Shorooq Partners

Founded in 2017, Shorooq Partners is a leading venture capital firm focused on the Middle East and North Africa regions. The firm invests in innovative technology companies across sectors such as fintech, platforms, software, gaming, and web3. Notable investments include Pure Harvest Smart Farms, Nymcard, Tamara, Sarwa, Lean Technologies, TruKKer, Mozn, and Lendo. Shorooq Partners operates regionally with offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Egypt, and Korea.

Mahmoud Adi

Founding Partner

Tamer Azer

Partner, Egypt

Bilal Baloch

Partner

Tina Daher

Principal

Nathan Kwon

Principal

Past deals in Payments

NymCard Payment Services

Series B in 2025
NymCard is a payment processing platform founded in 2016, operating from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a focus on enhancing the digital payment landscape in Africa and the Middle East. The company specializes in providing an issuer processor solution that allows banks and financial institutions to offer innovative digital payment products, including plastic, virtual, and tokenized cards. NymCard's advanced infrastructure and user-friendly mobile wallet solutions facilitate quick account setup and immediate access to smart payment cards, promoting efficient and secure online transactions. By leveraging open APIs and mobile SDKs, NymCard aims to address the low penetration of payment cards in these regions, thereby driving greater participation in the digital economy.

Amwal Tech

Seed Round in 2025
Amwal Tech specializes in providing a biometric authentication platform that streamlines the payment process through a single API. Their technology integrates identity verification, fraud prevention, and payment processing, enhancing the security and efficiency of digital transactions. This solution caters to various sectors, including eCommerce, banking, and fintech, allowing businesses to authenticate and secure their customers across multiple devices and channels. By offering a frictionless 1-click checkout experience, Amwal Tech aims to improve payment acceptance and reduce the risk of fraud for financial institutions, merchants, and payment providers.

Settle Payments

Pre Seed Round in 2024
SETTLE automates enterprise's payments and manages all their bank accounts in one place for better cashflow decisions.

Tamara

Series C in 2023
Tamara is a prominent shopping and payments platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and serves the GCC region. Founded in September 2020 by Abdulmajeed Alsukhan and his partners, the company aims to revolutionize shopping, payment, and banking experiences. With a workforce of over 350 employees, Tamara operates additional offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany, and Vietnam. The platform empowers merchants by providing flexible payment solutions, including installment options, through its application programming interfaces and plugins. This functionality enhances customer experiences and boosts sales for merchants. Tamara has established a robust customer base of 6 million and collaborates with over 15,000 partner merchants, which include both leading global brands and local small and medium enterprises. The company has successfully raised significant funding, highlighting its strong market presence and growth potential.

Tamara

Debt Financing in 2023
Tamara is a prominent shopping and payments platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and serves the GCC region. Founded in September 2020 by Abdulmajeed Alsukhan and his partners, the company aims to revolutionize shopping, payment, and banking experiences. With a workforce of over 350 employees, Tamara operates additional offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany, and Vietnam. The platform empowers merchants by providing flexible payment solutions, including installment options, through its application programming interfaces and plugins. This functionality enhances customer experiences and boosts sales for merchants. Tamara has established a robust customer base of 6 million and collaborates with over 15,000 partner merchants, which include both leading global brands and local small and medium enterprises. The company has successfully raised significant funding, highlighting its strong market presence and growth potential.

Triple-A

Series A in 2023
Triple-A facilitates seamless business payments in both traditional and digital currencies. Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and other regulatory bodies, Triple-A offers secure, compliant payment solutions via API or no-code integration, serving over 20,000 businesses worldwide.

qlub

Seed Round in 2023
Qlub specializes in providing digital payment solutions and financial services for businesses and consumers. The company focuses on streamlining transactions through its innovative platform, enabling users to make payments conveniently and securely. Qlub offers a range of services, including mobile payments, invoicing, and expense management, designed to enhance the overall payment experience. The firm emphasizes user-friendly technology and integration capabilities to support various business needs. Through its commitment to improving financial transactions, Qlub aims to facilitate seamless interactions between merchants and customers.

Amwal Tech

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Amwal Tech specializes in providing a biometric authentication platform that streamlines the payment process through a single API. Their technology integrates identity verification, fraud prevention, and payment processing, enhancing the security and efficiency of digital transactions. This solution caters to various sectors, including eCommerce, banking, and fintech, allowing businesses to authenticate and secure their customers across multiple devices and channels. By offering a frictionless 1-click checkout experience, Amwal Tech aims to improve payment acceptance and reduce the risk of fraud for financial institutions, merchants, and payment providers.

Fuse Financial Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Fuse builds financial infrastructure in the Middle East on MENA's first developer-focused banking stack.

Tamara

Series B in 2022
Tamara is a prominent shopping and payments platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and serves the GCC region. Founded in September 2020 by Abdulmajeed Alsukhan and his partners, the company aims to revolutionize shopping, payment, and banking experiences. With a workforce of over 350 employees, Tamara operates additional offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany, and Vietnam. The platform empowers merchants by providing flexible payment solutions, including installment options, through its application programming interfaces and plugins. This functionality enhances customer experiences and boosts sales for merchants. Tamara has established a robust customer base of 6 million and collaborates with over 15,000 partner merchants, which include both leading global brands and local small and medium enterprises. The company has successfully raised significant funding, highlighting its strong market presence and growth potential.

OneLoad

Series A in 2022
OneLoad is a fintech product developed by EP Systems, a subsidiary of Systems Limited. It offers an innovative digital wallet and payment platform designed to promote financial inclusion and accessibility to digital payments in Pakistan.

NymCard Payment Services

Series A in 2022
NymCard is a payment processing platform founded in 2016, operating from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a focus on enhancing the digital payment landscape in Africa and the Middle East. The company specializes in providing an issuer processor solution that allows banks and financial institutions to offer innovative digital payment products, including plastic, virtual, and tokenized cards. NymCard's advanced infrastructure and user-friendly mobile wallet solutions facilitate quick account setup and immediate access to smart payment cards, promoting efficient and secure online transactions. By leveraging open APIs and mobile SDKs, NymCard aims to address the low penetration of payment cards in these regions, thereby driving greater participation in the digital economy.

qlub

Seed Round in 2022
Qlub specializes in providing digital payment solutions and financial services for businesses and consumers. The company focuses on streamlining transactions through its innovative platform, enabling users to make payments conveniently and securely. Qlub offers a range of services, including mobile payments, invoicing, and expense management, designed to enhance the overall payment experience. The firm emphasizes user-friendly technology and integration capabilities to support various business needs. Through its commitment to improving financial transactions, Qlub aims to facilitate seamless interactions between merchants and customers.

PostEx

Seed Round in 2021
PostEx blends receivables factoring with courier services to provide upfront payment of COD invoices to e-commerce companies. It offers payment acceptance from customers and upfront collection for all COD orders, helping businesses monitor delivery status, retailers track shipments, and manage cash flow across COD transactions.

NymCard Payment Services

Series A in 2021
NymCard is a payment processing platform founded in 2016, operating from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a focus on enhancing the digital payment landscape in Africa and the Middle East. The company specializes in providing an issuer processor solution that allows banks and financial institutions to offer innovative digital payment products, including plastic, virtual, and tokenized cards. NymCard's advanced infrastructure and user-friendly mobile wallet solutions facilitate quick account setup and immediate access to smart payment cards, promoting efficient and secure online transactions. By leveraging open APIs and mobile SDKs, NymCard aims to address the low penetration of payment cards in these regions, thereby driving greater participation in the digital economy.

PostEx

Seed Round in 2021
PostEx blends receivables factoring with courier services to provide upfront payment of COD invoices to e-commerce companies. It offers payment acceptance from customers and upfront collection for all COD orders, helping businesses monitor delivery status, retailers track shipments, and manage cash flow across COD transactions.

Cayesh

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cayesh is a fintech company specializing in digital supply chain finance solutions designed for supply chain stakeholders. The company provides an integrated platform that offers working capital, invoice management, and supply chain payment services. By combining technology, expertise, and operational capabilities, Cayesh aims to address various cash flow challenges faced by its clients, including the availability, management, and mobilization of capital. Its solutions are tailored to be affordable, helping businesses optimize their financial operations within the supply chain.

NymCard Payment Services

Series A in 2021
NymCard is a payment processing platform founded in 2016, operating from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a focus on enhancing the digital payment landscape in Africa and the Middle East. The company specializes in providing an issuer processor solution that allows banks and financial institutions to offer innovative digital payment products, including plastic, virtual, and tokenized cards. NymCard's advanced infrastructure and user-friendly mobile wallet solutions facilitate quick account setup and immediate access to smart payment cards, promoting efficient and secure online transactions. By leveraging open APIs and mobile SDKs, NymCard aims to address the low penetration of payment cards in these regions, thereby driving greater participation in the digital economy.

Khazna

Seed Round in 2020
Khazna is a mobile application platform designed to enhance financial services for Egyptians, particularly targeting the 50% of the population who are active smartphone users but lack access to traditional banking. The company offers a range of services, including General Purpose Credit, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), bill payment, savings, and insurance. Additionally, Khazna enables employers to provide cash advances to employees for unforeseen emergencies and facilitates seamless transfers and withdrawals without transaction fees. By focusing on digitizing cash transactions, Khazna aims to provide convenient, effective, and secure smartphone-based financial solutions, thereby improving the overall financial landscape in Egypt and potentially beyond.

NymCard Payment Services

Seed Round in 2020
NymCard is a payment processing platform founded in 2016, operating from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a focus on enhancing the digital payment landscape in Africa and the Middle East. The company specializes in providing an issuer processor solution that allows banks and financial institutions to offer innovative digital payment products, including plastic, virtual, and tokenized cards. NymCard's advanced infrastructure and user-friendly mobile wallet solutions facilitate quick account setup and immediate access to smart payment cards, promoting efficient and secure online transactions. By leveraging open APIs and mobile SDKs, NymCard aims to address the low penetration of payment cards in these regions, thereby driving greater participation in the digital economy.
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