360 VUZ

Investors: Al Touq Group, Dtec Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, Al Rashid family (angels), Tareq Jalabi, Mohanad Alwadiya

Pre-Series A funding, 2017-2019, never announced as a round. The Series A release names these as 'previous investors' and states $7M raised in total after the $5.8M Series A, which implies roughly $1.2M of earlier capital - implied, not stated, so amount left null. May have been more than one tranche. Also: https://kbw-ventures.com/leading-immersive-video-app-360vuz-secures-5-8m-in-series-a-funding-from-vcs-and-strategic-investors/ https://dtec.ae/ventures/news/magnitt-immmersive-video-app-360vuz-secures-5-8m-in-series-a-funding-from-vcs-and-strategic-investors/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, 360VUZ via PR Newswire).

Lead: International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Investors: International Finance Corporation (IFC), Al Jazira Capital, Crosswork VC Success Fund, Saudi family offices (unnamed), Existing investors

Company labels it 'Pre-Series C' (mapped to bridge). IFC's own disclosure (project 50445) shows its share as up to $5M in convertible notes within the $12M round, approved 19 Feb 2025, signed 13 Mar 2025, disbursed 15 Apr 2025. Company now presents itself as Saudi-headquartered (Riyadh) with offices in UAE and Jordan. Also: https://disclosures.ifc.org/project-detail/SII/50445/vuz https://www.wamda.com/2025/05/vuz-secures-12-million-ifc-fuel-global-immersive-media-expansion https://www.menabytes.com/vuz-pre-series-c/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, VUZ via PR Newswire).

Lead: Caruso Ventures and Vision Ventures (co-leads)

Investors: Caruso Ventures, Vision Ventures, e& capital, Dubai Future District Fund, SRMG, Webit Investment Network (WIN), Elbert Capital, Yasta Partners, Faith Capital, Panthera Capital

Company (rebranded from 360VUZ to VUZ) lists Caruso Ventures and Vision Ventures as leads with e& capital, DFDF, SRMG and WIN as strategic investors; Zawya/Mubasher headline it as co-led by e& capital. Seven unnamed existing investors also participated. TechCrunch ran it 13 Oct 2022, wire release 14 Oct. Also: https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/13/vuz-raises-20-million-to-scale-its-immersive-social-app/ https://www.wamda.com/2022/10/vuz-raises-20-million-series-b-investment https://magnitt.com/news/vuz-20m-series-b-53705 https://www.zawya.com/en/wealth/alternative-investments/uae-based-vuz-raises-20mln-in-series-b-funding-co-led-by-e-and-s-venture-xk3z74ab Confidence: confirmed (round 13, VUZ via PR Newswire).

Lead: Shorooq Partners

Investors: Shorooq Partners, KBW Ventures, Media Visions, Vision Ventures, Hala Ventures, 500 Startups, Magnus Olsson, Samih Toukan, Jonathan Labin

Company states total raised to date of $7M after this round. Also: https://kbw-ventures.com/leading-immersive-video-app-360vuz-secures-5-8m-in-series-a-funding-from-vcs-and-strategic-investors/ https://www.menabytes.com/360vuz-series-a/ https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-ae/entrepreneurs/we-got-funded-video-streaming-app-360vuz-raises-us58/349541 https://www.finsmes.com/2020/04/360vuz-raises-5-8m-in-series-a-funding.html Confidence: confirmed (round 13, 360VUZ via PR Newswire).