# Commercial Bank International P.S.C

> Commercial Bank International P.S.C is a VC fund in Dubai backing Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commercial-bank-international/
- Website: https://www.cbiuae.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cbiuae/

Commercial Bank International P.S.C is a VC fund in Dubai focused on Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. Commercial Bank International is a financial company specializes in providing retail and commercial banking solutions.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| AgTech | 1 | 33% |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| Farming | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 33% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bahrain | 1 | 33% |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Bank of Bahrain BSC | National Bank of Bahrain BSC is a provider of retail and wholesale commercial banking, treasury and investment. | $450M | Debt Financing | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Boomitra | Boomitra is a leading carbon marketplace working with farmers and landowners worldwide to mitigate climate change through improved agricultural practices. The US-based start-up uses proprietary AI and satellite technology to monitor, report, and verify (MRV) soil organic carbon to a 30cm+ depth, without physical soil sampling, reducing measurementcosts by 99%. The process is cost-efficient, time effective, and scalable across various landholding sizes – enabling Boomitra to work globally: 5M+ acres, 150,000+ farmers, 4 continents, millions of credits sold to date. Farmers and landowners earn the vast majority of proceeds from each carbon credit sold, allowing them to re-invest in their farms and local communities. |  | Corporate Round | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| zypl.ai | zypl.ai applies 'no data' AI at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Our SaaS solution enables banks and microfinance organizations to instantly and accurate underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history.zypl's proprietary approach includes training AImodels on synthetically generated data with simulation of 'black swan' conditions, providing stable and adaptable SaaS in spite of macro volatility in developing markets. Apart from analyzing traditional variables such as social, demographic, and professional background of clients, our SaaS reviews device metadata, psychometrics, web trace, and macroeconomic factors to arrive at credit decisions.In the process, we fully customize AI models to risk appetite of each individual enterprise partner with the goal of reflecting their competitive market advantages. Additionally, we offer complete flexibility on mode of integration through either cloud or on-premise deployment based on enterprise preference. We only deploy explainable AI models with embedded 'weight-of-evidence' interpretation of each decision made by the software, complying with emerging regulatory requirements on credit scoring.Having launched our beta last year, we have scaled presence to 10 enterprise clients in 4 markets across Central Asia. In this time, we have underwritten >$9 million in consumer and small business (services, trade, agriculture) loans to over 12 thousand consumers with staggeringly low 0.7% portfolio-at-risk rate. Since booking first revenue earlier this year, we have surpassed 25% compounded monthly growth rate and reached financial break-even this month.As a complement to credit scoring, our product team has ventured into churn prediction in telecom sector through partnerships with 3 leading telcos in Central Asia. Our rapid product iteration and development is a result of an AI Academy that we have launched to nurture talent internally.zypl.ai was ideated at Stanford University's Startup Garage and recently completed the Silkway Accelerator by Google for Startups and Astana Hub. Our startup was launched with a grant from the Islamic Development Bank as part of the Transform Fund. With our pre-seed capital raise, we plan on globalizing our AI SaaS solution by expanding to new markets in MENA, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. | $1.2M | Convertible Note | Apr 05, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bank Muscat](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-muscat) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canara Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canara-ban) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CBK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cbk-e79c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Habib Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/habib-bank-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [ENISA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enisa-2) — VC Fund
- [Development Bank of Wales](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/development-bank-of-wales) — VC Fund
- [The FSE Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finance-south-east) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Battery Road Digital Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-road-digital-holdings) — VC Fund
- [Presto Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presto-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Accial Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accial-capital) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [SaaS VC Funds in Tajikistan](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-vc-funds-tajikistan)
- [All Investors in Tajikistan](https://shizune.co/investors/investors-tajikistan)
- [All VC Funds in Tajikistan](https://shizune.co/investors/vc-funds-tajikistan)

## FAQ

### What does Commercial Bank International P.S.C invest in?

Commercial Bank International P.S.C invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and AgTech startups, most often at Debt Financing and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Bahrain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Commercial Bank International P.S.C last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Commercial Bank International P.S.C closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 3 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co