IM Fndng
Lebanon-based investment organisation running IM Ventures and IM Capital, which offer matching capital, equity guarantees and technical assistance to businesses from seed to growth stage and to investors.
Industry: Venture capital and investment guarantees | Location: Dbayeh, Lebanon | Founded: 2015
About IM Fndng
IM Fndng is a Lebanese investment organisation that supports entrepreneurs and investors in Lebanon through two programmes, IM Ventures and IM Capital. Its website describes them as offering matching capital, equity guarantees and technical assistance to businesses from seed to growth stage and to investors, and gives IM Ventures as a 38 million dollar programme and IM Capital as a 20 million dollar one. The organisation is based at Waterfront City in Dbayeh.
IM Capital was announced in Beirut in April 2015 as a subsidiary of the Berytech Foundation under the USAID MENA Investment Initiative. Wamda reported that it would distribute 15 million dollars over the first five years of a 20-year programme. Nicolas Rouhana, who had been executive director of Berytech from 2002 to 2015, was named general manager. He is now chairman and chief executive. At an April 2021 event, IM Capital reported investments in 25 Lebanese start-ups, five angel investor groups formed, more than 800 entrepreneurs trained and over 300 jobs created.
IM Ventures, which Wamda describes as a Lebanon-based venture firm called Insure and Match Ventures, co-funds or partly insures investments made by incubators, accelerators, angels and funds. Its matching capital offer is up to 1 million dollars alongside a qualified lead investor. In October 2022 it launched the Scale Manufacture and Export Fund, a 12 million dollar vehicle under the USAID Lebanon Investment Initiative, with 6 million dollars from IM Ventures and 6 million dollars from private investors.
The website also lists the Save Our Startups Fund, the SoLR and Renewable Energy Fund, two accelerators, an angel fund and mentoring programmes.
Ten staff are listed, including Edward Melki, senior investment manager, and Antoun Mouawad, vice president of investment.
In 2026 the site posted news of seed rounds for Revelico in July, Kebra in August (150,000 dollars) and Papr in September (1.25 million dollars), with IM Ventures commenting on the last two. TechScoop reported IM Fndng in May 2026 among partners in an alliance around B&Y Venture Partners' Lebanese angel investor network. Its website publishes no results figures.
Leadership
- Nicolas Rouhana, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Antoun Mouawad, VP Investment
- Edward Melki, Senior Investment Manager
- Carine Assouad, Executive Advisor and Portfolio Operations