Qatar
News
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Apr 20, 2026
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Speedinvest launches flagship Middle East and Africa fund backed by Mubadala, QIA and EIB Global
The fund is led by partners Deepali Nangia and Rana Abdel Latif and will invest across fintech, embedded finance, health, climate, AI, consumer and digital infrastructure in markets spanning MENAPT and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Startups
+5
Apr 13, 2026
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4 min read
Golden Gate Ventures backs $2B AI infrastructure firm Invisible Technologies as it targets GCC enterprise deployments
Invisible, founded in 2015, claims to have trained data and models for more than 80% of the world's leading foundation model labs and counts Microsoft, AWS and Cohere among its enterprise clients.
News
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Feb 13, 2026
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3 min read
Anthropic raises $30B Series G at $380B valuation, with Abu Dhabi's MGX co-leading and Qatar's QIA participating
Abu Dhabi's MGX, absent from Anthropic's $13 billion Series F last year, enters as a co-lead. QIA, which backed the Series F, returns as a participating investor.
Funding
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Feb 2, 2026
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3 min read
Shorooq launches $200m late-stage growth fund backed by QIA
The fund is backed by Qatar Investment Authority alongside other sovereign and institutional investors from the GCC and Asia, with the launch announced at Web Summit Qatar.
News
+2
Feb 2, 2026
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4 min read
Qatar's fund-of-funds backs five new global VC firms
The funds are Greycroft, Ion Pacific, Liberty City Ventures, Shorooq, and Speedinvest, all of which are establishing offices in Doha, QIA said in a statement.
News
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Feb 2, 2026
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3 min read
Qatar to double venture fund-of-funds to $2B, unveils 10-year residency for founders
The expansion builds on Qatar’s existing $1 billion Fund of Funds, launched in February 2024 to attract international venture firms to Doha and channel capital into local and regional startups.
Fintech
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Jan 29, 2026
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2 min read
PayLater secures $10M seed in one of Qatar’s largest early-stage fintech rounds
The round was led by LuLu Alternative Investments, with strategic participation from Qatar Development Bank and KBN Holding, alongside a group of angel investors.
News
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Dec 9, 2025
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2 min read
Qatar sets up Qai as state backed AI firm, joining UAE and Saudi in regional AI push
The Qatar Investment Authority has set up a new AI company to invest in infrastructure, evaluate frontier models and build trusted systems, joining the UAE and Saudi Arabia in pushing for sovereign control over next-generation computing.
SWFs
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Sep 3, 2025
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3 min read
Qatar’s QIA backs Anthropic’s record $13B round at $183B valuation
The raise, led by Iconiq Capital with co-leads Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners, nearly triples Anthropic’s valuation from just six months ago.
