Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed, Series A
GeographyMENA
TypeUniversity VC
Last Activity2024
Industry Focus
Industries
RoboticsClimate TechAgriTechAdvanced MaterialsMedTechAI Infrastructure
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeUniversity Fund
ExposureMostly DeepTech Investments
Bio
The KAUST Innovation Fund is the university-affiliated VC of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. The fund invests under $200K at seed and up to $2M at early stage in deep tech startups emerging from KAUST's research programs.
The numbers are impressive for a university fund: 127 investments to date, portfolio companies have raised $1B+ in total, generated $925M in ...
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