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Outset Ventures

VC
Dubai, UAEWebsite

Outset Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Dubai, UAE investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 28 portfolio companies in our records.

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.

How Outset Ventures invests

Outset Ventures is a vc firm based in Dubai, UAE. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer Products.

Outset Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.

Outset Ventures has backed 28 companies in our records, including Synapse, Azimut, Aquila.

Meet the Team

MB

Michael Bignell

Partner - CFO and Operations

MR

Mat R

Director

SP

Sonya Popoff

Laboratory Manager

AB

Angus Blair

General Partner

OW

Olivia Wensley

Partner - Investor Relations

JG

Jess Gilbert

Partner

WB

Will Barker

Investment Committee Member

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

Imche Veiga

General Partner

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

Sir Peter Beck

Investment Committee Member

aerospace
hardware engineering
scaling frontier tech-companies
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

Powering drones to fly forever with scalable optical power systems.

AS

Aspiring Materials

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

AS

Astrix

Producing inflatable deployable components for spacecraft of all sizes.

BA

Basis

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

CE

Ceryx Medical

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

DA

Daisy Lab

Developing precision fermentation food technology.

DE

Dennisson Technologies

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

EN

EnergyBank

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

How to pitch Outset Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Bignell, Partner - CFO and Operations.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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