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Shorooq Partners

Venture capital

Abu Dhabi · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 13 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Shorooq positions itself as a multi-dimensional alternative investments manager rooted in the MENA region and serving global markets. It backs visionary founders from the start of their journey, drawing on its own company-building experience, regional networks and expertise. Focus areas include fintech, software, frontier tech and platform businesses across growth markets. On the investor side, it offers diversified, multi-asset, multi-strategy, multi-year opportunities, connecting regional and global capital sources such as sovereign wealth funds and family offices, and leveraging deep on-the-ground presence to generate returns and proprietary insights.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Late Stage
Check
$750K – $33M
HQ
Abu Dhabi, AE
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Last 12 months
1 investment
Tracked investments
93

Team · 13 people

from the firm's website

What they invest in

from 71 of 93 portfolio companies

Fintech ×29SaaS ×28AI & Machine Learning ×23Enterprise Software ×15Consumer ×11Logistics & Supply Chain ×10E-commerce ×7FoodTech ×6

HQs:United Arab Emirates×11Saudi Arabia×11United States×8Egypt×5Pakistan×5Bangladesh×2

Who they back

founder profiles across 29 portfolio companies
59%
solo founders
17 of 29 mapped founding teams
38%
repeat founders
of 24 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×172 founders×83 founders×24+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data

University of St.Gallen ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 24 founders with career history

Careem ×3McKinsey & Company ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×6500 Global ×3

2 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 22 with degree data)

Investments · 93 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12024 · 32023 · 48 dated

Agroshiftagroshift.comin✓ verified

Agroshift builds digital infrastructure that connects farmers, processors, and buyers to simplify sourcing, trade, and logistics of food and commodities.

AgTechB2B MarketplacesFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsADB VenturesAnchorless Bangladesh

Leversuselevers.comin𝕏✓ verified

Levers is a B2B finance software platform that modernizes accounts receivable processes and financial operations for businesses.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSJeddah, SA

Ammar Alkhouli(Founder)inMotasim Zawawi(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorSTV

44.014401.earthin𝕏

44.01 is a carbon removal company that mineralizes CO₂ by using natural processes to permanently convert captured carbon dioxide into rock.

CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech

Co-investorsAir Liquide Venture Capital (ALIAD)Alumni VenturesBascom VenturesBasecamp FundBreakthrough Energy VenturesClimate Investment+8 more

Abhiabhi.ae
Ad Shieldad-shield.ioinMar 2026

Ad-Shield provides technology that helps open web publishers and ad management companies recover ad revenue lost to adblockers ("dark traffic"), turning blocked impressions into measurable revenue.

AdTechMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSJersey City, US

Joon Yu(Founder)inDong Jun Cha(Executive Officer, Director)Joowon Ryoo(Executive Officer, Director)Kim Seojoon(Director)

Co-investorsHashed

AMI Labsamilabs.xyz

AMI Labs develops advanced AI systems that understand the real world through world models and action-conditioned architectures, enabling intelligent agents with persistent memory, reasoning, and safety controls for industrial automation, robotics, and healthcare applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsParis, FR

Yann LeCun(Founder)Alex LeBrun(Founder)Laurent Solly(Founder)Michael Rabbat(Founder)Pascale Fung(Founder)Saining Xie(Founder)

Co-investorsAglae VenturesAlpha Intelligence CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalDaphniExpeditionsfirstminute capital+16 more

Amwalamwal.techin𝕏

Amwal offers a Sharia-compliant installment payment service that lets shoppers split credit card purchases into 3 to 24 monthly payments with no interest, while still earning card rewards, points, and miles.

Fintech

Co-investorsOutliers VCSalica InvestmentsOutliers Venture Capital

Arabianbusinessarabianbusiness.com

Co-investorsDASH Ventures

Aumetaumet.mein𝕏Nov 2023 · $7M

Aumet provides inventory management and ordering software for pharmacies, enabling real-time stock tracking, supplier price comparison, and excess inventory resale through AI-powered demand forecasting.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSAmman, JO

Shahed Jaber(Founder)in

Co-investorsTechstarsEmkan CapitalPlug and Play Ventures

Aumetaumet.comin𝕏Nov 2023 · $7M

Aumet operates Pulse, a mobile platform for pharmacies that tracks inventory and sales in real time, sends low-stock and expiry alerts, and lets pharmacies reorder from distributors, compare supplier offers, and sell excess stock.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesHealthtech

Shahed Jaber(Founder)inAdel HaddadinAshraf SamhouriMohamed BatterjiTariq KhaderYahya Aqel

Co-investors500 GlobalEmkan CapitalGuinness VenturesImpact46Nama VenturesQatar Development Bank

Averroesaverroes.aiin𝕏

Averroes AI offers a no-code, industry-agnostic AI visual inspection platform that lets manufacturers train and deploy custom models for automated defect classification, detection, and segmentation.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS

Blueheyblue.comin𝕏

A keyboard application for iPhone that uses voice dictation, powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT, to enable faster text input through speech.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareSan Francisco, US

Omar Abdelaziz(Founder)inFarhan Hossain(Founder)inPeter Krogh(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Breadfastbreadfast.comin𝕏

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 Amin

Co-investors4DX Ventures500 GlobalOutliers VCVershina CapitalVNV GlobalY Combinator+5 more

Candidintelligencecandidintelligence.comin

Candid provides AI software that embeds into active FEL/FEED engineering projects to compress pre-construction phases and help owner-operators and EPCs reach final investment decisions (FID) faster.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnergySan Francisco, US

Talha Faiz(Founder)Hassan A.(CEO)Talha F.(CTO)Ethan G.(Head of AI)Ayan A.(Head of Infrastructure)

Cayeshcayesh.me
Claraclara.coin𝕏Acquired

Clara is a software platform that helps venture capital investors and portfolio companies organize legal and administrative tasks, including cap table management, legal compliance, and due diligence workflows.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaSAbu Dhabi, AE

Patrick Rogers

Co-investors500 GlobalDubai Angel InvestorsLegalTechTechstarsWamda Capital

COLABScolabs.pkin𝕏Oct 2024

COLABS is a community building platform providing coworking, private offices, custom enterprise offices, and event and meeting spaces for entrepreneurs, startups, and established organizations.

Future of WorkPropTech

Co-investorsAmaana CapitalFatima Gobi VenturesGobi PartnersIndus Valley CapitalWaad Investment

Corgeacorgea.comin𝕏Jun 2023

Corgea provides developer-first security solutions that enable developers and security teams to ship secure code without slowing down development velocity.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Ahmad Sadeddin(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorPropeller Inc.

Crunchedusecrunched.comin

Crunched provides an AI assistant that automates analysis and model-building directly within Excel for consulting, investment banking, and private equity professionals, handling tasks such as error-checking, formula creation, and data extraction without requiring users to leave the spreadsheet environment.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechOslo, NO

Philip Borge(Founder)inLars Gjardar Musæus(Founder)inMichael Sakowski(Founder)inMarkus Skagemo(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

DealCartdealcart.ioin𝕏Jul 2024 · $3M

Xoilac TV is a Vietnamese website that streams live football matches for free, covering domestic and international leagues along with other sports.

E-commerceFintechMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

Ammar Naveed(Founder)Haider Raza(Founder)inFazel RehmanSyed RazaTanzila Asim ZafarUsman Dealcart

Co-investors500 GlobalAmaana CapitalFatima Gobi VenturesGobi PartnersSturgeon Capital

Dharmaseekdharma.com

Dharma operates seekdharma.com, offering Emily in Paris-themed travel experiences and tours in Paris and Rome.

Co-investorsBY Venture PartnersMiroma Ventures

DigiKhatadigikhata.pkin𝕏

DigiKhata is a mobile bookkeeping app for small businesses in Pakistan, offering digital ledgers for customers, suppliers, cash, staff payroll, invoicing, and inventory tracking.

E-commerceFintechSaaS

Co-investorsMSA NovoMSA CapitalSOSV

Dxwanddxwand.cominDec 2023

DXwand builds ORXTRA, a generative AI platform that deploys AI agents integrating with enterprises' unstructured data, knowledge bases, and existing systems.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSRas Alkhaimah

Ahmed Mahmoud(Founder)Ahmed Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsPlus VCAlgebra Ventures

Enhanceenhance.onlinein

Enhance is a UAE-based venture builder that creates vertical marketplace businesses.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply Chain

Alper Tunga CelenRitesh Tilani

Co-investors500 GlobalJoa Capital

Haflahafla.comin𝕏
Haloaihaloai.app

Halo AI provides AI agents that automate creator and influencer marketing campaigns for brand managers, handling creator discovery, outreach, negotiation, campaign logistics, payments, and performance tracking.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechRiyadh, SA

Justin Krup(Founder)Rami Saad(Founder)

Hebbiahebbia.comin𝕏

Hebbia builds an AI platform that runs research and analysis across large sets of documents, generating structured outputs such as market research tables and reports.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

George Sivulka(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz9Yards CapitalIndex VenturesPeter ThielRadical Ventures

Immensalabsimmensalabs.com
ImpactGuruimpactguru.comin

Technology-enabled integrated healthcare financing platform spanning crowdfunding, healthcare lending, and health insurance distribution.

Co-investorsBeyond Next VenturesHealthQuad

Intelmatixintelmatix.aiin𝕏

Intelmatix builds industry-specific, context-aware AI agents for enterprises to support decision-making and business operations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsSTV

Itsnuqtahitsnuqtah.com
Journifyjournify.ioin

Journify provides server-side conversion tracking that sits between a brand's business data (web, mobile, CRM, payments, offline) and ad platforms, capturing, deduplicating, and structuring events for each platform's Conversion API.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech

Co-investorsSilicon Badia

KAIOkaio.xyzin𝕏

KAIO is an onchain protocol for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), giving institutional-grade funds such as money market, private credit, private equity, hedge fund, and crypto strategies utility through secondary market trading and smart-contract-based collateralized loans.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSingapore, SG

Co-investorsFurther VenturesLaser DigitalTether

Kasbkasb.comin𝕏

KASB operates KTrade, a regulated trading and investment app for stocks, commodity futures, money market instruments, and ETFs, aimed at retail investors.

ConsumerFintechSaaS

Co-investorsAmaana Capital

Khanzakhazna.app

Riyadh, SA

Omar Salah(Founder)

Co-investorsAccionKhwarizmi VenturesQuona CapitalAlgebra Ventures

Khazenlykhazenly.com

Khazenly provides outsourced fulfillment and logistics services to retailers in its region, using technology to coordinate operations.

Cairo, EG

Ahmed Dewidar(Founder)Mohamed Younes(Founder)

Co-investors500 GlobalLoftyInc Capital

Lean Technologiesleantech.mein

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)

Co-investors500 GlobalArbor VenturesBreyer CapitalFatima Gobi VenturesGeneral CatalystGobi Partners+7 more

Lendolendo.sain𝕏

Lendo is a Saudi fintech company operating a Sharia-compliant debt crowdfunding platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises seeking financing with investors looking for returns.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerFintech

Osama AlRaee(Founder)inMohamed Jawabri(Founder)inKhalid Alkenaa

Co-investors500 GlobalImpact46

Luma Healthlumahealth.ioin𝕏

Luma Health provides patient engagement software for healthcare providers, including outbound conversational AI to recover missed appointments, automated care gap closure from faxed results, and no-code AI workflow tools.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSaaS

Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsCorrelation VenturesEpsilon Health InvestorsFTV CapitalInHealth VenturesPallasite Ventures+4 more

Malatrymala.com

Co-investorsNuwa CapitalVentureSouq

Mantramantrachain.io

MANTRA is a modular, compliance-oriented Layer 1 blockchain built for DeFi and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.

Co-investorsLvna CapitalWWVentures

Melltoomelltoo.com

Melltoo operates a blockchain-based platform for halal takaful, a cooperative insurance model structured to comply with Islamic finance principles.

Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTech

Morad IrsaneSharene Lee

Co-investors500 GlobalRAED VenturesKhwarizmi Ventures

Moznmozn.sain𝕏

MOZN is an enterprise AI platform for financial crime prevention (AML and fraud compliance) and enterprise knowledge intelligence, serving regulated institutions such as banks, fintechs, government entities, and large enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechRiyadh, SA

Co-investorsRAED VenturesVentureSouq

Munchonmunchon.com

Co-investorsMindshift Capital

Myzambeelmyzambeel.comin

MyZambeel provides ecommerce fulfillment and dropshipping enablement services, including product sourcing, customs clearance, warehousing, call confirmation, and last-mile delivery, along with FBA and FBM fulfillment.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplaces

Co-investorsGobi Partners

Nawynawy.comin𝕏

Nawy is a real estate platform for searching and comparing over 15,000 properties across 800+ compounds, offering developer and resale units, financing, and fractional property ownership through Nawy Shares.

FintechMarketplacesPropTech

Co-investorsEndeavor CatalystOutliers VCVentureSouqVKAV (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures)

NodeShiftnodeshift.comin𝕏

NodeShift provides a governance layer that lets developers use frontier coding models such as Claude, GPT and open-source models while preventing internal source code, secrets, and credentials from reaching external providers.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsAbu Dhabi, AE

Andrey Surkov(Founder)inMihai Mărcuță(Founder)

Co-investorsDisrupt.comInovo VC10x FoundersNotion Capital

Nymcardnymcard.comin

NymCard is a regulated payments infrastructure company offering an API-driven platform for card issuing, money movement, settlement, reconciliation, lending, and financial crime prevention.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Omar Onsi(Founder)in

Co-investorsBY Venture PartnersPhoenician VCQED InvestorsReciprocal VenturesVentureSouq

Octane Techoctane-tech.ioin

Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that manages and controls fuel and fleet-related payments, offering fraud controls, fleet analytics, and single e-invoicing across a network of 2,400 stations.

FintechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationCairo, EG

Amr Gamal(CEO)Ziad El Adawy(CCO)Hatem Farag(COO)

Co-investorsAlgebra Ventures

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Ownown.sain𝕏

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FintechPropTech

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Pearlpearlsemi.com

Pearl Semiconductor develops timing products, including oscillators and clock generators, using analog/mixed-signal and CMOS-based semiconductor technology.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsCairo, EG

Ayman(Founder)

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Pemopemo.ioin𝕏

Pemo offers physical and virtual corporate cards powered by Mastercard, along with real-time expense management and AI-powered expense categorization that syncs with accounting systems.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Saed Ghoraniin

Co-investorsBY Venture PartnersCherry VenturesKaya FoundersAntler

Pennypenny.coin𝕏

Penny is an AI source-to-pay platform that manages the full procurement cycle — sourcing, RFQs, contracts, suppliers, purchase orders, and spend — in one system.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSRiyadh, SA

Iyad Aldalooj(Founder)

Co-investorsIliad PartnersOutliers VCSalica InvestmentsWamda CapitalAcronym Venture CapitalScaleUP Ventures

PostExpostex.pkin𝕏

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E-commerceFintechLogistics & Supply Chain

Muhammad Omer Khan(Founder)inSaad Mahmood(Founder)inOmer Khan Muhammad

Co-investors500 GlobalAmaana CapitalDASH VenturesFlucas VenturesKube VCMSA Novo+2 more

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AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtech

Abdulaziz ElgammalMahmoud Eljendy

Co-investors500 GlobalSadu CapitalSawari VenturesVentureSouq

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Shorooq Partners made?
Shorooq Partners has 94 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Shorooq Partners invest at?
Shorooq Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What is Shorooq Partners's typical check size?
Shorooq Partners typically writes checks of $750K – $33M.
What sectors does Shorooq Partners focus on?
Shorooq Partners focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, E-commerce, Fintech, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Shorooq Partners located?
Shorooq Partners is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, AE.
Does Shorooq Partners lead rounds?
Shorooq Partners has led 3 of the 3 rounds where its role is on record.
Who does Shorooq Partners co-invest with?
Shorooq Partners most often shares deals with 500 Global, Outliers VC, VentureSouq, among 144 tracked co-investors.

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Shorooq Partners recently published perspectives on navigating volatility and geopolitical uncertainty in Middle East investing, emphasizing that volatility creates opportunities rather than warrant retreat. The firm advises investors and founders to maintain disciplined capital deployment, focus on resilient sectors and B2B models, and capitalize on regional economic frameworks that remain structurally intact despite current disruptions. AI summary

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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Bilal Baloch, Partner at Shorooq Partners | FII 2025 Interview

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According to VC Mahmoud Adi, founding partner of Shorooq Partners, Innovation is the key..

100X Podcast · Mahmoud Adi

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