iSchool
Sector: Edtech, AI
Round: Series A
HQ: Ireland
Website: ischooltech.com
Investment Opportunity:
Raising USD $20-35M to accelerate market expansion, drive product innovation, and enhance curriculum localisation.
Executive Summary:
iSchool is a leading MENA-based edtech company revolutionising K–12 tech education through coding, AI, and STEM programs tailored for Arabic-speaking youth. With over 131,000 active students to date and partnerships with strategic government bodies and NGOs, iSchool is now poised to expand into the GCC, Africa, and Europe. The company combines scalable technology, a localised curriculum, and outcome-driven pedagogy to deliver measurable impact at scale.
Key Highlights:
- Proven B2B and B2G traction with 6M+ Training Hours Delivered
- $10.5M Revenue (2024) with 2x-3x YoY Growth Rates
- Already profitable with strong unit economics: 65% gross margins & high renewal rates
- Government Partnership & Recognition: 300,000 students via Egypt’s MCIT
- Notable Investor Backing: Oraseya, Venturewave Capital
- Social Reach: 1M+ followers; 25,000 leads/month
- SDG 4 (Quality Education): Democratize tech education for underserved communities – provided over 60K full scholarships for underprivileged children
- SDG 5 (Gender Equality) 53% female student ratio + 73% female employees
- SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth) 1,800+ staff hired in 2024
- SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure): Scaling EdTech infrastructure & pedagogy advancements in emerging markets
- SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities): Bridging the digital divide through accessible training, including Arabic-speaking youth
AIRev
Sector: Enterprise AI & Decentralised AI OS
Round: Series A
HQ: UAE
Website: airev.ae
Investment Opportunity:
Raising USD $15m-$20m to scale its go-to-market strategy and fuel its international expansion.
Executive Summary:
AIRev is pioneering the future of decentralised AI with its On-Demand platform: a revolutionary AI operating system and infrastructure marketplace often called the “App Store for AI”. By cutting development time, costs, and technical barriers, AIRev empowers businesses to rapidly transition from ideation to production in smart cities, IoT, healthcare, finance, and beyond. Founded by a serial entrepreneur with proven success, AIRev deploys ethical, accessible AI systems globally, with active deployments integrating seamlessly into public and private infrastructure. The platform combines no-code development, Arabic-optimised LLMs, and blockchain decentralisation to empower inclusive innovation.
Key Highlights:
- First-Mover Edge: Agent marketplace with 5,000+ prebuilt modules, Hardware-agnostic, decentralised architecture and zero-code model deployment (BYOM)
- Revenue Diversity: SaaS + Enterprise Licensing + AI agent transactions + Infra Tiers
- Proven Early Traction: record growth of Schoolhack to 3.5M+ users
- Rapid Growth: Pipeline of $8M+ across 28 deals
- Notable Investor Backing: CoreG42, Venturewave Capital
- SDG 4 (Quality Education): Democratizes AI education via no-code tools
- SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth): Creates high-skill AI jobs and upskills local talent.
- SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure): Decentralised AI OS accelerates R&D in underserved regions.
- SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities): Bridges the AI divide for non-English speakers and rural communities.
- SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities & Communities): Powers smart city AI tools
- SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals): Collaborates with governments and NGOs for ethical AI adoption.
Archireef
Sector: Marine biodiversity, Blue Economy, SaaS, AI
Round: Series A
HQ: UAE
Website: archireef.co
Investment Opportunity:
Raising a USD $6M capped at $8M to accelerate market expansion, drive product evolution, and enhance operations.
Executive Summary:
Archireef is one of the world’s leaders in marine ecosystem restoration. Since its first deployment of proprietary Reef Tiles for coral restoration in late 2020, the company has expanded its products and services portfolio, and now operates as the only vertically integrated company in ocean-related nature risk management. Archireef’s clients include large organisations like Swire, Sino Group, AD Ports Group, and NEOM – all of which need Archireef to deliver their net gain strategies and to help them avoid environmental policy risk. Amongst others, Archireef is backed by Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, and the company is endorsed by the likes of the World Economic Forum.
Key Highlights:
- Impressive Revenue Growth – While the company’s annual revenue grew from $300k in 2022 to over $3M in 2024, the current year will see them go beyond the $10M mark for the first time, delivering a compound growth rate of over 230% over the last 3 years.
- Already profitable with strong unit economics: 80% gross margins
- Archireef is actively expanding into high-impact markets, with a strong foothold in the Middle East. They are currently onboarding flagship infrastructure projects, including Saudi Arabia’s Giga-project NEOM and a major coastal development with Abu Dhabi’s largest construction company.
- Notable Investor Backing: ADQ
- SDG 13 (Climate Action) Coastal resilience to storms/floods – Reef Tiles reduce wave energy by 40%,
- SDG 14 (Life Below Water) Coral/biodiversity restoration – 4X faster coral growth vs. traditional methods,
- SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation) 3D-printed nature-based solutions – Patented designs scalable globally,
- SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities) Eco-engineered coastal protection – SeaWall Panels integrate biodiversity,
- SDG 5 (Gender Equality) Co-founder is female, and the company practices diverse hiring practices
Medihive
Sector: HealthTech, Digital Health, AI
Round: Series A
HQ: Ireland
Lead Investor: VentureWave Capital
Website: medihive.com
Investment Opportunity:
€2M follow-on round with enhanced terms for strategic investors to fuel AI leadership & international expansion.
Executive Summary:
Medihive is a leading AI-powered digital health platform, operating Ireland’s largest telehealth service (Webdoctor.ie) while developing clinician-designed end-to-end patient management solutions for health admins, pharmacies and diagnostics. With 4M+ lifetime bookings, €10M+ revenue, and an industry-leading 4.8★ Trustpilot rating, the company is bridging virtual care with health system infrastructure through proprietary AI-trained patient data.
Key Highlights:
- Proven Traction: 4M+ bookings and 1M+ consults
- €10M annual revenue (2024) with clear path to EBITDA positivity
- Dual Revenue Engines: high-margin clinical services + Scalable AI SaaS
- Telehealth service is the largest in Ireland; 2.2x growth (2023 – 2024)
- Scalable AI software transforming traditional E2E healthcare systems with EU regulatory compliance – 4x growth by 2026
- Strong, experienced team led by Gareth Lambe (former Head of Meta Ireland)
- Notable Investor Backing: Resmed, Venturewave Capital
- SGD 3 (Good Health & Well-being): Providing accessible healthcare to patients in underserved regions
- SDG 5 (Gender Equality): 58% female employees
- SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth): Creating digital health care jobs, including remote roles
- SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure): AI-driven diagnostics reducing costs and improving accuracy in low-resource settings
- SDG 10 (Reduce Inequalities): Bridging the healthcare gap across rural-urban populations through affordable virtual care
- SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities & Communities): Strengthening healthcare systems to withstand crises and minimising transportation needs