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    COTU

    Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFounded 2020
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    FintechHR & Talent

    COTU Ventures primarily focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, aiming to be the first institutional investor. Their strategy emphasizes building authentic, trust-driven relationships with founders and providing hands-on support in areas such as strategy, fundraising, product, technology, and data science, while remaining sector-agnostic but leaning into large markets.

    60% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 2 prior). Their most common stage is series-a (60% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.6M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    5

    Fund Size

    $54M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    AF

    Amir Farha

    Managing Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    5 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Cercli logoCercliSeries A$12MOct 2025
    MoneyHash logoMoneyHashSeries A$5.2MJan 2025
    Cercli logoCercliSeed$4MSep 2024
    AdalFi logoAdalFiSeries A$7.5MFeb 2023
    Zenda logoZendaSeed$9.4MApr 2022

    Top Co-Investors

    Afore Capital2 shared
    Y Combinator2 shared
    Flourish Ventures1 shared
    STV1 shared
    Founders Fund1 shared
    VentureSouq1 shared
    Rebel Fund1 shared
    Picus Capita1 shared
    Knollwood Investment Advisory1 shared
    Chimera Capital1 shared
    Fatima Gobi Ventures1 shared
    Zayn Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 5 March 2026