{"id":564906,"date":"2021-03-07T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/03\/07\/foundation-ventures-aims-to-invest-egp-30-mn-this-year-from-inaugural-fund\/"},"modified":"2021-03-07T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T13:49:51","slug":"foundation-ventures-aims-to-invest-egp-30-mn-this-year-from-inaugural-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/03\/07\/foundation-ventures-aims-to-invest-egp-30-mn-this-year-from-inaugural-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Ventures aims to invest EGP 30 mn this year from inaugural fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <strong>VC firm <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundationventures.com\/\">Foundation Ventures<\/a><\/strong><strong> is planning to invest around EGP 30 mn this year from its <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/ee1869b6-55f5-43c3-a4aa-d27de130d0b8\">inaugural Egypt-focused fund<\/a><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>managing partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/omar-barakat-7b2469121\/\">Omar Barakat<\/a> told us. \u201cWe\u2019re always interested in fintech, given that it\u2019s growing across Egypt\u201d and is getting a boost from the state\u2019s drive to promote digitization and financial inclusion, Barakat said. Foundation Ventures\u2019 EGP 100 mn fund officially launched late last year with an initial portfolio of four companies including fintech players <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capiter.net\/\">Capiter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nowpay.cash\/\">Nowpay<\/a>, entertainment platform <a href=\"https:\/\/minlyapp.com\/\">Minly<\/a>, and logistics company Flextock. The fund was also a \u201cmajor\u201d participant in home buying platform Sakneen\u2019s recent USD 1.1 mn <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3cead6a5-7b8d-4a13-be24-69209600815b\">seed investment round<\/a> and invested in online education platform <a href=\"https:\/\/abwaab.me\/?country=EG\">Abwaab<\/a>. Foundation\u2019s partners include Barakat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mazennadim\/?originalSubdomain=eg\">Mazen Nadim<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/onsisawiris\/\">Onsi Sawiris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPEAKING OF ONSI <\/strong><strong>SAWIRIS<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><strong>Beltone Financial is planning to focus on adding more <\/strong><strong>non-banking financial services to its portfolio, but isn\u2019t yet thinking about acquisitions<\/strong>, Sawiris told <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3egheqx\">Hapi Journal<\/a>. Sawiris, who is acting as chairman of the firm on a temporary basis, said Beltone is looking to bring in fresh management talent and test new ideas for up to two years before committing to a longer-term strategy. Beltone is undergoing a transitional phase after <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a0c34203-11bd-4e8b-ad37-b861ca42b976\">last month\u2019s<\/a> horizontal demerger saw its former parent company, Orascom Investment Holding (OIH), spinoff its non-bank financial services holdings into newly-created Orascom Financial Holdings (OFH), which Sawiris chairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VC firm Foundation Ventures is planning to invest around EGP 30 mn this year from its inaugural Egypt-focused fund, managing partner Omar Barakat told us. \u201cWe\u2019re always interested in fintech, given that it\u2019s growing across Egypt\u201d and is getting a boost from the state\u2019s drive to promote digitization and financial inclusion, Barakat said. 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