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VC funds & investors in the GCC

83 VC funds & investors across the Gulf — 34 in Saudi Arabia, 21 in the UAE, 16 in Qatar, 4 in Kuwait, 6 in Oman, 2 in Bahrain — 39 taking applications today. What you get, who can apply, what it costs, each one checked against its own website.

Saudi Arabia · 34 →

Growth Catalyst

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
SAR 360M first close, deploying growth capital to mid-market companies.
Equity

HALA Capital

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment at seed and early growth stage.
Equity

Joa Capital

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
VC ticket not published.
Equity or debt

KAUST Innovation Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment of $100K–$700K, up to $500K at seed and up to $2M at early stage.
Equity

Khwarizmi Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment, seed to Series A.
Equity

Nama Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from pre-seed to seed.
Equity

Nour Nouf Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Early-stage impact investment.
Equity

RAED Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from pre-seed to Series A.
Equity

RZM Investment

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Investment from a portfolio of 50+ active deals across 10+ sectors.
Equity

s60 Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from pre-seed to Series A, selective from Series B.
Equity

Sharaka Capital

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from seed to Series A.
Equity

Suhail Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment pre-seed to Series A.
Equity

Sukna Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from Pre-Seed to Series B.
Equity

Tech Invest Com

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from seed to Series B out of SAR 1B committed capital.
Equity

Vision Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity or convertible-note investment, pre-seed to Series A.
Equity or convertible note

Wadi Jeddah

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Backs university-linked startups.
Equity — via VC/PE fund

BIM Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Venture studio and VC backing.
Equity

Derayah Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity from a $27M sharia-compliant fund (2019 vintage, likely fully deployed).
Equity

Impact46

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity from a SAR 500M Fund III (plus a SAR 150M gaming fund).
Equity — direct stake taken

King Saud University Venture Fund (SparkLabs KSU Fund I)

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment pre-seed to Series A.
Equity — direct stake taken

Merak Capital

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Up to $150K cash plus $150K in-kind (Exel programme), from a 3B+ AUM manager.
Equity

Outliers Venture Capital

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment.
Equity

Palm Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Early-stage equity investment.
Equity — direct stake taken

Pinnacle Capital

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Growth capital and secondary-share purchases; fund size undisclosed.
Equity — primary and secondary stakes

Propeller

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Seed and pre-Series A equity.
Equity — direct stake taken

Riyad Taqnia Fund (RTF)

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Venture capital from a SAR 450MM close-ended fund, seed through Series B.
Equity

Riyadh Valley Company (RVC)

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
University-backed equity investment plus access to KSU research infrastructure.
Equity

Rua Growth Fund

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment.
Equity

Sadu Capital

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from pre-seed to Series A, B2B focus.
Equity

Sanabil Investments

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity across venture, growth and small buyouts; accelerator route via 500 Global Saudi.
Equity

SEEDRA Ventures

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from pre-seed to Series A.
Equity

STV

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity from a $100M AI fund, plus NICE non-dilutive funding.
Equity

Ventures by Startups House

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity investment from an accelerator-backed fund.
Equity

Waad Investment

VC fund · Saudi Arabia
Equity from SAR 750M / $200M committed capital, growth and (since ITHCA) early stage.
Equity

UAE · 21 →

BECO Capital

VC fund · UAE
$820M+ AUM across five funds, investing Pre-Seed to pre-IPO; cheque size not disclosed.
Equity

MEVP

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment from seed to Series B, via a $150M fund (Fund IV).
Equity

Oraseya Capital

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment from an AED 500M fund, pre-Seed to Series B.
Equity

Plus VC

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment from pre-seed to Series A.
Equity

Shorooq Partners

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment, stage-agnostic.
Equity

VentureSouq (VSQ)

VC fund · UAE
FinTech and ClimateTech thematic funds active.
Equity

Access Bridge Ventures

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment from a $35M fund.
Equity — direct stake taken

Bunat Ventures

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment.
Equity — direct stake taken

BYLD

VC fund · UAE
Pre-seed and seed equity, leading rounds.
Equity — direct stake taken

COTU Ventures

VC fund · UAE
Pre-seed and seed equity investment.
Equity

Further Ventures

VC fund · UAE
Co-founder-style equity from formation to Series A, with reserved follow-on.
Equity — common stock as co-founder

Global Ventures

VC fund · UAE
Equity from a $400M AUM fund, seed to Series B.
Equity

Iliad Partners

VC fund · UAE
Equity from a $50M Fund I, pre-Series A and Series A.
Equity — direct stake taken

Lunara Partners

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment from pre-seed to pre-liquidity.
Equity — direct stake taken

MSA Novo (Novo Capital)

VC fund · UAE
Multi-stage equity investment.
Equity — direct stake taken

Mubadala Capital

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment from a $755bn+ asset manager.
Equity

Nuwa Capital

VC fund · UAE
Equity from seed to Series B.
Equity

Phoenix Venture Partners

VC fund · UAE
Equity from its maiden fund (PVPIF).
Equity

Salica Oryx Fund

VC fund · UAE
Equity from a $50M fund, pre-seed to Series A.
Equity — direct stake taken

TVM Capital Healthcare

VC fund · UAE
Healthcare growth equity.
Equity

Wamda Capital

VC fund · UAE
Equity investment at seed and early stage.
Equity

Qatar · 16 →

A-typical Ventures

VC fund · Qatar
Equity investment from Pre-Seed to Series A.
Equity

B Capital

VC fund · Qatar
$12+ billion under management, investing from early to late stage.
Equity

Builders VC

VC fund · Qatar
Early-stage equity investment.
Equity

Deerfield Management

VC fund · Qatar
Equity investment across all stages, early-stage to growth.
Equity

Founders Circle Capital

VC fund · Qatar
Growth-stage equity in scaled, venture-backed businesses.
Equity

Greycroft

VC fund · Qatar
Multi-stage equity investment.
Equity

Human Capital

VC fund · Qatar
Equity investment.
Equity

Ion Pacific

VC fund · Qatar
Structured secondaries and special-situations deals.
Equity

Liberty City Ventures

VC fund · Qatar
Equity investment from seed through Series C and beyond, per QIA.
Equity

QSTP Tech Venture Fund

VC fund · Qatar
$30M fund; Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A follow-ons; cheque size set case by case.
Equity — co-investment alongside lead VC

Rasmal Ventures

VC fund · Qatar
Equity investment from Pre-Series A to Series B.
Equity

Speedinvest

VC fund · Qatar
Inception to Seed €250K–€5M; Series B to Pre-IPO €5M–€30M.
Equity

The Radical Fund

VC fund · Qatar
Early-stage equity cheques.
Equity

Doha Venture Capital

VC fund · Qatar
Growth-stage equity investment.
Equity

Golden Gate Ventures

VC fund · Qatar
Equity investment from a $250M AUM fund with 90+ companies funded (site).
Equity

GrowthX Capital

VC fund · Qatar
Equity investment from a $150M fund, pre-seed to Series A, on a rolling basis.
Equity — direct investment stake

Kuwait · 4 →

Faith Capital

VC fund · Kuwait
Equity investment at venture stage.
Equity

Al Dhow Capital

VC fund · Kuwait
Equity investment from early-stage to growth.
Equity

Arzan Venture Capital

VC fund · Kuwait
Equity investment across pre-seed to Series B stages.
Equity

Sharq Capital

VC fund · Kuwait
Strategic and growth-stage equity tickets.
Equity

Oman · 6 →

ITHCA Group

VC fund · Oman
Direct ICT investment, idea stage to mature company.
Equity

Phaze Ventures

VC fund · Oman
$200K–$2M tickets, pre-seed to Series A.
Equity

Cyfr Capital

VC fund · Oman
Seed-stage equity investment.
Equity

Jasoor Ventures (OTF)

VC fund · Oman
Equity tickets of $0.5M–$3M, plus reserved follow-on capital.
Equity

OTF SCALE (Oman Technology Fund)

VC fund · Oman
Equity tickets of US$500K–US$3M through Jasoor Ventures.
Equity — direct stake taken

Tanmia Small-Cap Fund

VC fund · Oman
Later-stage growth equity.
Equity

Bahrain · 2 →

Hope Fund / Hope Ventures

VC fund · Bahrain
Co-investment plus programme support.
Equity — co-investment

Spring

VC fund · Bahrain
Pre-seed capital plus in-house product and engineering support.
Equity — founder-first model

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