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<strong>Venture</strong> <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> ReportO<strong>the</strong>r MENA VC Firms/FundsAccelerator Technology Hold<strong>in</strong>gsAccelerator Technology Hold<strong>in</strong>gs acts through a group of <strong>com</strong>panies established <strong>in</strong> Bahra<strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong> Jordan to <strong>in</strong>vest <strong>in</strong>ventures <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> ICT value cha<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arab world.www.acceleratortech.<strong>com</strong>AureosAureos <strong>in</strong>vests <strong>in</strong> susta<strong>in</strong>able small <strong>and</strong> medium-sized bus<strong>in</strong>esses <strong>in</strong> emerg<strong>in</strong>g markets.www.aureos.<strong>com</strong>BerytechBerytech provides <strong>in</strong>cubation, support <strong>and</strong> host<strong>in</strong>g opportunities to enterprises operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> fields of Technology,Multimedia <strong>and</strong> Health. The Berytech fund <strong>in</strong>vests <strong>in</strong> early growth Lebanese ICT <strong>com</strong>panies. It has 19 shareholders ofwhich Cisco & Intel <strong>Capital</strong>, 5 Banks, an <strong>in</strong>surance <strong>com</strong>pany, USJ University, Berytech (<strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>cubator), <strong>and</strong> LebaneseICT <strong>com</strong>panies.www.berytechfund.orgCatalyst PECatalyst PE is a regional Energy <strong>and</strong> Water sector product <strong>and</strong> technology focused private equity firm that also <strong>in</strong>vests<strong>in</strong> early stage <strong>com</strong>panies <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> energy <strong>and</strong> sector.www.catalystpe.<strong>com</strong>DAYAM FundThe DAYAM fund is backed upstream by Sherpa F<strong>in</strong>ance , a non for profit entity sponsored by SAHAM Group, whichaims to assist <strong>and</strong> foster Moroccan entrepreneurs.www.sherpaf<strong>in</strong>ance.<strong>com</strong>Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO)DSO’s primary area of <strong>in</strong>vestment is high-tech, particularly mobile, Internet, data centres, Arabization/local¬ization,software/SAAS, seimiconductors, as well as areas such as clean-tech <strong>and</strong> bio-tech, provided <strong>the</strong>y <strong>in</strong>tersect with <strong>the</strong>high-tech sector. DSO offers two types of tech-focused funds for strategic purposes: an early stage fund (for MENAbased <strong>com</strong>panies) <strong>and</strong> growth stage fund (MENA & non-MENA based <strong>com</strong>panies).www.dsoa.aeIdeavelopersIdeavelopers is a subsidiary of EFG-Hermes Private Equity, <strong>and</strong> manages a $50 million fund focused on early stagetechnology <strong>com</strong>panies.www.ideavelopers.<strong>com</strong>Intel <strong>Capital</strong>www.<strong>in</strong>telcapital.<strong>com</strong>33
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