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Corporate VCs in the GCC

19 corporate VCs across the Gulf — 11 in Saudi Arabia, 4 in the UAE, 1 in Qatar, 2 in Kuwait, 1 in Bahrain — 3 taking applications today. What you get, who can apply, what it costs, each one checked against its own website.

Saudi Arabia · 11 →

SABIC Ventures

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Seed and early-stage equity tickets.
Equity

Aramco SAiL

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Corporate innovation collaboration with Aramco.
Equity

Aramco Ventures

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from $7.5B committed capital.
Equity — direct stake taken

colab by stc

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Internal venture-building only; no external funding route for founders.
No equity — internal only

HUMAIN

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
No published startup programme; the company invests via its own deals.
Equity

NEOM Investment Fund

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Growth-stage equity and M&A tickets.
Equity — direct stake taken

Prosperity7 (Aramco)

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from a $3B fund.
Equity — direct stake taken

Scene Holding

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment plus hands-on operational support.
Equity

tali ventures

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Corporate equity investment via stc Group.
Equity

Wa'ed Ventures

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Equity cheques up to $20M from a $500M fund, seed to growth stage.
Equity — direct stake taken

X by Unifonic

Corporate VC · Saudi Arabia
Investment, co-building or a three-month accelerator out of a $26.6M fund.
Equity

UAE · 4 →

e& capital

Corporate VC · UAE
Equity tickets of USD 5–30M; around $500M under management and committed.
Equity — direct stake taken

Emirates NBD Innovation Fund

Corporate VC · UAE
Equity from a $100M fund, early to growth stage.
Equity — strategic stake

G42

Corporate VC · UAE
Builds and holds AI companies strategically; not an open-application funder.
Equity

NeoVentures (Mashreq)

Corporate VC · UAE
Strategic equity cheques; per-deal amount undisclosed.
Equity — strategic minority stakes

Qatar · 1 →

QIC Digital Venture Partners

Corporate VC · Qatar
Equity tickets of USD 100–500K; 5 to 10 investments a year.
Equity — 5 to 15% ownership target

Kuwait · 2 →

Agility Ventures

Corporate VC · Kuwait
Equity investment from seed through Series B and beyond.
Equity

KFHC Ventures (formerly KISP)

Corporate VC · Kuwait
Sharia-compliant equity investment in early-stage tech.
Equity

Bahrain · 1 →

BeVentures

Corporate VC · Bahrain
Fund and direct venture investments.
Equity

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