Vision Ventures

Vision Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm founded by experienced entrepreneurs. The firm invests in innovative startups at the Seed and Series A stages across a wide range of verticals. It provides hands-on support to portfolio companies in marketing, sales, product and service development, financial planning and management, expansion and growth strategy, and related areas, helping founders turn ideas into successful ventures. The team combines extensive startup experience with a track record of guiding companies toward success and rapid growth, drawing on multinational and multicultural perspectives from work in multiple markets. Vision Ventures aims to collaborate with entrepreneurs to address early-stage challenges and accelerate value creation for portfolio companies and their stakeholders.

Kais Al-Essa

Founding Partner and CEO

Past deals in Dubai

VUZ

Series B in 2022
VUZ is a developer of an immersive video platform and social app for XR and Metaverse experiences. It streams 360-degree video, live events, and interactive entertainment across VR, AR, and other devices, enabling users to access immersive content from anywhere. It offers a large library of content (over 20,000 hours) spanning entertainment, creators, and sports, and features such as gyroscope-based navigation and social sharing to enhance realism and interactivity. It aims to connect people by removing travel, time, and access constraints. Founded in 2017, the company operates with offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh.

Bayzat

Venture Round in 2022
Bayzat is a technology software-as-a-service company that provides insurance, payroll, and human resources software solutions for businesses. Its platform automates and enhances insurance administration and HR tasks by offering an online insurance marketplace that lets organizations compare and purchase health policies in the United Arab Emirates, along with car insurance services. The company also offers Bayzat Benefits to help users view benefits and exclusions, networks, and nearby providers, and provides payroll automation and HR management tools such as employee records and time-off tracking. Bayzat operates in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and serves thousands of clients, supporting over 80,000 employees. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dubai, it focuses on streamlining policy placement, transparent comparison, and integrated payroll and HR workflows to improve employee experience and cost efficiency.

VUZ

Series A in 2021
VUZ is a developer of an immersive video platform and social app for XR and Metaverse experiences. It streams 360-degree video, live events, and interactive entertainment across VR, AR, and other devices, enabling users to access immersive content from anywhere. It offers a large library of content (over 20,000 hours) spanning entertainment, creators, and sports, and features such as gyroscope-based navigation and social sharing to enhance realism and interactivity. It aims to connect people by removing travel, time, and access constraints. Founded in 2017, the company operates with offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh.

Cartlow

Seed Round in 2020
Cartlow operates an online marketplace for shopping, specializing in the sale of refurbished, open-box, and certified goods. Its product categories include electronics, appliances, fashion, books, games, and accessories. Founded in 2019, Cartlow is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

VUZ

Series A in 2020
VUZ is a developer of an immersive video platform and social app for XR and Metaverse experiences. It streams 360-degree video, live events, and interactive entertainment across VR, AR, and other devices, enabling users to access immersive content from anywhere. It offers a large library of content (over 20,000 hours) spanning entertainment, creators, and sports, and features such as gyroscope-based navigation and social sharing to enhance realism and interactivity. It aims to connect people by removing travel, time, and access constraints. Founded in 2017, the company operates with offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh.

QiDZ

Seed Round in 2019
QiDZ is a mobile platform that connects parents with after-school, entertainment, and education vendors, helping families discover, plan, and book activities for kids. The app offers a curated selection of kid-friendly experiences, deals, and dining options, providing an easy, one-stop destination to search and book activities online. By linking families with vendors and facilitating instant online bookings, QiDZ aims to simplify family outings and support vendors in reaching a targeted audience. The company originated in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Cartlow

Seed Round in 2019
Cartlow operates an online marketplace for shopping, specializing in the sale of refurbished, open-box, and certified goods. Its product categories include electronics, appliances, fashion, books, games, and accessories. Founded in 2019, Cartlow is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

SocialDice

Seed Round in 2017
SocialDice Inc. is a Dubai-based company that specializes in developing and operating recruitment software and an applicant tracking system. Founded in 2013, it offers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product designed to enhance the hiring process for employers. SocialDice enables organizations to advertise job openings across multiple platforms with minimal effort, including well-known job sites. The software utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to analyze candidate qualifications, providing insights into their skills and experiences. It centralizes the entire hiring process, allowing employers to manage applicants, conduct interviews, and collaborate with hiring teams from a single dashboard. Additionally, SocialDice facilitates communication with candidates and offers tools to create professional job descriptions, track hiring metrics, and improve overall recruitment effectiveness. The company also operates an office in Ramallah, Palestine, further extending its reach in the recruitment technology sector.

Bayzat

Series A in 2017
Bayzat is a technology software-as-a-service company that provides insurance, payroll, and human resources software solutions for businesses. Its platform automates and enhances insurance administration and HR tasks by offering an online insurance marketplace that lets organizations compare and purchase health policies in the United Arab Emirates, along with car insurance services. The company also offers Bayzat Benefits to help users view benefits and exclusions, networks, and nearby providers, and provides payroll automation and HR management tools such as employee records and time-off tracking. Bayzat operates in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and serves thousands of clients, supporting over 80,000 employees. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dubai, it focuses on streamlining policy placement, transparent comparison, and integrated payroll and HR workflows to improve employee experience and cost efficiency.
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