United Arab Emirates · Investor

COTU Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 5 cheques on record.

Deploying nowVC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AProptechFintechB2B Distribution

Deploying now
67%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 5 on record
Since the last cheque53days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$5.2MRounds led2 of 5Mostly inUnited Arab Emirates, 40%
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COTU Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 80% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 2 rounds

What they do

We are on a mission to reinvent how seed investing is done in the Middle East by backing extraordinary foundersFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
ProptechFintechB2B Distribution
Based in
One Central, United Arab Emirates
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances

  1. 2026

    2 rounds

  2. Sept
    Keep ConvertingPre-seed · AE · Wamda$2.0MLed
  3. May
    StitchSeries A · SA · Ventureburn$25MWith 4 others
  4. 2025

    3 rounds

  5. Oct
    CercliSeries A · AE · TechCrunch$12MWith 5 others
  6. Jul
    RekazSeed · SA · Impact46$5.0MLed
  7. Jan
    MoneyHashSeed · EG · Disrupt Africa$5.2MWith 14 others

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The team

We hold 4 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

16 of 21 we have independently watched raise

AjarBayzatCareemChatfoodDapiDuplaysFreshaMartiMaxabPropertyfinderProximieRemotepassSwvlTenderdVezeetaWahedKitopiLaimoonSyarahTribalUae

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Recently backed

The latest companies COTU Ventures put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name COTU Ventures in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about COTU Ventures

What does COTU Ventures invest in?

COTU Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Proptech, Fintech and B2B Distribution.

How active is COTU Ventures?

5 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has COTU Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Keep Converting (Pre-seed, Sept 2026), Stitch (Series A, May 2026) and Cercli (Series A, Oct 2025).

How big are COTU Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.2M.

Does COTU Ventures lead rounds?

Yes: it led 2 of its 5 investments on record (40%).

Where does COTU Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Arab Emirates (40%), Saudi Arabia (40%) and Egypt (20%).

Is COTU Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is COTU Ventures?

COTU Ventures is a VC firm based in One Central, United Arab Emirates.

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