Investor

21 Ventures

Fund · backs 3 companies
21vc.com

Companies

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UAELogistics

RSA XB

RSA XB is a spin-out building software-first logistics for cross-border e-commerce, starting with routes from India to the UK, Europe and the GCC.

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BahrainFintech

Local

Local collapses paying in restaurants, hotels and hospitals into one flow on the customer's own phone: scan, see what you owe, pay in seconds, with no app, no terminal and no queue.

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UAERetail

Retailhub

Retailhub is a Dubai-based company bringing AI to grocery retail, helping retailers, FMCG brands and aggregators fix product availability and out-of-stock problems.

Founders

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FM30 BahrainFintech

Saad Ahmed

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Founder and CEOLocal

Building QR-based payments for restaurants, hotels and healthcare providers across the GCC

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FM30 UAERetail

Daniel Alimov

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Co-founder and CEORetailhub

Built a grocery delivery startup acquired by X5, now turning shelf photos into retail…

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FM30 UAELogistics

Denis Konoplev

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Co-founder and CEORSA XB

Seafood Souq co-founder now running RSA XB, a software-first cross-border logistics spin-out

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