# Saad Umerani

> Saad Umerani is a seed investor at Enabling Future (Dubai) backing AgTech and Agriculture. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Enabling Future](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enabling-future)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saadumerani

Saad Umerani is a seed investor at Enabling Future in Dubai focused on AgTech and Agriculture. Saad Umerani is the Co-founder of NÜWATER, a Head of Innovation at ValuStrat, and a Founding Partner at Enabling Future. He was a Co-founder and CEO of Protein Bakeshop and attended McMaster University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 25% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 25% |
| Health Care | 2 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 25% |
| Farming | 1 | 13% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 38% |
| China | 1 | 13% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NÜWATER | NÜWATER was born out of a desire to combat the harmful impact that plastic bottles have on our environment today. With approximately 8 million tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean every year, NÜWATER is a recyclable alternative to plastic bottled water. We'd like to put the UAE at the forefront of driving sustainability, to ensure ourfuture generations live in a cleaner, healthier, plastic free world. NÜWATER is sourced from an artesian spring 500 meters underground, one of the deepest springs in the world. Filtered through rich volcanic rock, NÜWATER supplies the body with essential minerals for life. In comparison to desalinated water - a process that is highly energy intensive, removes all the minerals and produces toxic waste in the process. We are proud to say our manufacturing process is 100% Carbon Neutral. We aim to be a Carbon Net Positive company by 2023. see less |  |  | Nov 16, 2020 |  |
| OfficeRock | Online e-commerce store specifically built to service small and medium businesses in the United Arab Emirates. The company aims to offer end to end business supply solutions from office supplies, paper, toners, technology, pantry, cleaning and uniforms. |  |  | Dec 27, 2017 |  |
| OfficeRock | Online e-commerce store specifically built to service small and medium businesses in the United Arab Emirates. The company aims to offer end to end business supply solutions from office supplies, paper, toners, technology, pantry, cleaning and uniforms. |  | Seed | Jun 15, 2017 |  |
| Cowlar | Cowlar makes wearables for dairy cows. They help farms boost productivity. Benifits include high reproduction rates, happy & healthy cows, higher milk yields and lower risk of losses. A farmers can simply strap one around a cow's neck and we're good to go. Their product provides best value for $$, easy to use, easy to install and easyto maintain. |  | Seed | Mar 15, 2017 |  |
| Alesca Life | Alesca Life Technologies creates next-generation urban farming solutions using advanced software technology. The company is headquartered in Beijing, China. |  | Convertible Note | Nov 06, 2016 |  |
| OfficeRock | Online e-commerce store specifically built to service small and medium businesses in the United Arab Emirates. The company aims to offer end to end business supply solutions from office supplies, paper, toners, technology, pantry, cleaning and uniforms. | $500K | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 |  |
| Protein Bakeshop | UAE's First grain free bakery, making healthy foods accessible. |  | Seed | Nov 15, 2015 |  |
| AlemHealth | AlemHealth provides telemedicine and digital health solutions designed and optimised for frontier markets. They enable physicians to collaborate across borders and specialties, and ensures patients everywhere receive world class care at prices they can afford. |  | Seed | May 11, 2015 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Jabbar Internet Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jabbar-internet-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wamda Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wamda) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Womena](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/womena-3) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Enabling Future

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Enabling Future (EF) is a sector agnostic, family office backed Venture Capital firm head quartered in Dubai. EF provides seed and early stage funding to entrepreneurs who challenge conventional wisdom and look to create true disruption. Our goal is to enable entrepreneurs to build companies of the future. We provide our portfolio companies withcapital, experience, strategy and network.

3 contacts available at Enabling Future.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hubertus Thonhauser | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hubertus-thonhauser |
| Saad Umerani | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saad-umerani |
| Yusuf Bashir | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yusuf-bashir |

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## FAQ

### What does Saad Umerani invest in?

Saad Umerani invests primarily in AgTech, Agriculture and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Saad Umerani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Saad Umerani closed in Nov 2020. 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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