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Outliers VC
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 7 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Outliers Venture Capital is an investment firm that backs founders building unconventional companies. It runs an annual summit and a fellowship program.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 7 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 27 of 33 portfolio companiesSaaS ×12AI & Machine Learning ×9Fintech ×9Consumer ×7Enterprise Software ×7Cloud Computing ×4Cybersecurity ×4E-commerce ×4
HQs:United States×5United Arab Emirates×4Saudi Arabia×4Egypt×3
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×43 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
Ain Shams University ×3Cairo American College ×2Harvard University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×8Business & Management ×5Computer Science ×4Economics ×2Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history
Boss Consulting SA ×2McKinsey & Company ×2Meta ×2Speakol ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)
Investments · 33 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 42024 · 12022 · 42020 · 42011 · 115 dated
AccuKnox provides automated adversarial testing for large language models, machine learning models, and cloud AI infrastructure to detect security vulnerabilities including prompt injection, jailbreaks, hallucinations, and misconfigurations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Rahul Jadhav(Founder)in
Co-investorsAvanta VenturesDolby Family VenturesDreamit VenturesNational Grid PartnersMDSV CAPITALZ5 Capital
Amwal is a financial technology company offering payment and installment tools, including credit-card bank installments compliant with Sharia (via Twarruq or Murabaha), for consumers and merchant partners.
ConsumerFintech
Mohamed Zaghoo(Founder)in
Co-investorsSalica InvestmentsShorooq PartnersFasanara CapitalOutliers Venture Capital
Breadfast is a delivery app offering groceries, fresh bakery items, fruits and vegetables, ready-to-eat meals, beauty, pharmacy, and household products, along with financial features like cashback and rewards.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationCairo, EG
Muhammad Habib(Founder)inAbdallah Nofal(Founder)inMostafa Aminin
Co-investors4DX Ventures500 GlobalPioneerShorooq PartnersVershina CapitalVNV Global+15 more
FlapKap provides fast, flexible revenue-based funding to small and medium-sized businesses across the MENA region, aiming to give SMEs access to growth capital comparable to larger companies.
FintechSaaSDubai, AE
Ahmad Coucha(Founder)inKhaled Nassef(Co-Founder & CTO)inSherif Bichara(Founding team, Head of FinOps)inAhmed Coucha(Co-Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsA15PactBECO CapitalQED Investors
Global Settlement Network (GSX) provides blockchain-based settlement infrastructure that lets regulated banks and governments issue digital currency, settle tokenized assets, and move value across borders with near-instant finality.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsPrevail Venture Capital
Grove AI builds "Grace," an AI agent and participant relationship management (PRM) platform that automates clinical trial recruitment tasks such as prescreening, participant inquiries, and appointment scheduling.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Sohit Gatiganti(Founder)inTran Le(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsA*LifeX VenturesPear VCUpfront VenturesAfore Capital
Grove, originally founded as Pocket Network Inc., built decentralized infrastructure including the Pocket Network protocol and the Grove Portal gateway serving blockchain data access.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Michael O'RourkePabel NunezinLuis de Leonin
Co-investorsBorderless VentureF-Prime 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
Mahmud IbrahimMahmoud Ibrahim(Founder)inRamy E. Husseinin
Co-investors500 GlobalEQ2 VenturesMSA NovoNuwa CapitalImpact46MSA Capital+3 more
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Kenzz is an online retailer selling a wide range of consumer products, including mobile phones and accessories, home appliances, fashion, kitchenware, health and beauty items, furniture, tools, and toys.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesCairo, EG
Ahmad Atef(Founder)
Co-investorsFoundation VenturesSamurai Incubate
Kingpin is an AI-powered sales agency that helps consumer brands find and manage wholesale relationships by automating buyer prospecting, outreach, and order management across retail channels globally.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerRetail TechSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsCOTU VenturesInfinity VenturesMu VenturesRed Swan Ventures
Lean is a payments and financial data platform that enables businesses in the MENA region to process payments, verify identities, and access customer financial data through a fully regulated, API-first infrastructure.
Cloud ComputingFintechSaaSDubai, AE
Hisham Al-Falih(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors500 GlobalArbor VenturesBreyer CapitalFatima Gobi VenturesGeneral CatalystGobi Partners+8 more
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Matter is a read-later app for iPhone, iPad, and web that saves articles, newsletters, threads, PDFs, and video/podcast content with parsing and search capabilities.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ben Springwater(Founder)inRobert Mackenzie(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdapt VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Y CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzARCH Venture PartnersCollaborative Fund+12 more
Nawy operates a real estate platform for buyers, sellers, and investors, offering property search and data-driven real estate services.
FintechMarketplacesPropTech
Mostafa Beltagy(Co-founder & CEO)inAbdel-Azim Osman(Co-founder & CMO)inAhmed Rafea(Co-founder & CBDO)inAly Rafea(Co-founder & CCO)inMohamed Abou Gha...(Co-founder & COO)
Co-investorsEndeavor CatalystPartech VenturesShorooq PartnersVentureSouqVKAV (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures)500 Global
Proofpoint provides cybersecurity and compliance software that protects organizations' people, data, cloud environments, and email from advanced cyber threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ashan Willy(CEO)Sumit Dhawan(Chief Executive Officer)Rémi Thomas(Chief Financial Officer)Kim Sullivan(Chief People Officer)Mayank Choudhary(EVP and GM, Information Protection, Cloud Security & Compliance Products Group)Tom Corn(EVP and GM, Threat Protection Group)
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersDag VenturesElevate VenturesFrazier Healthcare PartnersGamutGlynn Capital Management+12 more
Noon Academy is a social e-learning platform that connects students with teachers for group study and live interactive lessons.
ConsumerEdTechSocial
Co-investorsRAED VenturesSTV
Normalyze was a cloud data security posture management (DSPM) startup offering agentless scanning to discover sensitive data and access paths across multi-cloud environments.
Co-investorsBattery VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Penny builds a B2B software platform for procurement and spending management aimed at organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSRiyadh, SA
Iyad Aldalooj(Founder)in
Co-investorsIliad PartnersSalica InvestmentsShorooq PartnersWamda CapitalAcronym Venture CapitalClass 5 Global+2 more
Penny provides team management and monitoring tools for businesses, including features for organizing check-ins, celebrating milestones, and sharing content with team members.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDirect to ConsumerFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSales Tech
David Abbey(CEO & Co-Founder)inChris Noble(CTO & Co-Founder)inMark Hughes(VP of Business Development)Andrew Draper(Head of Innovation)Matt Fraser(COO)
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalAcronym Venture CapitalClass 5 GlobalScaleUP Ventures
Replit is a platform for software development that aims to make app creation accessible to non-programmers through intuitive tools and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Haya Abdalla(Founder)inAmjad Masad(Co-founder & CEO)inHaya Odeh(Co-Founder, Design)inLuis Héctor Chávez(CTO)
Co-investors137 Ventures7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAbstract VenturesAIspace VenturesAllied Venture Partners+63 more
Sonet.io provides browser-based remote access and application delivery as an alternative to traditional virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Dharmendra Mohan(CEO & co-founder)inVenu Banda(CTO & co-founder)in
Co-investorsNewfund CapitalThe Hive
Strataphy provides industrial cooling services using geothermal and HVAC technologies, drawing on expertise in geology, geophysics, and mechanical/electrical engineering to serve industrial clients.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Ammar Alali(Co-founder & CEO)inAhmed(Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsShorooq PartnersF6 Ventures
StrikeReady offers an AI-powered security command center that centralizes, analyzes, and operationalizes security data across an organization's entire security tech stack.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Alex Lanstein(CTO)in
Co-investors11.2 Capital33NCriteria Venture TechHitachi VenturesMonta Vista Capital
Tabby is a consumer money app offering buy-now-pay-later options (split into 4 interest-free payments or up to 12 monthly payments), cashback on spending, peer-to-peer money transfers, and shopping deals.
ConsumerFintech
Hosam Arab(Founder)in
Co-investorsArbor VenturesFox VenturesHOF CapitalHongShan Capital GroupMSA NovoPartners for Growth+13 more
Vault is a digital private wealth management platform in the MENA region that provides financial planning, asset allocation, tax advice, and investment banking services delivered by fiduciary advisors.
FintechSaaSAbu Dhabi, AE
Bilal Abou-Diab(Co-Founder and CEO)inSami(Co-Founder and COO)
Co-investorsTA Ventures
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
CloutfitLeanOutliersSonetStreamVault
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGlobal Settlement Network · globenewswire.com · May 6, 2026
Replit · techcrunch.com · Mar 11, 2026
Strataphy · finsmes.com · Nov 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Outliers VC made?
- Outliers VC has 33 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Outliers VC invest at?
- Outliers VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Outliers VC focus on?
- Outliers VC focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Outliers VC located?
- Outliers VC is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Outliers VC co-invest with?
- Outliers VC most often shares deals with Shorooq Partners, 500 Global, RAED Ventures, among 115 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Outliers VC back?
- Across 9 deals with disclosed amounts, Outliers VC has joined rounds of $1M – $23M (median $4M).
Co-investors · 5
QED Investors is a venture capital firm focused on financial services, founded by former Capital One executives to back founders bringing transparency and fairness to fintech.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
BAM Ventures is an early-stage investment firm made up of experienced entrepreneurs based in Southern California, backing founders building consumer-focused technologies, products, and services that transform commerce.
Ballistic Ventures is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on backing cybersecurity entrepreneurs, drawing on the operating experience of investors who have founded, funded, and operated over 90 companies.
Unpopular Ventures is an investment firm that backs standout startups found off the beaten path, favoring opportunities that are contrarian or unpopular early on.
Firms observed investing alongside Outliers VC, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Outliers VC's recorded portfolio.
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