Investors / United Arab Emirates / COTU
COTU
Venture capital · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Middle East and Africa
COTU is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders in the Middle East and North Africa. It writes initial checks of $250k to $3m and reserves capital for follow-on, aiming for no more than 25 portfolio companies per fund.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintechReal Estate & Construction
In its own wordsmenaearly stageunderdog founderspre-seedseed
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Or find every investor that fitsCOTU lists 10 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 11 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 46% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Fintech (21%) and Real Estate & Construction (16%). 60% of its companies are based in Saudi Arabia. It invests most often alongside Nuwa Capital, Y Combinator and 500 Global.
Counts come from funding rounds that name COTU, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 9% |
| Seed | 46% |
| Series A | 36% |
| Series B | 9% |
| 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 | 6 | 2 |
| '26 | 5 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 23th | 10 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 55% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 40th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 59th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Fintech | 21% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 16% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 11% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Nuwa Capital | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| 500 Global | 1 |
| Afore Capital | 1 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 1 |
| Arbor Ventures | 1 |
| BDev Ventures | 1 |
| BECO Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers10100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 COTU head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with COTU| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 14 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 30 Sept 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 23 Aug 2025 | Series A |
Round details for COTU
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in COTU's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
10 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aydi exists to make choices for growers faster, smarter, and more reliable | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Cercli provides an AI-native platform for HR and recruitment | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Huspy provides mortgage and property services to help individuals find and finance their new home | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Jul 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Keep Converting crafts a unique website version for every visitor to increase conversions | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Mnzil provides worker housing with transportation and catering services in Saudi Arabia | Real Estate & Construction | Aug 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Qureos provides an AI recruiting platform for end-to-end hiring | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Rekaz provides a platform for managing bookings, subscriptions, and payments for service-based projects | Space & DefenseHealthcare & Biotech | Jul 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Safqah Capital invests in real estate development projects through sukuk financing. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Sirdab provides logistics services, including storage, transportation, and order fulfillment | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Stitch provides a platform for financial institutions to build and manage financial products, including lending, payments, and deposits. | FintechFintech | May 2026Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- cotu.com
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 10
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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