Our Stories
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Phaze Ventures: A Short Origin Story from Inside the Middle East’s Entrepreneurship Boom
Breakthroughs in science, revolutionary business models, the know-how of the future takes time to propagate over geographies and materialize into everyday life across the globe. Trying to understand where the world or the region is heading is thus the story of the propagation of information – and venture capital is the story of short-circuiting that. Read more
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Phaze Ventures Leads $8.4 million Series-A Investment into Voyager
Voyager Portal, a software platform enabling companies to reduce cost, risk, and complexity in their marine supply chain, has today announced an $8.4 million Series A investment, led by Phaze Ventures. The new funding comes on the back of unprecedented growth since the company raised $1.5 million in seed money in a round co-lead by Read more
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Phaze Ventures Launches Fund in First for Sultanate of Oman
Muscat, Oman (November 15th, 2021) – Oman-based Phaze Ventures today announced the launch and initial close of its $30 million venture capital fund, targeting early-stage startups in MENA, Europe and North America. Established in 2018, Phaze Ventures is the first private venture capital firm in the Sultanate, founded to fund early-stage disruptive technology companies from Read more
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Phaze Ventures Portfolio Company Interface Fluidics Announces $6.7M Series-B Funding Round
Interface Fluidics today announced it’s Series-B fundraise of $6.7M CAD led by global energy firm Equinor, with participation from leading early stage venture capital firm Phaze Ventures. Interface Fluidics is facilitating a net zero energy industry and the conservation of finite resources with fluid testing that is cost effective, rapid, and repeatable – and at Read more
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Phaze Ventures Launches Second “Hello Muscat! Bootcamp”
Phaze Ventures, Oman’s first private venture capital firm, collaborates with various international partners to launch the virtual program, “Hello Muscat! Bootcamp”. The program is a collaboration between Phaze Ventures, Harbour Space University, UK Oman Digital Hub and sponsored by BP Oman. The bootcamp’s mission is to make competitive programming accessible to everyone, targeting individuals interested Read more
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Phaze Ventures invests in breakthrough French geoscience startup, SpotLight
Phaze Ventures today announces its investment into French geoscience startup SpotLight, providing breakthrough dynamic detection of subsurface movements. The deal marks Phaze Ventures’ seventh investment since 2018, building on its mission to transform traditional industries with disruptive technology. SpotLight’s technology is the first and only solution to offer 4D seismic monitoring of subsurface movements from a single source and a Read more