No. 044 · Zuhair Shamma
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Version 3
2026-07-17
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- Raised: $4.3M pre-Series A, 2025 $8.1M total ($3.8M seed 2023, $4.3M pre-Series A 2025)
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Version 2
2026-07-15
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Version 1
2026-07-10
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- Founder: Zuhair Shamma
- Company: Zest Equity
- Founded: 2021 · Dubai
- Raised: $4.3M pre-Series A, 2025
- Backers: Prosus Ventures, MEVP, Morgan Stanley ISV, DFDF
- Strap: He co-founded Zest Equity to digitize private market transactions in MENA, building execution rails for secondaries and SPVs on deals under $100 million.
- Moves: 2021 · Founded in Dubai with Rawan Baddour as a marketplace for secondary trading of startup shares; 2023 · Raised $3.8M seed led by MEVP with Dubai Future District Fund; 2025 · Raised $4.3M pre-Series A led by Prosus Ventures with Morgan Stanley participation
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