About Impulse
Impulse is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Kuwait City, Kuwait. As of Jan 2025, Impulse is an active investor, having invested in 18 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series C round in United Arab Emirates based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and Retail. Most recently it led the $7M Series C round of Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa.
Overall, Impulse portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 9 acquisitions including key companies like Careem, DailyPay and Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa. A lot of funds co-invest with Impulse, with names like The Abraaj Group sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
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Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series C & Seed
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Impulse's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Impulse has invested in 18 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. As of Jan 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Silkhaus.
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Impulse's Investments by Stage
Impulse has made 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $33.5M and 1 investment in Seed stage.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series C | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Impulse's Investments by Sector
Impulse has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Gig Economy, Travel and Hospitality Tech, Auto Tech and Real Estate and Construction Tech. Notably, it has invested in 13 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 12 Tech companies, 6 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 2 |
Gig Economy | 2 |
Travel and Hospitality Tech | 2 |
Auto Tech | 1 |
Real Estate and Construction Tech | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Impulse's Investments by Geography
Impulse has made most investments in United Arab Emirates (3).
Impulse's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Impulse:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 28, 2025 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | Undisclosed | Nuwa Capital [+3] | |
Apr 20, 2021 | United Arab Emirates | Series C | $7M | - | |
Nov 10, 2015 | United Arab Emirates | Series C | $60M | The Abraaj Group [+6] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Impulse's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
73 | Developer of an online platform for employee financial benefits | 2015 | New York City | Series D | eemolj{ |
Co-investors of Impulse
Over the past 10 years, 33 investors have co-invested in Impulse's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Impulse:Ìý, STC Ventures and 13 others have invested in rounds before Impulse. There are 1 company where Al Tayyar Travel Group has invested before Impulse and 1 company where STC Ventures has invested before Impulse.
- Top Co-investors of Impulse:Ìý7 investors entered a company along with Impulse. These include investors like The Abraaj Group (1 company).
- Invested after Impulse:ÌýA total of 11 investors have invested in Impulse's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Kingdom Holding Company (1 company), DCM Ventures (1 company) and Coatue (1 company).
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