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COTU Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture firm in the Middle East. We partner with incredible founders at the beginning of their journey; taking companies from Pre-seed through to Series A and beyond, accelerating their path to product-market fit, and ensuring that they get access to the right capital and expertise along the way.

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Huspy

Proptech

Real Estate

Huspy is a proptech company that simplifies the home financing process.

Supy

Restaurants

Software

Supy is a B2B software solution focused on streamlining transactions between restaurants and suppliers.

zenda

zenda is a fintech app that enables to pay school fees with pay-now and pay-later options, unlocking rewards for paying on time.

Cairo

MoneyHash

MoneyHash aims to streamline the development and management of payments, acting as a dedicated payment team by offering a versatile cloud platform so businesses worldwide can focus on their core operations.

AdalFi

Cercli

Business Development

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The single modern platform for MENA to run your entire workforce.

Englease

Qureos

Communities

EdTech

Qureos is an AI-powered platform that matches employers with qualified candidates and hear back from the recruiters 3X faster and advance to the interview stage.

Cassbana

AI/IoT

Sirdab

Logistics

Mayple

Mayple provides consumer brands a quick and affordable way to deliver goods internationally.

Revly

Aydi

Cloud Services

Kingpin

Stitch

Live Bazaar

Pakistani digital lending platform AdalFi said on Thursday it has raised $7.5 million in funding, the first major corporate financing announcement in the South Asian country this year as it grapples with a deepening economic crisis. The funding round was led by UAE-based COTU Ventures and Chimera Ventures, Pakistan-based Fatima Gobi Ventures and Zayn Capital, and &ldquo;angel&rdquo; investors including executives from U.S.- based financial technology and services provider Plaid, AdalFi said in a statement.

Pakistani fintech AdalFi raises $7.5 mln to tackle lending challenges

Zenda (formerly nexopay) told TechCrunch it plans to enter the continent through&nbsp;Egypt&nbsp;&mdash; its third market after India &mdash; in the coming months, as it embarks on a growth drive accelerated by a $9.4 million seed funding it has raised. Among the investors that took part in the seed round were STV, COTU Ventures, Global Founders Capital and VentureSouq.

Zenda gets $9.4M to streamline school fee payment and management

UAE-based EdTech&nbsp;Qureos&nbsp;has raised $3M in its pre-seed round led by&nbsp;COTU Ventures, and&nbsp;Colle Capital&nbsp;with participation from global and regional investors, including&nbsp;Globivest,&nbsp;Plutus21 Capital,&nbsp;Dubai Angel Investors, and&nbsp;AlZayani Venture Capital. ​​Several angel investors also took part in the round including current and former leaders of&nbsp;Swvl, Boston Consulting Group, Moelis &amp; Company,&nbsp;Careem, Cisco Systems,&nbsp;Koinz, Message Bird, Bain &amp; Company, Hiperpool, ADNOC, QIA, and other notable individuals.

Qureos secures $3M Pre-SEED

Qureos, a UAE-based edtech and remote work marketplace that is changing how people upskill and get jobs across the globe, plans to grow the uptake of its platform by 10 times this year in its race to create 100 million jobs over the next few years. The startup has today announced closing a $3 million pre-seed funding to accelerate this growth.

Qureos was founded in August last year by Alexander Epure, Mehrad Yaghmai and Usama Nini in a bid to make mentorship more accessible to individuals that are starting out in their careers, or looking to switch jobs.
The pre-seed round was led by Dubai-based COTU Ventures and New York-based Colle Capital — which helped Swvl go public last week through a special purpose acquisition company.

Colle Capital founder and managing partner Victoria Grace said, “We see tremendous opportunity in Qureos’ mission to bridge knowledge gaps and upskill professionals through leveraging the extraordinary pathway with direct mentorship. Simultaneously, this platform provides a fantastic opportunity for highly-skilled individuals to directly monetize their knowledge, compounded by distinct network effects, and for companies to access high-quality and motivated pools of talent.”

The round also had participation from global and regional investors, including Globivest, Plutus21 Capital, Dubai Angel Investors and AlZayani Venture Capital, as well as a number of angel investors, including current and former leaders of Swvl, Boston Consulting Group, Moelis & Company, Careem, Cisco Systems, Koinz, Message Bird, Bain & Company, Hiperpool, ADNOC and QIA.

Qureos raises $3M to grow its learn to earn platform

Huspy, the EMEA proptech startup, has announced a $37 million Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital India to build the future of home buying across the region. Founders Fund and Fifth Wall made their Middle East investment debut in this round. In addition, Chimera Capital joined returning investors Breyer Capital, VentureFriends, COTU, Venture Souq and BY Venture Partners.

Huspy raises $37 million in Series A funding

Egypt and U.S.-based&nbsp;MoneyHash&nbsp;is one such company, emerging from beta with $3 million in pre-seed funding. The company describes itself as the Middle East and Africa&rsquo;s &ldquo;first super-API for payment orchestration and revenue operations.&rdquo; The pre-seed round is an extension of an undisclosed six-figure raise MoneyHash announced last June from investors Ventures Platform, Kepple Africa Ventures, LoftyInc Capital and lead COTU Ventures.

MoneyHash gets $3M to build a super-API for payment operations in Africa, Mideast

MoneyHash, an Egyptian US-based fintech startup that uses a universal API and a unified checkout experience to help businesses consolidate and grow their payments and financial tech stack across Africa and the Middle East, closes a six-figure pre-seed round to launch its services across the region. The round was led by UAE&rsquo;s venture capital firm&nbsp;COTU Ventures, with participation from the&nbsp;Ventures Platform,&nbsp;Kepple Africa Ventures, and angel investors.

MoneyHash raises six-figure pre-Seed round

UAE-based English teaching digital platform&nbsp;Englease.com&nbsp;has raised $3.4M in its latest funding round backed by major players in Silicon Valley. The oversubscribed SEED round was co-led by global leading EdTech investors,&nbsp;LearnCapital&nbsp;(US) and&nbsp;LearnStart&nbsp;(US), and recorded participations from key regional investors&nbsp;COTU&nbsp;(UAE),&nbsp;BY Venture Partners&nbsp;(UAE),&nbsp;Hambro Perks Oryx Fund&nbsp;(UAE/UK),&nbsp;Wamda&nbsp;(UAE),&nbsp;500 Global&nbsp;(US/Saudi),&nbsp;Dubai Angel Investors&nbsp;(UAE) and A.L.M.A. (UAE).

$3.4M SEED funding for Englease.com

Supy, UAE-based B2B food marketplace, raised $8m in a Seed round led by&nbsp;BECO Capital&nbsp;with participation from Valia Ventures&nbsp;and&nbsp;COTU Ventures, Global Ventures and AMK Investment Office.

Supy, UAE’s B2B food marketplace, raises $8m in a Seed round

Supy, a UAE-based startup digitising the communication process between restaurants and suppliers, today announced that it has raised $1.5 million in pre-Seed funding. The round was co-led by UAE-based investor COTU Ventures and US-based Valia Ventures (marking their first investment in Mena).

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