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Top 50 Transportation VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Saudi Arabia in September 2025

Last updated: Sep 2025 A list of 50 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 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Saudi Arabia in September 2025

Investor	Transportation Saudi Arabia investments
Impact46	9
Elm	5
Oqal	4
F6 Ventures	4
Vision Ventures	4
Saudi Venture Capital Company	4
Oryx Fund	4
Class 5 Global	3
Wamda Capital	3
Raed Ventures	3
Nama Ventures	3
SEEDRA Ventures	3
Raz Group	3
Sanabil	3
Wa’ed Ventures	3
Merak Capital	2
Mad'a Investment Company	2
Sadu Capital	2
Iliad Partners	2
Outliers Venture Capital	2
Shorooq Partners	2
Derayah Financial	2
Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures	2
BECO Capital	2
MERCED	1
Al Tuwaijri Fund	1
Nuwa Capital	1
Elm	1
Alsulaiman Group	1
FinTech Collective	1
HIMAngel	1
NOMD Holding	1
otf Jasoor Ventures	1
500 Falcons	1
HALA Ventures	1
Artal Capital	1
Business Innovation Mine (BIM)	1
Abunayyan Holding	1
Almoayed Ventures	1
Plus Venture Capital	1
Sultan Holdings	1
RZM Investments	1
YOUXEL Ventures	1
Watheeq Financial Services	1
RAF Investments	1
Nomw Capital	1
GSI Ventures	1
Kassim Legal	1
RAAF Holding Company	1
Tasheel Holding	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

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

Portfolio highlights

Spoilz — Play innovative new games with Spoilz, your one-stop destination for gaming joy. From casual to strategy, experience the best in gaming today!
Holo — Find your dream home with Holo, the digital home-buying platform in the UAE. Get expert help, compare mortgages, and simplify your journey to ownership!
Starvania Studio — Starvania Studio is an indie game development studio developing fantasy games inspired by Arabian Mythology.

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, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, 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.

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.
TruBuild — AI pre-construction tool to review tenders, compare bids, and manage contracts. Make faster decisions, reduce errors, and minimize admin.

F6 Ventures is a leading seed stage venture capital firm operating across emerging markets. We back exceptional founders from idea-stage all the way to Series A, combining early capital with strategic support and a commitment to long-term partnership. With deep ties across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, we empower innovative startups to scalewith purpose and impact. We manage over $90M in AUM across more than 300 investments in seven countries. By investing early in Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A rounds, we help founders cover initial costs, develop their product, and take it to market. This early capital acts as a launchpad, enabling startups to hit key milestones like securing first customers, attracting follow-on funding, and making significant strides forward.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Wuilt — Wuilt is a website builder where you can create your own Arabic website in under 5 minutes.
Olivery — Olivery is a comprehensive logistics platform designed to streamline logistics and delivery operations for businesses. It offers smart solutions including efficient route planning, real-time shipment tracking, automated insights, and seamless digital interactions to improve fleet performance and customer service. The platform integrates withleading tools to ensure smooth operations and enhanced customer satisfaction. Olivery focuses on making logistics more efficient, cost-effective, and reliable, empowering companies to save time, reduce expenses, and deliver faster. It also supports various delivery features such as zero-contact delivery via OTP, automatic photo/KYC capture, online payments for cash-on-delivery, and configurable driver information capture.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

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

Information Technology, Software, 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.
Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!
MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.

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.
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.
Baraya Extended Care — Baraya is a company specializing in rehabilitation treatment, committed to providing high-quality rehabilitation treatment services to patients.

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

Coraly — Coraly.ai is a UAE-based proptech company that provides an AI-powered growth platform designed specifically for real estate professionals. The platform aims to help agents save time and grow their business by offering tools for lead enrichment, automated campaigns, 24/7 lead qualification, and performance insights. These solutions help realestate agents acquire and convert more customers, integrating with existing CRM platforms and automating various sales and marketing tasks—such as multi-portal publishing and real-time performance optimization.
Qanooni — Qanooni is a legal technology company offering an AI-powered platform designed specifically for lawyers and legal professionals.
Valeo — Get your lab tests done at the comfort of your home anywhere in Dubai through our personalized mobile health tracker app. Hassle-free blood sample collection.Wellness coach provided.

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.

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.
BloomPath — Bloompath gives engineering team leads clear visibility into project progress, team contributions, and what's gaining traction, without digging through tools. Stay aligned, spot blockers early, and keep your team moving forward.
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

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
Stitch — The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

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Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
Nodes — Nodes.inc is building the world’s first AI-native, full-stack hiring platform designed to automate and optimize the entire talent lifecycle — from candidate sourcing to predictive onboarding. Powered by multi-agent systems and self-learning AI, Nodes eliminates outdated ATS workflows, bloated HR stacks, and manual recruiting processes.Theplatform goes beyond incremental improvements: it creates rich persona-based candidate profiles, autonomously headhunts across the internet, engages with passive talent using hyper-personalized outreach, and continuously retrains itself based on hiring outcomes. With performance-based pricing and a modular architecture, Nodes enables enterprises to reduce hiring time from 120 days to under 14, slash early-stage attrition, and ensure every hire is a high-fit hire.Backed by top operators and used by Fortune 500 companies, Nodes.inc is redefining the infrastructure layer for the future of work.
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.

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.

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.

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 B, Series A
United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Gathern — Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.
theklicker — Theklicker is an online tool that connects people to e-commerce in one place. It works to connect people to e-commerce all over the world. On this site, customers can search for products, find out their price from a different website, compares prices of the product, see the latest news and information about the product, and customers can giveratings, reviews, and vote the product directly.It was founded in 2019 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
HNDL Fleet Management — HNDL Fleet Management offers advanced tools to track fuel usage, reduce costs, and streamline maintenance. Improve your fleet's efficiency with real-time insights.

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

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.
TruBuild — AI pre-construction tool to review tenders, compare bids, and manage contracts. Make faster decisions, reduce errors, and minimize admin.
Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online

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.

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

Klaim — Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments.
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
SmartCrowd — Grow your wealth by investing in Dubai real estate with MENA's first regulated crowdfunding platform. Start earning a passive income from day one - no hassle, just returns!

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 — Reduce DSO by 30%, save 20+ hours per week, and delight customers with our all-in-one platform.
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.

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

Backing outlier founders who build different.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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
Vault Wealth — Discover the range of private wealth management services with personalized wealth planning from Vault, a certified private wealth advisor in Dubai & UAE. A secure digital wealth platform trusted by professionals.

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, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Rekaz — Rekaz provides system to automate recurring payments, enhance online presence, improve customer relationships and boost sales.
NymCard — <p><span style="color:#ce9178;">NymCard is providing, in the MENA region and around the globe, dynamic and secure building blocks for building fast and easy card programs.</span></p>
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

Derayah Financial is a digital investment firm and brokerage that provides online access to local and global stock, ETF, bond, margin trading, and derivatives markets, as well as Shariah-compliant advisory and robo-advisory services. The firm offers mutual funds, real estate investments, discretionary portfolio management, and research tools.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Marketplace
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

Portfolio highlights

Alpaca — Alpaca API allows developers and businesses to build apps, embed investing, and trade algorithms
D360 bank — D360 Bank is the first Saudi digital bank, Shariah-compliant and licensed by Saudi Central Bank. Get fast, smart, and seamless digital banking services.
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

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 aims to disrupt the satellite telecommunication industry and provides the world’s first universal plug & play "Internet-of-Things" solution that can provide connectivity anywhere. We are building a global satellite constellation dedicated for "Internet-of-Things" and "machine-to-machine"communication. We serve the Oil & Gas, Maritime, Industry 4.0, consumer IoT, and Transport segments particularly for the management and tracking of assets in remote areas. Whether this is digital oilfield applications, offshore monitoring, SCADA applications, asset tracking, fleet management, smart metering or predictive maintenance: We provide you innovative low cost connectivity solution and high value data analytics. Our wireless technology (developed in collaboration with Luxembourg government and the European Space Agency) is compatible with existing wireless technologies. The modules are plug & play, easy to install, have long battery life, and connect you directly to our or your data cloud.
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.

Conviction-driven VC backing technology startups across MENA and the Gulf from pre-seed to growth stage

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
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BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.

Grow, Build, Innovate

Investment focus

Software, Automotive, Fleet Management
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Carefer — Carefer is a cloud-based management software that provides automated operations to increase fleet maintenance efficiency.

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

A radical investment platform reshaping the relationship between founders and capital.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
Gathern — Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.

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.

Alsulaiman Group is an investment management company.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Salasa — End-to-End eCommerce Logistics to Scale Your BusinessWe store, pack, and deliver your products to happy customers anywhere on Earth.
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.

We back creators with a hunger to reimagine the way money flows through the world.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Grâce — Grâce offers innovative insurance solutions to enhance customer experience and improve process efficiency.
Monato — Monato is a fintech that builds modular, scalable financial infrastructure that allows companies to integrate financial services in compliance with regulations.
Strike — Top quality cybersecurity for your business. Discover our range of products to keep your company safe, from Pentesting to Automated Scans. Set up your account in a few minutes and start getting your systems tested with Strike.

HIMAngel is a venture capital and private equity firm that supports early-stage startups to grow. It fills the funds' gap as there is an increasing focus on growth-stage VC funds, but little attention and even less money made available for early-stage investments. HIMAngel was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cairo, Al Qahirah.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rology — AI-assisted On-demand Teleradiology Platform
GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
FreshSource — FreshSource is revolutionizing the agriculture value chain through a tech-based B2B platform that is disrupting the distribution model of horticulture produce.

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

otf Jasoor Ventures is an early stage VC fund that invests in tech and tech-enabled startups in the MENA region

Investment focus

Logistics, B2B, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman

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.
ELEVATUS — Automate the entire recruitment cycle from creating job requisitions to onboarding new hires - with the #1 AI recruitment software.
Dastgyr Technologies — Simplifying Global Trade

500 Falcons is the MENA-focused fund that is a part of the global 500 Startups network. 500 Startups is the most active global early-stage VC fund and startup accelerator focusing on discovering and backing the most talented founders worldwide.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Internet
Pre-Seed, Seed
Saudi Arabia, United States

Portfolio highlights

AlgoPay — AlgoPay is the payment bridge between companies and their consumers in cash economies.
Tamawal — Tamawal® is an innovative fintech platform that works as an aggregator for the financial sector to link finance requesters with banks and financial institutions as a Digital Financing Broker (DFB).
Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.

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

Nearpay — Focus On Building Deep Technology To Create Innovations
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.

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.

We build successful and sustainable enterprises from the ground up by capitalizing on our expertise, resources and network.We carefully select, validate and launch bold ideas that are then turned into full-fledged spun-off businesses. While every successful venture is different, there is one thing, that connects all of them – right timing.Timeis the key and the most important resource for every enterprise. That’s why we designed our own venture building process that allows fast delivery. We use our own expertise and vast network of resources to create business plans, develop the products, launch them on the market, and grow them. - Generate our own VenturesWe build startups that solve problems through an inhouse continuous, dynamic and selective ideation process. We secure financing to make sure our ventures can grow without barriers.- Build Ventures With PartnersWith our robust ecosystem we partner up with external entrepreneurs and other companies that have amazing ideas we can help them develop into successful and sustainable businesses.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile Apps, Industrial Automation
Seed, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Tygo — Tygo is the telecommunications services and marketing platform.
Conix.ai — CONIX.AI is an AI platform (SaaS) created to offer fully complete solutions for the architectural designing of residential and commercial properties. The cloud-based SaaS platform is accessible from anywhere worldwide and can provide detailed 2D plans, 3D plans, Facades, working drawings (electricity & water), utility data, sustainabilityadvice and more for construction planning.By accessing CONIX.AI, real estate companies will have at their fingertips in few minutes different iterations of architectural designs for their new construction projects previously impossible to attain without significant investments into architectural firms and wouldn't be delivered in less than 4-6 weeks. This level of visualisation will allow companies a time-conscious suite of tools that can allow them to build faster, build smarter, build greener!https://youtu.be/bskgguh3U-A
AtarCloud — AtarCloud is a mobile app featuring financial management, leasing, service management, HOA and user management, and marketing. In addition to providing a multi-platform, multi-interface system, the company assists all stakeholders in an intuitive manner by providing a multi-platform, multi-interface system that caters to the needs of allstakeholders involved in the property sector.

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

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.

At Plus VC, we leverage over a decade of experience and 200+ transactions to empower MENA startups for sustainable growth. We offer fair...

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Flend — Egypt’s first tech enabled, data driven financing solutions platform dedicated to small businesses.
Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
Ovasave — Start your fertility journey with Ovasave. We offer at-home lab testing, teleconsultation and affordable fertility treatment to simplify your fertility journey.

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.

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.

YOUXEL Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Shipping, Software, Logistics
Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

DIGGIPACKS — Covering over 13 locations in Saudi Arabia and integrated with multi-vendors in the delivery business. We assure you that your fulfillment and storage requirements will be satisfied. Provided with the best technology available to integrate with your platform so that all orders are automatically handled with full optimization.

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.

RAF Investments is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Shipping, Logistics
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

RedBox — RedBox ships online products to the nearest smart locker for faster delivery and easy access.

NOMW Capital is a multi-disciplinary investment house, providing bespoke tailored investment products and services.

Investment focus

Apps, Rental, Car Sharing
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Telgani — Telgani is a car rental application in which customers can quickly and easily rent their favorite car at a competitive price. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Riyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia.

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

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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.