Sawari Ventures

Sawari Ventures is a Cairo-based international venture capital firm founded around 2010 by Ahmed El Alfi and Hany Al-Sonbaty, focused on investing in early and growth-stage technology-driven companies across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with particular emphasis on Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. The firm targets sectors including fintech, edtech, healthtech, deeptech, logistics, ecommerce, and enabling digital infrastructure, with an investment philosophy centered on pairing exceptional entrepreneurial talent with smart capital to build market-leading companies. The firm has raised two institutional funds aEUR" North Africa Fund I and Egypt Fund I aEUR" backed by development finance institutions including the European Investment Bank, UK's CDC Group, France's Proparco, and the Dutch Good Growth Fund, and has invested in 19 early and growth-stage portfolio companies to date. The firm is also a co-founder of Flat6Labs, the MENA region's leading startup accelerator, and has established a formal ESG and impact integration framework as part of its investment process.