Endure Capital

Endure Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs. The firm maintains offices in New Cairo, Egypt; Dubai, UAE; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Palo Alto, USA. It focuses on funding resilient, resourceful, and imaginative startups while supporting the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the MENA region and beyond. From November 2013 to March 2023, Endure Capital invested a total of $64.7 million across 14 funding rounds, exclusively in Egypt-based companies. The firm targeted seed (8 rounds), Series A (3), Series B (1), venture (unspecified, 1), and other (1) stages, with sector focus on fintech (5), HR & talent (3), health tech (3), edtech (2), and e-commerce & retail (1). Notable portfolio companies include Thndr (fintech), Nowpay (fintech), Almentor (edtech), MaxAB (e-commerce), WUZZUF (HR & talent), and Shezlong (health tech). Endure Capital has co-invested with prominent firms such as 500 Global, BECO Capital, and 4DX Ventures. In 2023, it announced the first close of Endure 21, a $50 million fund for early-stage startups primarily in Africa.