Local Roots Ventures
Local Roots Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Dubai, UAE investing in Other, Marketplace, Consumer. The firm typically writes $750K–$2.5M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $750K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 14 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Marketplace, Consumer, AI / ML, Food / AgTech
- HQ
- Dubai, UAE
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-15
Pre-Seed, Seed
$750K – $2.5M
14+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage startups bridging online and offline experiences and driving local commerce with digital solutions for travel and retail.
How Local Roots Ventures invests
Local Roots Ventures is a vc firm based in Dubai, UAE. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, Consumer, AI / ML, Food / AgTech. It does not invest in Crypto, Biotech.
Local Roots Ventures typically writes checks of $750K–$2.5M per investment.
Local Roots Ventures has backed 14 companies in our records, including MarketMe, RoomDrop, Local Roots Kombucha.
Partners & Team
Ahmed Karim
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (14)
Other
MarketMe
RoomDrop
Local Roots Kombucha
A beverage company specializing in kombucha.
Cancrie
A company that received Seed VC funding.
Sports For Life
A company that received Seed VC funding.
Go Desi
A company that received Series B funding.
Local Roots Farms
Designs, builds, deploys, and operates containerized vertical urban farms ('TerraFarms') for local, year-round produce.
Vervesemi Microelectronics
Fabless Indian semiconductor company building analog signal-chain ICs & embedding machine learning into analog design.
Nova Nova
Chocolate & novelty snacks brand in India; launched Best Bite mini cones, Choco Pockets, etc.
Manastu Space
Specializing in space-sector services: in-space refuelling, life extension, de-orbiting; green propulsion technology.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $750K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ahmed Karim, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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