Inspire Ventures
VC Fund
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Inspire Ventures is a VC fund in Riyadh focused on Internet and E-Commerce. Venture Capital Company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that Invests in Seed & Early-Growth stage companies
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Inspire Ventures invests in
Stages Inspire Ventures invests in
Countries Inspire Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $550k–$1.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 2 (25%)
- E-Commerce 2 (25%)
- Information Technology 2 (25%)
- Apps 1 (13%)
- Sports 1 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (63%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (13%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
- Convertible Note 1 (13%)
Country
- Saudi Arabia 3 (38%)
- Bahrain 1 (13%)
- United Arab Emirates 1 (13%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rakan Alakeel
Founder and Partner
|
Founder and Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Kathleen Warner
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings. | $550K / Seed / Dec 02, 2018 | ||
| WakeCap is an IoT-based enterprise solution to improve safety & productivity in the construction site. We enable construction companies to have real-time field reporting by connecting & tracking materials, equipments, and most importantly workers at the construction site. | $1.6M / Seed / Nov 11, 2018 | ||
| WakeCap is an IoT-based enterprise solution to improve safety & productivity in the construction site. We enable construction companies to have real-time field reporting by connecting & tracking materials, equipments, and most importantly workers at the construction site. | $385K / Convertible Note / Aug 30, 2018 | ||
| 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. | Seed / May 27, 2018 | ||
| 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. | $400K / Pre-Seed / May 15, 2018 | ||
| Malaeb is community app for football players that allows you to join matches and book fields. | Series A / Oct 23, 2017 | ||
| Malaeb is community app for football players that allows you to join matches and book fields. | $600K / Seed / Oct 18, 2017 | ||
| Ngwah is an online food delivery industry established in 2017 and raised a couple of inverstment rounds. Ngwah is powered by a very advanced technologies developed locally by Saudi engineers and many of those technologies are based on machine learning and AI algorithms where Ngwah select the best food and restaurants that fit you as a customer. | Seed / Mar 01, 2017 |
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FAQ
What does Inspire Ventures invest in?
Inspire Ventures invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Saudi Arabia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Inspire Ventures's check size?
Inspire Ventures typically joins rounds of $550k–$1.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Inspire Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Inspire Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Inspire Ventures?
The team at Inspire Ventures includes Rakan Alakeel (Founder and Partner) and Kathleen Warner (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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