Wa'ed Ventures — Equity Investment
Invests in Saudi startup founders through Wa'ed Ventures, supporting early and growth-stage innovation across sectors.
Wa'ed Ventures is a $500 million corporate venture capital fund that is a subsidiary of the Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa'ed), itself the flagship entrepreneurship program established by Saudi Aramco. The fund invests in innovative early-stage to growth-stage startups with high growth potential, with the explicit aim of promoting economic development in Saudi Arabia and strengthening th…
Equity investment in KSA-based startups across AI, deep tech, fintech, agtech, edtech, healthtech, IoT, drones, quantum, space, energy, sustainability, and robotics.
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