# LEAP

> LEAP is a VC fund in Riyadh backing Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture and Biotechnology. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leap-expo
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/LEAPandInnovate
- Website: https://www.onegiantleap.com/en/home.html
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LEAPandInnovate

LEAP is a global technology pitch competition.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Grant | $10k–$250k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 38% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| AgTech | 1 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 6 | 75% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 25% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 13% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uvera | Uvera introduces a smart ultraviolet (UV) light-based technology that can double the shelf-life of fresh food. Our product prolongs the food shelf-life up to %60 on average, within only 30 seconds of use and without any use of chemicals. Our technology works perfectly for fresh produce, meat, and baked goods, and our products are tailored forconsumers and F&B industry. | $20K | Grant | Jul 10, 2026 | http://uvera.co |
| Meinong Robotics Co. | Meinong Robotics Co. is an agricultural technology company that develops AI-powered farming robots and automation solutions. | $10K | Grant | Jul 10, 2026 | http://meinong.hk |
| Lahint Company | Lahint is a Saudi startup dedicated to enhancing and simplifying access to government and public services. launching a beta version in August 2024 and aim to fully automate more than 50 government services by 2026, making access more convenient and efficient for businesses. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 11, 2025 | https://x.com/lahint_sa |
| Markopolo AI | Markopolo is a complete paid marketing suite that helps you launch targeted ads in seconds. Generate the perfect creative and AI-powered copy, schedule posts ahead of time to save time and get real-time analytics on how well they perform! If you’re looking for a smarter, faster way to create ads and automate the boring parts of ad management,there’s a tool you need to meet.We have built the software for cookieless era. We use server side pixel to gather lossless data from each and every attribution point. Business that adopt Markopolo see 34% reduction in Cost per click, 41% increase in Conversion rate and 30% increase in Budget spending efficiency within first few campaigns. These are the benchmarks achieved with the algorithms behind Marokopolo, and we have just started! We provide an end to end solution in Paid Marketing, which is critical for a modern marketing team manager to improve efficiency. Finding the right audience to target is a complicated science that we have cracked at Markopolo. We have a patent pending status in USPTO on it. Lastly getting real-time analytics from all these platforms and actionable suggestions from Markopolo algorithm completes the whole user journey.Features: - Integrates with Facebook, Instagram, Google Ads and YouTube - Built in Campaign Manager for scheduling and managing all the ads from one place - Ad Engine that monitors and optimises all the Ads 24/7 - Suggestion Engine that guides like a professional marketer - Get a holistic overview of all the metrics from all the campaigns in one dashboard - Ad Maker that comes with AI Generated Copy and Creatives - Targeting AI generates custom Audience presets - GDPR Compliant1,000+ businesses use Markopolo to automate their campaign creation and management in Social and Search Ad platforms.Try us out- https://www.markopolo.ai/Watch our product demo- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VExF-j9sdg&t=87sWatch this how to get started video series- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFsYkb4YvQ&list=PLG1FKDs4H_wGH0NfxNflJgr0WVzn6m8Pj | $40K | Grant | Mar 14, 2024 | https://markopolo.ai/ |
| Reme-D | Reme-D, a deep tech company with patented technology, that is redefining healthcare in low-resource settings through efficient, affordable disease testing systems, ensuring equitable access to vital diagnostics for everyone. | $250K | Grant | Mar 06, 2024 | https://reme-d-inc.com/ |
| Rice Afrika | Rice Afrika is the rice ONLY platform connecting all stakeholders in the value chain towards creating valuable interactions. | $150K | Seed | Feb 10, 2023 | https://riceafrika.com/ |
| Wicrypt | Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi. | $150K | Grant | Feb 10, 2023 | https://wicrypt.com/ |
| Rice Afrika | Rice Afrika is the rice ONLY platform connecting all stakeholders in the value chain towards creating valuable interactions. | $150K | Grant | Feb 09, 2023 | https://riceafrika.com/ |

8 of 8 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does LEAP invest in?

LEAP invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture and Biotechnology startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is LEAP's check size?

LEAP typically joins rounds of $10k–$250k at Grant. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LEAP participates in.

### When did LEAP last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for LEAP closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 8 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.

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