Cairo, Egypt. 11th of October, 2021.

F6 Ventures, MENA’s leading seed and early-stage VC firm, celebrates 10 years of supporting startups and empowering entrepreneurs all over the region. Launched in Cairo in 2011 by the founders of Sawari Ventures, F6 Ventures has since expanded to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Tunisia, Beirut, Bahrain, and most recently Jordan. The firm is currently managing 8 seed funds across the MENA region with a total value amounting to USD 85 million, with over 25 institutional investors and limited partners.

“Since day one, F6 Ventures has been there to enable thousands of ambitious entrepreneurs to pursue their startups’ journey towards growth, by giving them an unparalleled opportunity to work with an expansive network that includes hundreds of business mentors, investors, and corporates. said Ramez El-Serafy, General Partner of F6 Ventures and former CEO of Flat6Labs. “We’re extremely proud to be celebrating 10 years as we look back on our fruitful work with our institutional investors, partners, startups, and community. It’s only onwards and upwards from here.”

In the past decade, F6 Ventures has funded over 1,000 startups that have been vetted from over 23,000 applications, and more than 2,000 founders supported, 36% of them being female founders.

The firm’s regional network has more than 1000 mentors and coaches from all over the world, and 300+ corporate, governmental, and ecosystem partners. Currently, the F6 Ventures portfolio companies have thus far raised over USD 70 million in follow-on funding and directly helped create more than 4,000 new jobs.

This milestone was marked with a grand ceremony that took place in Manial Palace last night. The event saw presence from all F6 Ventures offices across MENA, partners, startups, and mentors. The activities included panels with regional key opinion leaders, talks by F6 Ventures’ Limited Partners, and a celebration of F6 Ventures’ portfolio and achievements over the last decade.