51 investors have funded 10 CFO Stack companies head-officed in Dubai, across 66 rounds (Jan 2019 – Oct 2025). They are ranked by how many Dubai companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Dubai" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Nov 2023 | 3,580 |
| 2 | Global Founders Capital | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Mar 2022 | 563 |
| 3 | Presight Capital | West Hollywood, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 3 | 3 | Aug 2025 | 37 |
| 4 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2025 | 5,648 |
| 5 | Speedinvest | Vienna, Austria | Seed | 1 | 2 | — | Nov 2024 | 322 |
| 6 | Cherry Ventures | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2024 | 131 |
| 7 | 468 Capital | Berlin, Germany | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2025 | 106 |
| 8 | FinTech Collective | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | — | Nov 2024 | 76 |
| 9 | Shorooq Partners | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Seed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Nov 2024 | 69 |
| 10 | Wamda Capital | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Dec 2024 | 62 |
| 11 | Raed Ventures | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2024 | 53 |
| 12 | One Way Ventures | Boston, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2025 | 53 |
| 13 | Mad'a Investment | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 2 | Mar 2025 | 9 |
| 14 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 1,988 |
| 15 | Plug and Play Tech Center | Sunnyvale, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 934 |
| 16 | Peak XV Partners | Bengaluru, India | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2025 | 406 |
| 17 | Antler | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 572 |
| 18 | Startupbootcamp | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 500 |
| 19 | Soma Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 333 |
| 20 | Pioneer Fund | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2025 | 138 |
| 21 | Rocketship | Los Altos, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2025 | 56 |
| 22 | Graph Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 66 |
| 23 | Palm Drive Capital | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 56 |
| 24 | Augmentum Fintech | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2024 | 31 |
| 25 | B&Y Venture Partners | Beirut, Lebanon | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 46 |
| 26 | Arzan Venture Capital | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 42 |
| 27 | Sanabil | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 36 |
| 28 | Nuwa Capital | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 26 |
| 29 | MSA Novo | Singapore, Singapore | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 18 |
| 30 | Rhino Ventures | Vancouver, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2025 | 15 |
| 31 | Tiferes Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2025 | 12 |
| 32 | Rally Cap Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 11 |
| 33 | 9900 Capital | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2024 | 7 | |
| 34 | Oldslip | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 9 |
| 35 | Wealth Well | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 8 |
| 36 | Knuru | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 9 |
| 37 | Born Capital | Roswell, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2025 | 7 |
| 38 | Evolution-VC | Cupertino, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2025 | 8 |
| 39 | CDG Invest | Rabat, Morocco | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2025 | 7 |
| 40 | Iliad Partners | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 6 |
| 41 | Goanna Capital | Palm Beach, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2025 | 5 |
| 42 | MoreThan Capital Advisors | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | May 2025 | 4 |
| 43 | Transworld | Mumbai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 4 |
| 44 | Adapt Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 3 |
| 45 | Freesearch Ventures | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2025 | 1 | |
| 46 | Capital | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2025 | 1 | |
| 47 | Cadorna Ventures | Boston, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 1 |
| 48 | Osten Investments | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2024 | 1 | |
| 49 | Payhawk | Sofia, Bulgaria | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 1 |
| 50 | Claritev | Mclean, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2025 | 1 |
| 51 | Phoenix Investments | Reykjavik, Iceland | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
CFO Stack companies head-officed in Dubai that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qashio qashio.com |
13 | 14 | $139.4M | Series A May 2025 |
| Pluto getpluto.com |
11 | 11 | $54.6M | Seed Jan 2025 |
| Alaan alaan.com |
7 | 11 | $304.5M | Series A Aug 2025 |
| Pemo pemo.io |
7 | 11 | $107M | Seed Nov 2024 |
| Klaim AI klaim.ai |
7 | 9 | $32.4M | Series A Oct 2025 |
| Wafeq wafeq.com |
4 | 6 | $36M | Series A Dec 2024 |
| Yuze Digital yuzedigital.com |
1 | 1 | $30M | Series B Aug 2024 |
| InstaVal instaval.co |
1 | 1 | $400K | Seed Jan 2019 |
| Zoftware zoftwarehub.com |
1 | 1 | $20K | Seed Nov 2023 |
| SAM Corporate samcorporate.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Nov 2022 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Claritev | Klaim AI | Series A | — |
| Aug 2025 | Y Combinator | Alaan | Series A | $48M |
| Aug 2025 | Capital | Alaan | Series A | $48M |
| Aug 2025 | Peak XV PartnersLED | Alaan | Series A | $48M |
| Aug 2025 | Pioneer Fund | Alaan | Series A | $48M |
| Aug 2025 | Presight CapitalLED | Alaan | Series A | $48M |
| Aug 2025 | 468 Capital | Alaan | Series A | $48M |
| May 2025 | RocketshipLED | Qashio | Series A | $19.8M |
| May 2025 | MoreThan Capital Advisors | Qashio | Series A | $19.8M |
| May 2025 | One Way Ventures | Qashio | Series A | $19.8M |
| Mar 2025 | Mad'a InvestmentLED | Klaim AI | Series A | $10M |
| Mar 2025 | CDG Invest | Klaim AI | Series A | $10M |
| Jan 2025 | Freesearch Ventures | Pluto | Seed | $4.1M |
| Jan 2025 | Rhino VenturesLED | Pluto | Seed | $4.1M |
| Jan 2025 | Evolution-VC | Pluto | Seed | $4.1M |
| Jan 2025 | Goanna CapitalLED | Pluto | Seed | $4.1M |
| Jan 2025 | Born CapitalLED | Pluto | Seed | $4.1M |
| Jan 2025 | Tiferes VenturesLED | Pluto | Seed | $4.1M |
| Dec 2024 | Wamda Capital | Wafeq | Series A | $7.5M |
| Dec 2024 | Raed Ventures | Wafeq | Series A | $7.5M |
CFO Stack investors in other cities
Other markets in Dubai