Shorooq Partners invests in early stage technology startups with a focus on the MENAP region, particularly in areas of technology specific to the region such as FinTech, Platforms, Software, and Tech-enabled business services. They have a portfolio of 40+ startups, generating more than $2.5bn of equity value, with world’s top sovereign wealth funds, corporates, families and individuals as partners. In addition to venture capital, they also launched the region’s first venture debt fund in 2021. The team brings years of entrepreneurship and professional investment experience in venture capital, venture debt and private equity in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States and more. Shorooq Partners is the leading technology investor in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan and has received the Investor of the Year Award three consecutive times. Their mission is to propel the technology startup innovation landscape in the region.