Acasia Ventures

Acasia Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in tech-driven and tech-enabled startups across the Middle East and Africa. Founded in 2011, it focuses on being the first to believe in innovative ideas, supporting entrepreneurs from pre-Seed to pre-Series A stages.

Hossam Allam

Founder and Chairman

Mohamed Hussain

Senior Investment Associate

Selim Roushdy

Investment Associate

Aly Shalakany

Managing Partner

Past deals in COMESA

Pharmacy Marts

Venture Round in 2024
Pharmacy Marts is an online business-to-business marketplace that connects pharmacists with multiple suppliers to source daily prescriptions and pharmacy supplies. Founded in 2021 and based in Cairo, Egypt, the platform combines fintech and logistics features to offer discounts on medications from various warehouses, with no delivery charges for orders. It enables medical suppliers to list products and allows pharmacists to compare offers in a single location to fulfill daily supply requests.

Finclusion Group

Seed Round in 2022
Finclusion is a FinTech accelerating company that provides financial services and credit products using AI-powered and data-driven lending for fraud prevention and credit granting. The company also offers buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, salary advance schemes, loan services, and transactional banking to individuals and SMEs across 5 countries—South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

The Fashion Kingdom

Seed Round in 2022
The Fashion Kingdom is an online fashion retailer offering a wide range of clothing, health, and beauty products. Their catalog includes shirts, jeans, jackets, accessories, liquid lipstick, fragrances, and more, catering to diverse age groups and genders in Egypt.

Kashat

Seed Round in 2022
Kashat is an Egypt-based mobile financial services company that provides instant microloans through a digital app. It targets unbanked and underbanked individuals by underwriting loans using alternative data to create a credit history, enabling customers to build a financial identity. The service offers small, short-term credit with flexible repayment options and disburses funds via mobile wallets and digital payments. The entire process is digital and paperless, streamlining application and approval through the mobile app. Kashat operates under the regulatory oversight of Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority.

Orcas

Seed Round in 2022
Orcas Solutions Limited operates an online marketplace that connects parents and students with experienced and reliable private tutors and babysitters in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Founded in 2014 and based in Cairo, the company provides a hybrid tutoring platform that offers live tutoring sessions along with personalized learning plans and courses. This approach enables students to receive tailored educational experiences, enhancing their learning and making education more enjoyable. Through its services, Orcas Solutions aims to empower students and support families in finding quality educational and childcare resources.

Fin

Seed Round in 2021
Fin is a company operating in the financial services industry, based in Quatre Bornes, Plaines Wilhems District, Mauritius. Established in 2019, Fin employs around 230 individuals and focuses on providing solutions that cater to the financial sector. The company's LinkedIn profile suggests a commitment to leveraging technology to enhance financial operations, though specific products and services are not detailed. As a participant in the financial services industry, Fin likely engages in activities that could include financial analysis, consulting, technology services, or financial management solutions aimed at improving efficiency and decision-making for businesses and individuals.

Orcas

Convertible Note in 2017
Orcas Solutions Limited operates an online marketplace that connects parents and students with experienced and reliable private tutors and babysitters in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Founded in 2014 and based in Cairo, the company provides a hybrid tutoring platform that offers live tutoring sessions along with personalized learning plans and courses. This approach enables students to receive tailored educational experiences, enhancing their learning and making education more enjoyable. Through its services, Orcas Solutions aims to empower students and support families in finding quality educational and childcare resources.
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