# Sukna Ventures

> Sukna Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 49 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Total investments: 49
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/suknaventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/SuknaVentures
- Website: http://suknaventures.com/

Sukna ventures is a venture studio and fund based in Saudi Arabia.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$9M |
| Series A | $10M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 14% |
| FinTech | 6 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 12% |

89 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 30 | 61% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 14% |
| Series A | 5 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 6% |
| Series F | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 37% |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 10% |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 10% |
| Egypt | 2 | 4% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 4% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fares Bardeesi | Co-Founder, General Partner & Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fares-bardeesi |
| Hattan Tashkandi | Co-Founder & Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hattan-tashkandi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anecdote |  | $12M | Series A | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Flend | Egypt’s first tech enabled, data driven financing solutions platform dedicated to small businesses. | $3M | Seed | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| InfiniLink | InfiniLink operates as a semiconductor startup, focus on high-speed connectivity, developing SerDes and optical transceivers. | $10M | Seed | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| OCTA | Octa is a one-click automated system for collecting invoices that ensures timely payment to business-to-business firms. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Quantum Platform | Quantum Platform is a business-to-business product platform for sampling solutions using data-driven processes and models. The company offers targeted sampling solutions through its intelligent e-process integration. Its e-process satisfactory targets active online shoppers based on clearly defined criteria to drive real conversion rates.Quantumalso creates a collaborative integration with global FMCG's and a wide range of exclusive online businesses for samples to be delivered to the target audience's doorstep. The company also offers specialized targeted sampling campaigns/online sampling using the help of data-driven models and e-process. | $7M | Seed | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| Buntar Aerospace | Buntar Aerospace is an aerospace manufacturing company. It provides navigation systems with artificial intelligence modules,drones, and custom software. | $200K | Seed | Jun 11, 2024 |  |
| Hefring Marine | Hefring Marine is building the intelligence layer for the world’s largest untapped vehicle fleet, positioned to lead the $100B+ data-driven transformation of maritime. Our AI-powered IMAS platform delivers real-time decision intelligence to commercial, defense, recreational, and unmanned vessels, enhancing safety, fuel efficiency, and survivabilityin the most demanding environments. Already deployed across high-speed, professional, and mission-critical craft, including SAR, coast guard, defense, fisheries, pilotage, and offshore operations, IMAS is a dual-use system that combines edge AI, sensor fusion, and onboard analytics to guide operations and centralize fleet data into actionable insights. With tailored solutions for autonomy and recreational markets now underway, Hefring Marine is uniquely positioned to advance both maritime security and sustainability through deep tech innovation. We are currently raising a strategic seed extension round to grow our team and accelerate commercial momentum through 2025, with a Series A planned for early next year to scale our platform globally. | $2.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Elevatix | Elevatix is a machine learning based system for developing mobile games and IAP monetization. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| MoneyHash | MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 21, 2023 |  |
| Marn.io | Marn is an hourly work solutions platform connecting Saudi businesses with thousands of Saudi job seekers in Retail, hospitality, F&B, and Hajj industries. As one of the first Saudi on-demand hourly staffing platform, Marn has had the trust of hundreds of well-known brands and hundred thousands of job seekers. Marn enables businesses to hirehourly staff to manage customers during peak hours and high seasons. All employees are fully vetted through interviews and tests that are prerequisites for joining the platform. Brands using Marn for recruiting save time and effort by letting our technology manage interviews, training, placement, shift scheduling, worker payments, performance reports, and task evaluation. Marn offers other services such as mystery shopper for hotels and retail, and sports events management.Learn more at Marn.io | $1M |  | Feb 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 49 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Vision Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vision-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Al majdiah investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/al-majdiah-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Raed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raed-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Riyadh Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riyadh-angel-investors) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sanabil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanabil) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sukna Ventures invest in?

Sukna Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 49 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 Sukna Ventures's check size?

Sukna Ventures typically joins rounds of $100k–$9M at Seed and $10M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sukna Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Sukna Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Sukna Ventures?

The team at Sukna Ventures includes Fares Bardeesi (Co-Founder, General Partner & Managing Partner) and Hattan Tashkandi (Co-Founder & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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