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Nuwa Capital
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Nuwa Capital is a Dubai and Riyadh-based investment platform that aims to 'redefine the relationship between founders and capital' by delivering a founder-led, value creation approach to venture investment in emerging markets — primarily MENA (UAE, KSA), Turkey, Pakistan, and East Africa. The firm places seasoned entrepreneurs and operational partners at the core of its platform, offering portfolio companies direct access to a curated network of accomplished founders and domain experts. Nuwa focuses on early-stage technology companies across Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), SaaS, Fintech, Healthtech, AI, and e-commerce, investing from pre-seed through Series B. The fund is built around a 'founder-first' philosophy: it shares carried interest with portfolio founders, provides hands-on operational support, and maintains a culture of transparency — believing that 'the collective growth of our industry serves to benefit all stakeholders.'
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“The ambition of the team at Nuwa Capital is to rewrite the book on how we think about Venture Capital in emerging markets. There exists at this moment an incredible opportunity to help build the next generation of disruptive companies that will come to define their respective industries and we at Nuwa along with our Partners are primed to lead this transformation.”
“We launched the fund in a year forever marked with the upending of how our economies and societies have traditionally functioned. At the heart of this shift was the unprecedented adoption of technology, particularly in emerging markets. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to reshape our economies around innovation and entrepreneurship and prime our societies for decades of positive growth.”
“We expect to see companies continue to grow regionally and invest in their businesses. We have been operating in this space for about a decade and continue to see new models emerge and further blur the lines between tech and non-tech. As the appetite of corporates to meaningfully work with startups increasingly develops, we will be witnessing more pronounced changes.”
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Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Global Ventures | 4 |
| Wamda Capital | 3 |
| Raed Ventures | 3 |
| Sanabil Investments | 2 |
| Formus Capital | 2 |
| COTU Ventures | 2 |
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