The funding round was led by Development Partners International and included participation from Google, Visa, and IFC.
Global Ventures
Venture CapitalGlobal Ventures is an emerging markets-focused venture capital firm that invests in technology companies scaling across international regions.
Portfolio
4
companies
Investment by month
By category
- FinTech£150M
- HealthTech£66.8M
- Uncategorised£4.2M
By location
- London£221M
Portfolio companies
Democrance
Democrance provides a white label software platform that digitises insurance sales and distribution for emerging markets.
Moniepoint
Moniepoint offers a digital platform combining payments, banking, credit, and business management tools for businesses.
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Neol
Neol operates a Web3-enabled learning and on-demand talent platform for creative professionals.

Proximie
Proximie provides a digital health platform connecting operating rooms globally.
Team
Noor Sweid
Managing Partner
Noor is the founder and managing partner at Global Ventures and founding chairwoman of the Middle East Venture Capital Association. She also serves as a member of The Forum of Young Global Leaders and an author.
LinkedInRecent investments
Neol secures £4.2m in seed funding co-led by kyu Collective and Global Ventures to develop its learning platform
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The seed round was co-led by kyu Collective and Global Ventures to support product and partnership growth.
"We’re proud to announce Neol’s successful seed funding round. To receive backing from such esteemed VC firms and angel investors is a massive testament to our business strategy and vision. At Neol, we believe creative individuals are the core to driving meaningful growth in the world. And we will be relentlessly building Neol to be the platform where they can connect, learn and shape while also participating as owners of the very platform they are part of."
Proximie raises £66.8m in a Series C round led by Advent Life Sciences to scale its operating room platform.

The Series C financing was led by Advent Life Sciences with backing from several new and existing institutional investors to accelerate product development and scale operations.
"We are delighted to partner with Proximie and a world class group of investors as the company expands its global footprint and product capabilities. The company is a perfect fit for our ethos of backing best-in-class innovative life sciences businesses that have the capability to positively impact human health and healthcare delivery in paradigm changing ways."
The investment round was led by Global Ventures with backing from Veridian Ventures.
"Democrance aims to enable the consumerization of insurance where insurance products will be bought and serviced remotely and seamlessly in the growing digital, virtual, and remote e-commerce world. In six years, we have expanded our footprint across 12 countries and work with the world’s leading insurance organizations. We are thrilled to have Veridian Ventures among our investors: their expertise in the SaaS space businesses coupled with their exceptional track record and extensive financial services background will help us grow and establish ourselves as a leading InsurTech player globally"

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