Investments
63Portfolio Exits
2Funds
14Partners & Customers
1About HOF Capital
HOF Capital is a global venture capital firm headquartered in NYC. The Firm's seed and growth funds focus on tech-based startups; with a special focus on businesses that have an international expansion potential. HOF Capital assists entrepreneurs in increasing their global footprint by exposing them to their diverse network of partners across the industry. Guided by this philosophy, HOF provides innovators with both the funding and access to markets necessary for exponential growth.

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Latest HOF Capital News
Oct 21, 2022
in a seed funding round headed by Outliers Venture Capital. Angel investors are among the participants in this funding round, which also includes HOF Capital, Foundation Ventures, Samurai Incubate, and others. Ahmed Atef, Mahmoud AlSilk, and Moataz Sami founded Kenzz in 2022 to offer the people of Egypt and Mena a premier, dependable mass e-commerce solution. With discounts of up to 65%, Kenzz’s customer-centric platform digitalizes the offline experience to make it engaging, enjoyable, and social for users across all customer touchpoints. Internet usage statistics and shopping data conceal the fact that e-commerce in Egypt and, to a greater extent, Mena, has not yet been fully realized and optimized. The startup’s model, which is reflective of the everyday behavior and demands of the consumer masses and makes online buying easy to reach, bridges the gap between traditional offline and online purchasing. Lack of trust, the availability of deals, complexity, a one-way transactional procedure, a lack of personalization, a lack of insightful relevancy, and duplicate technology are the main objections consumers have to make purchases online, which are all addressed by Kenzz. By providing them with data, insights, and connections to prospective hard-to-reach end users, Kenzz’s model helps regional manufacturers and SMEs build their businesses. “We are happy to complete this seed fundraise, and we thank all of our investors for their support,” Kenzz CEO Ahmed Atef stated. In Egypt and the MENA region, the moment is right to completely utilize e-commerce. We especially created Kenzz to appeal to those who aren’t yet convinced that online purchasing is a useful and common practice. In order to bring relevance, convenience, trust, and value, we are revolutionizing the buying experience. We have high confidence in the future. The additional funding will be used to expand product categories, assemble a wide range of products to suit the preferences and tastes of various customer segments, continue hiring talent, invest in technology, and soon release its new app.
HOF Capital Investments
63 Investments
HOF Capital has made 63 investments. Their latest investment was in Kenzz as part of their Seed VC on October 10, 2022.

HOF Capital Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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10/18/2022 | Seed VC | Kenzz | $3.5M | Yes | Foundation Ventures, HOF Capital, Outliers Venture Capital, Samurai Incubate, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 19 |
9/29/2022 | Seed VC | Meliora Therapeutics | $11M | Yes | Axial, BrightEdge, HOF Capital, Michael Polansky, Obvious Ventures, Olive Capital, Pebblebed, Undisclosed Angel Investors, Village Global, Wes Sterman, and ZhenFund | 4 |
9/20/2022 | Series A | Opto Investments | $145M | Yes | 8VC, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Fin Capital, HOF Capital, MSD Capital, Tiger Global Management, and Undisclosed Investors | 6 |
8/30/2022 | Seed VC - III | |||||
8/2/2022 | Pre-Seed |
Date | 10/18/2022 | 9/29/2022 | 9/20/2022 | 8/30/2022 | 8/2/2022 |
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Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Series A | Seed VC - III | Pre-Seed |
Company | Kenzz | Meliora Therapeutics | Opto Investments | ||
Amount | $3.5M | $11M | $145M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Foundation Ventures, HOF Capital, Outliers Venture Capital, Samurai Incubate, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | Axial, BrightEdge, HOF Capital, Michael Polansky, Obvious Ventures, Olive Capital, Pebblebed, Undisclosed Angel Investors, Village Global, Wes Sterman, and ZhenFund | 8VC, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Fin Capital, HOF Capital, MSD Capital, Tiger Global Management, and Undisclosed Investors | ||
Sources | 19 | 4 | 6 |
HOF Capital Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
HOF Capital has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Vyng on November 15, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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11/15/2022 | Acquired | 4 | |||
Date | 11/15/2022 | |
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Exit | Acquired | |
Companies | ||
Valuation | ||
Acquirer | ||
Sources | 4 |
HOF Capital Fund History
14 Fund Histories
HOF Capital has 14 funds, including HOF Institutional Fund II.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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5/3/2022 | HOF Institutional Fund II | $300M | 1 | ||
11/27/2020 | HOF Capital Growth Opportunity XIII | $8.29M | 1 | ||
11/17/2020 | HOF Capital Growth Opportunity | $16.01M | 1 | ||
11/2/2020 | HOF Capital Growth Opportunity XIV | ||||
9/23/2020 | HOF Capital Growth Opportunity VIII |
Closing Date | 5/3/2022 | 11/27/2020 | 11/17/2020 | 11/2/2020 | 9/23/2020 |
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Fund | HOF Institutional Fund II | HOF Capital Growth Opportunity XIII | HOF Capital Growth Opportunity | HOF Capital Growth Opportunity XIV | HOF Capital Growth Opportunity VIII |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $300M | $8.29M | $16.01M | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
HOF Capital Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
HOF Capital has 1 strategic partners and customers. HOF Capital recently partnered with Oorbit on March 3, 2022.
HOF Capital Team
5 Team Members
HOF Capital has 5 team members, including current Founder, Managing Partner, Hisham Elhaddad.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Hisham Elhaddad | Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, and Switch Communications | Founder, Managing Partner | Current |
Name | Hisham Elhaddad | ||||
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Work History | Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, and Switch Communications | ||||
Title | Founder, Managing Partner | ||||
Status | Current |
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