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What does VentureSouq invest in?
VentureSouq invests most often at Seed and Venture (69% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintech, Climatetech and Digital Media.
VentureSouq highlights
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5 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Venture: 69% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 7 rounds, median $800K
What they do
VentureSouq (VSQ) is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- FintechClimatetechDigital Media
- Based in
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first83 appearances
- 2026
4 rounds
- May
- Mar
- Mar
- Jan
- 2025
15 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- 2024
15 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- 2023
10 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration5 named
SISimon Irungu WairegiDirectoriFiling they signed
SGSonia GokhaleDirectoriFiling they signed
SWSonia WeymullerDirectoriFiling they signed
SGSuneel GokhaleDirectoriFiling they signed
TMTammer Maher QaddumiDirectoriFiling they signed
We also hold 12 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)
60 of 60 we have independently watched raise
Akedo GamesAlboAltroAmplemarketAndelaAnja HealthAuki LabsAvalon FinanceAvoAvrioBarakaBelvoBlueCargoBoba NetworkBraveCareBueno FinanceBuildStreamBukuwarungCirca5000City FurnishClinikallyCloosiv (merged with Odeko)ConcordiaConnect MoneyCorvus RoboticsCowryWiseCreditbookCurrent FoodsCybleDAPIDayraDecentroDeep SourceDendra SystemsElevate PayElphaEmbraceEngage BioEradExlyExploFCGFamPayFarmTogetherFlux AutoFondeadoraGuestReadyHakbahHelium HealthHuma FinanceHuspyImmensaImmutableXImpossible FoodsInovatInyadIvellaJeevesJenfiKalshiand 133 more
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.