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.
32% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Their most common stage is seed (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $16.6M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
19
Fund Size
$54M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
28 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cercli | Series A | $12M | Oct 2025 |
| LLeadBank | Series B | $70M | Sep 2025 |
 Aydi | 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 |
| Huspy | Series B | $100M | 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 |
| Huspy | Series A | $37M | 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 | — |
 MoneyHash | Seed | $5.2M | — |
| MoneyHash | Series A | $5.2M | — |
 Rekaz Io | Seed | $5M | — |
 Mznil | Series A | $11.7M | — |
| SSafqah | Seed | $15.2M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Flourish Ventures5 shared
VentureFriends4 shared
Emurgo Kepple Ventures4 shared
Founders Fund4 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center3 shared
BY Venture Partners3 shared
Shorooq Partners3 shared
Vision+3 shared
Foundation Capital3 shared
Balderton Capital2 shared
Peak XV Partners2 shared
Turmeric Capital2 shared
RZC Investments2 shared
Dubai Future District Fund2 shared
Susa Ventures2 shared
VentureSouq2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Afore Capital2 shared
Chimera Capital2 shared
500 Global2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026