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IMPULSE International
Venture capital · Kuwait · Middle East and Africa
IMPULSE is a venture capital company established by the National Technology Enterprises Company (NTEC) in 2012 to take over NTEC's direct investment activities in the ICT field. It invests in technology companies and also provides ICT services and solutions such as infrastructure management, cloud computing and BPO to organizations in the MENA region.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsIMPULSE International lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round, 1 of them as lead. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (18%), Cybersecurity (14%) and Media & Entertainment (9%). 38% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Evolution VC Partners, NAV.VC and OurCrowd.
Counts come from funding rounds that name IMPULSE International, 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 IMPULSE International's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 12. 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 roundThe rounds that name IMPULSE International do not give a stage.
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 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 30th | 12 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 10th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 14% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Evolution VC Partners | 2 |
| NAV.VC | 2 |
| OurCrowd | 2 |
| PROOF | 2 |
| Alpha Partners | 1 |
| Artha Group | 1 |
| Artha Venture Fund | 1 |
| Azoic Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1083%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company217%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Evolution VC Partners
Compare IMPULSE International 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 IMPULSE International| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2025 | Round Led |
Round details for IMPULSE International
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in IMPULSE International's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
12 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Careem provides various services including taxi rides, food delivery, grocery delivery, and more. | Food & AgricultureMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| DailyPay provides on-demand pay platforms that allow employees to access their earned pay before payday | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| GBI owns and operates a carrier neutral backbone that offers a full range of transmission capacity solutions | Media & EntertainmentHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides professional IT services, including software crafting, IT infrastructure solutions, and business process outsourcing | Industrial & ManufacturingIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Safetica is an AI-powered platform integrating data protection, insider risk, cloud security, and compliance | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2025Round | Funding round | |
| The company provides machine learning for large scale code analysis | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Tala provides digital financial services, including credit, savings, and other financial products, to individuals in various countries. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| TVU Networks provides cloud and hybrid solutions for live broadcast media workflow, including live production, contribution, and distribution | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| WOLF is the ultimate Arabic voice community where users can join live conversations, chat, follow creators, play games, and build their audience, all in one place. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- impulse.com.kw
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Mar 2025
- Companies checked
- 12
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