COTU Ventures (Champions Of The Underdog) is a Dubai-based seed-stage venture capital firm on a mission to reinvent how seed investing is done in the Middle East by backing extraordinary founders with their first check.
Their most common stage is seed (74% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.8M (across 18 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
16
Fund Size
$54M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
19 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cercli | Series A | $12M | Oct 2025 |
| AAydi | Seed | $7.5M | Sep 2025 |
 Huspy | Series B | $59M | Jul 2025 |
 MoneyHash | Seed | $5.2M | Jan 2025 |
 Kingpin | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Aydi | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2025 |
| Cercli | Seed | $4M | Sep 2024 |
 Adalfi | Seed | — | Feb 2023 |
 Zenda | Seed | $9.4M | Apr 2022 |
 Qureos | Pre-Seed | $3M | Jan 2022 |
 Englease | Seed | $3.4M | Dec 2021 |
| MoneyHash | Seed | $4.5M | — |
 Mnzil | Series A | $44M | — |
 Rekaz | Seed | $5M | — |
 Supy | Seed | $8M | — |
| Qureos | Seed | $5M | — |
 Rekaz Io | Seed | $5M | — |
 Mznil | Series A | $11.7M | — |
| SSafqah | Seed | $15.2M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Founders Fund3 shared
Shorooq Partners3 shared
BY Venture Partners2 shared
RZC Investments2 shared
Dubai Future District Fund2 shared
VentureFriends2 shared
Susa Ventures2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Afore Capital2 shared
500 Global2 shared
Impact462 shared
Salica Investments2 shared
Globivest2 shared
Foundation Capital2 shared
Balderton Capital1 shared
Peak XV Partners1 shared
Turmeric Capital1 shared
Icon Ventures1 shared
Visionary Ventures1 shared
Flourish Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026