Oraseya Capital

COTU Ventures backs founders at the seed stage in the Middle East. Its name stands for Champions Of The Underdog.

BECO Capital is a conviction-driven VC, backing exceptional founders across the GCC and MENA region with hands-on support, partnerships and sector expertise.

Mubadala Capital is an alternative asset manager with private equity, credit and special-opportunities strategies, alongside a venture platform backing early and growth companies in technology and healthcare.

Blackstone is a global alternative asset manager investing across private equity, real estate, credit and insurance, multi-asset, secondaries, tactical opportunities, infrastructure, life sciences, growth and energy transition strategies.

The Carlyle Group is a global private equity and alternative asset manager headquartered in Washington DC, USA. Carlyle was founded in 1987 and has grown to become one of the largest, most well known and most respected private equity managers globally. Carlyle operates across four principal strategies: Corporate Private Equity ($75bn AUM), Real Estate and Infrastructure ($44bn AUM), Global Credit ($34bn) and Fund of Funds / Investment Solutions ($34bn AUM). Carlyle was founded in 1987, originally as an investment banking boutique, by five founders: William Conway, Stephen Norris, David Rubenstein, Daniel D'Aniello and Greg Rosenbaum. Carlyle went public through a NASDAQ listing in May 2012.

Quilvest Private Equity is a generalist private equity firm investing in buyouts and growth-stage opportunities directly and through a fund of funds model, founded in 1972.

Lighthouse Canton is a wealth and asset manager with strategies including private credit, venture debt, venture capital, life sciences real estate, Indian equities and global macro.

Brinc is a different breed of venture capital and accelerator firm. Core to our business is our belief that some of the world's biggest challenges can be solved by entrepreneurs, who we like to call GAME CHANGERS. More game changers will make a positive impact on the world if they are given the right backing. And that's what we're here for. To support and mentor founders and their teams from across the world and provide investment to help them grow. Today, we believe that technology focused startups, with the right backing and support can fundamentally change how we move, what we eat, how we feel and where we live for the better. Learn more: https://www.brinc.io/

startAD is an Abu Dhabi-based accelerator powered by Tamkeen and anchored at NYU Abu Dhabi. It runs entrepreneurship education and incubation programmes; an NYUAD report also refers to startAD’s own seed fund.