Venturebeam Curated
Impact Dealflow.
All opportunities featured have passed the Venturebeam Business and Impact Screening assessment.
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.
Business & Impact Score: 84/AA
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
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Proven B2B and B2G traction with 6M+ Training Hours Delivered
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$10.5M Revenue (2024) with 2x-3x YoY Growth Rates
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Already profitable with strong unit economics: 65% gross margins & high renewal rates
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Government Partnership & Recognition: 300,000 students via Egypt’s MCIT
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Notable Investor Backing: Oraseya, Venturewave Capital
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Social Reach: 1M+ followers; 25,000 leads/month
Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 4 (Quality Education): Democratize tech education for underserved communities – provided over 60K full scholarships for underprivileged children
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SDG 5 (Gender Equality) 53% female student ratio + 73% female employees
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SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth) 1,800+ staff hired in 2024
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SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure): Scaling EdTech infrastructure & pedagogy advancements in emerging markets
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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.
Business & Impact Score: 73/BBB
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
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First-Mover Edge: Agent marketplace with 5,000+ prebuilt modules, Hardware-agnostic, decentralised architecture and zero-code model deployment (BYOM)
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Revenue Diversity: SaaS + Enterprise Licensing + AI agent transactions + Infra Tiers
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Proven Early Traction: record growth of Schoolhack to 3.5M+ users
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Rapid Growth: Pipeline of $8M+ across 28 deals
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Notable Investor Backing: CoreG42, Venturewave Capital
Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 4 (Quality Education): Democratizes AI education via no-code tools
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SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth): Creates high-skill AI jobs and upskills local talent.
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SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure): Decentralised AI OS accelerates R&D in underserved regions.
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SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities): Bridges the AI divide for non-English speakers and rural communities.
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SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities & Communities): Powers smart city AI tools
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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.
Business & Impact Score: 76/A
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
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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.
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Already profitable with strong unit economics: 80% gross margins
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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.
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Notable Investor Backing: ADQ
Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 13 (Climate Action) Coastal resilience to storms/floods – Reef Tiles reduce wave energy by 40%,
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SDG 14 (Life Below Water) Coral/biodiversity restoration – 4X faster coral growth vs. traditional methods,
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SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation) 3D-printed nature-based solutions – Patented designs scalable globally,
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SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities) Eco-engineered coastal protection – SeaWall Panels integrate biodiversity,
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SDG 5 (Gender Equality) Co-founder is female, and the company practices diverse hiring practices
InsightGenie
Sector: Fintech, Financial Inclusion, HR tech, Healthtech, Customer intelligence, Risk assessment, SaaS, AI
Round: Series A
HQ: Singapore
Website: insightgenie.ai
Investment Opportunity:
Raising a $10M capped at $15M to scale beyond organic growth by building a high-performance lead generation system and capturing rising demand in new markets. Their growth, though impressive, has been primarily organic to date without an actual Sales Director.
Business & Impact Score: 80/A+
InsightGenie envisions a world where better human insights create opportunities for more people. They believe InsightGenie can take us there by enabling populations overlooked by outdated models, not just in financial services and HR, but in diverse industries that need us most like education, healthcare and security. With teams in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, InsightGenie offers a full suite of solutions, including comprehensive risk assessment, alternative credit scoring, fraud detection, eKYC, financial product aggregation and customer profiling. Their prediction engine uses multi-modal metrics—voice, video, and social—along with a customer’s data inputs to produce actionable insights and The Genie Score™. This allows businesses to predict behaviour to make better decisions and grow faster
Key Highlights
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Impressive Revenue Growth - Revenue grew from $2.56M (2023) to $5.4M (2024) to $18.08M (2025) higher than their initial budget of $13.9M
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Already profitable with strong unit economics: 84.7% gross margins & high renewal rates
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Transitioned purely usage-based revenue model to ACV/subscriptions after successful gaining customer’s satisfaction (70% recurring; $240K LTV).
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Expanding aggressively into new markets like Latin America
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Notable Investor Backing: HSBC Asset Management and SOSV
Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth) Supports SMEs, gig workers, and startups through better credit scoring and financial analytics.
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SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure) As an AI/fintech company, it drives digital financial infrastructure and innovation.
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SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) Expands financial access to underserved groups (e.g., unbanked populations, low-income individuals),
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SDG 5 (Gender Equality) Its algorithms reduce gender bias in lending or promote women’s financial inclusion.
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SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) Collaborates with banks, NGOs, and governments to scale inclusive financial solutions.
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.
Business & Impact Score: 71/A-
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
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Proven Traction: 4M+ bookings and 1M+ consults
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€10M annual revenue (2024) with clear path to EBITDA positivity
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Dual Revenue Engines: high-margin clinical services + Scalable AI SaaS
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Telehealth service is the largest in Ireland; 2.2x growth (2023 – 2024)
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Scalable AI software transforming traditional E2E healthcare systems with EU regulatory compliance – 4x growth by 2026
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Strong, experienced team led by Gareth Lambe (former Head of Meta Ireland)
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Notable Investor Backing: Resmed, Venturewave Capital
Sustainable Development Goals
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SGD 3 (Good Health & Well-being): Providing accessible healthcare to patients in underserved regions
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SDG 5 (Gender Equality): 58% female employees
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SDG 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth): Creating digital health care jobs, including remote roles
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SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure): AI-driven diagnostics reducing costs and improving accuracy in low-resource settings
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SDG 10 (Reduce Inequalities): Bridging the healthcare gap across rural-urban populations through affordable virtual care
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SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities & Communities): Strengthening healthcare systems to withstand crises and minimising transportation needs
CabinAir
Sector: Automotive Technology, CleanTech, Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
Round: Series A
Website: cabinair
Investment Ask:
€7.5M – €15M to accelerate OEM production, expand global OES and IAM networks, and fund entry into new sectors.
Business & Impact Score: 75/A
CabinAir develops and manufactures state-of-the-art air purification solutions for the automotive world, addressing the full spectrum of air quality needs. CabinAir’s mission is to deliver clean, fresh air to drivers and passengers everywhere. It has 3 core business lines:
1. Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) for the vehicle manufacturers, including Volve and Polestar
2.Original Equipment Service (“OES”) for their distributors
3. Independent Aftermarket (“IAM”)
Key Highlights
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Tier 1 supplier to leading automotive brands, delivering a unique product protected by IP and delivering significant health benefits to drivers and passengers
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Strong growth based on new contracted OEM customers for 2025, and successful RFPs for further new OEMs in 2027/28
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Aggregate value of contracted shipments c. €120m+
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Patented technology that eliminates 99% of harmful particles, outperforming common filters, which typically remove only 60%
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Strong management team with decades of industry experience
Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 3 (Good Health & Well-Being): Directly safeguards health by purifying air inside vehicles, reducing respiratory risks.
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SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities): Creates clean air sanctuaries in vehicles, protecting occupants from urban pollution.
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SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth): Generates skilled employment in green tech R&D and manufacturing.
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SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure): Drives innovation in automotive technology with advanced air purification systems.
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SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production): Promotes responsible production by making clean air a new standard for automakers