Cross-border (India-linked) funds in Dubai

Dubai-based, UAE/MENA-rooted crypto & digital-assets VC founded 2022, co-led by Indian-origin Managing Partner/CEO Vineet Budki (India–MENA diaspora bridge) alongside founder/GP Bijan Alizadeh, who seeded a $100M fund. 66+ investments in...

Dubai-based VC led by Indian-origin co-founder & MD Nebu K. Abraham, explicitly bridging Indian and Middle East ecosystems. Focuses on early-stage IT/IoT and AI/robotics software startups, citing strong demand in the Middle East for Indi...

FLAG: India's largest early-stage accelerator-VC (formerly 9Unicorns, Mumbai) chose ADGM in ABU DHABI as its first foreign office (late 2024), explicitly to build an India–MENA cross-border startup corridor. Launched a $200M Fund 2; 145+...

FLAG: New York-HQ'd with a major ABU DHABI hub and a Bangalore office; $10B+ AUM. One of the largest Gulf-capital-backed venture/growth investors into India — portfolio includes Lenskart and Ola Electric alongside SpaceX. Central node of...

Formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA; opened a Dubai office (alongside Bangalore/Mumbai/Delhi/Singapore) to build a MENA book. GV Ravishankar leads from Dubai, sitting on the boards of Tabby, Huspy and Lean Technologies and leading four ...

FLAG: New York-HQ'd pan-Africa/MENA VC (founded 2017) with offices in Accra, Cairo and Nairobi and Gulf LP ties (IFC-backed new fund). 70+ investments in fintech, commerce and logistics — Flutterwave, Wasoko/MaxAB, UAE's Mamo, MENA socia...