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Top 50 Transportation Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Transportation startups based in Saudi arabia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Transportation companies from Saudi arabia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Transportation Startup Investors in Saudi Arabia in February 2025

Investor	Transportation Saudi Arabia investments
Impact46	8
Elm	5
Vision Ventures	4
Oryx Fund	4
Oqal	4
Saudi Venture Capital Company	4
Raed Ventures	3
Sanabil	3
Raz Group	3
SEEDRA Ventures	3
Wamda Capital	3
Class 5 Global	3
Wa’ed Ventures	3
Sadu Capital	2
Shorooq Partners	2
Merak Capital	2
Flat6Labs	2
Outliers Venture Capital	2
Nama Ventures	2
Iliad Partners	2
Derayah Financial	2
BECO Capital	2
Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures	2
Mad'a Investment Company	2
GSI Ventures	1
Almoayed Ventures	1
RZM Investments	1
NOMD Holding	1
Paltel Group	1
VEST Investment	1
Kassim Legal	1
Yasser Al-Ghamdi	1
Sultan Holdings	1
Abunayyan Holding	1
Knollwood Investment Advisory	1
AlRajhi Partners	1
Watheeq Financial Services	1
Mutasami Family Fund	1
Arcom Technologies	1
Artal Capital	1
Alriyadah Investments	1
Alsulaiman Group	1
Elm	1
Salasel Alemdad	1
Dallah Investment	1
HALA Ventures	1
Al Tuwaijri Fund	1
Jameel Investment Management Company	1
Sarh Fund	1
RAF Investments	1

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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.

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.

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Ejari — Ejari is providing a Rent Now, Pay Later (RNPL) solution for residential rentals, Rent Now, Pay Later products enable tenants to better manage their budgets by converting rent from a yearly expense to a monthly expense, while landlords receive an entire year's rent in advance.
Astra Nova — Astra Nova combines AGI gaming innovation, part of Nvidia Inception partnership, backed by Shiba Inu and a community-driven approach to revolutionize the gaming world.
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!

Oryx Fund is a MENA-focused Investment fund from Hambro Perks. Investing in game-changing early-stage technology companies at late Seed and Series A, led by outstanding entrepreneurs in sectors we have deep expertise such as Fintech, Healthtech, Enterprise tech, Logistics tech, and Edtech.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ejari — Ejari is providing a Rent Now, Pay Later (RNPL) solution for residential rentals, Rent Now, Pay Later products enable tenants to better manage their budgets by converting rent from a yearly expense to a monthly expense, while landlords receive an entire year's rent in advance.
Growdash — Growdash is a business intelligence and analytics tool built specifically for restaurants to support profitable growth strategic decisions across online sales channels.
GrubTech — An end-to-end kitchen management platform with food aggregator, online ordering, POS, ERP and 3pl integrations; to streamline online food delivery orders and create efficiencies for delivery-centric restaurants and cloud kitchens (ghost kitchens, dark kitchens, virtual kitchens).

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

Spare — Spare | Know Your Money
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.

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.

We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Buildnow — BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.
Halo AI — Halo AI provides autonomous influencer marketing solutions.
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.

Sanabil Investments is a sovereign wealth fund specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. Its investments are concentrated in direct equity investments, primarily in the Kingdom, and in funds, as well as in diversified investment portfolios. These investments support the growth of the Kingdom’s economy while building internationalinvestment capability and transferring expertise to local Saudi talent.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Octa — Octa is a one-click automated system for collecting invoices that ensures timely payment to business-to-business firms.
Kitchenara — Kitchenara is a Saudi food technology company that focuses in food delivery services. Its goal is to transform the online food ordering experience by merging genuine video evaluations with influencer content, providing customers with a transparent, engaging, and trustworthy approach to choose their meals.
DeltaStream — Deltastreasm is a secure and scalable unified streaming data platform driven by SQL - built for teams to process and share easily.

Raz Group empowers entrepreneurs and helps them transform their passions into value-adding companies.

Investment focus

Events, Advertising, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Convertible Note
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Cargoz — Cargoz is a logistics startup that connects SMEs looking for warehousing space with warehousing companies who has extra capacity, like Airbnb but for commercial warehousing & storage.
Autobia — Autobia is a B2B marketplace leveraging the data to solve the infrastructure and after-sales challenges in the automotive industry. The company bridges the gap between wholesalers and resellers by offering in-between digital, operational and logistical integrated solutions. It was founded in 2021 and is located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Dnaneer — Dnaneer is a FinTech platform that connects online businesses with investors through crowdfunding of enterprises.

SEEDRA Ventures invests in companies from the very first stages of inception to Series-A and beyond, providing financing and hands-on development support.

Investment focus

Predictive Analytics, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.
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.

We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
Salus — Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health.

Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.

Wa’ed Ventures is a $500 million venture capital fund with the aim to accelerate the development of an integrated startup ecosystem by investing in local tech-based startups and incentivizing global entrepreneurs to localize their tech innovations in the Kingdom.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

Portfolio highlights

YNMO — YNMO is the first Arabic/English digital solution that aims to improve the quality of care and educational services for individuals with special needs by allowing service providers such as schools, centers & clinics to design and monitor individualized treatment plans.
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.
Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online

Sadu assist pre-seed, seed, and series A businesses in reaching the stage when they may get growth financing. Founded in 2021.

Investment focus

B2B, SaaS, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Octa — Octa is a one-click automated system for collecting invoices that ensures timely payment to business-to-business firms.
Reachware — Reachware is the top IPaaS in the Middle East, connecting systems for a unified ecosystem. Trusted by global enterprises. Learn more.
OTO — OTO is SaaS company that helps retailers implement their Omni-Channel strategy by enabling them to ship their online orders directly from the physical stores with the best delivery partners in just 2 hours! Also, we provide Online Retailers and E-commerce companies access to ship packages with more than 80 delivery & carrier companies shipping domestically and internationally.

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.
Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online
Halo AI — Halo AI provides autonomous influencer marketing solutions.

Merak Capital is a licensed company by the CMA to manage private investment funds, investor portfolios, and advise on financial securities, under the license number 18194-32, with a specialized focus on technology investments. Investments are done across different asset classes, with a primary focus on equities. In the private equity class, as wellas venture capital, the main regions of operation are KSA and MENA. In public equities, investments operate on global stock exchanges.At Merak Capital we focus on technology as the main driver for growth across the globe, and specifically in Saudi Arabia and the MENA region. We build our internal teams around technological research and understanding, staying at the forefront of breakthrough software and hardware, and finding investment opportunities that are aligned with adoption cycles from different sectors. Nowadays, most businesses and sectors are becoming digitized to stay relevant and compete with new entrants. Technological integration shifted from a luxury and a competitive advantage to a must-have for businesses and governments alike. Merak Capital is positioned to lead investments in this transition as well as unlock new markets and venues for growth, enabled by technological innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit.

Investment focus

Software, Supply Chain Management, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Private Equity
Saudi Arabia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Nabt app — Nabt app is an e-commerce platform that conducts a B2B marketplace, connecting farmers with businesses directly. It uses technology to foster transparency, efficiency, and a more robust fresh produce supply chain.
SHIFT — Shift mission is to develop sustainable solutions and reshape the landscape in Saudi Arabia by offering a full suite of services.
Yalla Plus — Yalla Plus offers QR-based digital menu solutions for restaurants, featuring integrated payments and easy menu management.

Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Zofa — Zofa provides integrated solutions that promote long-term change while improving productivity and patient care and enabling fast delivery of medical products.
MilkStraw AI — Saving companies up to 75% on AWS
Marginplus Group — We’re creating innovative investment solution to drive Africa’s growth and transform lives through real estate and agriculture.

Backing outlier founders in MENA & the US at the earliest stages

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Predictive Analytics
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Soum — ‍Soum is reimagining recommence in the MENA region and beyond by building the most convenient, trustworthy, and transparent recommence marketplace, starting with consumer electronics in Saudi Arabia.
Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online
Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

Nama Ventures is a seed stage venture capital fund focused on fueling innovation in the MENA region, particularly in Saudi Arabia. ama Ventures is built upon the fundamental idea of enabling entrepreneurs to succeed. And as founders of Nama, we are thrilled to finally have the platform to implement this idea. Our hope is that entrepreneurs willingto partner with us will see and feel our value-add approach to investing.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Nowlun — Search for cheap & fast freight prices from all shipping lines.
PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.

Iliad Partners is a venture capital firm based in Dubai that helps founders in MENA turn startups into successful high-growth companies. Join our epic journey.

Investment focus

Logistics, Supply Chain Management, FinTech
Convertible Note, Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Qashio — Qashio is a spend management platform that allows people to monitor costs, make payments with app credit cards, and handle payables. Founded in 2021 and is based in Dubai.
OTO — OTO is SaaS company that helps retailers implement their Omni-Channel strategy by enabling them to ship their online orders directly from the physical stores with the best delivery partners in just 2 hours! Also, we provide Online Retailers and E-commerce companies access to ship packages with more than 80 delivery & carrier companies shipping domestically and internationally.
Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

Derayah Financial is a financial services firm that has built and operates the first mutual fund supermarket in Saudi Arabia.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

eat — Powerful restaurant reservation and guest management system. Flexible enough to use at both small and large restaurants. Sign up today. It's free!
Sary — Sary is a B2B marketplace that connects small businesses with suppliers seamlessly. The company's mission is to empower organizations with smarter ways to operate and grow efficiently. Sary was founded in early 2018 by Careem ex-General Manager, Mohammed Aldossary, and his partner Khaled AlSiari, to fix the broken supply chain in thewholesale industry. Today, Sary operates in 12 major cities, where customers can order wholesale items ranging from a box to a truckload in a few clicks to be delivered as fast as 24 hours. Sary served 40,000+ customers, worked with 1700+ brands and wholesalers.
Speero — Speero is an automotive spare part market place.

Founded in 2012, BECO Capital pioneers early-stage venture capital firms, focusing on MENA and beyond. It proudly partners with regional success stories like Careem, Kitopi, SWVL, PropertyFinder, MaxAB, Tribal, and others, shaping the tech landscape

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Ejari — Ejari is providing a Rent Now, Pay Later (RNPL) solution for residential rentals, Rent Now, Pay Later products enable tenants to better manage their budgets by converting rent from a yearly expense to a monthly expense, while landlords receive an entire year's rent in advance.
Mala Inc. — This is meta description
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.

Wa’ed Ventures is the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed), established by Saudi Aramco with the vision of igniting the spirit of entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Wa’ed has deployed a suite of programs over the years to assist entrepreneurs in establishing, enhancing, or expanding their ventures. Theseprograms comprise development and financial support including business incubation, coaching and training to guide and nurture entrepreneurs along different business stages, seed funding, non-collateral loans, venture capital (equity/debt) investment, and business development. These programs support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of localizing industries and diversifying the Kingdom’s economy. Wa’ed also collaborates and engages with key players in order to create an effective entrepreneurship ecosystem.Wa’ed aspires to provide leadership in promoting entrepreneurship to support economic growth, diversification, and social development in Saudi Arabia, in alignment with the Kingdom’s strategic thrust into moving towards a knowledge-based economy. The organization aims to turn innovative ideas into successful projects, create and support sustainable SMEs, and develop entrepreneurs into successful business owners.Wa’ed Ventures aims to fuel the growth of high potential companies, thereby promoting economic development in Saudi Arabia with job creation for Saudi nationals, technological improvement, knowledge transfer, economic diversification, and economic growth within the Kingdom. The firm focuses on seed, early, and growth-stage businesses across a diverse range of sectors including information and communication technology (ICT), energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and services – from mobile application platforms and technologies to industrial equipment manufacturing to advanced software solutions.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Apps
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Saudi Arabia, India, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

ELEVATUS — Automate the entire recruitment cycle from creating job requisitions to onboarding new hires - with the #1 AI recruitment software.
OQ TECHNOLOGY — OQ Technology's Satellite 5G IoT - The world's first global satellite 5G operator, that can collect data from more than 1000 sensors, and so providing cellular coverage for assets and machines anywherer in the world.
MANAFA Capital — MANAFA is an online marketplace for investing equity into innovative, early-stage companies. It provides sophisticated investors free access to direct investment opportunities, diligence tools and industry data insights for an asset class that was previously very difficult to access. For entrepreneurs, MANAFA offers an efficient way to access anetwork of sophisticated investors as well as leading partners.

Mad’a Investment Company is a Private Equity firm headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Abdul Aziz Al Othaim & Sons Holding Company (ASO&SONS). We aim to assist businesses to reach their true potential by unlocking values which otherwise could not have been realized. We strive to create exceptional value tobusinesses through our team of investment and operating professionals working collaboratively with the management of our portfolio companies. We, as a Saudi Company, are committed to contributing to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and our Investment Strategy is aligned with the Vision 2030.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

Portfolio highlights

Teeela — Teeela is the GCC’s fastest growing and most innovative gifting platform, built to provide families with the easiest, quickest and most personalized gifting and toy buying experience
RedBox — RedBox ships online products to the nearest smart locker for faster delivery and easy access.
SmartCrowd — Invest in real estate and start generating a passive income with the region's first DFSA regulated real estate crowdfunding platform | Regulated by DFSA

GSI Ventures is the investment firm.

Investment focus

B2B, SaaS, Software
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

Almoayed Ventures is the venture arm of Almoayed General W.L.L. The company focuses on partnering with investment professionals with a track record of supporting and scaling innovative businesses. The company also makes direct investments in passionate entrepreneurs and supports them throughout their journey.

Investment focus

FinTech, Health Care, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Bahrain

Portfolio highlights

BARQ — BARQ enables bullet delivery for any business. From e-commerce to food, e-groceries and various sectors, BARQ utilizes its state-of-the-art delivery technologies to deliver orders as fast as 15 minutes up to same day delivery service.BARQ converts retail outlets to micro-fulfilment centers/dispatching hubs making delivery faster &easier. Once a customer places an order through the business platform, order gets fulfilled by the closest retail outlet and delivered to the customer once ready for pick up (bullet delivery).BARQ also serves warehouses and fulfillment centers with several delivery options, 4hrs up to same day or next day, depending on the business’ need. While restaurants and food aggregators enjoy 30-45 minute delivery service & paying a delivery fee ONLY.
Erad — erad provides growth capital to online businesses. Connect your analytics and receive funding offers, for non-dilutive capital within 48 hours
Unipal — Unipal provides university students access to tailored discounts and promotions through a digital identification.

RZM Investments manages the shares of various companies that are in the field of health, education, hospitality, and tourism.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Athir — Athir Information Systems Technology offers a cloud-based Healthcare Information System for managing and automating medical services.
Jeel Platform — Jeel Platform operates as an edutainment digital platform. Jeel offers a continuous journey, both parents and children can take together. It offers the child a beneficial screen time that helps to develop his character through games and activities which are built on the content he’s already consumed (shows/series - songs - acapella - stories -games)
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.

NOMD Holding Co is a privately owned company and part of Future Horizons Group. It invests in different ICT fields such as IoT, Big Data, Digital Education, Digital Marketing, ICT infrastructure, and ICT distribution.

Investment focus

Logistics, Service Industry, Supply Chain Management
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Nawel — Nawel provides logistics and supply chain solutions. Its mission is to transform the logistics and supply chain landscape by repurposing underutilized spaces and offering a range of services including pallet storage, micro-fulfillment, and strategically located delivery hubs.
Resal — Resal is Saudi-based startup was founded by Hatem Kameli ( Founder & CEO ) and Fouad AlFarhan ( Co-Founder & CTO ) , started from Jeddah – Saudi Arabia to all MENAWho we are ? Resal is leading the prepaid gift card market by offering all in one prepaid gift cards and rewards solutions for individuals and corporate in Middle East and NorthAfricaWe are here to make people and businesses smile and be delighted by developing an eGift Cards and rewards solutions to make gift cards and rewards easy to send and pleasing to receive at any time and in any place.We Are Offering End-to-end prepaid digital gift cards and rewards solutions and productsResal Store : It’s a one-stop-shop gift cards that help individuals to buy and send gift cards Resal Rewards (glee) : Corporate reward solution which help enterprise to offer employees, partners, customers gift cards as part of incentive and reward program Resal Channels : A business API and embedded technology that offer digital gift cards and rewards from over 400 brands to any 3rd party online channels and offline stores Resal Loyalty ( boonus ) : A loyalty management platform based on multiple rewarding programs that enable merchants and retailers to increase retention and customer spending Resal xCards ( gift card generator ) prepaid digital gift cards issuance solution which enable merchants to easily issue, manage digital gift card

Paltel Group is a telecommunications company that offers local and international fixed telephony; internet, data communications, and mobile; and next generation services. Paltel Group was founded in 1995 and is based in Ramallah, Palestine.

Investment focus

B2B, Delivery Service, Predictive Analytics
Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

WeDeliver — weDeliver provides the best logistics and last-mile delivery services for eCommerce businesses in Saudi Arabia and other emerging markets.

VEST Investment operates as an investment firm.

Investment focus

B2B, Delivery Service, Predictive Analytics
Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

WeDeliver — weDeliver provides the best logistics and last-mile delivery services for eCommerce businesses in Saudi Arabia and other emerging markets.

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Investment focus

B2B, Delivery Service, Predictive Analytics
Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

WeDeliver — weDeliver provides the best logistics and last-mile delivery services for eCommerce businesses in Saudi Arabia and other emerging markets.

Yasser Al-Ghamdi

Investment focus

FinTech, Automotive
Angel, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Nqoodlet — NQOODLET is an electronic platform targeting SMEs to manage their expenses, purchases through the credit cards given to the employees.
Garage — Garage provides on-demand car maintenance services, enabling customers to book these services through its mobile app and receive them at their doorstep.

Sultan Holdings invest in the field of commercial, retail, tourism, and residential projects.

Investment focus

Logistics
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

BARQ — BARQ enables bullet delivery for any business. From e-commerce to food, e-groceries and various sectors, BARQ utilizes its state-of-the-art delivery technologies to deliver orders as fast as 15 minutes up to same day delivery service.BARQ converts retail outlets to micro-fulfilment centers/dispatching hubs making delivery faster &easier. Once a customer places an order through the business platform, order gets fulfilled by the closest retail outlet and delivered to the customer once ready for pick up (bullet delivery).BARQ also serves warehouses and fulfillment centers with several delivery options, 4hrs up to same day or next day, depending on the business’ need. While restaurants and food aggregators enjoy 30-45 minute delivery service & paying a delivery fee ONLY.
Nana — Nana is an online grocery platform that provides doorstep deliveries of groceries and other home essentials. The company's platform offers a wide assortment of groceries, fruits, and vegetables, cosmetics, electronics, bakery items, and flowers that enables consumers to purchase products online and get them delivered to their homes.Nana wasestablished in 2016 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

Abunayyan Holding are turnkey partners who provide integrated solutions in water, power and energy applications in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and Africa.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Food and Beverage
Series A, Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Saee — Saee Jeddah-based last-mile delivery startup.
Lucidya — Lucidya is a tool for social media analytics powered by artificial intelligence and big data solution. lucidya have many uses like market research, benchmarking, crisis management , product development ..etc
MUNCH:ON — MUNCH:ON is a food tech startup that has cracked the subscription space in the UAE & KSA, focusing on offering meals from the best restaurants at a significant discount and with free delivery. The company has invested heavily in its scheduling, bundling and order prediction software which has enabled it to achieve massive cost savings for itsrestaurant partners that they then pass on to their users, often offering up to a 55% discount vs. restaurants' regular price. Whether it's employees ordering from their company's curated menu or users ordering for their families at home, the platform takes the usual hassle and cost out of food delivery in a financially (and environmentally) sustainable manner for all stakeholders

Knollwood Investment Advisory is focused on financing companies in the internet security sector.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Arab Emirates, India

Portfolio highlights

BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
Hypernative — Detect attacks in progress & prevent loses in real time by proactively monitoring on and off chain data sources and help mitigate security, governance and financial risks with early warnings & actionable insights.
Linx Security — The Linx Identity Security platform enables identity, security, and IT ops teams to finally control the whole identity lifecycle. A radical departure from legacy identity security solutions, Linx untangles the complex, ever-evolving web of identity security. Integrating smoothly with your IAM stack, Linx pulls together all your organization’sidentity data—organizing it neatly to reveal the hidden links between your employees, their digital identities, and the apps, software, platforms, and programs they have access to. Enabling you to continuously reduce your identity attack surface and swiftly close gaps in compliance.

AlRajhi Partners is an investment firm that focuses on public equities, private equity, and real estate. The company is owned by a subset of the Alrajhi family. The company's shareholders are members of the AlRajhi family, who pioneered and established one of the world's first and largest Islamic banks.

Investment focus

SaaS, Travel Agency, Subscription Service
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Mamo — Experience the ease of sending and receiving money with Mamo. No beneficiaries. No fees. No IBANs. Money is made for living. Move your money, at your pace.
invygo — Invygo is MENA's first & largest car subscription service creating accessible mobility options through an all-inclusive monthly subscription, all in a seamless app-based experience.For consumers: we provide them access to passenger cars without any financial burdens through a customizable month-to-month subscription through a mobile appFor Dealers: through our technology, they get access to a new business model that helps them generate revenue and reduce their depreciation and operational cost The company was founded in 2018 by Eslam Hussein and Pulkit Ganjoo in Dubai, UAE.
FlyAkeed — FlyAkeed is the only app that enables you to browse fully-booked flights and waitlist to issue your ticket once your seat becomes available again.

Watheeq Financial Services is a Saudi-based closed joint-stock company.

Investment focus

Rental, Delivery, Logistics
Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

ILLA — Digital trucking and delivery platform powered by reliable drive to enable businesses with different volumes handle and optimize their trucking and logisitcs processes effeciently.
Spiders — Spiders is a Saudi Arabia-based micromobility rentals company.

Mutasami Family Fund

Investment focus

B2B, Delivery Service, Predictive Analytics
Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

WeDeliver — weDeliver provides the best logistics and last-mile delivery services for eCommerce businesses in Saudi Arabia and other emerging markets.

Arcom Technologies is an International Representative and Distributor of worldwide manufacturers in a wide range of Memory devices, Power Supply, Storage, optical and more.

Investment focus

B2B, Delivery Service, Predictive Analytics
Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

WeDeliver — weDeliver provides the best logistics and last-mile delivery services for eCommerce businesses in Saudi Arabia and other emerging markets.

Artal Capital is an Investment Firm that offers Public Equities, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Real Estate Investment Services

Investment focus

SaaS, Travel, Travel Agency
Series A
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

FlyAkeed — FlyAkeed is the only app that enables you to browse fully-booked flights and waitlist to issue your ticket once your seat becomes available again.

With close to fifty years of experience in investing in real estate, renewable energy, entertainment and hospitality industries, Alriyadah Investments has been driving growth through innovation and collaborations designed to emphasize local development and global connectivity.

Investment focus

Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Barakah — Barakah is a food delivery startup based in Saudi Arabia.

Alsulaiman Group is an investment management company.

Investment focus

Logistics, E-Commerce, Real Estate
Seed, Series A
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Salasa — offer total solutions for your e-commerce needs and manage your complete logistics value chain. Our fulfillment services offer a cost-effective way to store your products without adding to overhead costs.Salasa provides superior pick-up and pack services with multiple shipping options that keep your products moving fast while reducing operationalexpenses. Salasa provides you with the peace of mind to focus on the task ahead: taking your e-commerce to the next level.
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.

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 — 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.

Salasel Alemdad operates as a logistics company.

Investment focus

B2B, Delivery Service, Predictive Analytics
Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

WeDeliver — weDeliver provides the best logistics and last-mile delivery services for eCommerce businesses in Saudi Arabia and other emerging markets.

A diversified investment company that manages multi-billions worth of assets in Saudi Arabia and across the globe. Our investment strategy focuses on public equities, local direct investments and alternative assets.

Investment focus

B2B, SaaS, Software
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
Omniful — Omniful offers a modular platform to replace legacy systems, simplifying supply chain, retail, and logistics management.
Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.

Al Tuwaijri Fund is a venture capital fund.

Investment focus

Payments, Shipping, Logistics
Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

Jameel Investment Management Company is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Finance
Seed, Series B, Series A
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lean Technologies — Lean provides the Data and Payments tools to empower MENA's next generation of financial products | Trusted by Etisalat, Hubpay, Lulu Finance, Binance, Sarwa and more.
Thndr — Thndr is a financial services company that operates an app-based investment platform.It comes with 0% commission, no account minimum, access to market data, easy account setup, and funding processes. Users can also get access to the latest news, market data, and other educational tools. Seif Amr established the company in 2020 in Cairo, AlQahirah, Egypt.
Ollang — Ollang provides cutting-edge AI dubbing, accurate subtitle translations, and closed captions services to enhance your multimedia content. Experience superior quality dubbing that brings your videos to life. Explore our services today!