ELARABY Ventures Impactful Corporate Fund
Invests in industry agnostic tech-enabled start-ups with high-potential founders looking to grow and scale their business in high growth markets with unique hardware and software offerings.
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Company Overview
ELARABY Group
Since its establishment in 1964,ELARABY has grown from a joint stock family enterprise to one of the largest industrial and commercial corporations in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa.
ELARABY operates through16 commercial, industrial, medical, and service companies, in four different governorates with 26 industrial facilities, and 2 hospitals.
In 2020, ELARABY's workforce exceeded 40,000 employees.
ELARABY's brand portfolio consists of 14 global brands with 25 product categories and more than 4,000variations. With regards to the domestic and international markets.
ELARABY's figures continue to grow by exporting to over 60 countries across the globe.In the domestic market, one of ELARABY's strongest assets is the vast distribution network, that consists of more than 3,000 sales partners and 20 branded stores; backed by more than 600 after-sales service centres.
Meet Our Team
Experienced Professionals Driving Success
Focus Areas
Targeting Promising Industries
El Araby Ventures will invest in the following:
- Invest directly in Startups
- Co-invest with other Funds
- Invest directly in Funds
Our Investment Framework
Strategic Approach to Value Creation
Strategic Investments
Goal is to identify current existing business problems/needs within our departments and functions that can be solved by leveraging technology.
Growth Investments
Investing in new industry agnostic technologies to grow and diversify our portfolio.
Impact Pillars
Creating Positive Change
Job Creation
Job creation contributes to economic and community development that add up to achieve wider sustainable development goals.
Health and Wellbeing
Health of people at all ages lies at the heart of sustainable development. Protection from disease enables opportunity for everyone and strengthens economic growth and prosperity.
Empowerment of Marginalised
Inequality is a staggering reality in the tech start-up sphere, where under-representation, and unequalopportunities are common.
Educational Technology
It is time for technology to disrupt education in terms of methods and content.
Environment
Empowering innovative and sustainable solutions to help our environment. This could be achieved through generating clean energy and changing massive use of fossil fuels.
Financial Enablement & Inclusion
Financial access facilitates day-to-day living for individuals and businesses. Fintech and fintech enabled companies has resolved diversity of challenges concerning fintech enablement.
Innovations Hub
Fostering Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Entire innovation ecosystem that supports ELARABY Ventures portfolio to grow and scale.
- Establishing entrepreneurial education, methodology, and programming to ELARABY community.
- Building capacity for talent and founder development.
- A hub for the birth of new technologies.
Our innovation Framework
Driving Technological Advancements
Pilot Accelerator
Goal is to identify current existing business problems/needs within our departments and functions that can be solved by leveraging technology.
Venture Studio
Creation of multiple start-ups either directly from ideas developed internally by the studio/ELARABY Group or by partnering with talented entrepreneurs that have an existing idea.
Programming and Services
Strategic coaching, Access to networks and connections, Department support, Access to mentorship, Employee engagement (Coaches, Mentors, Tech support), Access to customers, Access to community, Perks & Discounts, Incubation and Acceleration programming , Co-working and collaborative working space.