About Hope Ventures
Hope Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of Bahrain. As of Mar 2024, Hope Ventures has invested in 18 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Bahrain based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Ahlan App A lot of funds co-invest with Hope Ventures, with names like Plug and Play Tech Center sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Hope Ventures has team of 11 people including 7 partners.Key Metrics
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Hope Ventures' List of Top Investments
Hope Ventures has a portfolio of 18 companies. Their most notable investments are in The Digital Hotelier and Motolines.Their portfolio spans across Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and 3 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and 13 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Hope Ventures:
Provider of cloud-enabled revenue management solutions for hotels. The company offers solutions for managing revenue and digital guest experience of hotels and holiday homes by enabling various services for their guests. It provides software for managing in-room services, guest services, promotional barriers, room booking, and reservations, and more.
Key facts about The Digital Hotelier
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1M
- Employee Count: 51 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Select Venture Equity, Plug and Play Tech Center and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 05, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Ahlan App
Provider of loyalty program that rewards members for dining in or ordering online. It is an application offering loyalty program rewarding members for dining in or ordering online from different merchants. It offers a platform to earn credit for repeating online orders and visits to different restaurants.
Key facts about Ahlan App
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Manama (Bahrain)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3M
- Employee Count: 32 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Hope Ventures
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 06, 2024, $*****
3. RestHero
Provider of software solutions for social commerce business. The platform enables entrepreneurs and businesses to create their stores online, publish their catalogs, receive customers' orders through social media platforms, customize their stores, view and analyze orders, e-commerce integrations, and more.
Key facts about RestHero
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $200K
- Employee Count: 10 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Hope Ventures, Hope Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Mar 12, 2024, $*****
4. Lumofy
AI powered talent management platform. It is an AI powered platform that enables organizations to analyze, develop, and track skills for employee growth. The platform uses AI driven insights to understand workforce competencies and autogenerate a custom competency framework tailored to the organizational requirements.
Key facts about Lumofy
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $500K
- Employee Count: 58 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Hope Ventures and JEO Capital Management
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 06, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Ed-tech platform offering tutoring solution. It provides education training and tutoring related to various subjects such as Maths, Science, English and more.
Key facts about Thiqa Tutoring
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $300K
- Employee Count: 86 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Hope Ventures
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 20, 2024, $*****
Hope Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Hope Ventures has invested in 18 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 3 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Ahlan App.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Hope Ventures' Investments by Stage
Hope Ventures has made 10 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $638K.Hope Ventures' Investments by Sector
Hope Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer Goods, Enterprise Applications, Food and Agriculture Tech, 3D Printing - Industry Applications and Auto. Notably, it has invested in 9 Tech companies, 6 Consumer (B2C) companies, 6 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer Goods | 2 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 2 |
3D Printing - Industry Applications | 1 |
Auto | 1 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Hope Ventures' Investments by Geography
Hope Ventures has made most investments in Bahrain (4), followed by United Arab Emirates where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Bahrain | 4 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 |
Oman | 1 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Hope Ventures' recent investments
Hope Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Hope Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 06, 2024 | Bahrain | Seed | 3508 | - | |
Feb 20, 2024 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | 3354 | - | |
Feb 14, 2024 | Bahrain | Seed | 3806 | - | |
Feb 14, 2024 | - | Seed | 6394 | - | |
Feb 05, 2024 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | 4525 |
Team profile of Hope Ventures
Hope Ventures has a team of 11 members including 7 Partners and 2 Principals located in Bahrain and Nigeria. Hope Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Hope Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Aba | - | ||
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Manama | - | - | |
Partner | Manama | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Manama | - | - | |
Principal | Manama | - | - | |
Principal | Bahrain | - | - |
Co-investors of Hope Ventures
Over the past 4 years, 5 investors have co-invested in Hope Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Hope Ventures: Select Venture Equity and ITHCA have invested in rounds before Hope Ventures. There is 1 company where Select Venture Equity has invested before Hope Ventures and 1 company where ITHCA has invested before Hope Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Hope Ventures: 3 investors entered a company along with Hope Ventures. These include investors like Plug and Play Tech Center (1 company).
Recent News related to Hope Ventures
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Al Salam Bank Partners with Hope Fund for Employee Loyalty RewardsNewsofbahrain•Aug 19, 2026•Hope Ventures
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Bahrain Bourse announces listing of Hope Ventures Holding on Bahrain Investment MarketNewsofbahrain•Oct 09, 2024•Hope Ventures
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Right Calories, Motolines raise $347,000 investment during Beban TV showWamda•Feb 14, 2024•Motolines, Hope Ventures
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UAE’s The Digital Hotelier secures $200,000 in investment from Hope Ventures product developmentTechMoran•Feb 05, 2024•The Digital Hotelier, Hope Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center
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Hope Ventures, Seef in deal to launch co-working space in BahrainTrade Arabia•Jun 05, 2023•Hope Ventures, Seef Properties
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UAE's 'Nadeera' raises $200k from Rasameel and HopeTrade Arabia•Feb 27, 2023•Nadeera, Hope Ventures, Rasameel Investment Company, Hope Ventures
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Bahrain-based delivery service firm Parcel raises $1M on Beban TV showYourStory•Feb 23, 2023•Parcel Solution, Hope Ventures, Parcel, Hope Ventures
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