Nuwa Capital
Venture capitalDubai · Pre-Seed–Growth · 15 people tracked
Investment thesis
Nuwa Capital positions itself as a founder-centric venture platform focused on the MENA technology ecosystem. It invests in founders first, backing disruptive, technology-enabled businesses that displace inefficiencies in traditional sectors. The firm emphasizes deep engagement with portfolio companies while supporting founder-led leadership, and offers value through the Nuwa Network of accomplished entrepreneurs, operating partners with hands-on functional expertise, and a strategic corporate partnership with Al Faisaliah Group that helps companies scale into key geographies and verticals. It also runs a VC-in-training program to develop investors across the region.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 15 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 24 of 44 portfolio companiesFintech ×9SaaS ×7Consumer ×5E-commerce ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4Retail Tech ×4FoodTech ×3Healthtech ×3
HQs:United Arab Emirates×6Egypt×2Saudi Arabia×2United States×2Bahrain×1Pakistan×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 7 portfolio companiesAccelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 44 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBaraka is an investment platform that provides tools and market insights for retail investors to make long-term investment decisions.
FintechDubai, AE
Feras Jalbout(Founder)inKunal Taneja(Founder)in
Co-investorsRaptor GroupValar Ventures LlcVentureSouqY CombinatorFJ LabsGlobal Founders Capital+1 more
Butterfly Foods develops food manufacturing systems and ingredient products—including seasonings, salad and dip toppers, bakery pre-mixes, and pasta sauce and soup mixes—informed by climate and nutrition science.
Circular EconomyFoodTechImpact & Social Good
Calo is a meal subscription service that delivers fresh, ready-to-eat meals personalized to customers' dietary goals, designed by nutritionists and prepared by chefs with daily delivery and menu customization via an app.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechMedia & Entertainment
Ahmed Al RawiMahmood Shehabi
Co-investors500 GlobalKhwarizmi VenturesVision VenturesNama VenturesSTV
ClearGrid is a debt resolution platform that works with lenders to help borrowers view their balances, set up payment plans, and manage repayments at their own pace.
FintechSaaS
Mohammad Al Zaben(Founder)in
Co-investorsRAED VenturesWamda Capital9Yards CapitalBECO CapitalEndeavor CatalystProtagonist
Cylinder Health is a data-driven digestive health organization that develops value-based care programs, products, and payment models in the gastrointestinal space.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Co-investors7wire VenturesBig Pi VenturesCorewell Health VenturesDistributed VenturesFCA Venture PartnersHealth Catalyst Capital+3 more
EdfaPay provides payment infrastructure and white-label solutions, including Soft-PoS (PIN-on-Glass contactless acceptance), a PCI DSS Level 1 payment gateway, and an open-banking payout/disbursement system managed through a unified dashboard.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Ghormallah Alghamdi
Co-investors500 Global
erad supplies capital to startups across the Middle East without requiring equity stakes, offering funding decisions based on business data integrations within two days.
FintechRiyadh, SA
Salem Abu-Hammour(Founder)inYoussef Said(Founder)inFaris Yaghmour(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalFlucas VenturesJoa CapitalKhwarizmi VenturesKube VCSprint Vc+5 more
Eyewa is an online eyewear retailer selling contact lenses, sunglasses, and glasses, with a click-and-collect option across 260+ stores.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech
Mehdi Oudghiri(Founder)inAnass Boumediene
Co-investors500 GlobalEQ2 VenturesGeneral AtlanticKhwarizmi VenturesWamda Capital
The page hosted at this domain is "Jalalive," a free football (soccer) live-streaming site aimed at Indonesian fans, offering live match streams, schedules, scores, standings, and news from major leagues via browser or an Android app.
ConsumerMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsCedar Mundi Ventures
GoWit is a white-labeled omnichannel retail media platform that lets retailers, marketplaces, and delivery apps monetize their first-party data into ads across on-site, off-site, and in-store channels.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningRetail Tech
Co-investorsFormus Capital
Homzmart is an online marketplace for home furniture and furnishings, selling sofas, dining sets, bedroom furniture, kids' furniture, home appliances, lighting, and decor to consumers in Egypt.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesPropTech
Mahmoud Ibrahim(Founder)inRamy E. HusseininMahmud Ibrahim
Co-investors500 GlobalEQ2 VenturesMSA NovoOutliers VCImpact46MSA Capital+1 more
Co-investorsShorooq PartnersVentureSouq
Mantas offers parametric insurance for cloud-native businesses, providing trigger-based coverage for digital risks like cyber threats and cloud outages that pays out immediately when specific measurable events occur.
CybersecurityFintechInsurTech
Basil Mimi
Co-investors500 Global
Mascotte provides veterinary clinics with dedicated remote customer service reps and vet techs who answer phones, book appointments in the clinic's PIMS, manage prescriptions and follow-ups, and handle online pharmacy tasks.
Future of WorkHealthtech
Co-investorsAnnex Investments
MoneyHash provides a payment orchestration platform that lets businesses integrate multiple payment methods—cards, cash, wallets, BNPL, bank accounts, and crypto—customize checkout experiences, and localize payments by market.
FintechSaaS
Nader Abdelrazik(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirstCheck AfricaLoftyInc CapitalPreston-Werner VenturesTofino CapitalVentureSouqVision Ventures+5 more
Muwazana operates a proprietary, in-house high-speed trading engine that processes large streams of market data with low latency.
Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsArbor VenturesVentureSouq
AI-powered procurement and bid management platform that automates tender discovery, bid preparation, compliance validation, and pricing optimization
Retail and e-commerce platform
Qashio is a spend management platform that helps businesses manage expenses, corporate cards, and financial operations.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSDubai, AE
Jonathan Lau
Co-investors500 GlobalFairhaven Capital PartnersIliad PartnersMSA NovoOne Way VenturesRocketship.vc+2 more
Co-investorsMad'a Investment CompanyVision VenturesImpact46
Seez builds a suite of AI products for the car retail and automotive industry, including AI assistants and agents that manage dealership workflows from lead generation and sales to aftersales and service bookings.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsBY Venture PartnersPhoenician VCWamda Capital
Co-investorsVentureSouq
Speero operates an online marketplace in Saudi Arabia for buying original and replacement car spare parts, offering listings from multiple dealers and warehouses.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesMobility & Transportation
Abadullh Bin ShamlanAbdulaziz AlAshramAmeen MahfouzAmin Mahfouz
Co-investors500 GlobalEQ2 VenturesImpact46JIMCO
Sylndr is an online platform for buying and selling used cars, offering vehicles that it owns and reconditions with a 200-point inspection, 90-day warranty, and 7-day return policy.
E-commerceMarketplacesMobility & TransportationCairo, EG
Amr Mazen(Founder)
Co-investorsLoftyInc CapitalRAED VenturesAlgebra Ventures
Tapper provides two ad-spend tools that run via API integration with Google, Meta, and TikTok: Tapper Block filters bots, click farms, and invalid traffic in real time, while Tapper Vantage predicts each user's lifetime value from the first click and sends value-based bidding signals to ad platforms.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsDisrupt.com
Lahore, PK
Mohsin Zaka(Founder)
Co-investorsAlter GlobalAmaana CapitalFatima Gobi VenturesLoftyInc CapitalEarl Grey Capital
The Food Lab offers a platform that centralizes restaurant company data to support data-driven decision-making, with tools for culinary innovation recommendations, marketing insights, CRM, and real-time reporting.
Data & InfrastructureFoodTechSaaS
Co-investors4DX VenturesShorooq Partners
Contemporary footwear brand blending Italian craftsmanship with modern design
Usersdot analyzes customer ratings and shopper signals to detect anomalies, improve product categorization, and classify products (e.g.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Co-investorsArya Ventures
Valeo Health is an AI-driven health-tech company that delivers at-home healthcare and wellness services, including blood tests, IV drips, physiotherapy, doctor-on-call visits, weight loss and peptide therapy programs, and babysitting, with results and tracking via its app.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessDubai, AE
Ankur Majumder(Founder)Nadin KaradagSundeep Sahni
Co-investors500 GlobalMindshift CapitalShorooq PartnersFJ LabsFlintera
Zest offers digital infrastructure for private-market transactions, combining SPV formation, regulated escrow, and regulated deal-arranging services in a single execution workflow.
FintechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investors500 GlobalDASH Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
MoneyHash · empowerafrica.com · Aug 20, 2026
Valeo · marketbeat.com · Aug 9, 2026
Cylinder · fiercehealthcare.com · Aug 5, 2026
Mascotte Health · dvm360.com · May 4, 2026
The Food Lab · lifetips.alibaba.com · Jan 16, 2026
erad · ffnews.com · Nov 27, 2025
Qashio · news.fintech.io · May 29, 2025
ClearGrid · enterpriseam.com · Mar 21, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Nuwa Capital made?
- Nuwa Capital has 43 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Nuwa Capital invest at?
- Nuwa Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What is Nuwa Capital's typical check size?
- Nuwa Capital typically writes checks of $1.2M – $39M.
- What sectors does Nuwa Capital focus on?
- Nuwa Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Nuwa Capital located?
- Nuwa Capital is headquartered in Dubai, AE.
- Does Nuwa Capital lead rounds?
- Nuwa Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Nuwa Capital co-invest with?
- Nuwa Capital most often shares deals with 500 Global, VentureSouq, LoftyInc Capital, among 41 tracked co-investors.
From the blog
visit blog ↗Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamThe 3 Drivers Behind a Regional Golden Age, Khaled Talhouni, Managing Partner at Nuwa Capital
Startups Arabia Podcast · Khaled Talhouni
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Couchonomics with Arjun · Khaled Talhouni
THINKpod Episode 013 - Managing Partner of Nuwa Capital Khaled Talhouni on Venture Capital & ESG
FII Institute · Khaled Talhouni
Meet our Judge: Khaled Talhouni, Managing Partner at Nuwa Capital
Africa’s Business Heroes · Khaled Talhouni
Theres a New VC in Town | Nuwa Capital | Khaled Talhouni
Startup Hustle Middle East · Khaled Talhouni
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