Fund profile / United Arab Emirates

Yango Ventures Fund I

Geography: United Arab Emirates
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $20M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Yango Ventures Fund I

Yango Ventures Fund I is a venture capital firm based in United Arab Emirates, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

B2B fintech founder rebuilding MENA financial infrastructure

B2B fintech

MENA focus

embedded finance

SME capital

AI-driven underwriting

Bullish Signals

Comfi closed $65M pre-Series Alinkedin

900% YoY revenue growth confirmedlinkedin

630% GMV growth, 1,000+ clientslinkedin

15,000+ invoices processed successfullylinkedin

24-hour receivables liquidity via AIlinkedin

18-month runway secured post-closelinkedin

4,000+ finance leaders on platformlinkedin

300% YoY active customer growthlinkedin

Equity + debt + mezzanine stackedlinkedin

Family office participation validates structurelinkedin

Co-investors: Iliad, Raw Ventures, Shorooqlinkedin

Complementary investor motivations enable growthlinkedin

Founded 2023, already market leaderlinkedin

UAE-based, expanding across MENA marketslinkedin

18-month freedom to build toward larger roundexternal

Partners for Growth credit facility backingexternal

Yango parent investing regionally, upskilling cultureexternal

Contrarian Signals

First MENA investment for Yangolinkedin

Raw Ventures making first regional betexternal

Founder Do's

Show strong revenue growth metrics

Target broken payment infrastructure

Build for MENA commerce layer

Combine equity + debt structures

Demonstrate 10x+ YoY traction

Founder Don'ts

Avoid markets without clear pain

Don't pitch without growth data

Skip pre-product stage pitches

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$20M

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Website

People

Key People

Dmitry Stepanov

Sanjar SamievCo-founder & CEO

Alisher AkbarovCo-founder

Amal AbdullaevCo-founder

Dennis GavrilinCo-founder

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