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Iliad Partners

Founders Christos Mastoras

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Total investments 8
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$13M
Portfolio companies 5
Rounds per year 0.80
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.38
Key employees 2
http://www.iliad-partners.com/
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics
  • Delivery Service
  • E-Commerce
  • Information Technology
Summary

Iliad Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2014. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in United Arab Emirates. The main department of described VC is located in the Dubai.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

The current fund was established by Christos Mastoras.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6 partakers. Despite the Iliad Partners, startups are often financed by Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF), Raed Ventures, Arzan Venture Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are YBA Kanoo, VentureSouq, Swicorp. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by International Finance Corporation, Shorooq Partners, STV - Overview.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Information Technology, Transportation. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Fetchr. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Arab Emirates.

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Funds investing in previous rounds
These funds often invest in the rounds preceeding the rounds of Iliad Partners:
1 New Enterprise Associates
2 Raed Ventures
3 Shorooq Partners
Typical Co-investors
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Funds with similar focus

Funds from United Arab Emirates
Funds with similar focus located in United Arab Emirates:
1 Delta Partners Capital Limited
2 Jabbar Internet Group
3 Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
4 Venture MENA
5 VentureSouq
Funds with the same geo focus
Funds with similar geography of portfolio companies:
1 Anova Investments
2 KISP Ventures
3 Oak Capital
4 Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF)
5 Saned Partners
Funds doing lead investments
Funds with similar focus acting as lead investors:
1 Greenland Group
2 LRJ Capital
3 Purpose Financial
4 Session.vc
5 V1.cn
Team
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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OTO Global

Delivery Service
Shipping
Software
Warehousing
$8M22 Jul 2024
Soma Capital
Sanabil
Sadu Capital
Propeller
Iliad Partners
 Delaware, United States

penny software

B2B
Enterprise Software
Procurement
SaaS
Software
15 Apr 2024
Wamda Capital
Shorooq Partners
Outliers Venture Capital
Oryx Fund
Knollwood Investment Advisory
Iliad Partners
Class 5 Global
Al Tuwaijri Fund
 Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Qashio

Accounting
Financial Services
FinTech
$10M22 Nov 2022
Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator
Phoenix
One Way Ventures
Nuwa Capital
MIT Alumni Angels
Iliad Partners
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Fetchr

Delivery Service
E-Commerce
Information Technology
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
$15M23 Jul 2020
Iliad Partners
BECO Capital
Tamer Group
CMA CGM
 Dubai

TruKKer

Freight Service
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Transportation
$23M12 Nov 2019
Endeavor Catalyst
Oman Technology Fund
International Finance Corporation
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Shorooq Partners
STV
Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF)
Iliad Partners
 United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Fetchr

Delivery Service
E-Commerce
Information Technology
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
$41M16 May 2017
New Enterprise Associates
Sahra Growth Capital
NGP Capital
Swicorp
BECO Capital
Raed Ventures
YBA Kanoo
VentureSouq
Majid Al Futtaim Holdings LLC.
Iliad Partners
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Total investments 8
Average round size 13M
Rounds per year 0.80
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.38
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OTO Global

Delivery Service
Shipping
Software
Warehousing
$8M22 Jul 2024
Soma Capital
Sanabil
Sadu Capital
Propeller
Iliad Partners
 Delaware, United States

penny software

B2B
Enterprise Software
Procurement
SaaS
Software
15 Apr 2024
Wamda Capital
Shorooq Partners
Outliers Venture Capital
Oryx Fund
Knollwood Investment Advisory
Iliad Partners
Class 5 Global
Al Tuwaijri Fund
 Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Qashio

Accounting
Financial Services
FinTech
$10M22 Nov 2022
Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator
Phoenix
One Way Ventures
Nuwa Capital
MIT Alumni Angels
Iliad Partners
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Fetchr

Delivery Service
E-Commerce
Information Technology
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
$15M23 Jul 2020
Iliad Partners
BECO Capital
Tamer Group
CMA CGM
 Dubai

TruKKer

Freight Service
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Transportation
$23M12 Nov 2019
Endeavor Catalyst
Oman Technology Fund
International Finance Corporation
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Shorooq Partners
STV
Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF)
Iliad Partners
 United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Fetchr

Delivery Service
E-Commerce
Information Technology
Logistics
Supply Chain Management
$41M16 May 2017
New Enterprise Associates
Sahra Growth Capital
NGP Capital
Swicorp
BECO Capital
Raed Ventures
YBA Kanoo
VentureSouq
Majid Al Futtaim Holdings LLC.
Iliad Partners
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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