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BY Venture Partners
Venture capital · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Middle East and Africa
BY Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from pre-seed to Series A, writing first cheques of up to $1 million and following on up to $15 million in individual companies. It operates from offices in Beirut, Dubai and Lisbon, and runs BY Accelerate, a platform providing founders with network, community and practical support.
Invests inEnterprise Software
In its own wordsenterprise softwareaifinteche-commercemarketplaceshealthtech
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Or find every investor that fitsBY Venture Partners lists 79 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 43% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Enterprise Software (19%), AI & Machine Learning (14%) and Fintech (12%). It invests most often alongside Phoenician VC, Middle East Venture Partners and Backed.
Counts come from funding rounds that name BY Venture Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not BY Venture Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 79. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 14% |
| Seed | 43% |
| Series A | 43% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 93th | 79 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 57% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 74th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 11th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 96th | 11 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Software | 19% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician VC | 6 |
| Middle East Venture Partners | 5 |
| Backed | 4 |
| Y Combinator | 4 |
| Dubai Future District Fund | 3 |
| Global Ventures | 3 |
| Hub71 | 3 |
| 4DX Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7797%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare BY Venture Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with BY Venture Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Series A | |
| 10 Jun 2025 | Seed |
Round details for BY Venture Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in BY Venture Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
79 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affectiva provides Emotion AI solutions for media analytics, in-cabin sensing, and behavioral research. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an enterprise operations platform for managing field operations, assets, and workforce workflows | Enterprise SoftwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Axis provides a platform for corporate affairs teams to access key policies, updates, and resources for communication and decision-making. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Mori sells baby and kids clothes and accessories. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Bridged Media helps media teams scale AI beyond experimentation by providing decision frameworks, operating systems, and measurement practices. | Media & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Carnistore is an online butcher shop and smokehouse that delivers products across the UAE. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Carswitch buys and sells used cars in the UAE | E-commerce & MarketplacesMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| ChatFeatured is the AEO platform that finds the gaps in your online presence and helps you fix them | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Jul 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| Nul helps people reduce their alcohol consumption with science-based treatment and optional expert-led therapy. | Healthcare & Biotech | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| CoSyne Therapeutics uses AI for precision medicine drug discovery | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company analyzes biomarkers and creates personalized health plans for individuals and teams. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Docplanner creates a healthcare ecosystem that connects patients with doctors and provides tools for quicker diagnoses and treatments. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a corporate alumni management software platform to help businesses engage with their former employees | Enterprise SoftwareHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Eureka provides market and risk intelligence products using population scale data | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| FADEL provides rights and royalty management software | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Finosu is an AI-native servicer for consumer lenders that combines personalized borrower engagement, integrated payments, and built-in compliance controls to increase net recoveries and improve the borrower experience. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Finverity provides technology, working capital, and expertise for supply chain finance and open account trade finance | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Flextock provides fulfillment solutions for businesses, including end-to-end fulfillment, delivery aggregation, and sales growth services. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Feb 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| The company offers football packages and travel experiences. | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- byvp.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Jun 2025
- Companies checked
- 79
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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