Participated · Equity · Dec 2025

Founded in 2024 by Marc Michel, Amr Hosny, and Farah Karabeg, Reno offers a single app that combines interior design tools, project management, contractor oversight, and financing—most notably its Renovate Now, Pay Later (RNPL) option—into one cohesive workflow. The platform lets users track live progress, monitor budgets, and follow milestone-based schedules to curb delays and cost overruns. Reno positions itself as the first fully integrated renovation operating system in the GCC, targeting both individual homeowners and multi-unit property investors. Early customer anecdotes cite smoother projects, faster turnaround times, and property value increases of up to 40%. Looking ahead, the company plans to launch an upgraded app in early 2026 featuring AI-powered design suggestions, instant budget estimates, and an intelligent materials engine that gives upfront clarity on scope, pricing, and timelines. The $4 million in fresh funding will finance regional expansion across the GCC, continued technology development, and further refinement of Reno’s renovation workflows. To date, the company’s external funding totals $4 million in a mix of equity and debt capital.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

Kingpin provides a B2B SaaS platform that unifies product information, pricing, customer discovery, and sales processes within a single AI-powered ecosystem. Its technology leverages artificial intelligence to clean and enrich product data, automate repetitive sales tasks, and surface new retail opportunities worldwide. The company currently serves more than 300 distributors and brands across beauty, fashion, sports, and other consumer-goods verticals. Headquartered in Dubai with an office in Abu Dhabi, Kingpin positions itself as an operating system for global wholesale distribution. Management plans to use newly raised capital to deepen engineering resources, expand AI capabilities, and broaden geographic coverage from the Middle East into Europe and North America. The company’s revenue or user growth figures were not disclosed, but the seed financing marks its first publicly announced round and underscores investor confidence in its go-to-market traction.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2025

Founded in 2022 by Pakistani entrepreneurs Meenah Tariq, Omar Parvez Khan, and Dr. Habiba, Metric offers Max, an AI-driven “business co-pilot” that converts complex transactional data into clear spending analyses, forecasts, and growth recommendations for small and medium-sized enterprises. Built on a proprietary dataset of $4.2 billion in transactions, Max supports both English and Arabic and is already used by more than 130,000 businesses in 190 countries. The product integrates with platforms such as Shopify and Zoho and is accessible via web and Android, widening its distribution. Beyond analytics, the platform hosts a marketplace that connects users to embedded financial services and financing options. With fresh capital, Metric plans to deepen adoption in existing markets, expand pilots for integrated banking services across the GCC and other emerging regions, and launch a localized Arabic version for Saudi Arabia in 2025. The company’s cross-regional approach positions it to capture underserved SME segments in emerging markets. To date, Metric has secured $1.3 million in seed funding to fuel these growth initiatives.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2025

Wuilt is a Cairo-headquartered SaaS platform (founded in 2019) that enables users to build websites and online stores and serves small businesses and social sellers in emerging markets. The company recently pivoted from a subscription model to offering its platform for free in Egypt, which led to onboarding over 20,000 merchants. Wuilt monetizes through value-added services such as shipping, payments, and digital wallets rather than platform subscriptions. The startup plans to use new funding to launch a free platform in the UAE by Q4 2025 and expand to the GCC and Turkey in early 2026. It also intends to develop new AI-powered features to support merchants and deepen its merchant services stack.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2025

AtmoCooling develops a proprietary seawater evaporative cooling system that lowers ambient temperatures to create optimized microclimates for agriculture and sustainable development. The system leverages brine and seawater instead of freshwater, offering a scalable, sustainable alternative to traditional cooling methods and reducing heat stress on crops, infrastructure, and communities. The company is advancing pilot deployments in key arid regions and expanding partnerships with researchers, agricultural producers, and sustainability innovators. Led by CEO Paul Mahacek and headquartered in Seattle, WA, AtmoCooling intends to use recent funding to expand operations and grow its business reach. The article does not disclose revenue or user metrics.