Latest fund size
$60M
Announced
October 29, 2026
Global HQ
United Arab Emirates
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Check size
$200K-$1M
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Stage focus
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
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Regions of investment
Middle East, North America, and Europe
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BY Venture Partners is a Dubai-based global early-stage venture capital firm investing in AI-native companies that reimagine enterprise workflows. The firm closed its third fund, Fund III, at $60 million in October 2026, anchored by the Dubai Future District Fund, and opened a Lisbon office to deepen its push into Europe.
Ghaith Yafi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Rami El Jisr, Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Abdallah Yafi, Founding Partner
Sohrab Jahanbani, Partner
Tara Arnaout, Principal
Mayssa Farah, Senior Associate
Adnan Soubra, Senior Associate
Dylan Haddad, Senior Analyst
Guy Labaki, Analyst
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Names, roles, emails and LinkedIn profiles for the team, plus the fund's website.
BY Venture Partners is a global early-stage venture capital firm investing in AI-native companies that reimagine enterprise workflows and are built to scale globally from day one.
The firm backs founders from pre-seed through Series A, writing checks of up to $1 million, and invests across more than 16 international markets, with roughly two-thirds of its capital deployed outside the Middle East, primarily in North America and Europe.
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What the fund looks for in founders and which sectors it backs.
BY Venture Partners closed its third fund, Fund III, at $60 million, bringing the firm's total assets under management to more than $200 million.
The Dubai Future District Fund anchored Fund III, alongside other backers including Multi Lane, Transmed Capital, and the Idriss Family Office, as well as additional regional institutions, corporate venture arms, and family offices.
The firm has deployed 15 investments from Fund III toward a planned portfolio of 40 companies. Fund III follows Funds I and II, which together produced four unicorns and several companies valued in the hundreds of millions, returning meaningful capital to the firm's limited partners.
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Fund size, LPs and track record.
Leadership
All four founding partners are repeat entrepreneurs who built and exited businesses before becoming investors.
Investment Strategy
BY Venture Partners writes checks of up to $1 million at the pre-seed through Series A stages, investing across more than 16 international markets with roughly two-thirds of its capital deployed outside the Middle East, primarily in North America and Europe.
The firm has deployed 15 investments from Fund III toward a planned portfolio of 40 companies.
Notable Investments
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Leadership, investment strategy, notable investments and exits.
