About Innoventures
Innoventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It is primarily based out of Masr Al Jadidah, Egypt. As of Nov 2019, Innoventures has invested in 25 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Egypt based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Food and Agriculture Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Tripdizer Overall, Innoventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO, namely IBM. Innoventures has team of 8 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
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Innoventures' List of Top Investments
Innoventures has a portfolio of 25 companies. Their most notable investmentis in QuaNodeTheir portfolio spans across Egypt, Germany, India and 3 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Food and Agriculture Tech and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Innoventures:1. IBM
Provider of hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence, and IT consulting services. It delivers solutions for automation, data analytics, and security. It offers infrastructure modernization, software development, and strategic partnerships. It focuses on technology and sustainability.
Key facts about IBM
- Founded Year: 1911
- Location: Armonk (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 342,712 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Berkshire Hathaway, Runway and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Sep 24, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Wuzzuf
Online multi-industry job board based in Egypt. It matches people and jobs by simulating how human recruiters actually work. Based in Cairo, Egypt, and with offices in San Francisco, It started by focusing on the online recruitment market in Egypt and has managed to reach profitability after bootstrapping through the “revolution” years in Egypt.
Key facts about Wuzzuf
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Cairo (Egypt)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $7.7M
- Employee Count: 333 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Kingsway Capital, Piton Capital and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 04, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Crowd Analyzer offers an Arabic-language focussed social monitoring platform to analyze posts on social media sites and tell businesses who the people are and how they feel in order to better target their marketing campaigns. The company's solution includes Crowd Analyzer Dashboard, Command Center, and Offline Media Monitoring. The solution uses proprietary algorithms, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing to select the most trending topics in people’s conversations by analyzing hashtags, phrases, and words. Some of the clients include Emaar, Danone, Land Rover, Abu Dhabi Media, etc.
Key facts about Crowd Analyzer
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.09M
- Employee Count: 44 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Wamda Capital, Raed Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 26, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Konsolto
Provider of a platform for healthcare providers and patients for consultation and medication delivery. The platform enables users to access both health care providers and pharmacies for consultation and online delivery of prescribed medicines. Also, it offers an AI-based platform to determine the nearest pharmacy where order is available at the best price.
Key facts about Konsolto
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Maadi (Egypt)
- Stage: Deadpooled
- Employee Count: 2 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Flat6Labs, Innoventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 02, 2020, $*****
5. Tripdizer
Tripdizer is an online platform for tailor-made holiday packages. Users receive travel plans from multiple travel agencies after providing relevant details. Subsequently, users can book the required offer. Users can also join one of the group trips curated by the company.
Key facts about Tripdizer
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Cairo (Egypt)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $303K
- Employee Count: 1 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: 500 Global, Innoventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 06, 2019, $*****
Innoventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Innoventures has invested in 25 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Imaginators and most recent follow-on round was in Tripdizer.Innoventures' Investments by Stage
Innoventures has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.6M.Innoventures' Investments by Sector
Innoventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Environment Tech and Food and Agriculture Tech. Notably, it has invested in 13 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 13 Tech companies, 10 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Environment Tech | 1 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Innoventures' Investments by Geography
Innoventures has made most investments in Egypt (10), followed by United Arab Emirates where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Egypt | 10 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Innoventures' recent investments
Innoventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Innoventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 06, 2019 | Egypt | Seed | 3685 | [+1] | |
Dec 13, 2017 | Egypt | Seed | 4598 | - | |
Dec 05, 2017 | Egypt | Seed | 4270 | - | |
Dec 05, 2017 | Egypt | Seed | 5914 | - | |
Jul 2017 | Egypt | Seed | 6994 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Innoventures' Portfolio
1 of Innoventures' portfolio company became public - IBM. It got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Dec 1984.Here are Innoventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 14, 1984 | - | - | 4559 |
Team profile of Innoventures
Innoventures has a team of 8 members including 5 Partners located in Egypt, United States and 1 more location. Innoventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Innoventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Berlin | - | ||
Partner | Cairo | - | ||
Partner | Cairo | - | - | |
Partner | Cairo | - | ||
Partner | Willoughby | - | - |
Co-investors of Innoventures
Over the past 10 years, 3 investors have co-invested in Innoventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested after Innoventures: A total of 3 investors have invested in Innoventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Jamal El Dabal (1 company), 500 Global (1 company) and Flat6Labs (1 company).
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