# Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures

> Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is a VC fund backing Energy and Oil and Gas. See 87 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- Total investments: 87
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 47%
- Fund size: $500M
- Last fund: Jan 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saev/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/aevllc
- Website: http://www.saev.com

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is a VC fund in Dhahran focused on Energy and Oil and Gas. Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Aramco Oil Company. It's mission is to invest globally into start-up and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Aramco, and to accelerate their development and deployment in Saudi Aramco’s operations. Based out of Dhahran (Saudi Arabia),SAEV also operates through regional offices in North America and Europe. SAEV's Objectives are: - Enhance reserve identification, management and production - Increase energy production - Improve operational efficiency - Increase value in downstream processes - Optimize energy & water consumption in Saudi ArabiaSAEV's investment Focus Areas are: - Upstream Oil & Gas - Downstream & Petrochemicals - Sustainability - Digitalization and IR4.0 - New Drivers of Hydrocarbon Demand

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $4M–$50M |
| Series C | $4M–$110M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 18 | 21% |
| Oil and Gas | 13 | 15% |
| Software | 12 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 11 | 13% |
| Renewable Energy | 8 | 9% |

91 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 19 | 22% |
| Series B | 16 | 18% |
| Series C | 14 | 16% |
| Series A | 12 | 14% |
| Series D | 8 | 9% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 30 | 34% |
| Norway | 7 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 8% |
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arne Frøiland | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arne-fr-iland |
| Bruce Niven | Chief Investment Officer | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-niven |
| Daniel Carter | Investment Director | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-carter |
| Hans Middelthon | Managing Director of SAEV Europe Venture Capital | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-middelthon |
| Jim Sledzik | Managing Director, North America | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-sledzik |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hydrogen Mem-Tech | Hydrogen Mem-Tech aim is to make the green shift happen through our state-of-the-art hydrogen separation technology with carbon capture. |  |  | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| Seeq | Seeq is founded on the premise that companies need better solutions for quickly and easily deriving business insight from their industrial process data. It aims to provide software and services that convert industrial process data into information, enable discovery, increase collaboration, and ultimately drive better business decisions that lead toseamless execution, increased earnings, and continuous improvement.Seeq is an official partner of OSIsoft and recently sponsored its European and US user conferences, as well as US regional seminars. Seeq is also a sponsor of recent Emerson Exchange user conferences.Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. | $50M | Series D | Aug 06, 2024 |  |
| Xage Security | Xage Security is an information technology company that offers blockchain-protected security platform for Industrial IoT. | $60.2M | Series B | Nov 02, 2023 |  |
| Redex | Redex is a blockchain-enabled platform that monitors and confirms REC ownership transfers and retirement.Redex provides a comprehensive set of services for managing Renewable Energy Certificates. | $8M |  | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| Redex | Redex is a blockchain-enabled platform that monitors and confirms REC ownership transfers and retirement.Redex provides a comprehensive set of services for managing Renewable Energy Certificates. | $8M | Seed | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| ANYbotics | ANYbotics is a manufacturer of four-legged robots intended for a variety of industrial uses. The company enhances safety and productivity in industrial operations through autonomous mobile robots capable of navigating complex environments. It provides solutions for robot applications with the most advanced mobility and autonomy requirements inchallenging terrain.ANYbotics was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. | $50M | Series B | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Noon Energy | Noon Energy develops a flow battery technology that enables economical long-duration energy storage. The company's design will allow intermittent renewable electricity sources, such as solar and wind, to meet continual demand. Noon Energy was founded in 2018 and based in Palo Alto, California. | $28M | Series A | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| Syzygy Plasmonics | Syzygy Plasmonics is a developer of a photocatalytic reactor designed for fuel cell vehicles and small-scale industrial applications.The company's reactor is powered by light and operates at over 1,000°F lower temperature than conventional chemical reactor technology that helps in reducing maintenance costs and is able to start or stopproduction near instantaneously, enabling fuel cell vehicle companies to produce ultra-low-cost hydrogen gas on-site at customer locations. | $76M | Series C | Nov 16, 2022 |  |
| Grand perspective | Grand perspective provides early warning solution for hazardous gases that covers complete industrial sites. | $6.9M | Series A | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Zid | Zid is an e-commerce in a box - solution that any retailer can use to start their eRetail. Zid helps them to build their own eStores (with their own name and identity) and integrates them with the supply chain players to enable them to manage and with ease. The company aims to enable the retail sector to enter the world of electronic retail in aneasy and professional.Zid was founded in 2017 and based in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia. | $50M | Series B | Oct 17, 2022 |  |

10 of 87 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures invest in?

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Oil and Gas and Software startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 87 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 Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures's check size?

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures typically joins rounds of $4M–$50M at Series B and $4M–$110M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures?

The team at Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures includes Arne Frøiland (Investment Director), Bruce Niven (Chief Investment Officer) and Daniel Carter (Investment Director), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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