Egypt Ventures

Established in 2017, Egypt Ventures is an investment firm seeded by the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation with a mandate of supporting and investing in startups from a diverse range of sectors across Egypt. Egypt Ventures has created a blended finance model through which investments are directed into accelerators, venture capital firms, and startups at the early and growth stages. They invest in innovation-driven enterprises led by strong and resilient entrepreneurs that have the potential to create high economic value and compete on an international level. Egypt Ventures aims to cultivate and foster a startup culture in the Egyptian economy, catalyze the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and build economic competitiveness leading to GDP growth.

• Develop the Egyptian entrepreneurial ecosystem.
• Increase deal-flow from startups to scaleups.
• Support the development of new and existing accelerators and venture capital firms.
• Act as a market catalyst for socio-economic development.
• Fill the finance gap between self-financing and conventional capital market activity.