CUBIT VENTURES
Backing digital transformation in Egypt
We invest in inspiring founders who leverage local engineering talent, helping them scale with our extensive global network
OUR STORY
Cubit Ventures is a seed stage venture fund backing tech/SaaS startups driving digital transformation in Egypt.
We invest in inspiring founders who leverage local engineering talent, helping them scale with our extensive global network.
Cubit Ventures is capitalising on Egypt’s imminent ascent from a top 20 to top 10 economy coupled with an accelerated digital adoption across all sectors.
Our strategic alliance with Founders institute and our extensive eco-system engagement ensures great deal flow, business acceleration, market access, and exit potential via our partners' huge network of VCs and portfolio companies.
Our unique active LP model brings our significant network of advisors and executives as invested stakeholders to our portfolio companies.
Cubit Ventures is well situated to drive tremendous economic value for its investors while making an outsize impact on Egypt.
OUR PARTNER
Cubit Ventures has a strategic relationship with the Founder Institute, providing investment thesis support, structure, templates, tools, deal flow, potential seed, and support across all segments of the fund operation
The Founder Institute (FI) is the world's largest pre-seed accelerator with an estimated $20B portfolio value. Since 2009, FI have helped over 4,000 startups raise over $950M and build some of the world's fastest growing companies. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 65 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
A UNIQUE MODEL
Cubit Ventures invests in Tech & SaaS startups driving current digital enterprise transformation in Egypt. Cubit Ventures unique active LP model brings our significant network of tech executives as invested stakeholders to our entrepreneurs.
We look at the world through the startup founder’s eyes and work really hard to influence the outcome.
THE STORY BEHIND OUR NAME
The ancient Egyptian royal cubit is the earliest attested standard measure.
Mastering measurement was a key to the success of the ancient Egyptian empire. The power of measurement is that it created order out of chaos and allowed civilisation to flourish.
/ˈkjuːbɪt/
RAFEH SALEH
Managing Partner
An experienced executive, entrepreneur, and management consultant with triple-digit track record.
Advised numerous companies of all sizes on growth, turnaround, and business restructuring strategies.
Country Director at Founder Institute (FI)
Founder of ConsultingPad
Board Member at Falak Startups
Advisor at Loyal VC
Former Managing Partner at CID Consulting; Egypt’s largest consulting firm
Former General Manager of NGS; later acquired by Citystars
In addition to his roles with FI & Falak, Rafeh is a Judge with the Jack Ma Foundation Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), MINT selection panelist, and mentor with Endeavor, Flat6Labs and AUC V-lab, granting him early deal flow visibility.
He mentored numerous startups from idea to seed funding stages.
TARIK TAMAN
Venture Partner
Former Managing Director, South Asia Middle East and Africa at Infor
Former Group Vice President EMEA at Oracle
Former CEO of Quantum Retail Technology Inc.
Taman's career includes eight years with Oracle Corporation, and Retek Inc. where he most recently served as group vice president, EMEA of the Retail Business Unit. Having been at the forefront of Oracle's vertical acquisition strategy, he successfully merged Retek, Profitlogic & 360 Commerce into Oracle while growing revenue by several hundred percent and building operational teams in over 20 countries. Prior to the acquisition of Retek by Oracle, he served as vice president of sales for EMEA, and vice president of sales, Americas. Previously, Taman also held a sales management position at Lawson Software.
Tarik Taman started his career nearly 30 years ago at a 5-person clinical software company in a hybrid technical & sales role, while helping grow the firm from less than 50 customers and $1M in revenue to 300+ customers and annual growth near 100%.
TARGET CRITERIA
We look for
Great timing
Great complementary team
Offer a killer solution to existing problems
Achieved some product-market fit
Early traction with MoM growth in key metrics
Large growing market with ability to scale to a global level
Tech talent on core team