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MVI (MENA Venture Investments)

Founders Arif Naqvi Fadi Ghandour

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Total investments 72
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 60
Rounds per year 4.80
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.17
Exits 10
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Software
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Marketplace
Summary

MVI (MENA Venture Investments) appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2010. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Dubai. The venture was found in Asia in United Arab Emirates.

When the investment is from MVI (MENA Venture Investments) the average startup value is 5-10 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 19 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Opposing the other organizations, this MVI (MENA Venture Investments) works on 19 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The important activity for fund was in 2010. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2014.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the MVI (MENA Venture Investments), startups are often financed by SOSV, Techstars, Samih Toukan. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Dtec Ventures, 500 Startups, Neoteny Labs. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wamda Capital, Saned Partners, SOSV.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Digital Media. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Zignal Labs, littleBits Electronics, Onfleet For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The current fund was established by Arif Naqvi, Fadi Ghandour. The overall number of key employees were 1.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

liwwa

Crowdfunding
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$2M28 Feb 2018 Amman, Amman, Jordan

Connecterra

Agriculture
AgTech
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
$1M19 May 2016 North Holland

Shippify

Collaborative Consumption
Crowdsourcing
Delivery
Developer APIs
Logistics
Shipping
$1M20 Jan 2016 Brazil, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Kindara

Application Software
Apps
Consumer Electronics
Health Care
Medical
Mobile
Other Healthcare Technology Systems
$5M19 Aug 2015 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Onfleet

Delivery
Enterprise Software
Last Mile Transportation
Location Based Services
Logistics
Navigation
Same Day Delivery
Software
$2M21 Apr 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

The Luxury Closet

E-Commerce
Lifestyle
Retail
$2M01 Apr 2015 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Qordoba

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Assistive Technology
Content
Content Marketing
Enterprise
Enterprise Applications
Internet
Natural Language Processing
Small and Medium Businesses
$3M29 Mar 2015 -

Labdoor

E-Commerce
Information Services
Marketplace
Test and Measurement
$1M24 Mar 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

Qordoba

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Assistive Technology
Content
Content Marketing
Enterprise
Enterprise Applications
Internet
Natural Language Processing
Small and Medium Businesses
$2M01 Mar 2015 -

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Total investments 72
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 4.80
Peak activity year 2010
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.17
Exits 10
Group Appearance index 0.43

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

liwwa

Crowdfunding
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$2M28 Feb 2018 Amman, Amman, Jordan

Connecterra

Agriculture
AgTech
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
$1M19 May 2016 North Holland

Shippify

Collaborative Consumption
Crowdsourcing
Delivery
Developer APIs
Logistics
Shipping
$1M20 Jan 2016 Brazil, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Kindara

Application Software
Apps
Consumer Electronics
Health Care
Medical
Mobile
Other Healthcare Technology Systems
$5M19 Aug 2015 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Onfleet

Delivery
Enterprise Software
Last Mile Transportation
Location Based Services
Logistics
Navigation
Same Day Delivery
Software
$2M21 Apr 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

The Luxury Closet

E-Commerce
Lifestyle
Retail
$2M01 Apr 2015 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Qordoba

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Assistive Technology
Content
Content Marketing
Enterprise
Enterprise Applications
Internet
Natural Language Processing
Small and Medium Businesses
$3M29 Mar 2015 -

Labdoor

E-Commerce
Information Services
Marketplace
Test and Measurement
$1M24 Mar 2015 San Francisco, California, United States

Qordoba

Apps
Artificial Intelligence
Assistive Technology
Content
Content Marketing
Enterprise
Enterprise Applications
Internet
Natural Language Processing
Small and Medium Businesses
$2M01 Mar 2015 -
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