# Al Faisaliah Ventures

> Al Faisaliah Ventures is a VC fund backing Apps, Mobile and Shopping. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Al Faisaliah Ventures is a VC fund focused on Apps and Mobile. Al Faisaliah Ventures is created Corporate Ventures Capital arm of Al Faisaliah Group.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Shopping | 1 | 50% |
| Nutrition | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bahrain | 1 | 50% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Calo | Calo is a direct-to-consumer food tech company offering personalised meal subscriptions. Its app automatically calculates the calories and macronutrients that users need and delivers them ready-to-eat meals portioned to fit their fitness goals. The app matches users with chef-prepared meals, ensuring high-quality food convenient for busylifestyles. With its user-friendly interface, the Calo app allows users to analyze their needs and subscribe to meal plans in less than two minutes. | $13.5M | Seed | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| Awok.com | Today AWOK.com has close to 700 employees with its own courier service fleet, which enables the company to keep control on the quality of service delivered to customers as well as timely delivery. The company sells its products in at least 120 countries through its cross border services and has its own fulfillment center and logistics.Offeringapproximately 70,000 products across 30 plus categories, the vision has always been to be the preferred E-Commerce channel across all locations that the company operates in, where customers are assured of affordable, effortless and seamless shopping experience. At Awok.com, we believe that in order to create the best shopping experience and deliver highest quality of customer satisfaction technology needs to exploited to the fullest. With this in mind we have built a reliable and scalable technology network and are constantly looking to innovate with the help of our highly skilled and creative team. | $30M | Series A | Apr 08, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ACE & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-and-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Khwarizmi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khwarizmi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nama Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nama-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nuwa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nuwa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Al Faisaliah Ventures invest in?

Al Faisaliah Ventures invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Shopping startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Bahrain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Al Faisaliah Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Al Faisaliah Ventures closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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