Top 25 Media (Entertainment) VC Funds & Investors in Saudi Arabia (July 2026)
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Raz Group
VC Fund
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25 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Events, Advertising, Media and Entertainment | $550k–$2.5M |
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Oqal
VC Fund
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6 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $100k–$10M |
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RZM Investments
VC Fund
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4 | Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics | $1.8M–$27M |
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STV
VC Fund
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2 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics | $2.1M–$54M |
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Wa’ed Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $600k–$30M |
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Impact46
VC Fund
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2 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology | $1M–$22M |
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Saudi Venture Capital Company
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics, Software | |
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Abunayyan Holding
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | Series A, Seed | Information Technology, Internet, Food and Beverage | |
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Raed Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software | |
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Saudi Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, Tunisia | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Predictive Analytics | |
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Shorooq Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech | |
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Financial Horizon Group
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Finance | |
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Animoca Brands
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | |
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Vision Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | |
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Merak Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Gaming, Software, Financial Services | $293k–$30M |
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NEOM
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United States, Sweden | Pre-Seed, Series B, Series C | Gaming, Aerospace, Video Games | |
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Antler
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $108k–$28M |
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Orbit Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $100k–$12M |
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Sanabil
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed, Series B, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $100k–$157M |
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QBCo
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia | Seed | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Photography | |
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Polygon
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $10k–$20M |
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VentureSouq
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $250k–$50M |
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HALA Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $500k–$35M |
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Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, India, Luxembourg | Series A, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Intelligent Systems | $506k–$25M |
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HALA Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | |
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Raz Group empowers entrepreneurs and helps them transform their passions into value-adding companies.
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- Industry: Events, Advertising, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $550k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $220k–$1M; Series A $133k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nqoodlet — NQOODLET is an electronic platform targeting SMEs to manage their expenses, purchases through the credit cards given to the employees.
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
- Mantas — Mantas protects businesses against cyber risk. We leverage predictive analytics to provide robust cyber insurance that helps businesses mitigate cloud downtime risks. Our parametric solutions ensure uninterrupted operations for all cloud-dependent businesses including e-commerce, SaaS and digital platforms.
RZM Investments manages the shares of various companies that are in the field of health, education, hospitality, and tourism.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M; Series A $6M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
STV is a $500M technology venture capital fund headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$25M; Series A $8M–$28M; Series B $20M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $800M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
- 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.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YNMO — YNMO is the first Arabic/English digital solution that aims to improve the quality of care and educational services for individuals with special needs by allowing service providers such as schools, centers & clinics to design and monitor individualized treatment plans.
- Terraxy — Terraxy is a startup company building permanent fertile soils to enable greening and agriculture in the desert.
- Stake — Thousands investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just USD 136
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $5M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- CashIn — Cashin to Lead the Digital Transformation in Petrol Stations!
- Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
- Hypemasters — At Hypemasters, we create legendary & genre-defining games that players all over the world enjoy for years.
SVC has backed 31 VC and PE Funds and 5 Angel Groups that supported 525 Startups and SMEs via $1.6 Billion AUM INVESTMENTS 1.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- BARQ — BARQ is the first bullet delivery PaaS in the middle east, leading the e-commerce industry to achieve a 30 min. delivery time.
- BALLURH — A SaaS platform that provides predictive analytics with smart recommendations for Retailers to enhance decision-making, increase revenue and improve customer satisfaction.
- Lawazem | لوازم — It is the first B2B marketplace that is especially made to solve that problem. Lawazem consolidates all your operational purchases and spending in one place, whether it is groceries, stationary, cleaning materials, office accessories, or else.We go beyond to make your work environment even better, by providing gift and flower deliveries to youremployees and clients, arrange for internal events, and prepare for your guest and internal meetings through our hospitality partners.Finally, we even help in becoming your concierge for your international purchases, online purchases that require Credit Cards, and help you improve your sourcing process.Lawazem is here to help you anytime and every time.
Abunayyan Holding are turnkey partners who provide integrated solutions in water, power and energy applications in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and Africa.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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
We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Wafeq — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.
- 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.
- 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.
SVCIC is uniquely positioned to lead the development of the nascent venture capitalindustry in Saudi Arabia by providing unmatched levels of support for fundamentally strong small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) that lack the necessary resources for growth and expansion.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Predictive Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, Tunisia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- DokkanAfkar — DokkanAfkar.com was created by a group of passionate guys who love and appreciate creativity, design and ideas. It was created to enable customers to buy cool unique products with ideas that are fun, unusual and unique. Our products have a focus on fun, uniqueness, defiantly clever, and entertaining products.
- 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.Nana wasestablished in 2016 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
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- Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Financial Horizon Group is a family office that was established in 2014 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its services vary from Investment, Recruitment, and Consultancy.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 309
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Fanton — The first P2E Fantasy Football game with Telegram integration
- Nodepay — Nodepay is a network infrastructure that offers decentralized bandwidth for AI training.
- Universal Health Token — Universal Health Token (UHT) is a gamified healthcare platform developed by GOQii's Web3 business unit to promote the gamification of preventive healthcare using blockchain technology.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Munjz — Munjz is a mobile app for connecting individuals & corporate sector looking for household services with pre-screened professionals.
- Cognna — Cognna provides cybersecurity that is stress-free by providing the tools needed to detect, prevent, and resolve threats with ease.
- 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.
Merak Capital manages private funds in Venture Capital, Private Equity, Debt Financing, and other asset classes.
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- Industry: Gaming, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $587k–$8M; Pre-Seed $293k–$1.7M; Series A $2.1M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 89% lead, 11% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qoyod — Qoyod.com is a web-based accounting solution that targets KSA based-SMEs. Users can seamlessly issue invoices and manage expenses/budgets while automatically recording corresponding journal entries (i.e., Qoyod/قيود in Arabic). Users are also able to populate their financial statements and business reports for both commercial andstatutory requirements within KSA.
- 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.
- Arib — Arib is a FinTech and digital broker for personal loans.
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- Industry: Gaming, Aerospace, Video Games
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Makera — Innovators in the gaming world since January 2019. Specializing in immersive experiences for Minecraft and Roblox.
- Fourcast Studio — Fourcast Studio goal is to make games that encourage player connection, humor, and deep engagement.
- Aiqona Productions — Aiqona Productions is a Animation and game production company
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1821
- Round size: Seed $186k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $108k–$755k; Series A $4.6M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Deja — Modern Rituals & Natural Products from the Ancient Science of Ayurveda
- Enoki Inc — Multiplayer-enabled tools for developers. Enoki has 18 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
- Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.
Founded in 2010, Orbit is the Emerging Markets VC investing in tech companies that digitize traditional industries and help people raise their living standards all in a more sustainable way. Orbit provides a lifetime program with hands-on support for partnerships, business development, fundraising, growth, and an initial investment package andfollow-on funding. The firm focuses on digitalization across e-commerce, fintech, media, healthcare, education, and logistics sectors.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 176
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $2.3M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 84% lead, 16% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qanary — Qanary is a digital second-opinion platform designed to help radiologists detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
- Cypien AI — Cypien AI is an artificial intelligence system that provides personalized experiences by converting simple web pages into an active and modular business platform.
- MyAlice — The modern customer service and social selling platform. Support anytime and sell anywhere with all your messages, orders, and agents in one place.
Sanabil Investments is a sovereign wealth fund specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. Its investments are concentrated in direct equity investments, primarily in the Kingdom, and in funds, as well as in diversified investment portfolios. These investments support the growth of the Kingdom’s economy while building internationalinvestment capability and transferring expertise to local Saudi talent.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Pre-Seed $100k–$5M; Series A $6.9M–$30M; Series B $1M–$157M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 1001 AI — 1001 is the AI-powered intelligence layer helping enterprises transform decisions, orchestrate actions, and accelerate outcomes.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
- SingleStore — SingleStore is a provider of a database for operational analytics and cloud-native applications. It provides global enterprises with an intelligent database that works on any cloud on-premises or as a service runs transactions and analytics at the same time and lets clients promote their business through analytics and combine semi-structured datainto a consolidated big data platform.
QBCo develops, manufactures, and markets consumer products, such as edible oils, margarine, pet food, and preserved and canned goods.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Photography
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: United States, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$20M; Grant $10k–$300k; Pre-Seed $250k–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Open Campus — The Open Campus is a community-driven protocol that leverages the power of blockchain and invites all to build the future of education by putting the power of learning back in the hands of educators, students, and the community.
- Pheasant Network — Pheasant Network uses intent-based bridging and an innovative cross-chain swap protocol to connect 30+ blockchain networks quickly and efficiently.
VentureSouq (VSQ) is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio. VSQ manages thematic funds, with a current focus on FinTech and ClimateTech.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 171
- Round size: Seed $250k–$9M; Series A $6M–$37M; Series B $6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 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
Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $600k–$7M; Pre-Seed $550k–$730k; Series A $500k–$35M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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 — intella is a platform as a service (PaaS) provider which offers real-time intelligence services for businesses.
- 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!
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Intelligent Systems
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, India, Luxembourg
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $506k–$3.5M; Series A $900k–$25M
- Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ori Industries — Ori is a developer of a cloud platform designed to enable computing anywhere and everywhere. It empowers developers and networks to build future applications for global infrastructure from smart cities, immersive worlds, and autonomous machines. Ori Industries was established in 2018 and is headquartered in London, England.
- 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.
Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Media (Entertainment) VC funding in Saudi Arabia at a glance
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