e&

e& is a telecommunications and technology group headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, with a corporate venture team that invests in and supports technology startups. The group's investment activity sits alongside connectivity, digital infrastructure, digital services and enterprise solutions, and is framed around backing companies and ideas that contribute to a more connected digital future. Specific details of the venture programme - stage focus, check size, portfolio composition and decision-making structure - are not disclosed in the material available here.

The parent group provides the operating context for that investment function. Founded in 1976 as the UAE's telephone company, e& has evolved into what it describes as an AI-powered enabling telco, with a stated technical remit spanning telecommunications, connectivity, digital infrastructure, AI, digital services and enterprise solutions. For founders, the corporate affiliation implies access to a group operating business in these domains rather than a standalone financial investor; strategic collaboration is inherent in the mandate, though the precise form of portfolio support is not specified.

In scale terms, e& reports more than 45 years of continuous operation and market presence across the United Arab Emirates, Asia, Africa and Europe. The group's stated purpose is to enrich everyday life for the people and communities it reaches and to help businesses and economies "make more possible" - an orientation it traces back to an original mission to connect the country and its people. Industry verticals of interest to the group include telecommunications, digital services, enterprise technology and investment.