About Disrupt
Disrupt is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Dublin, Ireland. As of Nov 2025, Disrupt is an active investor, having invested in 16 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Pakistan based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Retail to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Secure.com Overall, Disrupt portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 1 acquisition, namely Cloudways and Mandi Express. A lot of funds co-invest with Disrupt, with names like DG Daiwa Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Disrupt has team of 16 people including 10 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Disrupt's List of Top Investments
Disrupt has a portfolio of 16 companies. Their most notable investments are in Paklaunch and LAAM.Their portfolio spans across United Arab Emirates, Singapore, United States and 3 more locations. They have invested in Retail, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Disrupt:
1. Truely
Provider of eSIMs solutions for travelers. It offers a customisable data plans for individuals and businesses alike. It provides customized data plans for various types of journeys, catering to the needs of digital nomads, honeymooners, and other travelers. Available on both Android and iOS devices. Its compatible with any smartphone or device that supports eSIM technology.
Key facts about Truely
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: $27.2K as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.5M
- Employee Count: 55 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Beenext, DG Daiwa Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jun 02, 2025, $*****
2. PureVPN
PureVPN provides unrestricted browsing solution with protection against online threats. Features include ISP speed throttling prevention, DNS Leak Protection, IPv6 Leak Protection, Port Forwarding, VoIP Support, VPN Disconnect Protection, Zero Logging Policy and add-on based dedicated IP, NAT Firewall and DDoS protection. Company also provides business plan with bundled discounts, dedicated portals and dedicated bandwidth. Claims to have over 550 servers in 140+ countries. Started as an experimental service providing online security against data sniffers and targeting regions where internet was censored and access to websites and VoIP was restricted and commercialized in 2007.
Key facts about PureVPN
3. SQUAT WOLF
Internet-first brand offering multiple sports accessories. Its product portfolio includes T-shirts, tanks, hoodies and jackets, joggers, shorts, and leggings. It also provides accessories like hats, facemasks, bags, bottles, and socks.
Key facts about SQUAT WOLF
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $30M
- Employee Count: 53 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Gaditek, Disrupt and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 03, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Cloudways
Managed Cloud Hosting Platform on top of cloud infrastructure providers - DigitalOcean, Vultr, Amazon, and Google. Some of the web applications available as predefined one click installables on the Cloudways Console include WordPress, PHP 7 (including Laravel Framework), Magento 1 and Magento 2, Drupal and PrestaShop. Every Cloudways server is a dedicated Debian 8 instance.
Key facts about Cloudways
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Mosta (Malta)
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 203 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Gaditek, Digital Rain Venture and 1 Other
- Highlight: Acquired
Mandi Express is an on-demand grocery ordering and delivery platform. It sources fresh organic vegetables directly from farmers. Users can place an order for delivery on its website and pay online. It also offers B2B service where it helps restaurants source fresh vegetables at cheaper costs directly from the farmers.
Key facts about Mandi Express
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Karachi (Pakistan)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $725K
- Employee Count: 24 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Lakson Investments, Gaditek and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 21, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Disrupt's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Disrupt has invested in 16 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in Secure.com.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Disrupt's Investments by Stage
Disrupt has made 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.56M and 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.75M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 5 |
Series A | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Disrupt's Investments by Sector
Disrupt has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Blockchain - Industry Applications, Blockchain Technology and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 13 Tech companies, 8 Consumer (B2C) companies, 7 Software companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 1 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Others | 7 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Disrupt's Investments by Geography
Disrupt has made most investments in Pakistan (2), followed by Singapore where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Pakistan | 2 |
Singapore | 2 |
United Arab Emirates | 2 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Disrupt's recent investments
Disrupt has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Disrupt:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 18, 2025 | United Arab Emirates | Series A | 1951 | - | |
Jun 02, 2025 | Singapore | Seed | 9717 | [+2] | |
Jan 30, 2025 | United States | Seed | 9912 | ||
Dec 11, 2024 | Pakistan | Seed | 7438 | [+2] | |
Mar 13, 2024 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | 4769 | [+1] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Disrupt's Portfolio
1 of Disrupt's portfolio company became public - Mandi Express.Here are Disrupt's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Feb 21, 2020 | Seed | 8733 |
Acquired companies in Disrupt's Portfolio
1 company from Disrupt's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Cloudways in Aug 2022 by DigitalOcean for $*****.Here are Disrupt's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 23, 2022 | - | - | 7990 |
Team profile of Disrupt
Disrupt has a team of 16 members including 10 Partners and 6 Principals located in Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and 2 more locations. Disrupt's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Disrupt:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | Pakistan | - | ||
Partner | Karachi | - | ||
Partner | Pakistan | - | ||
Partner | Pakistan | - | ||
Partner | Karachi | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | - | |
Partner | Pakistan | - | ||
Partner | United Arab Emirates | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Principal | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Disrupt
Over the past 6 years, 38 investors have co-invested in Disrupt's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Disrupt: 1982 Ventures, Beenext and 6 others have invested in rounds before Disrupt. There is 1 company where 1982 Ventures has invested before Disrupt and 1 company where Beenext has invested before Disrupt.
- Top Co-investors of Disrupt: 29 investors entered a company along with Disrupt. These include investors like DG Daiwa Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Disrupt: Global Emerging Markets (1 company) is the only investor which has invested in Disrupt's portfolio after their investments.
Recent News related to Disrupt
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Secure.com Launches AI Agents After $4.5M Investment From Disrupt.comSiliconAngle•Nov 18, 2025•Secure.com, Disrupt
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Singapore's Truely Secures Strategic Funding from Goodwater Capital, DisruptIncubees•Jun 17, 2025•Truely, Goodwater Capital, DG Daiwa Ventures, Disrupt and 3 others
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Dubai venture builder Disrupt.com unveils $100m fundTech in Asia•Feb 27, 2025•Disrupt, Cloudways, PureSquare, SQUAT WOLF and 2 others
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Little Umbrella makes the funding rain after success of Death by AI social gameVentureBeat•Jan 30, 2025•The Venture Reality Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, WorkPlay Ventures, Ubiquoss and 5 others
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Laam Secures $5.5 Million to Expand South Asian Fashion Marketplace GloballyTechJuice•Dec 12, 2024•LAAM, Disrupt, Zayn, Graph Ventures and 1 other
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Paklaunch Raises Funding Led by Disrupt.com, Eyes Regional ExpansionProPakistani•Mar 13, 2024•Paklaunch, Disrupt, Valley Capital Partners, Indus Valley Capital
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Dubai-based premium gym wear brand SQUATWOLF strikes $30mn deal amid talks of ‘funding winter’Arabian Business•May 02, 2023•SQUAT WOLF, ASCA Capital, Disrupt
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