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    COTU

    Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFounded 2020

    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.

    57% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Their most common stage is seed (71% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.5M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    $54M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Amir Farha

    Amir Farha

    Investment Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    7 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Cercli logoCercliSeries A$12MOct 2025
    Huspy logoHuspySeries B$59MJul 2025
    MoneyHash logoMoneyHashSeed$5.2MJan 2025
    Cercli logoCercliSeed$4MSep 2024
    AdalFi logoAdalFiSeed$7.5MFeb 2023
    Zenda logoZendaSeed$9.4MApr 2022
    MoneyHash logoMoneyHashSeed$4.5M

    Top Co-Investors

    Y Combinator2 shared
    Emurgo Kepple Ventures1 shared
    STV1 shared
    VentureSouq1 shared
    Rebel Fund1 shared
    Picus Capita1 shared
    Peak XV1 shared
    Turmeric Capital1 shared
    Zayn Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 15 April 2026