Sawari Ventures

Check Size
€500K – €5M
Outreach
Cold Email OK

Investment Focus

Investment Stages

Geographic Focus

Egypt
Africa

Investment Thesis

Egypt-focused VC expanding across Africa, backing technology-enabled businesses from seed through growth with a hands-on operational approach and strong DFI-backed LP base.

How to Pitch Sawari Ventures

Cold Email Works
Sawari Ventures is open to unsolicited pitches. A short, specific email is the fastest way in.

Who To Contact

Ahmed El Alfi
Partner & Chairman
early stage
growth
Hany Al Sonbaty
Managing Partner
technology
media
telecom
Source

YC Portfolio Overlap

Sawari Ventures backed 2 Y Combinator companies.

Axis
Axis

Knowledge base for corporate affairs teams

Winter 2022
B2B
Pearl
Pearl

The future of office coffee. Keurig convenience meets cafe quality.

Winter 2017
B2B

Portfolio Highlights

ADVA
Almentor
Axis
Brantu
Docspert
Elves
ExpandCart
Fatura
Flat6Labs
Fulfillment Bridge
Goodsmart
Kashier
MoneyFellows
Pearl
Proteinea
Si Ware
SWVL

Team

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Ahmed El Alfi
Partner & Chairman

Founder and Chairman with 30+ years of early stage/growth investing experience and extensive portfolio of successful exits.

early stage
growth
Checked Sept 2026
Anta Ndiaye
Principal

African entrepreneurship evangelist since 2016 with experience facilitating co-investment opportunities between African and international VCs.

Africa
Checked Sept 2026
Fatima-Zahra Bennani
Principal

Private equity and venture capital professional who led Morocco's most active seed fund and co-founded fintech and edtech platforms.

fintech
edtech
Checked Sept 2026
Hany Al Sonbaty
Managing Partner

Co-founder of Flat6Labs with 20+ years in private equity and venture capital, pioneering institutional VC in MENA.

technology
media
telecom
Checked Sept 2026
Ibrahim Ramadan
Partner

Partner responsible for raising, structuring and closing Sawari's first two institutional funds since 2016.

Checked Sept 2026
Jennifer Schoeberlein
Partner, ESG & Impact

ESG and impact specialist responsible for ESG integration, risk assessment and impact monitoring across fund and portfolio.

ESG
impact
Checked Sept 2026
Omar Ghoneim
Partner

Finance professional with 6+ years in corporate banking and M&A advisory experience.

Checked Sept 2026
Wael Amin
Partner

Entrepreneur and co-founder of ITWorx, one of the largest IT companies in the Middle East with significant ecosystem impact.

Checked Sept 2026

Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Oct 2026.

Ready to Reach Sawari Ventures?

A fit check scores your pitch against their thesis, stage and ticket. An email draft uses their real deals and thesis, not a template.