EF

EFG Hermes Ventures

VC
Cairo, EgyptWebsite
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

14+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2024Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Strategic venture arm of EFG Hermes investing in fintech and financial services innovation across MENA.

Meet the Team

BA

Bakr Abdel Wahab

Head of Infrastructure Investments, Private Equity (Egypt), EFG Hermes

Infrastructure
Renewable Energy
Egypt investments
SY

Samer Yassa

Head of Private Equity (Egypt), EFG Hermes

Private Equity
Egypt focused growth sectors
MK

Mohamed Khalifa

Managing Director, Private Equity, EFG Hermes

Private Equity
Healthcare / Education / Infrastructure
KM

Karim Moussa

Co-CEO of the Investment Bank (Buy-Side) and Head of Asset Management & Private Equity, EFG Hermes

Private Equity
Asset Management
Renewable Energy via Vortex
Healthcare via Rx Healthcare
Education via Egypt Education Platform
AE

Ahmed Eid

Managing Director, Private Equity, EFG Hermes

Private Equity
Growth platform investments in Egypt

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
Developer Tools
EdTech

Portfolio Companies (14)

2024

BA

Bank NXT

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

2021

AI

aiBANK

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

2017

EF

EFG EV Fintech

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Other

DA

Dayra

Fintech (financial inclusion / embedded finance)·Pre‑seed·EFG EV Fintech

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Cairo‑based fintech providing unbanked gig workers and micro‑businesses with financial services such as accounts and credit.

KI

Kiwe

Fintech (payments / social P2P)·Venture round / early‑stage equity round

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Egyptian peer‑to‑peer social payment app that lets users transfer money instantly and targets youth and the unbanked.

KL

Klickit

Fintech (payments / edtech payments infrastructure)·First institutional investment round

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Egyptian fees‑management and digital collection platform for education providers (schools, universities) to manage and collect tuition and related payments.

SY

Sylndr

Mobility / auto‑commerce·Debt / loan financing round

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Egypt‑based online used‑car retailer and auto‑commerce platform.

VA

valU

Fintech (Egypt)
FA

Fawry

Payments (Egypt)
BE

Bedaya

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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