# Yaser Alghamdi

> Yaser Alghamdi is a seed investor in Riyadh backing Financial Services and Finance. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaser-saeed-alghamdi-b7578756/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/yas_gham
- Website: https://x.com/yas_gham

Yaser Alghamdi is a seed investor in Riyadh focused on Financial Services and Finance. Yaser Alghamdi

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$3M |
| Pre-Seed | $215k–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 5 | 71% |
| Finance | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 57% |
| Egypt | 1 | 14% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 14% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| DESAISIV | DESAISIV, a MENA based InsurTech startup specialising in health insurance which is transforming health insurance for insurers and clients through exploiting their advanced AI solutions which were developed in collaboration with top machine learning scientists from the University of Oxford. DESAISIV’s philosophy is simply to put AI at the centre ofall decision making. This AI-driven approach guarantees that clients of Groups and SMEs will get optimized insurance policies tailored to their needs, also it will make sure that insurance companies will optimise their processes using the latest AI technologies. Benefitting from access to a vast database of hundreds of millions of patient records, DESAISIV has achieved an impressive average prediction accuracy of over 95%. Demonstrating their commitment to excellence, they have set an ambitious target to exceed 99% accuracy by the end of this year. Through their AI-driven products, DESAISIV streamlines various aspects of health insurance, including automating underwriting procedures, tailoring policy's benefits and coverage, improving quality of service by predicting developing diseases, identifying high-risk behaviours, and reducing customer attrition. |  | Seed | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Zest Equity | Zest Equity is a financial technology company that provides software and infrastructure for managing private market transactions. The platform is used to structure and process investment deals such as private equity investments, venture capital rounds, and secondary share transfers. It supports the creation of special purpose vehicles , investoronboarding, document signing, and handling of capital flows through digital workflows. |  | Seed | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Awaed | Awaed is a Financial Services company. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 01, 2024 |  |
| KalPay | KalPay is the largest Shariah Compliant Buy Now Pay Later in Pakistan, giving our customers easy access to credit and allowing them to purchase products in 3 monthly installments. We have a portfolio of hundreds of brands spread across multiple segments! | $1M | Seed | May 13, 2024 |  |
| ON Market | E-grocery marketplace allows customers to order from their favorite retailers while empowering retailers to build & sustain online commerce | $215K | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| EdfaPay | Edfapay is a fintech enterprise that provides smart & efficient payment solutions, That save money, time & effort using soft pos technology. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Feb 20, 2022 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BANSEA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bansea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Core Vision Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/core-vision-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InspireUs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspireus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nuwa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nuwa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Omantel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omantel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oqal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oqal) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Yaser Alghamdi invest in?

Yaser Alghamdi invests primarily in Financial Services, Finance and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Yaser Alghamdi's check size?

Yaser Alghamdi typically joins rounds of $1M–$3M at Seed and $215k–$1.6M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yaser Alghamdi participates in.

### When did Yaser Alghamdi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yaser Alghamdi closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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