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Top 20 Retail Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Retail startups based in Saudi arabia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from Saudi arabia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 20 Retail Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia in January 2025

Investor	Retail Saudi Arabia investments
Shorooq Partners	5
Arzan Venture Capital	4
Oqal	3
Abercross Holdings	2
Graphene Ventures	2
AgFunder	2
Elm	2
Impact46	1
Agility Ventures	1
Tech Invest Com	1
Ali Aziz	1
Vision Ventures	1
Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF)	1
Global Ventures	1
MSA Capital	1
Saudi Venture Capital Company	1
Khwarizmi Ventures	1
Elm	1
Entrée Capital	1
Sukna Ventures	1

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Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Pemo — Pemo is an all-in-one spend management solution that empowers your business by packing every company invoice, expense, approval and spending decision into one powerful platform.Our offering includes smart corporate cards, invoice payment systems and expense tracking functions. These are supported by automated approval flows, direct accountingintegration and real-time reporting - features that allow business owners to save time, save money, automate admin and every expense so you can get on with what you do best - building great businesses.
Corgea — Corgea is an AI-powered security platform that automatically finds, triages, and fixes insecure code. Sign up today for free to try Corgea.
Colabs — Colabs is Pakistan’s fastest growing flexible workspace. Our community today has 1000 seats and over 100 companies across multiple facilities in Lahore. COLABS has a network of 100+ ecosystem partners across universities, VC funds, corporates, government and industry leaders. COLABS is constantly innovating, creating new work experiences, andredefining the future of work in Pakistan. Our mission is to knit together a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs across Pakistan.

Arzan Venture Capital (Arzan VC) is a Kuwait-born VC firm that has been investing in startups with a MENA angle since 2014, making it one of the earliest VC firms in the region. Arzan VC's portfolio includes 30+ startups. The firm invests in young, fast-growing and innovative tech teams and it remains committed to building long-lastingrelationships with the region’s most talented entrepreneurs at an early stage.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Hulexo — UAE's leading ERP software for retail businesses. Integrated data, accurate info, real-time insights.
Nearpay — Focus On Building Deep Technology To Create Innovations
Revenya Capital — Revenya Capital, providing revenue-based financing to tech startups in MENA.

Oqal Group was formed as an endowment group by a group of young businessmen to be a platform that brings together angel investors and emerging entrepreneurs to form partnerships of economic feasibility that raise the welfare of society and enhance the quality of life. It enables the founders of entrepreneurial startups to develop innovative andfast-growing startups in a variety of sectors by providing access to smart capital and experienced angel investors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

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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.
TWIG — TWIG is a Bank Agnostic Automated Savings Platform in the MENA region. Our flagship app provides Automated Saving Plans to help users save better; a Smart Budgeting tool with tailored insights; and Smart, customizable and user-specific Goals.

Investing in privately owned, profitable, high growth, medium sized UK companies.

Investment focus

B2B, Retail, Software
Seed, Series A, Private Equity
Saudi Arabia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.
Complete Business Solutions — Complete Business Solutions provides affordable business solutions for accounting, payroll, human resource, and personnel needs.

Graphene - venture fund for innovative startups.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series F
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Datalogz — Datalogz is a BI Ops solution that enables teams to bridge the gaps in their business intelligence environment.
Start Careers — Start Careers offers Publicize the vacancies in a practical way to the best universities in the country.
Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.

AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world's food system. Founded in 2013, AgFunder manages a portfolio of over 50 companies across four funds from offices in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Through its media platform AFN, it has built a global ecosystem of over 90,000 subscribers.

Investment focus

Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Klim — Klim enables farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture at scale by providing them financial support, knowledge, documentation tools, and a community via our digital companion for farmers.Klim-verified carbon removal credits, generated by Klim farmers, help companies to transition to net zero by offsetting their carbon emissions locallyand with maximum impact and transparency.
Uviquity — Uviquity is a firm that wants to encourage safety for their clients. The company is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States.
Eion — Eion removes atmospheric CO2, permanently and verifiably, with enhanced rock weathering on soil

Elm offer a wide range of ready-made and customized digital solutions in many areas. The company provides products that are seemingly tailored to customers' needs and aspirations.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
Saudi Arabia, India, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Reachware — Reachware is the top IPaaS in the Middle East, connecting systems for a unified ecosystem. Trusted by global enterprises. Learn more.
Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
Youverify — Youverify helps businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using AI, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officersverifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours.Youverify fills the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification.

Impact 46 is an asset manager and advisor that specializes in alternative investment opportunities. The firm provides innovative investment products and services to local & international institutions, family groups, endowments, and high net worth investors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman

Portfolio highlights

Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
DataLexing — DataLexing is an All-in-One Data-Driven productivity platform that brings Insights, Apps, Notifications, Forms, and Sheets together in one place.
Al Matar Group — Al Matar Group provides individuals and businesses with technical travel solutions.

Agility Ventures specializes in financing and consulting for the Broadband Industry. Founded by owners and managers of successful Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and technology finance companies, Agility offers a compelling partnership for their clients, manufacturers, distributors and users of wireless technology.

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Zid زد — 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.

Saudi technology investment company established in 2005. We invest in growth stage tech startups in Saudi Arabia & Middle East North Africa (MENA) region

Investment focus

Predictive Analytics, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Merit Incentives — Merit Incentives provides gifts, rewards, and engagement strategies using innovative technologies in the MENA region.
Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!
Simplified Financial Solutions Company — Simplified Financial Solutions Company offers startups and SMEs financial management solutions including the ability to issue virtual and physical corporate cards, manage spending and automate expense reporting.

Ali Aziz is a Founder and CEO at XStak Inc. He attended Free University of Brussels.

Investment focus

B2B, EdTech, Retail
Pre-Seed, Angel
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Nearpeer.org — Nearpeer is an online solution for entry test preparation in Pakistan. Now you can prepare for all medical entry tests online without spending a lot of money.
Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.
Grandeur — One platform to rule all of IoT. Grandeur is message broker, auth, storage and app builder in a single package.

Vision Ventures (VV) is an early stage venture capital firm founded by experienced entrepreneurs. Its slogan is:"By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs". We invest in innovative startups in the Seed and Series A across a wide range of verticals. We help startups realize their dreams and make a difference in a noisy world. We are an energeticteam that has a wealth of experience in starting companies and steering them to success and hyper growth. Our combined experience spans over 90 years in multiple countries which gives us extensive experience in multi-national, multi-cultural teams. We provide startups with hands on assistance and guidance on marketing, sales, product/service development, financial planning and management, expansion & growth strategy, and more.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Rewaa — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.
Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!

Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF) is a venture capital fund investing in early stage technology companies around the globe. The fund is interested in post-revenue Seed through Series-B opportunities. RTF was founded by Riyad Capital Co. and TAQNIA and is backed by leading Saudi institutional investors.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Haseel — The new concept to meet your needs of vegetables and fruits selects you the best crops and the best prices in a way that is consistent with your digital age.
TruKKer — TRUKKER is one of the leading names of logistics & transportation companies in UAE, KSA, Egypt & across the GCC. We offer logistics & transport & truck rental services in the MENA Region. Call us on +971 600-524642.
Eureka — All of Eureka's products have AI embedded to create unique audience segments and improve prediction accuracy, risk analytics and conversion.

We back global-minded, growth-stage and technology-focused founders in emerging markets and the world.

Investment focus

Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zension — Zension is a subscription e-commerce company for consumer tech. Each and every day, we set out to create a new standard for connectivity and access to the best technology tools for all.
Locad — Locad is a cloud-based solution for global e-commerce fulfillment. Access to an international warehousing network. Distributed fulfillment keeps products close to customers, reducing shipping time and cost.
Zinc Money — A suite of comprehensive solutions to help families navigate international education for their children and ensure a sound financial foundation for their academic journey.

MSA Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies from seed to growth stage. The firm manages capital from the world's top sovereign wealth funds, international asset managers, pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and family offices, as well as China's leading neweconomy entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.
DP Technology — DP Technology is a global leader in the "AI for Science" research paradigm, where AI learns scientific principles and data, then tackles key challenges in scientific research and industrial R&D.DP's commitment to interdisciplinary research has led to the creation of the DP "Particle Universe", an array of pre-trainedlarge science models designed to bridge foundational research with practical industrial applications. DP's software suite includes the Bohrium® Scientific Research Space, Hermite® Computational Drug Design Platform, RiDYMO® Dynamics Platform, and Piloteye® Battery Design Automation Platform. Together, these platforms form a robust foundation for industrial innovation and an open ecosystem for AI in science, fostering advancements in key areas such as drug discovery, energy, material science, and information technology.
DP Technology — Deep Technology uses a new generation of molecular simulation technology to tackle micro-scale industrial design difficulties. Founded in 2018 and is based in Beijing China.

SVC has backed 31 VC and PE Funds and 5 Angel Groups that supported 525 Startups and SMEs via $1.6 Billion AUM INVESTMENTS 1.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Saudi Arabia, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tabby — tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales.
BALLURH — A SaaS platform that provides predictive analytics with smart recommendations for Retailers to enhance decision-making, increase revenue and improve customer satisfaction.
Intelmatix — Intelligent Informatics Technologies Intelmatix is a deep tech AI company offering Enterprise AI that is accessible providing cutting-edge Decision Intelligence software that gives organizations a competitive advantage in the new AI era. LEARN MORE Capabilities Intelmatix develops technology platforms that integrate sector knowledge with expertise in data sensing, data processing, data analysis, data visualization and interaction.

Khwarizmi Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks investments in startups with a passion for algorithms. It seeks to help create their vision, as they embark on a journey together that aligns their goals to improve quality of life using technology powered by algorithms. .

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
Yalla Plus — Yalla Plus offers QR-based digital menu solutions for restaurants, featuring integrated payments and easy menu management.
Mala'a Technologies — Make better financial decisions with Malaa. Manage your financials, track your expenses, take a loan or invest your money all from one app. Connect you bank accounts and start today

Elm

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, SMS
Series A, Seed, Series B
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Zid زد — 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.
Cura كيورا — Cura Healthcare is a Saudi leading telehealth provider that provides digital health and telemedicine software and services. The company has developed state-of-the-art technologies to empower health communications, changing the way patients and doctors interact, diagnose, prescribe, give second opinions, manage chronic diseases, and provide primaryhealth care and well-being therapy sessions. For more information: https://cura.healthcare/en/
Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.

We're a team of former serial founders managing over $1.25B across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Obligo — Rid yourself from the burden of security deposits and go deposit-free. Landlords paid instantly on claims, while tenants repay in installments.
PointFive — PointFive provides ongoing cloud cost savings by providing deeper detection and collaborative repair solutions that fit smoothly into teams' normal operations.
Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Saudi Arabia, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Octa — Octa is a one-click automated system for collecting invoices that ensures timely payment to business-to-business firms.
Hefring Marine — Hefring Marine's on-board AI saves fuel consumption, significantly reduces carbon emissions and improves safety in boats and vessels through our real time sea navigation guidance for both manned and unmanned vessels.

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