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EQ2 Ventures

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EQ2 Ventures is an evergreen venture holding company spun off from Equitrust, the corporate VC arm of Dubai-based Choueiri Group. It invests early in emerging market founders, focusing on the Middle East and Africa, with a portfolio spanning various sectors.

EQ2 Ventures is a corporate venture arm, founded in 2020. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in Ad-tech, E-commerce, marketplaces and Ed-tech. Its stated cheque size is up to $3M in follow-on rounds. 27 portfolio companies, as it reports.

“We identify exceptional founders at Seed to Series A stages.”

— EQ2 Ventures, own website
Layer
Direct investor
Type
Corporate venture
Stage
Seed – Series A
Invests in
Middle East, Africa
Sectors
Ad-tech, E-commerce, Marketplaces, Ed-tech, Fin-tech, AI-powered SaaS
Cheque size
up to $3M in follow-on rounds
Founded
2020
Portfolio
27 companies

Team, as EQ2 Ventures publishes it

  • Patrick Thiriet Chief Executive Officer
  • Manish Phulwani Associate Director
  • Iman Beheiry Head of Operations
  • Karim Nahas Value Creation

Names and roles exactly as listed on eq2ventures.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.

Where this comes from

Every fact above was read from a page EQ2 Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.

  • https://www.eq2ventures.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, portfolio_count, people, status, confidence

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