Top 40 Hardware Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia in October 2024
A list of 40 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Hardware startups based in Saudi arabia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hardware companies from Saudi arabia. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 Hardware Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia in October 2024
Investor | Hardware Saudi Arabia investments |
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Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures | 7 |
Saudi Aramco | 6 |
Vision Ventures | 5 |
RZM Investments | 4 |
Class 5 Global | 3 |
Khwarizmi Ventures | 3 |
Oqal | 3 |
Wamda Capital | 3 |
Shorooq Partners | 2 |
Sadu Capital | 2 |
Elm | 2 |
SEEDRA Ventures | 2 |
HALA Ventures | 2 |
Outliers Venture Capital | 2 |
Graphene Ventures | 2 |
Tech Invest Com | 2 |
Oryx Fund | 2 |
Abdulaziz Alyabis | 2 |
Bunat Ventures | 1 |
Al Nafea | 1 |
PreAngel | 1 |
Siraj Holding | 1 |
Raed Ventures | 1 |
Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF) | 1 |
Elm | 1 |
Iliad Partners | 1 |
GSI Ventures | 1 |
Al Tuwaijri Fund | 1 |
Wa’ed Ventures | 1 |
Stc | 1 |
Derayah Venture Capital | 1 |
Abdulrahman Sulaiman Alrajhi & sons Co. | 1 |
HearstLab | 1 |
DSM Venturing | 1 |
AlBawardi Group | 1 |
STV | 1 |
Dallah Investment | 1 |
VentureSouq | 1 |
Jawla investments | 1 |
Knollwood Investment Advisory | 1 |
Wa’ed Ventures is the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed), established by Saudi Aramco with the vision of igniting the spirit of entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Wa’ed has deployed a suite of programs over the years to assist entrepreneurs in establishing, enhancing, or expanding their ventures. Theseprograms comprise development and financial support including business incubation, coaching and training to guide and nurture entrepreneurs along different business stages, seed funding, non-collateral loans, venture capital (equity/debt) investment, and business development. These programs support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of localizing industries and diversifying the Kingdom’s economy. Wa’ed also collaborates and engages with key players in order to create an effective entrepreneurship ecosystem.Wa’ed aspires to provide leadership in promoting entrepreneurship to support economic growth, diversification, and social development in Saudi Arabia, in alignment with the Kingdom’s strategic thrust into moving towards a knowledge-based economy. The organization aims to turn innovative ideas into successful projects, create and support sustainable SMEs, and develop entrepreneurs into successful business owners.Wa’ed Ventures aims to fuel the growth of high potential companies, thereby promoting economic development in Saudi Arabia with job creation for Saudi nationals, technological improvement, knowledge transfer, economic diversification, and economic growth within the Kingdom. The firm focuses on seed, early, and growth-stage businesses across a diverse range of sectors including information and communication technology (ICT), energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and services – from mobile application platforms and technologies to industrial equipment manufacturing to advanced software solutions.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Apps
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Saudi Arabia, India, Luxembourg
Portfolio highlights
- ELEVATUS — Automate the entire recruitment cycle from creating job requisitions to onboarding new hires - with the #1 AI recruitment software.
- OQ TECHNOLOGY — OQ Technology's Satellite 5G IoT - The world's first global satellite 5G operator, that can collect data from more than 1000 sensors, and so providing cellular coverage for assets and machines anywherer in the world.
- MANAFA Capital — MANAFA is an online marketplace for investing equity into innovative, early-stage companies. It provides sophisticated investors free access to direct investment opportunities, diligence tools and industry data insights for an asset class that was previously very difficult to access. For entrepreneurs, MANAFA offers an efficient way to access anetwork of sophisticated investors as well as leading partners.
At Aramco, our behavior is what defines us - as a company, as employees, as people. Everything we do is anchored by our corporate values: citizenship, safety, accountability, excellence and integrity.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Oil and Gas, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Saudi Arabia, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- TipRanks — TipRanks stock market research and analysis, lets you see the track record and measured performance of any analyst or blogger, so you know who to trust!
- Rongsheng Petrochemical — Rongsheng Petrochemical produces, markets, and sells petrochemicals, chemical fibers, and other related products in China and internationally. It offers synthetic fibers and films, including fiber and film grade polyester chips, bottle grade polyester chips, polyester pre-oriented yarns, draw textured yarns, fully drawn yarns, and PET films;synthetic raw materials, such as purified terephthalic acids, ethylene oxides, triethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, and P-xylene; and synthetic resins comprising ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, high density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, and polypropylene. Rongsheng Petrochemical also provides olefins consisting of butene-1, hexene-1, butadiene, propylene, and ethylene; aromatics and phenols, including cumene, acetone, phenol, styrene, ethylbenzene, xylene, mixed aromatics, methylbenzene, and purified petroleum benzine; and acrylonitrile and special chemical products, such as dimethyl carbonate, methyl methacrylate, polycarbonate, bisphenol A, acetonitrile, and acrylonitrile. Moreover, it offers intermediate and chemical raw materials comprising iso-butane, n-butane, petroleum cokes, liquid argons, liquid ammonia, methanol, liquid petroleum gas, isooctane, methyl tert-butyl ether, industrial hexane, pentane foamer, industrial aromatic hydrocarbons, high-flash aromatic naphthas, ethylene bottom oils, splitting decomposition C9 and C5, and sulphur; and oil products, such as jet fuels, diesel, and gasoline. Rongsheng Chemical Fiber Group that began operation in 1995 became Rongsheng Petrochemical in September 2007. It has its headquarters in Hangzhou in China as a subsidiary of Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group.
- Geely-Renault Powertrain Co. — Geely-Renault Powertrain Co. develop and supply hybrid and internal combustion engines (ICE). It's a joint venture between Geely and Renault.
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
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Rewaa — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.
- Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
- Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!
RZM Investments manages the shares of various companies that are in the field of health, education, hospitality, and tourism.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Athir — Athir Information Systems Technology offers a cloud-based Healthcare Information System for managing and automating medical services.
- BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
- Abyan Capital — Abyan Capital is a financial service company that provides an automated solution and portfolio management for long-term investments.
Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
- Field Materials, Inc. — Increase Margins and Cut Costs with Digital Procurement
Khwarizmi Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks investments in startups with a passion for algorithms. It seeks to help create their vision, as they embark on a journey together that aligns their goals to improve quality of life using technology powered by algorithms.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Yalla Plus — Yalla Plus offers QR-based digital menu solutions for restaurants, featuring integrated payments and easy menu management.
- Bluworks.io — Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions.
- Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.
A group of young entrepreneurs to connect young people with ideas.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- AlGooru — AlGooru is a tutoring network marketplace that connects students with qualified tutors on a mobile app. Our mobile app uberizes the tutoring market. Students can find reliable tutors, and tutors can manage their sessions/price their own rates.
- Letswork — Work, meet and connect from the best coworking spaces, cafes and hotels across the UAE and Bahrain. Buy a membership, book meeting rooms or rent an office via the Letswork app.
- Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.
We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan
Portfolio highlights
- qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
- Salus — Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health.
Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
- Intelmatix — Intelligent Informatics Technologies Intelmatix is a deep tech AI company offering Enterprise AI that is accessible providing cutting-edge Decision Intelligence software that gives organizations a competitive advantage in the new AI era. LEARN MORE Capabilities Intelmatix develops technology platforms that integrate sector knowledge with expertise in data sensing, data processing, data analysis, data visualization and interaction.
- Settle Payments — SETTLE automates enterprise's payments and manages all their bank accounts in one place for better cashflow decisions.
- Zyp Technologies — Zyp Technologies produces electric motorcycles intended to accelerate a net-zero carbon emission world. The business provides consumers with electric vehicle models and a broadened battery swap network that makes the switch to electric motorcycles simple.
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
- Scalers — Scalers is a one-stop shop for Saudi youth to enter the job market, through enhancing their skills for modern employment, as well as connecting them to employers both within and outside its network.
- 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.
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.
SEEDRA Ventures invests in companies from the very first stages of inception to Series-A and beyond, providing financing and hands-on development support.
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Investment focus
- Predictive Analytics, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
- 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.
- Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.
Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
- Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
- 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.
Backing outlier founders in MENA & the US at the earliest stages
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Predictive Analytics
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Soum — Soum is reimagining recommence in the MENA region and beyond by building the most convenient, trustworthy, and transparent recommence marketplace, starting with consumer electronics in Saudi Arabia.
- Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online
- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
Graphene - venture fund for innovative startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series F
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Datalogz — Datalogz is a BI Ops solution that enables teams to bridge the gaps in their business intelligence environment.
- Start Careers — Start Careers offers Publicize the vacancies in a practical way to the best universities in the country.
- Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.
Saudi technology investment company established in 2005. We invest in growth stage tech startups in Saudi Arabia & Middle East North Africa (MENA) region
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Predictive Analytics
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
Portfolio highlights
- Merit Incentives — Merit Incentives provides gifts, rewards, and engagement strategies using innovative technologies in the MENA region.
- Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!
- Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.
Oryx Fund is a MENA-focused Investment fund from Hambro Perks. Investing in game-changing early-stage technology companies at late Seed and Series A, led by outstanding entrepreneurs in sectors we have deep expertise such as Fintech, Healthtech, Enterprise tech, Logistics tech, and Edtech.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Growdash — Growdash is a business intelligence and analytics tool built specifically for restaurants to support profitable growth strategic decisions across online sales channels.
- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
- Merit Incentives — Merit Incentives provides gifts, rewards, and engagement strategies using innovative technologies in the MENA region.
Abdulaziz Alyabis
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Electronics
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Rewaa | رواء — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.
Bunat Ventures is a venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Residential
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Wadaie — Wadaie is a fintech startup helps customers to earn returns on Shariah-compliant time deposits without opening new accounts at other banks.
- Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
- 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.
Al Nafea
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
PreAngel is a 30M RMB investment fund focused on early stage internet startups. Investment on each project range from 100K to 1M RMB. In addition to investment, PreAngel plays a key role as "co-founder", providing guidance in startup operation, business model refinement and industry resources.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Blockchain
- Angel, Seed, Series A
- China, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Ajuna Network — Ajuna Network is a decentralized ecosystem for gamers and creators.
- X World Games — Founded in 2018, X World Games (“XWG”) aims to build the next-gen decentralized gaming metaverse.X World Games' vision is to build a diversified gaming ecosystem that connects traditional gamers with the blockchain world and invite more game developers into the crypto space by creating and providing the underlying blockchain framework.Withits gaming innovation, crypto game - Dream Card, NFT Marketplace and DeFi Pool, X World Games now serves over 2 million registered gamers, and has quickly become the fastest-growing crypto gaming platform in the ecosystem.X World Games is headquartered in Singapore with a 100+ dynamic team located worldwide.
- Feiba Business Travel — Feiba Business Travel is a business trip ticket service platform
Siraj Holding invests in financial, industrial, property development, general trading and oil & gas sectors.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Buildnow — BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.
- Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.
- Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.
Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF) is a venture capital fund investing in early stage technology companies around the globe. The fund is interested in post-revenue Seed through Series-B opportunities. RTF was founded by Riyad Capital Co. and TAQNIA and is backed by leading Saudi institutional investors.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan
Portfolio highlights
- Haseel — The new concept to meet your needs of vegetables and fruits selects you the best crops and the best prices in a way that is consistent with your digital age.
- TruKKer — TRUKKER is one of the leading names of logistics & transportation companies in UAE, KSA, Egypt & across the GCC. We offer logistics & transport & truck rental services in the MENA Region. Call us on +971 600-524642.
- Eureka — Eureka is an information technology company that specializes in data analytics, big data, and artificial intelligence. It features an AI-based software application platform that utilizes artificial intelligence, mobile operator data, and proprietary data, which provides insights for businesses, companies, and organizations to communicate withpotential and existing customers.The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Jakarta Raya, Indonesia.
Elm
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, SMS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- 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 — 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.
Iliad Partners is a venture capital firm based in Dubai that helps founders in MENA turn startups into successful high-growth companies. Join our epic journey.
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Investment focus
- Logistics, Supply Chain Management, FinTech
- Convertible Note, Seed, Series A
- United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Qashio — Award-winning expense management solution, corporate cards, finance and tax automation for MENA businesses.
- 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.
- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
GSI Ventures is the investment firm.
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Software
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
Al Tuwaijri Fund is a venture capital fund.
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Investment focus
- Payments, Shipping, Logistics
- Seed
- Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
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
- E-Commerce, B2B, Mobile Apps
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
Portfolio highlights
- Athir — Athir Information Systems Technology offers a cloud-based Healthcare Information System for managing and automating medical services.
- Abyan Capital — Abyan Capital is a financial service company that provides an automated solution and portfolio management for long-term investments.
- Stake — Thousands of investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just AED 500.
The stc group is a driving force behind the region's digital transformation, providing cutting-edge solutions and expediting the digitization process. Digital infrastructure, cloud computing, cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), digital payments, digital media, and digital entertainment are just a few of the many services offered by thegroup.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Electronics
- Series A
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Rewaa — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.
Derayah Venture Capital is a Venture Capital Fund That Invests in High Growth Startups across the MENA region.
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Investment focus
- Predictive Analytics, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Eat App — Powerful restaurant reservation and guest management system. Flexible enough to use at both small and large restaurants. Sign up today. It's free!
- Rewaa — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.
- Sanad Cash — faster reconciliation and books closing
Abdulrahman Sulaiman Alrajhi & sons Co. is an investment company.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Electronics
- Series A
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Rewaa — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.
HearstLab provides cash investments and services to early-stage, women-led startups innovating across fintech, data analytics, health, transportation, enterprise technology and media. Its mission is to close the gap in VC funding for women by helping founders build sustainable and highly scalable businesses.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
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- TiLT — Tilt's leave management system makes navigating critical life moments easy with our tech, and more human with our hearts.
- Sandgarden — Sandgarden is a modularized platform to prototype, iterate, and deploy AI applications. It removes the infrastructure overhead of crafting the pipeline of tools and processes needed even to begin testing AI on imagined use cases — and then makes it trivial to turn a test into a production application without figuring out how to deploy, monitor, andscale the stack.
- Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!
Innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty. Together, we bring progress to life by combining the essential, the desirable, and the sustainable.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- Vivici — Our mission is to meet the world's growing need for sustainable, nutritious and great tasting animal-free proteins.
- NutriLeads — NutriLeads is an innovative startup that develops nutritional ingredients with demonstrated health effects. NutriLeads aims to catalyze nutritional health innovation in the food industry by partnering with relevant companies to identify promising lead ingredients, develop sustainable and commercially viable production processes, and initiatescientific & clinical programs to substantiate the health effects of these ingredients. Together we will bring the benefits of the proprietary ingredients to patients and consumers.
- Octarine Bio — Octarine Bio is a world leading synthetic biology platform with a core mission to drive bio-based, sustainable solutions to address the most pressing planetary issues through innovation & exploration. Inspired by nature, to protect nature.
Albawardi's great stability, growth, and strength lies in its flexibility to respond to changing market dynamics and the diversified nature of its activities. Albawardi's vision is customer-oriented and innovative. As a result, it can optimize its response to new opportunities and market developments, while meeting the highestinternational quality standards across all the Group’s operations.
World-class companies in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East leverage the expertise of Albawardi subsidiaries. Competitive advantages enjoyed by its customers are a fitting testament to the Group’s culture of quality and this is a cornerstone of the business on which long-term relationships are fostered. Partnership with Albawardi Group ensures association with a dynamic enterprise that enjoys a longstanding reputation for professionalism and an ethical approach to business.
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- SaaS, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
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- Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
STV is a $500M technology venture capital fund headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Financial Services, E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
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- Salla — Salla a Saudi-based e-commerce platform that allows users to set up their e-commerce store in Arabic and sell their products and services to customers. In addition, users can set up their own branded store (with their own domain name) by selecting a design of their liking available on Salla. The owners of the e-commerce stores can then manage theirinventory by using Salla’s website or app. Salla provides different types of reports and tools that help store owners with automatic invoices, integration, Instagram, customer database, the ability to block customers, pin favorite products, have offers and discounts, and more.
- Intelmatix — Intelligent Informatics Technologies Intelmatix is a deep tech AI company offering Enterprise AI that is accessible providing cutting-edge Decision Intelligence software that gives organizations a competitive advantage in the new AI era. LEARN MORE Capabilities Intelmatix develops technology platforms that integrate sector knowledge with expertise in data sensing, data processing, data analysis, data visualization and interaction.
- Abyan Capital — Abyan Capital is a financial service company that provides an automated solution and portfolio management for long-term investments.
A diversified investment company that manages multi-billions worth of assets in Saudi Arabia and across the globe. Our investment strategy focuses on public equities, local direct investments and alternative assets.
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- B2B, SaaS, Software
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
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- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
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- Elevate Pay — Bloom mobile banking app helps in money transfer in Sudan.
- LayerPixel — LayerPixel uses a modular design to overcome TON's asynchronous limitations and leverage its sharding benefits.
- PostEx — PostEx is a hybrid of receivables factoring solutions and courier services that pay invoice values upfront to e-commerce companies offering Cash on Delivery as one of their modes of payment.
Jawla investments is an investment company.
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- Telecommunications
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
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- Tygo — Tygo is the telecommunications services and marketing platform.
Knollwood Investment Advisory is focused on financing companies in the internet security sector.
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- Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Arab Emirates, India
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- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
- Hypernative — Detect attacks in progress & prevent loses in real time by proactively monitoring on and off chain data sources and help mitigate security, governance and financial risks with early warnings & actionable insights.
- Linx Security — The Linx Identity Security platform enables identity, security, and IT ops teams to finally control the whole identity lifecycle. A radical departure from legacy identity security solutions, Linx untangles the complex, ever-evolving web of identity security. Integrating smoothly with your IAM stack, Linx pulls together all your organization’sidentity data—organizing it neatly to reveal the hidden links between your employees, their digital identities, and the apps, software, platforms, and programs they have access to. Enabling you to continuously reduce your identity attack surface and swiftly close gaps in compliance.
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