Shorooq Partners Investments & Fund Profile

Overview

Alternative investment manager focusing on technology companies in MENA.

Founded

2017

Deals · 12mo

7

Links

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Stage focus

Seed

Series A

Geographic focus

Egypt

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

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Sector focus

Advertising

Financial Services

FinTech

Health Care

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Investment portfolio

63rounds

LedParticipated

NAME	DATE	SIZE
Aumet	May 2026Participated	$12 MSeries A
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI)	Mar 2026Participated	$1.0 BSeed
Safqah Capital	Feb 2026Led	$15 MSeed
Open.cx	Jan 2026Participated	$7 MOther Equity
Crunched	Jan 2026Participated	$6 MSeed
Roamless	Dec 2025Participated	$12 MSeries A
Strataphy	Nov 2025Led	$6 MSeed
qlub	Jul 2025Led	$30 MOther Equity
Rekaz	Jul 2025Participated	$5 MSeed
Nawy	May 2025Participated	$75 MSeries A
CQR	Feb 2025Led	$3 MOther Equity
Pemo	Nov 2024Participated	$7 MOther Equity
Aumet	May 2026Participated	$12 MSeries A
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI)	Mar 2026Participated	$1.0 BSeed
Safqah Capital	Feb 2026Led	$15 MSeed
Open.cx	Jan 2026Participated	$7 MOther Equity
Crunched	Jan 2026Participated	$6 MSeed
Roamless	Dec 2025Participated	$12 MSeries A
Strataphy	Nov 2025Led	$6 MSeed
qlub	Jul 2025Led	$30 MOther Equity
Rekaz	Jul 2025Participated	$5 MSeed
Nawy	May 2025Participated	$75 MSeries A
CQR	Feb 2025Led	$3 MOther Equity
Pemo	Nov 2024Participated	$7 MOther Equity

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Deal Distribution

Shorooq Partners: 63 funding rounds are recorded in the selected participation categories. All available history
Round type	Led deals	Participated deals
Seed	12	10
Series A	8	15
Series B	0	4
Series C+	0	1
Other Equity	6	5
Debt	1	1

Monthly Deal Activity

Shorooq Partners: 63 deals are recorded across 108 months. All available history
Month	Deals
Nov '17	1
Dec '17	0
Jan '18	0
Feb '18	0
Mar '18	1
Apr '18	0
May '18	0
Jun '18	0
Jul '18	0
Aug '18	0
Sep '18	1
Oct '18	0
Nov '18	0
Dec '18	0
Jan '19	0
Feb '19	0
Mar '19	0
Apr '19	0
May '19	0
Jun '19	0
Jul '19	0
Aug '19	0
Sep '19	0
Oct '19	0
Nov '19	1
Dec '19	0
Jan '20	1
Feb '20	0
Mar '20	0
Apr '20	1
May '20	0
Jun '20	0
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	0
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	1
Nov '20	0
Dec '20	0
Jan '21	0
Feb '21	1
Mar '21	1
Apr '21	0
May '21	0
Jun '21	0
Jul '21	0
Aug '21	1
Sep '21	3
Oct '21	1
Nov '21	2
Dec '21	1
Jan '22	3
Feb '22	2
Mar '22	1
Apr '22	3
May '22	2
Jun '22	2
Jul '22	1
Aug '22	0
Sep '22	0
Oct '22	1
Nov '22	0
Dec '22	0
Jan '23	0
Feb '23	0
Mar '23	2
Apr '23	0
May '23	0
Jun '23	0
Jul '23	0
Aug '23	0
Sep '23	0
Oct '23	3
Nov '23	2
Dec '23	2
Jan '24	1
Feb '24	1
Mar '24	1
Apr '24	0
May '24	0
Jun '24	1
Jul '24	4
Aug '24	0
Sep '24	0
Oct '24	1
Nov '24	2
Dec '24	0
Jan '25	0
Feb '25	1
Mar '25	0
Apr '25	0
May '25	1
Jun '25	0
Jul '25	2
Aug '25	0
Sep '25	0
Oct '25	0
Nov '25	1
Dec '25	1
Jan '26	2
Feb '26	1
Mar '26	1
Apr '26	0
May '26	1
Jun '26	0
Jul '26	0
Aug '26	0
Sep '26	0
Oct '26	0

Sector Breakdown

A deal can appear in multiple sectors, so sector totals may overlap. Capital represents disclosed total round sizes, not fund cheque sizes.

Shorooq Partners: Fintech is the largest displayed sector by deal count (22 deals). All available history
Sector	Deals
Fintech	22
Networks, Cloud & Communication	17
Enterprise Software	14
E-Commerce & Retail	12
Transportation & Logistics	11
AI & Machine Learning	11
Food & Agriculture	9
Professional Services	6
Clean Energy & Sustainability	5
Travel & Hospitality	4
Data, Analytics & IT	4
Real Estate & Construction	4
Manufacturing	4
AR/VR	3
Crypto & Blockchain	3
Hardware & Robotics	3
Media & Entertainment	3
Health & Life Sciences	3
Cybersecurity & Privacy	2
Social & Community Platforms	2
Space & Frontier Tech	1
Marketing & Advertising	1
Gaming & eSports	1
Developer Tools	1

Deal Size Distribution

Undisclosed round sizes are excluded. Capital represents total round sizes, not fund cheque sizes.

Shorooq Partners: 63 rounds have a disclosed size in the displayed size bands. All available history
Round size band (USD)	Deals
<$5M	24
$5M-$10M	13
$10M-$25M	16
$25M-$50M	6
$50M-$100M	1
$100M-$250M	1
$250M-$500M	1
$500M-$1B	0
$1B+	1

Deals By Geography

Top 10 of 11 regions; European countries are grouped as Europe.

Shorooq Partners: United Arab Emirates has the largest recorded deal count among the displayed regions (15 deals). All available history
Region	Deals
United Arab Emirates	15
Saudi Arabia	15
United States	10
Pakistan	7
Egypt	5
Europe	5
Bangladesh	2
Hong Kong	1
Nigeria	1
Jordan	1

Co-Investors

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Shows up to 20 co-investors ranked by shared deals. Deals may be shared with multiple funds, so rows overlap. Capital is total round size, not fund cheque size.

Shorooq Partners: 20 co-investors are shown, with 500 Global sharing 10 recorded deals. All available history
Co-investor	Shared deals
500 Global	10
Endeavor Catalyst	5
VentureSouq	5
Arzan Venture Capital	4
Cherry Ventures	4
Middle East Venture Partners	4
Y Combinator	4
Abercross Holdings	3
FinTech Collective	3
Hala Ventures	3
Oman Technology Fund	3
Outliers Venture Capital	3
Sanabil Investments	3
STV	3
4DX Ventures	2
AAIC	2
AgFunder	2
Aujan Enterprises	2
B&Y Venture Partners	2
Checkout.com	2