Nuwa Capital
Nuwa Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in Dubai, UAE investing in Other, Marketplace, Fintech. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 38 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 38 companies on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- AUM
- $100M
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Marketplace, Fintech, Consumer, Food / AgTech, SaaS, AI / ML, Healthcare, Real Estate
- HQ
- Dubai, UAE
Last verified: 2026-05-21
Seed
$250K – $3.0M
$100M
38+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Nuwa Capital supports transformative ideas driving change in MENA, with priorities in mobility, marketplaces, and safety-oriented solutions.
How Nuwa Capital invests
Nuwa Capital is a vc firm based in Dubai, UAE. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, Fintech, Consumer, Food / AgTech.
Nuwa Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $100M in assets under management.
Nuwa Capital has backed 38 companies in our records, including Ziina, Dailymealz, Alfredo Bandini.
Partners & Team
Kiana Sharifi
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (38)
Other
Ziina
Dailymealz
Alfredo Bandini
Contemporary footwear brand blending Italian craftsmanship with modern design—minimal, expressive sneakers made to move effortlessly between worlds.
Mantas
Parametric insurance built for today's digital risks.
Gowit
Omnichannel Commerce & Retail Media Platform.
Nafes
Nafes is an AI-powered procurement and bid management platform that automates tender discovery, bid preparation, compliance validation, and pricing optimization.
KeepConverting AI
Keep Converting is a platform that automates and improves e-commerce UI/UX, delivering quick, measurable increases in conversions and unlocking untapped revenue.
Mala
Mala is Saudi Arabia’s first B2B 'Buy Now, Pay Later' platform, revolutionizing business credit access for medium and large sized enterprises.
ClearGrid
ClearGrid is a debt resolution platform powered by emerging technologies.
Muwazana
Muwazana delivers critical liquidity to the Saudi Exchange, enabling market participants to make better, more informed decisions while making the market more efficient.
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kiana Sharifi, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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