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Middle East: venture funds and startups in Middle East

Fusion42 tracks 4 venture funds in Middle East with $300M in combined assets under management, and 11 startups that have raised $86M between them. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.

Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur, Fusion42's AI co-founder, reasons over.

active funds in Middle East include Nitro, Khwarizmi Venture Capital Fund 2, JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation and Speedinvest Africa Fund; startups in Middle East include Greenjets, Think, Azraq, AVELIN AI and Polysense. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in Middle East, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.

Funds in Middle East (4 tracked)

FundTypeHQ
NitroacceleratorUSA
Khwarizmi Venture Capital Fund 2vcSaudi Arabia
JITO Incubation and Innovation FoundationvcIndia
Speedinvest Africa FundvcAustria

Startups in Middle East (11 tracked)

StartupStageHQRaised
Greenjetsseries-aUnited Kingdom$40M
Thinkpre-seedSaudi Arabia$8M
Azraqpre-seedUnited Arab Emirates
AVELIN AIpre-seedUnited Arab Emirates$4M
PolysenseseedBelgium$11M
Akropre-seedSingapore$1M
MyKare.aiseries-aIndia$3M
RevoraseedBangladesh$2M
SkyforaseedFinland$7M
ShiftersseedUnited States$10M
Nardopre-seedAustralia$1M

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