COTU Ventures
Venture Capital
Seed-stage VC firm in the Middle East backing exceptional founders from inception.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 14+ investments · 40 portfolio companies
Pre-Seed
Seed
- Headquarters
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Founded
- 2020
- Website
- cotu.vc
- AUM
- $54.0M
- Portfolio Companies
- 40
- Total Investments
- 14
- Last Investment
- Nov 2025
- Geographic Focus
- MENA, Middle East
Investment Thesis
Rejects thematic investing; centers thesis on strong founding teams with unique, compelling insights. Champions of the underdog.
COTU Ventures is a Venture Capital firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has made 14 investments, including Careem, Aydi and Syarah.
Portfolio40
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Optima
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RevlyN
Nisfak
Co-investors24
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Venture Capital ×21 · Accelerator ×2 · Growth Equity ×1 · 14 shared rounds
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