About Nuwa Capital
Nuwa Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As of Apr 2025, Nuwa Capital is an active investor, having invested in 23 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Arab Emirates based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Consumer to Enterprise Applications and Food and Agriculture Tech. Most recently it led the Undisclosed Seed round of ClearGrid along with KBW Ventures. This round also saw participation from Endeavor and other investors.
A lot of funds co-invest with Nuwa Capital, with names like VentureSouq sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Nuwa Capital has team of 8 people including 6 partners.
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Nuwa Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Nuwa Capital has invested in 23 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2024, it made 1 investment, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in ClearGrid and most recent follow-on round was in Erad.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2022 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
2021 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Nuwa Capital's Investments by Stage
Nuwa Capital has made 19 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.43M and 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.37M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 19 |
Series A | 4 |
Nuwa Capital's Investments by Sector
Nuwa Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Retail, Enterprise Applications, FinTech and Food and Agriculture Tech. Notably, it has invested in 22 Tech companies, 15 Consumer (B2C) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 11 |
Retail | 10 |
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
FinTech | 6 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 4 |
Others | 19 |
Nuwa Capital's Investments by Geography
Nuwa Capital has made most investments in United Arab Emirates (8), followed by Egypt where it has made 5 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Arab Emirates | 8 |
Egypt | 5 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 |
United States | 3 |
Turkey | 2 |
Others | 2 |
Nuwa Capital's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Nuwa Capital:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 30, 2025 | Saudi Arabia | Seed | $16M | [+5] | |
Mar 26, 2025 | United Arab Emirates | Series B | $12M | Flintera [+5] | |
Mar 20, 2025 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | Undisclosed | Raed Ventures [+10] | |
Jan 28, 2025 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | Undisclosed | Oraseya Capital [+3] | |
Dec 30, 2024 | Bahrain | Series B | $25M | STV [+1] |
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Nuwa Capital has a team of 8 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 6 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 PrincipalÌýlocated in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and . Nuwa Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Nuwa Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | United Arab Emirates | - | ||
Partner | United Arab Emirates | - | ||
Partner | Saudi Arabia | - | - | |
Partner | United Arab Emirates | - | ||
Partner | United Arab Emirates | - | ||
Partner | United Arab Emirates | - | ||
Venture Partner | Istanbul | - | ||
Principal | Dubai | - |
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Over the past 5 years, 165 investors have co-invested in Nuwa Capital's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Nuwa Capital:Ìý500 Global, Wamda Capital and 39 others have invested in rounds before Nuwa Capital. There are 3 companies where 500 Global has invested before Nuwa Capital and 3 companies where Wamda Capital has invested before Nuwa Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Nuwa Capital:Ìý75 investors entered a company along with Nuwa Capital. These include investors like VentureSouq (4 companies).
- Invested after Nuwa Capital:ÌýA total of 49 investors have invested in Nuwa Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Oraseya Capital (3 companies), General Atlantic (1 company) and (1 company).
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