MEVP

Venture Capital
62investments
6exits
$265.2Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
225open roles in its portfolio

Overview

MEVP, or Middle East Venture Partners, is a venture capital firm providing early and growth-stage funding to technology founders in the Middle East and North Africa. It backs companies in sectors such as fintech, e-commerce, media and enterprise software, and its portfolio has included the music streaming service Anghami. The firm was founded in 2010 by Walid Mansour, started out in Beirut and is now headquartered in Dubai.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
62
37 of them startups
Hiring now
21
225 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
2
$265.2M raised
Exits
6
1 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Financial Services 43%Transportation & Logistics 13%Software 11%Commerce 11%Artificial Intelligence 9%Health Care 9%Events & Ticketing 6%Travel & Tourism 6%
Where its companies are
United Arab Emirates 35%Saudi Arabia 18%Lebanon 11%Egypt 10%United States 6%United Kingdom 3%India 3%France 2%
Stage of its companies
Series A 67%Pre-seed & seed 33%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 62 investments
Safqah CapitalSeed $15.2M · 9 mo ago RainSeries C $250M · 10 mo ago · 40 roles invygoVenture round $8M · 2 yr ago · 6 roles ZiinaSeries A $22M · 2 yr ago · 13 roles MealPlanetSeed $6M · 2 yr ago · led a round MamoVenture round $3.4M · 2 yr ago · 5 roles SiFiVenture round $10M · 2 yr ago MeacorSeries A $15M · 2 yr ago YodawyVenture round $10M · 2 yr ago · 5 roles YOUGotaGiftVenture round $3M · 3 yr ago · 4 roles TruKKerSeries C $100M · 4 yr ago MNT-HalanVenture round $120M · 5 yr ago
225 open roles at 21 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Bottomline20 new roles in 30 days Rain9 new roles in 30 days MoneyFellows7 new roles in 30 days Toters5 new roles in 30 days Wego5 new roles in 30 days Careem5 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
ElementNadded Oct 11 XAREadded Oct 11 MNT-Halanadded Oct 11 Nanaadded Oct 11
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
500 Global 16 shared Endeavor 12 shared Hub71 9 shared Wamda Capital 6 shared NBT 6 shared Khwarizmi Ventures 5 shared BY Venture Partners 5 shared Y Combinator 4 shared VentureSouq 4 shared Hala Capital 4 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Global Ventures NBT Dubai Future District Fund COTU Ventures Shorooq Partners Hala Capital Wamda Capital BECO Capital
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 3 rounds in the press that name it

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Shared investors1
Saudi Venture Capital CompanyVia a fund
50 portfolio companies: Janus Henderson, Partners for Growth, ruya-partners-dark logo and 47 more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Dubai United Arab Emirates
HQ
200-500 est. staff