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    GCC Startup Ecosystem Directory

    Funds, incubators, accelerators and government programs across the six Gulf countries.

    Country

    Type

    UAEVC Fund

    Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners

    ~$1B growth-stage fund backed by Mubadala and Alpha Wave Global.

    UAEVC Fund

    BECO Capital

    Pre-seed to IPO investor in fintech, proptech, construction tech, consumer and AI/software.

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    UAEVC Fund

    Global Ventures

    Seed through growth investor in fintech, healthtech, edtech, agritech and enterprise SaaS.

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    UAEVC Fund

    Shorooq Partners

    Seed to Series A equity plus venture debt/private credit, sector-agnostic.

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    UAEVC Fund

    Wamda Capital

    Seed and Series A investor, one of MENA's oldest VC firms.

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    UAEVC Fund

    MEVP

    Early and growth-stage tech investor across the GCC and Levant.

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    UAEVC Fund

    Nuwa Capital

    Pre-seed to Series B investor in SaaS, marketplaces and fintech.

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    UAEVC Fund

    COTU Ventures

    Pre-seed to seed investor, sector-agnostic.

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    UAEVC Fund

    VentureSouq

    Early-stage investor focused on FinTech and ClimateTech.

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    UAEVC Fund

    Oraseya Capital

    AED 500M fund backing pre-seed to Series B fintech and tech startups.

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    UAEVC Fund

    Emerge (Emerge Ventures)

    Early-stage climate tech and energy investor.

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    UAEVC Fund

    Conscious VC

    Early-stage investor with a purpose/impact orientation.

    UAEVC Fund

    Plus VC

    Pre-seed investor, roughly $100K initial with follow-on capacity.

    UAEVC Fund

    Further Ventures

    Early-stage co-founder studio focused on financial infrastructure and digital assets.

    Saudi ArabiaVC Fund

    STV (Saudi Technology Ventures)

    Largest VC firm in the Middle East by AUM; Series A and growth, sector-agnostic.

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    Saudi ArabiaVC Fund

    Raed Ventures

    Seed and Series A investor in SaaS, fintech, consumer and real-estate tech.

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    Saudi ArabiaVC Fund

    Impact46

    Seed-to-growth investor in fintech, e-commerce, SaaS and gaming.

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    Saudi ArabiaVC Fund

    Merak Capital

    CMA-licensed seed-stage investor with deep fintech holdings.

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    Saudi ArabiaVC Fund

    Vision Ventures

    Early-stage fintech and payments investor.

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    Saudi ArabiaVC Fund

    Nama Ventures

    CMA-licensed pre-seed investor in fintech and SaaS.

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    Saudi ArabiaVC Fund

    Khwarizmi Ventures

    Seed and Series A investor in fintech and consumer.

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    Saudi ArabiaVC Fund

    Sukna Ventures

    Early and growth-stage investor.

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    QatarVC Fund

    Rasmal Ventures

    Qatar-based early-stage VC.

    KuwaitVC Fund

    Arzan Venture Capital

    First private VC in Kuwait; pre-seed to Series B in fintech, e-commerce and edtech.

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    KuwaitVC Fund

    Faith Capital

    Seed to Series B investor in e-commerce, consumer internet, SaaS and AI.

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    KuwaitVC Fund

    KISP Ventures (KFH Capital)

    Shariah-compliant VC investing seed to early stage.

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    KuwaitVC Fund

    Sharq Ventures

    Early to growth-stage investor in e-commerce, fintech and enterprise software.

    BahrainVC Fund

    Hope Ventures

    Government-linked early-stage VC listed on the Bahrain Investment Market.

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    OmanVC Fund

    Phaze Ventures

    First private VC in Oman; early-stage energy, logistics and deep tech.

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    RegionalVC Fund

    500 Global (MENA)

    Global VC and accelerator platform; 250+ MENA investments since 2012.

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