Fund profile / United Arab Emirates

Iliad Partners Tech Ventures Fund I

Geography: United Arab Emirates
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $50M
Focus: AI/ML, FinTech, Mobility & Transport and PropTech
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Iliad Partners Tech Ventures Fund I

Early-stage B2B SaaS: fintech, logistics, proptech, with cross-border ambitions. Second close. Focus: Saudi Arabia, UAE, also EU via Greece. Pre-Series A, Series A.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

FinTech

Mobility & Transport

PropTech

SaaS

Supply Chain

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Greek founders scaling internationally, especially into MENA/GCC

Greece tech ecosystem

GCC/MENA expansion

cross-border VC

Greece-UAE corridor

business community bridge

Bullish Signals

Active Greece-GCC investment corridor builderexternal

Iliad Fund bridging Greece & GCC capitalexternal

GP speaker at Delphi Economic Forum 2024external

EIF co-panelist — institutional validation signallinkedin

Big Pi Ventures co-panel — peer VC networklinkedin

8,410 LinkedIn followers — growing visibilitylinkedin

DEFXI panel: scaling Greece tech ecosystemlinkedin

MENA expansion named key GP thesis themelinkedin

HBC Chairman Dubai — institutional leadership rolelinkedin

HBC Board re-election — cementing UAE-Greece bridgelinkedin

Core objective: strengthening Greek-UAE business tieslinkedin

Iliad fund actively strengthening Greece-UAE tieslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Niche geography: Greece + GCC onlyexternal

Small ecosystem, limited deal flowexternal

Corridor still forming, not yet establishedlinkedin

Founder Do's

Target international markets from day one

Show MENA/GCC expansion ambition

Be Greece-based or Greece-connected

Demonstrate extroversion beyond domestic borders

Engage with KSA/UAE markets actively

Founder Don'ts

Build only for domestic Greek market

Ignore GCC as expansion region

Lack global market ambition

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$50M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Christos Mastoras

Christos MastorasFounder & Managing Partner

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