Shorooq Partners Funding Application

Shorooq Partners aspires to help entrepreneurs in their journey to bring world-changing ideas to market – regardless of where they come from. 

We focus on early stage, founder led tech companies (Series Seed to Series A). Our principal sub-sectors of focus are Fintech, Software, Platform businesses in the GCC, Egypt, Jordan region.

Investment Criteria:

Sector: - Sector agnostic but needs to have technology angle to address the real “need” Stage/ Investment

Strategy: - Series Seed and Series A level companies - Opportunistically on Series B

Target business characteristics: - Companies, business models, concepts and technologies that have been proven in mature markets already (US & Europe) and are now transferred to GCC region / emerging markets –(prefer “technology transfer” to “first in the world”) - Preference for post revenue companies - Addresses large and growing market

Team: - A+, dedicated and authentic management team

Investment: - Typical investment size of $100,000 to $300,000