Top 20 Retail VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Saudi Arabia in December 2024
A list of 20 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 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Saudi Arabia in December 2024
Investor | Retail Saudi Arabia investments |
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Shorooq Partners | 5 |
Arzan Venture Capital | 4 |
AgFunder | 2 |
Elm | 2 |
Graphene Ventures | 2 |
Abercross Holdings | 2 |
Sukna Ventures | 1 |
Global Ventures | 1 |
Tech Invest Com | 1 |
Oqal | 1 |
MSA Capital | 1 |
Impact46 | 1 |
Saudi Venture Capital Company | 1 |
Entrée Capital | 1 |
Alsayer Group | 1 |
Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF) | 1 |
Mentors Fund | 1 |
Vision Ventures | 1 |
Elm | 1 |
Agility Ventures | 1 |
Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
- Corgea — Corgea is an AI-powered security platform that automatically finds, triages, and fixes insecure code. Sign up today for free to try Corgea.
- PRYPCO — We are building the region’s leading real estate ecosystem, providing Real Estate Freedom for all.We open the doors to the entire real estate ecosystem, enabling everyone to access all things real estate without restrictions, hassles, or financial barriers. We empower our partners with the information and tools they need to succeed, ensuring theyhave everything required to navigate the market and achieve their goals.Real Estate Freedom is not just a concept—it's our promise.Our verticals include:- PRYPCO Mortgage - PRYPCO Exclusives - PRYPCO Golden Visa - PRYPCO Blocks
- 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.
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- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
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- Hulexo — UAE's leading ERP software for retail businesses. Integrated data, accurate info, real-time insights.
- Gameball — Gameball is a one-stop platform to market your products and keep your customers engaged, leading to boosted conversion and increased RoI with a data-driven success strategy.
- Revenya Capital — Revenya Capital, providing revenue-based financing to tech startups in MENA.
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.
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- 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.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Saudi Arabia, India, Nigeria
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- 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.
Graphene - venture fund for innovative startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series F
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
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- 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.
Investing in privately owned, profitable, high growth, medium sized UK companies.
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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.
Sukna ventures is a venture studio and fund based in Saudi Arabia.
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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.
We back global-minded, growth-stage and technology-focused founders in emerging markets and the world.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Iyris — Iyris Advanced Desert Greenhouses is the Middle East's premier agriculture glazing specialist, providing tailored solutions for increased desert crop output. iyris collaborates closely with the glass industry's greatest companies to provide ultra-clear glazing with the most advanced anti-reflective and light diffusive coatings.
- 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.
Saudi technology investment company established in 2005. We invest in growth stage tech startups in Saudi Arabia & Middle East North Africa (MENA) region
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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.
A group of young entrepreneurs to connect young people with ideas.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- AlGooru — AlGooru is a tutoring network marketplace that connects students with qualified tutors on a mobile app. Our mobile app uberizes the tutoring market. Students can find reliable tutors, and tutors can manage their sessions/price their own rates.
- Letswork — Work, meet and connect from the best coworking spaces, cafes and hotels across the UAE and Bahrain. Buy a membership, book meeting rooms or rent an office via the Letswork app.
- Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
SVC has backed 31 VC and PE Funds and 5 Angel Groups that supported 525 Startups and SMEs via $1.6 Billion AUM
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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.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- PointFive — PointFive provides ongoing cloud cost savings by providing deeper detection and collaborative repair solutions that fit smoothly into teams' normal operations.
- MagnusMetal — Magnus_Metal - Digital Era has arrived for Metal Casting. MagnusMetal team is taking casting, a 6000 years old technology, to the digital Industry 4.0 era, with our breakthrough patent pending, volume alloy Digital Casting System and process
- Sensi.Ai — Sensi.Ai developed the first audio AI that's able to analyze the routine in long term care environments, detect anomalies and provide insight on trends, with the purpose of improving the quality of care
Alsayer Group focuses on general trading, car imports, automotive dealership, insurance, heavy machinery, car rental, and leasing services.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Retail, Internet
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Qawafel — Qawafel Company for E-Marketing is an electronic platform for the exchange of perishable food products between shops and producers. It is a platform for e-commerce for food suppliers and retailers.
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.
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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.
Mentors Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in capital-efficient startups that aim to digitally disrupt traditional businesses.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Pakistan, Egypt
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- Ubicept — Ubicept is a computer vision company. They provide machine learning services by combining next-generation image sensors with computer vision algorithms. Their products include photon-counting cameras, edge photon processing, and a private developer portal.
- Truckistan — Truckistan is developing a logistics platform to make shipping faster and cheaper. The company provides real-time tracking, a customer dashboard, account management, and guaranteed transit time, as well as SaaS tools for routing, vehicle loading, and RFID implementation throughout the supply chain.
- PartnerSlate — PartnerSlate is an online platform that helps food and beverage brands make the right strategic partnerships to get their next product to market. Brands can discover, connect and build relationships with contract manufacturers and other food industry partners across North America.
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.
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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!
Elm
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, SMS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Saudi Arabia
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- 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 — 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.
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.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Saudi Arabia
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- 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.
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