VentureSouq is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager that invests in early-stage technology businesses, with a focus on FinTech and ClimateTech, including cryptocurrency and blockchain. VentureSouq's Twitter Score is 3.1 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #250,700 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
VentureSouq was co-founded by Suneel Gokhale, Sonia Weymuller, Sonia Gokhale, and Tammer Qaddumi, each serving as Co-Founder and General Partner. The fund's FinTech strategy spans cryptocurrency, lending, payments, asset management, banking, embedded fintech, compliance technology, credit, and real-estate technology. In November 2021, VentureSouq launched the MENA FinTech Fund I, a US$50 million vehicle described as the first sector-specific FinTech fund of its kind in the Middle East. VentureSouq announced the closing of FinTech Fund II in 2025, targeting financial-technology companies across MENA and beyond.
VentureSouq has built a portfolio spanning more than 300 companies across more than 30 countries. VentureSouq's fund portfolio includes Wisdomise AI, D3, PlaysOut, Tradoor.io - Trade Crypto With Leverage and LayerPixel. Backers of VentureSouq include Jada Fund of Funds, Saudi Venture Capital Company, Saudi Awwal Bank, Mubadala Investment Company, Takamol Holding, KRAFTON, Jordan Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund, Al Waha Fund of Funds, DisruptAD, ADQ venture platform, and OFC, the Middle East investment arm of The Olayan Group.
VentureSouq co-organizes the annual Angel Rising investor symposium alongside startAD, the startup accelerator affiliated with NYU Abu Dhabi. VentureSouq has been mentioned by 21 accounts a total of 31 times. VentureSouq's account has 9,739 followers as of July 2026 and has published 2,774 posts since 2015.
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