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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Venture Capital startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Speed Accelerator | Early Stage Venture | Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia | ||
B&Y Venture Partners | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia | ||
Phoenician Funds | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia | ||
Nucleus Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia | ||
Sovereign Wealth Reserve | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Venture | Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia |
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We’ve ranked the top Venture Capital Early Stage Venture investors in Lebanon. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Venture Capital Investors & Funds (Lebanon)
Speed Accelerator
Speed is a tech accelerator based out of the Beirut Digital District that empowers software startups to succeed and scale globally through a 3-month mentorship-driven program, $30,000 in funding, and a lifelong network of mentors and partners. The accelerator offers software startups $30,000 in financial support, an intensive 3-month mentorship-driven program that includes in-house mentorship, mentorship from experts, workshops, access to a network of investors, and a free working space at BDD, in exchange for 5% equity in common shares. Startups also receive lifelong support from a network of 100+ local and international mentors, the opportunity to be sponsored by Speed for a 2-week immersion program in Silicon Valley in partnership with LebNet, technology perks worth $1M+ through the accelerator’s partnership with the Global Accelerator Network (GAN), and a fast-track referral to the 47 Techstars programs around the world.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Venture Capital
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B&Y Venture Partners
B&Y Venture Partners started with a vision: to create the go-to venture capital fund for early-stage technology start-ups. We do this by investing in great entrepreneurs and by providing them with value beyond just money, in exchange for a minority share in their business. We aim to partner with world-class entrepreneurs who want to build the next big technology success stories. We look for highly-driven teams with a “get it done” attitude, who can achieve exceptional execution of their ideas. We believe that founding teams are the most important component of start-up success.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia
Industries: Asset Management, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Phoenician Funds
Phoenician Funds is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early stage companies operating in Fintech and other attractive sectors in MENA. They are seasoned advisors, devoted problem solvers, and serial entrepreneurs, who share a passion for technology and proactively seek opportunities in sectors that are ripe for disruption. They also actively supports founders to co-shape successful ventures in the early stages of investment, and create value across the investment life-cycle. Aside from that, they provide strategic guidance, market access and insights, linkages to proprietary networks as well as proven execution capabilities to drive long-term success of their portfolio companies. The team was launched Phoenician Fund I (“PF I”) in 2016.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia
Industries: Advice, Finance, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Nucleus Ventures
Nucleus Ventures is a startup hub. Nucleus Ventures is running programs that build scalable businesses attractive to investors. Nucleus Ventures finds the most innovative startups in emerging markets from all stages and helps transform them into international ventures through structured and targeted access to global validation, mentorship, and expertise, in addition to funding. The Nucleus program is a seed program offering customized support paths to early-stage startups, helping them quickly validate and build their ventures with a customer-centric and international focus. The Program is open to entrepreneurs from idea stage all the way through to established businesses with less than $2M annual revenue, and to small to medium enterprises looking to redefine their business model and product.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Sovereign Wealth Reserve
A sovereign and independent fund brought forth by the finest of CapB. The Sovereign Wealth Reserve is acknowledged, by its enablers, to be the official investment arm of CapB. Under its mandate, the Reserve upholds the preservation and creation of its commissioned wealth to the highest of regards.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Venture
Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Asia
Industries: Asset Management, Venture Capital
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