Dubai directory · 244 firms

Venture capital firms in Dubai

A decade ago Dubai venture capital barely existed. Now the emirate is the funding hub for MENA's startup wave, and the funds have arrived faster than anyone has counted them - global names opening regional offices, homegrown seed funds, and investors bridging the Gulf with South Asia and Africa. FirmScope tracks 244 VC firms with a real Dubai presence, each one verified by hand before joining the list.

A sample of the funds is below, ordered by team size. The full directory adds stage filters, working links for every fund, and a pipeline tracker for managing approaches one by one.

101
Venture (Generalist)
52
Early Stage
15
Growth
11
Seed

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25 of the 244 firms on the list

FirmFocusTeam size
Alwaso (Pvt.) LtdVenture (Generalist)51-200
Charm Offensive-51-200
Liang HoldingsVenture (Generalist)51-200
Stense-51-200
SterlingForte Capital LtdSeed51-200
TurbostartVenture (Generalist)51-200
A42Venture (Generalist)11-50
ABFM Solutions-11-50
Alpha Centurion CapitalEarly Stage11-50
Asasat Business Projects GmbH-11-50
Atoia VenturesSeed11-50
CannyLabsVenture (Generalist)11-50
Cassini Partners-11-50
Continuous VenturesVenture (Generalist)11-50
CRT LabsVenture (Generalist)11-50
Dubai Future District FundVenture (Generalist)11-50
Dubai Green Fund “DGF”Venture (Generalist)11-50
EchoVenturesEarly Stage11-50
enpiregroup-11-50
EquiTie-11-50
FiftyPoints Venture CapitalEarly Stage11-50
Free LabsVenture (Generalist)11-50
Gia VenturesVenture (Generalist)11-50
Global VenturesGrowth11-50
GroundBreak CapitalVenture (Generalist)11-50

Ordered by team size, then name. Websites, LinkedIn pages, search and filters are in the full directory.

The other 219 firms

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Every firm, verified website and LinkedIn links, named contacts where published, filters, private notes and an outreach tracker. Free account first, no card needed.

Who is on this list

Funds with a real Dubai presence and an active investing practice: pre-seed and seed specialists, generalist early-stage funds, growth investors, and sector funds across fintech, logistics, climate and consumer.

Sovereign investors are excluded everywhere. So are crypto-signals operations and token shops posing as funds - a Dubai speciality, filtered hard. Family offices that do occasional deals are mostly excluded too.

Full detail on sourcing and verification is on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many VC firms are there in Dubai?

FirmScope currently lists 244 venture capital firms with a Dubai presence, pre-seed through growth - one of the larger verified lists available anywhere.

Can founders use this to find investors?

Yes, and many do. Filtering funds by stage and researching each one properly beats blasting a bought lead list every time. The notes and tracker exist for exactly that workflow.

How do people get jobs in venture capital?

Rarely through job boards. VC hiring runs on networks, direct approaches, and scout or platform roles that turn into investing seats. Step one is a complete map of the funds; that is the gap this list fills.

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