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COTU Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2020 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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COTU invests in extraordinary founders across MENA, supporting their journeys from Seed to Series A, with a focus on fragmented, fast-growing markets and impactful solutions

17 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $234M invested · 24 investments · Investor rank #9,107 · Last investment 5/2026
Portfolio companies 17 ↑ 240% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 1
Power Law #21Investor Ranking · MENA · 2026 · Top 1%
Portfolio analysis

Where COTU Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 17 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. UAE9
  2. Saudi Arabia4
  3. Egypt1
  4. Jordan1
  5. Pakistan1
  6. USA1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech7
  2. Enterprise Software4
  3. Education3
  4. Real Estate3
  5. Food2
  6. Jobs Recruitment2
  7. Marketing2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed15
  2. Series A2
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage10
  2. Early Growth5
  3. Late Growth2
Portfolio market map

Inside COTU Ventures’ portfolio.

The 17 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 17 tracked.

Huspy
Fintech
$236M
Stitch
Fintech
$100M
Safqah Capital
Fintech
$61M
MoneyHash
Fintech
$21M
Mnzil
Real Estate
$47M
Sager
Jordan
$40M
Supy
Food
$32M
Zenda
Fintech
$38M
Qureos
Education
$20M
Aydi
Food
$30M
Adalfi
Fintech
$30M
Rekaz
Marketing
$20M
Cercli
Jobs Recruitment
$16M
KINGPIN
Enterprise Software
$14M
englease
Education
$14M
Cassbana
Fintech
$8.0M
Revly
Marketing
Portfolio founders

Where COTU Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

30 founders across the 17 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United Arab Emirates14
  2. Saudi Arabia8
  3. Egypt3
  4. United States3
  5. France1
  6. Jordan1
UniversityCount
  1. King Saud University5
  2. Center for Global Politics - Freie Universität Berlin1
  3. CentraleSupélec - Paris-Saclay University1
  4. Concordia University1
  5. ETH Zurich1
  6. Harvard Business School1
  7. Harvard Business School Online1
  8. HEC Paris1
  9. Helwan University Cairo1
  10. INSEAD Business School1
Previous companyCount
  1. Careem5
  2. Microsoft3
  3. Uber3
  4. McKinsey & Company2
  5. Siemens2
  6. Swvl2
  7. XPay2
  8. AB InBev1
  9. Accenture1
  10. Al-Rajhi Bank1
How COTU Ventures stacks up

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Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.