Top 30 Media (Entertainment) Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia (October 2026)

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• Dnaneer — Dnaneer is a FinTech platform that connects online businesses with investors through crowdfunding of enterprises.
• Ebra — Ebra is leading a new era of debt recovery in the Middle East. As the region’s first AI-powered collection company, we’re redefining how businesses recover capital, making the process smarter, faster, and built on trust. We’re setting a new standard for debt collection.
• Myne — Myne offers a comprehensive platform for tracking, growing, and protecting assets. The platform integrates seamlessly with various financial tools to provide users with a holistic view of their wealth. Key features include net worth tracking, budgeting, investing, and estate planning. Myne ensures data security with multiple layers of encryption,making it a secure choice for managing financial well-being.

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• Raff — RetailTech startup aiming to be the center of commerce.
• Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
• Mantas — Parametric insurance for cloud outages with swift payouts triggered by real-time data

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• Aamar — An innovative real estate platform that simplifies and automates leasing processes.
• Bonat — Bonat is a customer engagement solution that provides advanced tools to help in managing businesses.
• 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.

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• Hazen.ai — Hazen.ai is a Saudi startup focusing on artificial intelligence based traffic analytics and monitoring solutions
• TakaHouse — TakaHouse is a gaming company that combines entertainment and communication for gamers.
• Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.

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• 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.
• OCTA — OCTA brings you the clients and runs the work behind them, from books and reconciliations to billing and close. You grow the firm without adding headcount.
• StrikeReady — Transform security operations with Composite AI. Investigate alerts, automate SOC workflows and connect your security stack.

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• Morni — Morni is an interactive platform that provides roadside assistant services in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Countries through a smart-phone application. Morni currently provides its services to both individuals and corporations.
• Signit — Transform your contract workflows with secure, legally-binding e-signatures. Trusted by 700+ Saudi organizations.
• Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.

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• Ori Industries — Ori is building the AI backbone for the future, enabling teams to advance groundbreaking technology. We believe the true potential of AI will be unlocked by how seamlessly teams can access and deploy the infrastructure they need to train, serve, and scale models. As a trusted partner, Ori provides end-to-end AI infrastructure—combining powerfulGPU compute with a flexible software layer that optimizes resources. With Ori, teams can explore, build, and scale AI innovations effortlessly, transforming how software and hardware work together to drive the next wave of AI breakthroughs.
• ELEVATUS — Elevatus is the #1 Agentic AI Hiring Operating System built for enterprise scale. Autonomous recruiting from requisition to onboarding - zero code.
• 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.

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• Arsann — ARSANN specializes in consulting services and offers a parking management app that allows operators to monitor cars entering and leaving their facilities. The company also links gig-workers with part-time job opportunities, enhancing workforce flexibility. Additionally, ARSANN collaborates with partners to build smart EV charging networks atparking facilities, contributing to sustainable transportation solutions.
• Ash Games Studio — Ash Games Studio develops and publishes interactive video games. Available materials indicate a focus on original titles alongside contract game development services for partners. Work typically spans concept, design, prototyping, programming, art, and testing, followed by content updates and live support. Offerings may include co-development andcontent production for mobile and PC releases, along with community and analytics support.
• Majestic Mind Games — Majestic Mind Games is a game studio creating strategic, mind-engaging video games.

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• Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
• Salasa — End-to-End eCommerce Logistics to Scale Your BusinessWe store, pack, and deliver your products to happy customers anywhere on Earth.
• Stitch — The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments.

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• Darent — Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences
• Muhlah — Muhlah is a Saudi fintech company.The company provides microfinancing focused on credit discipline, transparency, compliance, and financial inclusion across Saudi Arabia. Its products emphasize responsible lending with sustainable repayment terms, targeting underserved segments without physical branches.
• iStoria — iStoria, a specialized EdTech app that helps people improve their English language through reading interesting stories

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• Qanary — Qanary is a digital second-opinion platform designed to help radiologists detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
• FlyAkeed — FlyAkeed is the only app that enables you to browse fully-booked flights and waitlist to issue your ticket once your seat becomes available again.
• ImmunoPrecise Antibodies — IPA is a biotherapeutic research and technology company that leverages systems biology, multi-omics modeling, and complex artificial intelligence systems to support its proprietary technologies in bioplatform-based antibody discovery. Recently, IPA was ranked by one of the pharmaceutical industry’s most trusted and independent market researchsources as having the highest competitive score for its antibody service portfolio.1The company represents a HUB of biotherapeutic intelligence that includes a hybrid of experts and technologies, providing highly specialized full-continuum therapeutic antibody discovery and development —with advanced omics and complex artificial intelligence technology [LENSai] that provide greater efficiency and accuracy than ever before. Our mission is to provide a HUB of the most advanced intelligence and technology to treat disease, bar none. Our goal is to support the advancement of novel biologics against even the most challenging targets, ultimately contributing to the treatment of diseases and the betterment of humankind.Footnote: 1. ROOTS 2022: Antibody Discovery Services and Platforms Market

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• Phys — Phys turns screens into games kids play by moving their whole body. Free app for families, ages 2-12, and movement games for venues across Saudi Arabia.
• OFF BOX Studios — OFF BOX Studios creates original games that are more than just entertaining.
• Aiqona Productions — Aiqona Productions is a Animation and game production company

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• Sawerly — Sawerly is the medium between photographers and the people who require their services. We provide booking service to help customers find quality photographers for any type of photo shoot opportunity they may be having, whether it was a conference, wedding, products, landscape or even family gatherings. Sawerly translates the photography market intoservices and prices which will help customers make a rational and intelligent decision through the bidding system for photography requests. Photographers will be able to create their digital reputation through Sawerly by displaying experience, previous work, rating and testimonials from previous clients. Sawerly’s services are provided through our product website www.sawerly.com and app on iOS and Android. we are currently Saudi-focused but have plans to expand in the MENA region. Also, we plan to expand in the products and services that we supply though the website like printing, photo stock, and ecommerce for photography accessories

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• Raff — RetailTech startup aiming to be the center of commerce.
• Madeed — Madeed is a privately held company that works in the facilities and health care distribution industry.
• Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!

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• Guild — Guild is a decentralized platform leveraging AI to augment creation, ownership, distribution and monetization of content and digital goods. AI plays a pivotal role in automating tasks, providing data-driven insights, and offering strategic guidance to creators. Whether it's managing marketing campaigns, optimizing release schedules, oridentifying new opportunities, the AI in Guild serves as an invaluable tool for artists, producers, and songwriters. The platform's blockchain integration ensures that all music assets are securely owned and transparently managed, giving creators full control over their work. By combining the practical benefits of AI—like process automation and data analysis—with the security of blockchain, Guild empowers creators to focus on their craft while effectively managing their careers.
• Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a permissionless DeFi lending platform where users can lend and borrow crypto across chains, access loans, and manage digital assets in one unified liquidity protocol.
• Symbiotic — Connecting capital to onchain applications. Symbiotic provides infrastructure where capital backs obligations, stays productive between events, and is enforced by code.

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• Zeal — Zeal transforms your current card machines, enabling them to unlock powerful insights and deliver seamless loyalty. Zeal integrates with all card machines and is trusted by industry leaders.
• Echelon — Echelon is an artificial intelligence operations group that manages technology integrations, technical workforce training, and industrial software distribution for enterprise and government clients.
• THINK-AI — The Think AI Fabric: AI Node, ILM, and Constellation bonded into one supercompute platform, built for radical efficiency. Nothing sits idle.

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• Superlogic — OneOf is the mass-consumer Web3 company connecting the next 100M non-crypto-native fans to iconic brands, artists, and athletes. OneOf technology enables global brands and enterprises to reimagine commerce, loyalty and engagement, allowing consumers to seamlessly collect or trade digital assets with no prior crypto expertise. Deeply committed to a sustainable and inclusive blockchain future, minting digital assets on OneOf's platform uses up to 2 million times less energy than previous generation proof-of-work networks, and costs up to 99% less in gas fees. A leader in diversity, over 80% of the collections curated by OneOf come from minority or female creators.
• PERPTools — PERPTools combines crypto perpetual trading with activity points and risk-free market predictions.
• Slinky Network — Slinky Network provides an on-chain marketplace and payment protocol that connects AI agents and applications with third-party APIs. The company offers the SlinkyLayer platform, which wraps developer endpoints as discoverable skills and exposes them through an x402 pay-per-execution interface. Each API call triggers a non-custodial on-chainmicropayment, settling in the same request loop using networks such as Base and BNB Chain. Developers set prices, earn a defined revenue share, and receive instant payouts to their wallets without subscriptions or custodial holds. AI agents authenticate via wallet signatures, enabling autonomous, machine-to-machine access and payment without traditional logins or credit cards. The platform also records call ratings on-chain to provide portable, verifiable reputation for services.

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• Saee — Saee Jeddah-based last-mile delivery startup.
• Lucidya — Lucidya is a tool for social media analytics powered by artificial intelligence and big data solution. lucidya have many uses like market research, benchmarking, crisis management , product development ..etc
• MUNCH:ON — MUNCH:ON is a food tech startup that has cracked the subscription space in the UAE & KSA, focusing on offering meals from the best restaurants at a significant discount and with free delivery. The company has invested heavily in its scheduling, bundling and order prediction software which has enabled it to achieve massive cost savings for itsrestaurant partners that they then pass on to their users, often offering up to a 55% discount vs. restaurants' regular price. Whether it's employees ordering from their company's curated menu or users ordering for their families at home, the platform takes the usual hassle and cost out of food delivery in a financially (and environmentally) sustainable manner for all stakeholders

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• Orbii AI — Our AI enriches & analyses borrower data, helping you make credit decisions in minutes. Accelerate your business loan Underwriting decisons.
• Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
• MilkStraw AI — Saving companies up to 75% on AWS

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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.
• Pi Flow — Pi Flow operates as an accounting services provider. Pi Flow is a dedicated Virtual accounting team that offers bookkeeping services and strives to enhance the quality of our client's books.
• Nana — Nana is an online grocery platform that provides doorstep deliveries of groceries and other home essentials. The company's platform offers a wide assortment of groceries, fruits, and vegetables, cosmetics, electronics, bakery items, and flowers that enables consumers to purchase products online and get them delivered to their homes.

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• Unioil — Unioil is a chemicals company based out of Philippines.
• HUMAIN — HUMAIN is a full-stack AI ecosystem. We build the future of AI from sovereign data centers and cloud to generative AI models and applications.
• Horse Powertrain — Next-gen Powertrain Solutions. Combustion engines, hybrid solutions, transmissions and range extenders. 19,000 experts and 5 R&D centers. Explore the future of mobility today

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• Karavan — Karavan is a global, community-driven venture capital platform on a mission to help build and scale innovative startups in Pakistan.
• Falak Business Hub — A hybrid between a business incubator, accelerator, coworking space, and angel investment firm. A hub for those who believe they can change the world, help thrive a nation, and rise to their personal limitless potential. Falak offers an environment where individual potentials are exceeded through a treating the business hub as a diversifiedportfolio containing 45% accelerator-stage businesses, 20% incubator stage business, and 35% freelancers accepted in Falak according to the needs of the accelerator-stage businesses.
• Oman Technology Fund — We back Omani founders from the first idea to the first real scale. Initial funding up to 40,000 OMR.

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• i4TECH — Modular, scalable, fully managed manufacturing digital solutions that enable your AI adoption. Moving Industry 4.0 forwards with a unified, comprehensive data driven approach
• Qanary — Qanary is a digital second-opinion platform designed to help radiologists detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
• openmed — OpenMed provides digital healthcare services, telemedicine, pharmacy products, diagnostics, and medication delivery.

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• Bubbl Widget — A note from your person, waiting on the Home Screen.
• SimpliFi — We power the cards behind your brand. Instantly issue and manage virtual or physical cards, enable payments in multiple currencies, and scale globally through one secure API platform.

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• iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
• Obud — Obud is a wellness reservation systems that is designed for holistic health and lifestyle management purposes. The company's systems offer a comprehensive suite of tools for booking wellness activities, managing schedules, and accessing curated wellness programs, enabling wellness centers to streamline their operations, enhance userengagement, and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
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• Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
• Omniful — Omniful is your partner in retail revolution. Explore our comprehensive suite of AI-Powered solutions designed to empower omnichannel retailers, D2C brands, and fulfillment providers. From scalable order management, to agile warehouse management, to data-driven business intelligence, we provide the tools you need to thrive in tomorrow's dynamic market.
• 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.

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• Magnitt — Magnitt is a startup directory that connects investors, mentors, and emerging companies in the Middle East. The discovery platform is a database with over 5,500 MENA startups and over 200 investors.
• Telfaz11 — Telfaz11 is a creative media studio from Saudi Arabia specializing in locally-relevant entertainment content
• POSRocket — Traditional cash registers are a thing of the past. POSRocket modernizes this near-obsolete system by providing business owners with an intuitive, user-friendly, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) platform.

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• Mohtwize — mohtwize Everything that content creators and podcast networks need, from growth solutions for their programs to full sustainability through automatically inserted ads provided to the business sector in 360 degrees.

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• Glamera — Glamera is an all-in-one platform for beauty salons, barbershops, spas and gyms: online booking, POS and e-invoicing, staff commissions, inventory and reports. Book a free demo.
• swftbox — swftbox offers fulfillment and delivery for e-commerce businesses. Choose from next day, same day and bullet delivery across the UAE. Get in touch with one of our experts!
• Mohtwize — mohtwize Everything that content creators and podcast networks need, from growth solutions for their programs to full sustainability through automatically inserted ads provided to the business sector in 360 degrees.

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• 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.
• intella — AI-powered voice agents, call center analytics, transcription, and speech-to-text for banks and telecoms across MENA. 86+ Arabic AI experts.
• 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!