# Waad Investment

> Waad Investment is a VC fund in Riyadh backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://waad.vc

Waad Investment is an investment firm

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 8 | 28% |
| FinTech | 6 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 17% |
| Software | 4 | 14% |
| Finance | 3 | 10% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 11 | 38% |
| Seed | 10 | 34% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saudi Arabia | 16 | 55% |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 14% |
| Oman | 2 | 7% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Safqah Capital | Safqah Capital is an innovative fintech and proptech company headquartered in Riyadh. We specialize in structuring and distributing Sharia-compliant Sukuk for small and medium-sized real estate developers. Safqah's digital investment platform enables secure participation from both retail and institutional investors, backed by rigorous duediligence, transparency, and smart governance. Safqah operates at the intersection of technology, finance, and real estate, positioning itself as a key enabler of Vision 2030’s housing and development goals. | $15.2M | Seed | Feb 09, 2026 |  |
| BYANAT | Byanat provides a SaaS analytics platform that combines connectivity management, device management, and analytics to grow and sustain connected infrastructure. Byanat platform combines connectivity management, device management, and analytics specifically built for connected infrastructure. |  | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Nqoodlet | Nqoodlet is a fintech company that develops an expense management platform to help small and medium-sized enterprises manage their spending, expenses, and purchases through the credit cards given to the employees. Its expense management platform enables enterprises to streamline their financial operations. By allowing businesses to register bills,track purchases, and manage expenses in one centralized system, the platform offers real-time visibility into all transactions made via corporate cards issued to employees. This solution simplifies the expense reporting process, enhances transparency, and improves financial control across the organization. | $3M | Seed | May 04, 2025 |  |
| Sampo AI | Sampo AI is a digital platform that helps MENA based e-commerce companies boost revenue and profits with AI based pricing optimization. | $750K | Pre-Seed | Jan 19, 2025 |  |
| Teammates.ai | Autonomous AI Teammates that deliver superior results. |  |  | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| EdfaPay | Edfapay is a fintech enterprise that provides smart & efficient payment solutions, That save money, time & effort using soft pos technology. | $5M | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Ebana | Ebana providing a comprehensive view of your company’s ownership structure and managing equity-related transactions. Discover how their Equity Management service can transform your company. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Sampo AI | Sampo AI is a digital platform that helps MENA based e-commerce companies boost revenue and profits with AI based pricing optimization. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Arzag plus | Arzag plus is a food and a beverage company that offers food stuffs for restaurants, food trucks, hotels, and cafes. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Deal App | Deal App operates as an real estate app. Deal App designs an intricate digital solution by adopting the 'request-oriented business model', in which property seekers submit their requests through the app to receive appropriate offers directly from the active agents in the neighborhoods they are targeting. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 11, 2024 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shorooq Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shorooq-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Omantel Innovation Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omantel-innovation-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Access Bridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-bridge-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Al Jabr MENA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/al-jabr-mena) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANB Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anb-capital-df83) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Waad Investment invest in?

Waad Investment invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 29 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 Waad Investment's check size?

Waad Investment typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$15M 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 Waad Investment participates in.

### When did Waad Investment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Waad Investment closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 29 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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