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Wamda Capital

Venture Capital · Founded 2015 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

#11 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 1% in MENA

Wamda Capital is a leading VC firm investing in early-stage, entrepreneur-led tech startups across MENA

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79 Portfolio companies+34% in 5 years
7 Unicorns
123 Investments
Jan 2026 Last investment
01 · Biggest holdings

Wamda Capital’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Wamda Capital still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for Wamda Capital, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 tabbyUnicorn · Fintech · Saudi Arabia $4.5B
  2. 2 MooveUnicorn · Fintech · UAE $2.1B
  3. 3 Insider OneUnicorn · Marketing · Türkiye $2.0B
  4. 4 WriterUnicorn · Media · USA $1.9B
  5. 5 SallaUnicorn · Marketing · Saudi Arabia $1.0B
  6. 6 REEF TechnologyUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $1.0B
  7. 7 EyewaWellness Beauty · UAE $400M

Unicorns and thoroughbreds Wamda Capital has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

02 · Portfolio analysis

Where Wamda Capital’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 79 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. UAE38
  2. Jordan12
  3. Saudi Arabia12
  4. USA12
  5. Türkiye9
  6. Egypt4
  7. UK3
  8. India2
  9. Lebanon2
  10. Netherlands2
  11. Pakistan2
  12. Kenya1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech20
  2. Enterprise Software18
  3. Food14
  4. Marketing12
  5. Transportation8
  6. Education7
  7. Fashion5
  8. Health5
  9. Jobs Recruitment5
  10. Kids5
  11. Wellness Beauty5
  12. Real Estate4
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed44
  2. Series A25
  3. Series B+10
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth44
  2. Breakout Stage41
  3. Late Growth16
  4. Mature1
03 · Portfolio market map

Inside Wamda Capital’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 79 tracked.

Careem
Transportation · Unicorn
$3.1B
Insider One
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.0B
tabby
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
Moove
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.1B
Writer
Media · Unicorn
$1.9B
FreshToHome
Food
$605M
Nana
Food
$532M
HALA
Fintech
$900M
Salla
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.0B
Eyewa
Wellness Beauty
$400M
Twiga Foods
Food
$200M
LambdaTest
Enterprise Software
$225M
Believe
Wellness Beauty
$18M
littleBits Electronics
Kids
$169M
AZA Finance
Fintech
$140M
Modanisa
Fashion
$100M
The Luxury Closet
Fashion
$56M
Marti
Transportation
$229M
Ziina
Fintech
$88M
BitOasis
Fintech
$120M
RemotePass
Fintech
$70M
MakanE
Marketing
$100M
Tarfin
Fintech
$44M
Mumzworld
Kids
$80M
Holo
Fintech
$88M
Tamatem
Gaming
$44M
Halan
Fintech
$60M
Yallacompare
Fintech
$17M
Tarjama
Legal
$60M
Seez
Transportation
$42M
Truck It In
Transportation
$52M
Liwwa
Fintech
$18M
DTEK
Food
$40M
Jamalon
Education
$40M
NOW Money
Fintech
$35M
Anecdote
Enterprise Software
$49M
Clara Technologies
Legal
$36M
qeen.ai
Marketing
$40M
Wafeeq Technology
Education
$30M
Wafeq
Fintech
$30M
ClearGrid
Fintech
$40M
Alma Health
Health
$40M
GOMYCODE
Education
$32M
Shift EV
Energy
$25M
Aanaab
Education
$28M
Chatfood
Food
$12M
Arabia Weather
Robotics
$20M
Penny Software
Fintech
$20M
GrocerApp
Food
$21M
Floranow
Travel
$12M
MUNCH:ON
Food
$10M
Palmhr
Jobs Recruitment
$20M
Crowd Analyzer
Marketing
$14M
Walking on Earth
Wellness Beauty
$4.2M
Kharabeesh
Media
$20M
Heltia
Health
$19M
YallaMarket
Food
$12M
FlexxPay
Fintech
$12M
Golden Scent
Wellness Beauty
$16M
Derq
Security
$8.0M
04 · Portfolio founders

Where Wamda Capital’s portfolio founders come from.

166 founders across the 100 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 Emirates66
  2. United States22
  3. Saudi Arabia19
  4. United Kingdom10
  5. Egypt8
  6. Jordan8
  7. Pakistan5
  8. Türkiye5
  9. Ukraine5
  10. Netherlands4
UniversityCount
  1. London School of Economics and Political Science9
  2. INSEAD Business School8
  3. Stanford University5
  4. Harvard University4
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
  6. McGill University4
  7. Stanford University Graduate School of Business4
  8. University of Cambridge4
  9. Amman Baccalaureate School3
  10. ESSEC Business School3
Previous companyCount
  1. Careem5
  2. McKinsey & Company5
  3. Procter & Gamble5
  4. Alphabet | Google4
  5. Microsoft4
  6. Amazon3
  7. Bain & Company3
  8. Dubizzle3
  9. ITP Publishing Group3
  10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
05 · Similar investors

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

500 Global
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#431 rank 2,321 companies $284B portfolio
Techstars
Accelerator · New York City
#855 rank 2,278 companies $249B portfolio
Sequoia
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#3 rank 1,921 companies $23T portfolio
Y Combinator
Accelerator · San Francisco
#62 rank 7,127 companies $1.9T portfolio
Tiger Global
Private Equity · New York City
#19 rank 811 companies $3.9T portfolio
FJ Labs
Venture Capital · New York City
#228 rank 784 companies $207B portfolio
NEA
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#36 rank 1,186 companies $2.5T portfolio
Index Ventures
Venture Capital · London
#57 rank 677 companies $1.2T portfolio
06 · Key people

Key people at Wamda Capital.

Fadi Ghandour
Fadi Ghandour
CEO
 Khaled Talhouni
Khaled Talhouni
Managing Partner
 Fares Ghandour
Fares Ghandour
Partner
 Lana Alamat
Lana Alamat
General Counsel
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.