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Iliad Partners
Venture capital · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Middle East and Africa
Iliad Partners is a venture capital fund manager based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, that invests in early-stage B2B technology companies in the MENA region. It works hands-on with founders on business development, regional expansion, talent, governance and finance, and follow-on fundraising, and also selectively invests in European startups, mainly Greek, seeking MENA market entry.
Invests inFintechEnterprise Software
In its own wordsb2bfintechproptechlogisticsmenadigital transformation
Your fit with Iliad Partners
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Or find every investor that fitsIliad Partners lists 8 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (29%), Enterprise Software (21%) and AI & Machine Learning (14%). 67% of its companies are based in United Arab Emirates. It invests most often alongside Cedar Mundi Ventures, Dubai Future District Fund and Fairhaven Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Iliad Partners, 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 | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 15th | 8 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 83th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 29% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 21% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 14% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 7% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers788%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company113%
- 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.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Cedar Mundi Ventures | 1 |
| Dubai Future District Fund | 1 |
| Fairhaven Capital | 1 |
| Hub71 | 1 |
| Middle East Venture Partners | 1 |
| Nuwa Capital | 1 |
| One Way Ventures | 1 |
| Oraseya Capital | 1 |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Cedar Mundi Ventures
Compare Iliad Partners 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 Iliad Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for Iliad Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Iliad Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
8 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balio buys and runs specialist software companies | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Comfi provides B2B payments and credit terms for UAE SMEs | Fintech | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
| The company analyzes driving behavior and helps drivers improve using AI, ML, and Big Data technology. | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI-powered procurement system for enterprises. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Qashio provides corporate card and spend management solutions | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| TruKKer operates an AI-powered digital freight platform that connects shippers with truck carriers for land freight and cross-border transport across EMEA. | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| OTO provides shipping management software for businesses | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- iliad-partners.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 8
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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