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Since 2022, Outliers Venture Capital has backed 4 African startups across 5 disclosed funding rounds totaling $85.7M, most heavily in Egypt and E-commerce & Retail.
Outliers Venture Capital is an early stage venture capital firm that backs outlier founders building compounding technology businesses. It is an operator led fund with roots in the Middle East and North Africa region and a presence in Riyadh and Dubai, investing in companies across MENA and select global markets. The firm focuses on partnering closely with founding teams to tackle hard problems and build category defining companies. In Africa, Outliers Venture Capital invests primarily at the seed and early growth stages, with activity from seed through Series B. Based on available investment data, the firm has participated in multiple rounds for companies in Egypt, including seed investments and later stage financings. Its African portfolio spans e commerce and retail, fintech, and real estate and property technology, reflecting a focus on the future of commerce, finance, and online real estate in the region. Within Egypt, Outliers Venture Capital has backed Nawy, a digital platform to find, finance, and buy property online, Kenzz, a social shopping platform for deals and discounts, FlapKap, a revenue based financing provider for online businesses, and Homzmart, an e commerce marketplace for furniture and home essentials. These investments highlight a pattern of supporting technology enabled consumer and financial services that can scale across the MENA region.
Data updated · Sep 4, 2026
Outliers Venture Capital has backed 4 African startups across 5 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $85.7M since 2022.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 5 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Series A (1).
Companies Outliers Venture Capital has backed operate in Egypt (5). Each figure counts the rounds behind companies serving that market, so a company operating in several markets counts in each of them.
Its tracked rounds lean toward E-commerce & Retail (2), Fintech (2), Real Estate & Property (1).
Outliers Venture Capital most often shares rounds with Nclude (3 shared deals), HOF Capital (2 shared deals), QED Investors (2 shared deals).
Outliers Venture Capital has backed several companies in Egypt, including Nawy, Kenzz, FlapKap, and Homzmart. These businesses operate in online real estate, social e commerce, revenue based financing for online merchants, and furniture and home essentials e commerce.