Top 10 EdTech VC Funds &amp; Investors in Saudi Arabia (May 2026)

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

Industry: Information Technology, Software, Intelligent Systems
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: Saudi Arabia, India, Luxembourg

Investor stats

Total investments: 43
Round size: Seed $507k–$3.5M; Series A $900k–$13M
Lead/follow: 84% lead, 16% follow

Portfolio highlights

ELEVATUS — Hire the world's best talent with our award-winning recruitment software, Elevatus. Recruit a talented workforce that will help your company succeed and grow.
OQ TECHNOLOGY — OQ Technology's Satellite 5G IoT - The world's first global satellite 5G operator, that can collect data from more than 1000 sensors, and so providing cellular coverage for assets and machines anywherer in the world.
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.

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We inspire to build societies where knowledge empowers every individual to realize their full potential to contribute to the greater good and to be responsible for future generations. Investment in startup business, Community Services, Shared Offices.

Investment focus

Industry: Medical, Training, Education
Stage:Seed
Geography: Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.5M
Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

Aanaab — Aanaab offers online courses in Arabic for teachers and educators to help them improve their skills in different areas including self-development, educational strategies, education techniques, and educational tools and techniques.
HealTec — HealTec provides B2B healthcare rehabilitation manufacturing facility that enables the local production of medical prosthetics and other devices to serve Long-Term Care and rehabilitation patients.
Shorooq Partners — Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

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

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 57
Round size: Seed $600k–$7M; Pre-Seed $490k–$11M; Series A $2.3M–$21M
Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

Mozn — Confidently screen customers, monitor transactions and assess risk with powerful AI and seamless automation.
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.
Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.

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100 Ventures is an investment firm and its invests in pre-seed and seed startups companies.

Investment focus

Industry: B2C, SaaS, Beauty
Stage:Seed
Geography: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.9M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

AlGooru — AlGooru is a tutoring network marketplace that connects students with qualified tutors on a mobile app. Our mobile app uberizes the tutoring market. Students can find reliable tutors, and tutors can manage their sessions/price their own rates.
Glamera — Glamera B2B2C: SaaS platform to power beauty salons, spa, Gym and barber shops, to optimize sales, booking, marketing, inventory and HR. Glamera White Label: Every service provider can create his own website, to help his customer in pre-booking his services. Glamera B2C: Mobile application for end user to book beauty and wellness appointment.
MyTM — MYTM is a fintech company and provides mass transit e-ticketing, branchless banking, microfinance services (loan lead generation through agent network), and financial services.

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STV is a $500M technology venture capital fund headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Predictive Analytics, Financial Services
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 43
Round size: Seed $2.1M–$14M; Series A $4M–$30M; Series B $20M–$50M
Lead/follow: 66% lead, 34% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017

Portfolio highlights

qlub — Qlub is the fastest, most secure form of digital menu & contactless payment for customers at restaurants, clubs & lounges.
Tabby — With Tabby, you can split your purchases into 4 interest-free payments at your favourite stores. Download the Tabby app to get started.
Floward — Send fresh flowers and a variety of gifts online with Floward. Browse through our numerous products and get same-day flowers delivery

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Backing outlier founders in MENA & the US at the earliest stages

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 22
Round size: Series A $7M–$23M
Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

Kenzz — Kenzz is an e-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA.
FlapKap — FlapKap is a company revolutionizing e-commerce and SaaS growth in the MEA region.
Amwal Tech — The fastest and most secure way to accept payments online

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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

Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Investor stats

Total investments: 62
Round size: Seed $60k–$2.5M; Series A $1.3M–$25M
Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Haseel — The new concept to meet your needs of vegetables and fruits selects you the best crops and the best prices in a way that is consistent with your digital age.
Nearpay — Focus On Building Deep Technology To Create Innovations
RedBox — Don't wait for drivers to deliver your packages! Instead, use RedBox lockers to ship your packages and collect them at your convenient time. No human contact!

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Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 123
Round size: Seed $15k–$300k; Pre-Seed $32k–$230k
Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Midient — We help restaurants collect, analyze, and act on their customer data to increase customer satisfaction and increase revenue.
Growdash — Growdash is a business intelligence and analytics tool built specifically for restaurants to support profitable growth strategic decisions across online sales channels.
Agel — Agel aim at reshaping the traditional financial services business model, operational model and customer experience to unlock a unique finance avenue for (“MSMEs”), with a core preposition of availing industry-agnostic merchandise credit limit for Merchants within Agel network in a manner that is Digital, Cashless and Sharia compliant, aligning withthe UN Global (“SDG”) goals, and Egypt’s 2030 plan towards financial inclusion and sustainability.our goals are: - Empowering MSMEs growth, - Accelerating Financial Inclusion, - Eradicating Informal Economy, - Raising Financial literacy

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Nama Ventures is a seed stage venture capital fund focused on fueling innovation in the MENA region, particularly in Saudi Arabia. ama Ventures is built upon the fundamental idea of enabling entrepreneurs to succeed. And as founders of Nama, we are thrilled to finally have the platform to implement this idea. Our hope is that entrepreneurs willingto partner with us will see and feel our value-add approach to investing.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 33
Round size: Seed $1M–$14M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M
Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow

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.
Muqbis — As the word Muqbis means, our main job is to connect talented hands and home based businesses to their targeted customers and support them to grow their businesses hassle free. On the other hand Muqbis opens a wide market to support customers find “the made with love home products and services” they look for and compare varieties, prices and findnearby providers. In Muqbis we believe that world is changing, life patterns are changing and for sure work styles are changing and we are here for it.
Messenger — Messenger is a one-stop logistics platform that finances and aggregates end-to-end logistics and supply chain operations in order to assist businesses and logistics asset owners in achieving an efficient supply chain framework.

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