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BYLD

Dubai venture firm (Index Tower, DIFC) with offices in Muscat and London — an institutional VC that specialises in leading early-stage investments in startups across the Middle East and Africa and is the first name on the cap table in 80% of its investments.

What
Pre-seed and seed equity, leading rounds.
Who
Early founders (application form currently private).
Cost
Equity — direct stake taken
Backed by
Dubai Future District Fund
Status
Active

Checked · September 2026 · byld.vc · How we check ↗

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In detail

BYLD is a venture capital in the UAE. Dubai venture firm (Index Tower, DIFC) with offices in Muscat and London — an institutional VC that specialises in leading early-stage investments in startups across the Middle East and Africa and is the first name on the cap table in 80% of its investments. Fund I portfolio tagged by country on the site: Sifi, Stitch, Stream, Vrtx, Nero and Aedilo (Saudi Arabia), Baraka, ClearGrid, Munify, Tern, Theneo and Moove (UAE), Telda (Egypt).

Amount
Pre-seed and seed — leads rounds · cheque size not published
Terms
Yes — equity
Eligibility
Starting a start-up? — info@byld.vc (the Typeform linked from byld.vc is private)
Focus
Fintech, AI, Industrials — Middle East and Africa
Portfolio
  • Sifi
  • Stitch
  • Stream
  • Baraka
  • ClearGrid
  • Moove
  • Telda
  • Munify
  • Theneo
  • Kaso
Status
Active — the site carries a website-under-construction banner; the "Starting a start-up?" Typeform is set to private and the Founders Program link is not live (checked September 2026)

What the source says

“We're the first name on the cap table in 80% of our investments”

byld.vc · seen September 2026

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Sources

Primary source · byld.vc · LinkedIn · linkedin.com/company/byldvc · Checked September 2026