Top 20 Automotive Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia in May 2025
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Automotive startups based in Saudi arabia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Automotive companies from Saudi arabia. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Automotive Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia in May 2025
Investor | Automotive Saudi Arabia investments |
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Impact46 | 3 |
Elm | 3 |
BECO Capital | 2 |
Derayah Financial | 2 |
Raed Ventures | 2 |
500 Falcons | 1 |
Access Bridge Ventures | 1 |
MERCED | 1 |
EQ2 Ventures | 1 |
Nama Ventures | 1 |
Vision Ventures | 1 |
Yasser Al-Ghamdi | 1 |
Wa’ed Ventures | 1 |
Sarh Fund | 1 |
Elm | 1 |
Nuwa Capital | 1 |
Jameel Investment Management Company | 1 |
Oqal | 1 |
Sadu Capital | 1 |
Raz Group | 1 |
Impact 46 is an asset manager and advisor that specializes in alternative investment opportunities. The firm provides innovative investment products and services to local & international institutions, family groups, endowments, and high net worth investors.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Spoilz — Play innovative new games with Spoilz, your one-stop destination for gaming joy. From casual to strategy, experience the best in gaming today!
- Cipher — Cipher It provides a wide range of services, including risk assessment, rapid response, and recovery to ensure business continuity.
- Mala'a Technologies — Make better financial decisions with Malaa. Manage your financials, track your expenses, take a loan or invest your money all from one app. Connect you bank accounts and start today
Elm offer a wide range of ready-made and customized digital solutions in many areas. The company provides products that are seemingly tailored to customers' needs and aspirations.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Saudi Arabia, India, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Reachware — Reachware is the top IPaaS in the Middle East, connecting systems for a unified ecosystem. Trusted by global enterprises. Learn more.
- Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
- Youverify — Youverify helps businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using AI, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officersverifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours.Youverify fills the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification.
Founded in 2012, BECO Capital pioneers early-stage venture capital firms, focusing on MENA and beyond. It proudly partners with regional success stories like Careem, Kitopi, SWVL, PropertyFinder, MaxAB, Tribal, and others, shaping the tech landscape
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- E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt
Derayah Financial is a financial services firm that has built and operates the first mutual fund supermarket in Saudi Arabia.
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Investment focus
- Marketplace, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- eat — Powerful restaurant reservation and guest management system. Flexible enough to use at both small and large restaurants. Sign up today. It's free!
- Sary — Sary is a B2B marketplace that connects small businesses with suppliers seamlessly. The company's mission is to empower organizations with smarter ways to operate and grow efficiently. Sary was founded in early 2018 by Careem ex-General Manager, Mohammed Aldossary, and his partner Khaled AlSiari, to fix the broken supply chain in thewholesale industry. Today, Sary operates in 12 major cities, where customers can order wholesale items ranging from a box to a truckload in a few clicks to be delivered as fast as 24 hours. Sary served 40,000+ customers, worked with 1700+ brands and wholesalers.
- Speero — Speero is an automotive spare part market place.
We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- BloomPath — Bloompath gives engineering team leads clear visibility into project progress, team contributions, and what's gaining traction, without digging through tools. Stay aligned, spot blockers early, and keep your team moving forward.
- SILQ — SILQ is a platform dedicated to bridging economies and empowering businesses to trade, grow, and navigate new frontiers. By enabling seamless commerce, logistics, and finance, SILQ unlocks opportunities in emerging economies, fueling ambitions and redefining global trade.The name SILQ is a modern tribute to the legendary Silk Road—reimagined forthe digital age. The distinctive “Q” comes from Souq, the Arabic word for marketplace, symbolizing our commitment to fast, accessible, authentic, and reliable commerce.SILQ aspires to transform local products and manufacturers into global brands by connecting them with entrepreneurs in emerging markets across the Gulf, South Asia, and beyond.
- Rabbit — At Rabbit, we plan to change how the world shops.Retail has witnessed one revolution before with the introduction of E-Commerce that changed how customers order stuff and the second revolution is here! We are proud to be among the pioneers, a handful of global entrepreneurs that are leading and shaping the retail's second revolutionWe arefunded by amazing VCs that are helping us build the next big thingYou feel it is vague? that's intended as we are still building in stealth. but trust us, it is COOL!
500 Falcons is the MENA-focused fund that is a part of the global 500 Startups network.
500 Startups is the most active global early-stage VC fund and startup accelerator focusing on discovering and backing the most talented founders worldwide.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Finance, Internet
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United States
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- AlgoPay — AlgoPay is the payment bridge between companies and their consumers in cash economies.
- Tamawal — Tamawal® is an innovative fintech platform that works as an aggregator for the financial sector to link finance requesters with banks and financial institutions as a Digital Financing Broker (DFB).
- FineDine — Finedine is a growing tech company that provides data-driven digital menus for a smarter and more profitable dining experience. Finedine Menu app tracks customer behavior and collects insights on what to keep and what to improve. The order management feature helps streamline the ordering process and improve table turnover. Restauranteurs can alsocollect instant feedback and contact information from guests to take action towards enhancing the dining experience. Finedine is used in 45 countries.
Access Bridge Ventures (ABV) is a leading early stage venture capital fund. tha invests across the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and on a case by case basis outside these regions. We currently have investments in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan and aggressively expa
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Apps, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
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- Mala Inc. — This is meta description
- Teammates.ai — Autonomous AI Teammates that deliver superior results.
- RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
Grow, Build, Innovate
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Investment focus
- Software, Automotive, Fleet Management
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Carefer — Carefer is a cloud-based management software that provides automated operations to increase fleet maintenance efficiency.
EQ2 Ventures is an investment firm that invests in Seed to Series B-stage startup companies. It was incorporated as a spin-off of Equitrust, a corporate VC arm launched in 2015 by Choueiri Group to capture opportunities linked to the digital transformation of the Middle East. Relying on a strong network of strategic investors and mentors, EQ2Ventures helps talented entrepreneurs solve major consumers and business problems, build sustainable companies. and create long-term value.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan
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- Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
- Sukhiba — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
- Uncover — Experience nourishing and rejuvenating Uncover Skincare products in Kenya. Made just for you, using the finest ingredients to offer innovative & effective solutions.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Nowlun — Search for cheap & fast freight prices from all shipping lines.
- PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
- Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.
Vision Ventures (VV) is an early stage venture capital firm founded by experienced entrepreneurs. Its slogan is:"By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs". We invest in innovative startups in the Seed and Series A across a wide range of verticals. We help startups realize their dreams and make a difference in a noisy world. We are an energeticteam that has a wealth of experience in starting companies and steering them to success and hyper growth. Our combined experience spans over 90 years in multiple countries which gives us extensive experience in multi-national, multi-cultural teams. We provide startups with hands on assistance and guidance on marketing, sales, product/service development, financial planning and management, expansion & growth strategy, and more.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Ejari — Ejari is providing a Rent Now, Pay Later (RNPL) solution for residential rentals, Rent Now, Pay Later products enable tenants to better manage their budgets by converting rent from a yearly expense to a monthly expense, while landlords receive an entire year's rent in advance.
- Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
- MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Yasser Al-Ghamdi
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Automotive
- Angel, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Nqoodlet — NQOODLET is an electronic platform targeting SMEs to manage their expenses, purchases through the credit cards given to the employees.
- Garage — Garage provides on-demand car maintenance services, enabling customers to book these services through its mobile app and receive them at their doorstep.
Wa’ed Ventures is a $500 million venture capital fund with the aim to accelerate the development of an integrated startup ecosystem by investing in local tech-based startups and incentivizing global entrepreneurs to localize their tech innovations in the Kingdom.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Zension — Zension is a subscription e-commerce company for consumer tech. Each and every day, we set out to create a new standard for connectivity and access to the best technology tools for all.
- TruBuild — AI pre-construction tool to review tenders, compare bids, and manage contracts, faster decisions, fewer errors, less admin.
- Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online
Sarh Fund is a venture capital investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Software, Automotive, Fleet Management
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Carefer — Carefer is a cloud-based management software that provides automated operations to increase fleet maintenance efficiency.
Elm
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, SMS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Saudi Arabia
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- Zid زد — Zid is an e-commerce in a box - solution that any retailer can use to start their eRetail. Zid helps them to build their own eStores (with their own name and identity) and integrates them with the supply chain players to enable them to manage and with ease. The company aims to enable the retail sector to enter the world of electronic retail in aneasy and professional.Zid was founded in 2017 and based in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
- Cura كيورا — Cura Healthcare is a Saudi leading telehealth provider that provides digital health and telemedicine software and services. The company has developed state-of-the-art technologies to empower health communications, changing the way patients and doctors interact, diagnose, prescribe, give second opinions, manage chronic diseases, and provide primaryhealth care and well-being therapy sessions. For more information: https://cura.healthcare/en/
- Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
A radical investment platform reshaping the relationship between founders and capital.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
- Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
- Silkhaus — A seamless, sophisticated experience you can rely on. Choose from the wide variety of furnished Boutique Flats and apartments for short and long-term stays from Silkhaus.
Jameel Investment Management Company is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, Finance
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States
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- Lean Technologies — Lean provides the Data and Payments tools to empower MENA's next generation of financial products | Trusted by Etisalat, Hubpay, Lulu Finance, Binance, Sarwa and more.
- Thndr — Investing in U.S. stocks made easy with thndr global
- Ollang — Ollang provides cutting-edge AI dubbing, accurate subtitle translations, and closed captions services to enhance your multimedia content. Experience superior quality dubbing that brings your videos to life. Explore our services today!
Oqal Group was formed as an endowment group by a group of young businessmen to be a platform that brings together angel investors and emerging entrepreneurs to form partnerships of economic feasibility that raise the welfare of society and enhance the quality of life. It enables the founders of entrepreneurial startups to develop innovative andfast-growing startups in a variety of sectors by providing access to smart capital and experienced angel investors.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
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- Spare — Spare | Know Your Money
- DESAISIV — DESAISIV, a MENA based InsurTech startup specialising in health insurance which is transforming health insurance for insurers and clients through exploiting their advanced AI solutions which were developed in collaboration with top machine learning scientists from the University of Oxford. DESAISIV’s philosophy is simply to put AI at the centre ofall decision making. This AI-driven approach guarantees that clients of Groups and SMEs will get optimized insurance policies tailored to their needs, also it will make sure that insurance companies will optimise their processes using the latest AI technologies. Benefitting from access to a vast database of hundreds of millions of patient records, DESAISIV has achieved an impressive average prediction accuracy of over 95%. Demonstrating their commitment to excellence, they have set an ambitious target to exceed 99% accuracy by the end of this year. Through their AI-driven products, DESAISIV streamlines various aspects of health insurance, including automating underwriting procedures, tailoring policy's benefits and coverage, improving quality of service by predicting developing diseases, identifying high-risk behaviours, and reducing customer attrition.
- TruBuild — AI pre-construction tool to review tenders, compare bids, and manage contracts, faster decisions, fewer errors, less admin.
Sadu assist pre-seed, seed, and series A businesses in reaching the stage when they may get growth financing. Founded in 2021.
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Octa — Reduce DSO by 30%, save 20+ hours per week, and delight customers with our all-in-one platform.
- Reachware — Reachware is the top IPaaS in the Middle East, connecting systems for a unified ecosystem. Trusted by global enterprises. Learn more.
- OTO — OTO is SaaS company that helps retailers implement their Omni-Channel strategy by enabling them to ship their online orders directly from the physical stores with the best delivery partners in just 2 hours! Also, we provide Online Retailers and E-commerce companies access to ship packages with more than 80 delivery & carrier companies shipping domestically and internationally.
Raz Group empowers entrepreneurs and helps them transform their passions into value-adding companies.
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Investment focus
- Events, Advertising, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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- Cargoz — Cargoz is a logistics startup that connects SMEs looking for warehousing space with warehousing companies who has extra capacity, like Airbnb but for commercial warehousing & storage.
- Autobia — Autobia is a B2B marketplace leveraging the data to solve the infrastructure and after-sales challenges in the automotive industry. The company bridges the gap between wholesalers and resellers by offering in-between digital, operational and logistical integrated solutions. It was founded in 2021 and is located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
- Dnaneer — Dnaneer is a FinTech platform that connects online businesses with investors through crowdfunding of enterprises.
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