global platform and underwriting standards, with extensive operating capabilities, we generate industry-leading returns and create value in market-leading companies.