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Outset Ventures

VC
Dubai, UAEWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

Portfolio

28+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Outset Ventures focuses on early-stage tech startups across the MEA region, predominantly SaaS and enterprise solutions.

Meet the Team

MB

Michael Bignell

Partner - CFO and Operations

MR

Mat R

Director

JG

Jess Gilbert

Partner

SP

Sonya Popoff

Laboratory Manager

AB

Angus Blair

General Partner

OW

Olivia Wensley

Partner - Investor Relations

WB

Will Barker

Investment Committee Member

deep tech ventures
industrial R&D
hardware / manufacturing tech
SP

Sir Peter Beck

Investment Committee Member

aerospace
hardware engineering
scaling frontier tech-companies
IV

Imche Veiga

General Partner

organisational leadership
incubator / lab infrastructure
connecting founders to global capital
MR

Mat Rowe

General Partner

deep tech
science & engineering-based startups
global scale-ups from NZ
DS

Dr Sean Simpson

Investment Committee Member

scientific & technical commercialisation
biotech / sustainable fuels
ecosystem building

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Products

Portfolio Companies (28)

Other

SY

Synapse

SaaS
AZ

Azimut

Regional Enterprise
AQ

Aquila

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Powering drones to fly forever with scalable optical power systems.

AS

Aspiring Materials

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Offering supply chain certainty with locally made critical minerals and materials.

AS

Astrix

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Producing inflatable deployable components for spacecraft of all sizes.

BA

Basis

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Leading the clean energy revolution with a game-changing smart panel.

CE

Ceryx Medical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Creating smart bioelectronic devices that speak the same language as the human body.

DA

Daisy Lab

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Developing precision fermentation food technology.

DE

Dennisson Technologies

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Developing AURAFLEX, an artificial muscle that harnesses the power of smart material technology.

EN

EnergyBank

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Developing the next generation of energy storage technology for the offshore wind market.

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