§ Venture Capital · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Shorooq Partners

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Updated:Jul 13, 2026

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Shane (You Keun) Shin

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Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 9, 2026	Safqah Capital	$152.0M Seed	Shorooq Partners	500 Startups, ANB Seed, COTU Ventures, JOA Capital, Middle East Venture Partners, RUA Ventures, Sadu Capital, Sharaka, Suhail Ventures, Waad Investment
Jan 20, 2026	Crunched	$6.0M Seed	—	Mario Götze, Paul Graham, 20VC, First Round Capital, Founder Factor, Liquid 2 Ventures, Multimodal Ventures, SV Angel, Valkyrie, Y Combinator
Jul 1, 2025	Rekaz	$5.0M Seed	COTU Ventures	Colle Capital, Impact46, Numrah Capital
Jul 1, 2025	qlub	$30.0M Series B	Cherry Ventures, Shorooq Partners	Balderton Capital, High Tech Gründerfonds, Redalpine Venture Partners, Wilbe Capital, IAN Hogarth, Emirates Telecommunications Group, Legend Capital
May 12, 2025	Nawy	$75.0M Debt / Series A	Tidjane Deme	Development Partners International, E& Capital, Egyptian Banks, Endeavor Catalyst, HOF Capital, March Capital, Outliers Venture Capital, Plug And Play, VentureSouq, Verod Kepple Africa Ventures
Jul 30, 2024	Intelmatix	$20.0M Series A	Shorooq Partners	—
Jul 29, 2024	Zyp Technologies	$1.5M Pre-Series A	Shorooq Partners	—
Jul 15, 2024	44.01	$37.0M Series A	Equinor Ventures, Shorooq Partners	—
Jul 6, 2024	DealCart	$3.0M Seed	Shorooq Partners	—
Dec 18, 2023	Tamara	$340.0M Series C	Sanabil Investments, SNB Capital	Checkout.com, Impulse VC, Pinnacle Capital
Dec 13, 2023	Lendo	$28.0M Series B	Sanabil Investments	AB Ventures
Nov 28, 2023	Immensa	$20.0M Series B	Global Ventures	Edgo, Endeavor Catalyst, Energy Capital Group, Green Coast Investments
Oct 24, 2023	TripleA Payments	$10.0M A - Series A	Aakash Kapoor	—
Oct 1, 2023	DHARMA	$5.0M Seed	Wendy Wattebled	Lerer Hippeau, RSE Ventures, Vayner RSE, Rafat ALI, Eric Cantona, Matt Higgins, Stephen M. Ross, FJ Labs, Goodwater Capital, Liontree Partners
Mar 21, 2023	Tamara	$150.0M Debt	Goldman Sachs	Checkout.com, Coatue, Endeavor Catalyst, Sanabil Investments
Mar 20, 2023	Aumet	$7.0M Pre-Series A	—	AAIC, AIJ Holdings, Cigalah Group, Hamid ALI Sagri Family Office, Tijah Holdings
Oct 1, 2022	Agroshift	$2.0M Seed	Anchorless Bangladesh, Shorooq Partners	Alex
May 25, 2022	ZenLedger	$15.0M Series B	Ryan Navi	AngelList, Blizzard Fund, Bloccelerate, G1 Ventures, King River Capital, Main Street Investment, Three Point Capital, Vaynerfund
May 1, 2022	Pemo	$12.0M Seed	Cherry Ventures, Shorooq Partners	BITKRAFT Ventures, EQT Ventures, Expedite Ventures, Soma Capital, Techstars, Trajectory Ventures, Gabriel Jarrosson
Apr 18, 2022	The Food Lab	$4.5M Pre-Seed	4DX Ventures, Nuwa Capital, Shorooq Partners	Abdul Majeed AL Hokair, AL Faisaliah Group, Samurai Incubate
Mar 24, 2022	Colabs	$3.0M Seed	ALI Mukhtar, Aatif Awan, Faisal Aftab	Teddy Himler, Turner Novak, William Hockey, Kinnow Capital, Muir Capital, SAI Ventures
Feb 4, 2022	Mozn	$10.0M Series A	Raed Ventures	Sukna Ventures, VentureSouq
Feb 1, 2022	Retailo Technologies	$36.0M Series A	Nabil Alnoor Borhanu	500 Startups, Abercross Holdings, AgFunder, Agility Logistics, Arzan Venture Capital, Aujan Enterprises, Mentors Fund
Jan 18, 2022	Penny Software	$5.0M Seed	Outliers Venture Capital	Class 5 Global, Hambro Perks, Wamda
Jan 12, 2022	DHARMA	$3.5M Other Equity	—	B&Y Venture Partners, Convivialite Ventures, Flat6Labs, Hub71, L& Ventures

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 9, 2026	Safqah Capital	$152.0M Seed	Shorooq Partners	500 Startups, ANB Seed, COTU Ventures, JOA Capital, Middle East Venture Partners, RUA Ventures, Sadu Capital, Sharaka, Suhail Ventures, Waad Investment
Jan 20, 2026	Crunched	$6.0M Seed	—	Mario Götze, Paul Graham, 20VC, First Round Capital, Founder Factor, Liquid 2 Ventures, Multimodal Ventures, SV Angel, Valkyrie, Y Combinator
Jul 1, 2025	Rekaz	$5.0M Seed	COTU Ventures	Colle Capital, Impact46, Numrah Capital
Jul 1, 2025	qlub	$30.0M Series B	Cherry Ventures, Shorooq Partners	Balderton Capital, High Tech Gründerfonds, Redalpine Venture Partners, Wilbe Capital, IAN Hogarth, Emirates Telecommunications Group, Legend Capital
May 12, 2025	Nawy	$75.0M Debt / Series A	Tidjane Deme	Development Partners International, E& Capital, Egyptian Banks, Endeavor Catalyst, HOF Capital, March Capital, Outliers Venture Capital, Plug And Play, VentureSouq, Verod Kepple Africa Ventures
Jul 30, 2024	Intelmatix	$20.0M Series A	Shorooq Partners	—
Jul 29, 2024	Zyp Technologies	$1.5M Pre-Series A	Shorooq Partners	—
Jul 15, 2024	44.01	$37.0M Series A	Equinor Ventures, Shorooq Partners	—
Jul 6, 2024	DealCart	$3.0M Seed	Shorooq Partners	—
Dec 18, 2023	Tamara	$340.0M Series C	Sanabil Investments, SNB Capital	Checkout.com, Impulse VC, Pinnacle Capital
Dec 13, 2023	Lendo	$28.0M Series B	Sanabil Investments	AB Ventures
Nov 28, 2023	Immensa	$20.0M Series B	Global Ventures	Edgo, Endeavor Catalyst, Energy Capital Group, Green Coast Investments
Oct 24, 2023	TripleA Payments	$10.0M A - Series A	Aakash Kapoor	—
Oct 1, 2023	DHARMA	$5.0M Seed	Wendy Wattebled	Lerer Hippeau, RSE Ventures, Vayner RSE, Rafat ALI, Eric Cantona, Matt Higgins, Stephen M. Ross, FJ Labs, Goodwater Capital, Liontree Partners
Mar 21, 2023	Tamara	$150.0M Debt	Goldman Sachs	Checkout.com, Coatue, Endeavor Catalyst, Sanabil Investments
Mar 20, 2023	Aumet	$7.0M Pre-Series A	—	AAIC, AIJ Holdings, Cigalah Group, Hamid ALI Sagri Family Office, Tijah Holdings
Oct 1, 2022	Agroshift	$2.0M Seed	Anchorless Bangladesh, Shorooq Partners	Alex
May 25, 2022	ZenLedger	$15.0M Series B	Ryan Navi	AngelList, Blizzard Fund, Bloccelerate, G1 Ventures, King River Capital, Main Street Investment, Three Point Capital, Vaynerfund
May 1, 2022	Pemo	$12.0M Seed	Cherry Ventures, Shorooq Partners	BITKRAFT Ventures, EQT Ventures, Expedite Ventures, Soma Capital, Techstars, Trajectory Ventures, Gabriel Jarrosson
Apr 18, 2022	The Food Lab	$4.5M Pre-Seed	4DX Ventures, Nuwa Capital, Shorooq Partners	Abdul Majeed AL Hokair, AL Faisaliah Group, Samurai Incubate
Mar 24, 2022	Colabs	$3.0M Seed	ALI Mukhtar, Aatif Awan, Faisal Aftab	Teddy Himler, Turner Novak, William Hockey, Kinnow Capital, Muir Capital, SAI Ventures
Feb 4, 2022	Mozn	$10.0M Series A	Raed Ventures	Sukna Ventures, VentureSouq
Feb 1, 2022	Retailo Technologies	$36.0M Series A	Nabil Alnoor Borhanu	500 Startups, Abercross Holdings, AgFunder, Agility Logistics, Arzan Venture Capital, Aujan Enterprises, Mentors Fund
Jan 18, 2022	Penny Software	$5.0M Seed	Outliers Venture Capital	Class 5 Global, Hambro Perks, Wamda
Jan 12, 2022	DHARMA	$3.5M Other Equity	—	B&Y Venture Partners, Convivialite Ventures, Flat6Labs, Hub71, L& Ventures

Shorooq Partners

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