Global Ventures

Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm based in the United Arab Emirates, investing in founders and growth-stage companies across markets including the Middle East and Africa. It says it focuses on sectors such as financial technology, health technology, education technology, agricultural technology and enterprise software, backing businesses it describes as addressing real market needs with technology-enabled solutions. Named portfolio companies include Immensa, which uses additive manufacturing to digitise physical spare parts; BioSapien, a preclinical oncology biotechnology company; Paymob, a Cairo-based electronic payments enabler; Seafood Souq, which operates a business-to-business marketplace for the seafood industry; Zid, which lets retailers build online stores with integrated payment, warehousing and delivery providers; and Yodawy, an app for ordering medicines and cosmetics from nearby pharmacies.