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Venturewave Capital

Global impact venture firm investing in Series A and B technology companies in health, education, food and agriculture, climate and sustainable finance.

What you get
Amount not published
see What below
Cost
Equity
Status
Active
From abroad
Not stated
What
Impact VC for Series A and B tech companies, with an Abu Dhabi office in ADGM.
Who
Series A/B startups in health, education, food, climate and sustainable finance.
From abroad
Not stated on the programme’s site (checked October 2026) All programmes open to founders from abroad →

Checked · October 2026 · venturewave.capital · How we check ↗

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In detail

Venturewave Capital is a venture capital — impact, series a and b in the UAE. Global impact venture firm investing in Series A and B technology companies in health, education, food and agriculture, climate and sustainable finance. Its Abu Dhabi office is in Al Khatem Tower, ADGM, where Venturewave Capital Limited holds an active FSRA licence; it invested in UAE AI start-up AIREV in April 2025.

Amount
Ticket size not published
Eligibility
Series A and B technology companies
Sectors
  • Health
  • education
  • food and agriculture
  • climate
  • sustainable finance
Portfolio
  • AIREV
  • XOCEAN
  • viAct
  • DropChef
  • MediHive
  • PepTalk
Status
Active — founders apply to raise funds through its Venturebeam platform (checked October 2026)

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“Venturewave Capital is a global venture firm investing in transformative Series A and B technology companies in Health, Education, Food and agriculture, Climate, and Sustainable Finance.”

venturewave.capital/about-us · seen October 2026

“investing in transformative Series A and B technology companies”

venturewave.capital/about-us · seen October 2026

“AIREV is a UAE-based AI company building OnDemand, an agentic operating system enabling fast, decentralised AI deployment across industries using open-source and proprietary models.”

“17 April 2025 Venturewave Capital Invests in UAE AI Start-up AIREV to Accelerate Global Expansion of Agentic AI Platform”

“Abu Dhabi Al Khatem Tower, 15 Floor, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, UAE”

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Highest amount in each programme’s own “What” line. Other currencies converted for sorting only (Gulf pegs; KWD, EUR, GBP approximate).

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Questions founders ask

What does Venturewave Capital offer?

Impact VC for Series A and B tech companies, with an Abu Dhabi office in ADGM.

Does Venturewave Capital take equity?

Equity.

Can founders from abroad apply?

Not stated on the programme’s site (checked October 2026).

How do I apply?

Through its own application form — the Apply button on this page goes straight there.

Sources

Primary source · venturewave.capital · LinkedIn · linkedin.com/company/venturewavecapital · Checked October 2026

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