Global Ventures

Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm that invests in founders and ideas across emerging markets. Their focus is on backing global-minded founders leading growth-stage companies and leveraging technology to drive transformation in emerging markets and beyond. The diverse and collaborative team at Global Ventures brings together professionals with extensive experience and expertise in building and scaling companies, making them well-equipped to support innovative entrepreneurs in achieving their goals.

Heba Abu Ahmed

Associate

Abdulaziz Al Dayel

Partner

Mohamed Alaadin

Senior Associate

Aditya Balakrishnan

Analyst

Eslam Darwish

Partner

Past deals in Saudi Arabia

Hakbah

Series A in 2023
Hakbah is a Saudi Arabian fintech startup focused on transforming savings habits. It offers a social savings platform that enables users to securely manage and contribute to group savings goals, fostering healthier financial behaviors.

Hakbah

Seed Round in 2023
Hakbah is a Saudi Arabian fintech startup focused on transforming savings habits. It offers a social savings platform that enables users to securely manage and contribute to group savings goals, fostering healthier financial behaviors.

Zid زد

Series B in 2022
Zid is a cloud-based multi-channel commerce platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses in Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Riyadh, Zid enables merchants to create their own branded eStores while integrating with various supply chain players. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools that allow users to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, ship products, and build customer relationships. It also provides analytics and reporting features, facilitating data-driven decision-making, and offers access to financing options. Zid's mission is to simplify the entry of retailers into electronic commerce, making it accessible and professional for businesses in the region.

ELEVATUS

Series A in 2022
Hire at enterprise scale without enterprise complexity. Since 2019, Elevatus has been rigorously implementing the latest in AI technology and modern science to design award-winning recruiting solutions that are revolutionizing the future of HR. Through these solutions, hundreds of companies from all over the world have been able to hire and assess over 1 million candidates to date. Elevatus helps enterprises, industry giants, startups, and brands from all around the globe centralize their core HR processes under one unified umbrella – to create a faster and more cost-efficient hiring experience. Today, Elevatus is a multi-award-winning software company headquartered in Saudi Arabia; with a growing client base, first-class awards, and legions of talented people in our team.

Tabby

Series B in 2021
Tabby offers flexible payment solutions for online shopping. Based in the United Arab Emirates, it enables users to pay for purchases in deferred single payments or installments.

Red Sea Farms

Series A in 2021
Red Sea Farms is a company based in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, specializing in sustainable agriculture solutions tailored for saltwater and desert environments. It focuses on developing innovative technologies that enhance produce cultivation while conserving water and energy. The company offers a range of products and services, including technical consultancy, design, and project management for greenhouse and hydroponic farming systems. With its patent-pending technology, Red Sea Farms aims to enable farms to produce higher quality food more efficiently, ultimately increasing profitability in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Zid زد

Series A in 2021
Zid is a cloud-based multi-channel commerce platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses in Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Riyadh, Zid enables merchants to create their own branded eStores while integrating with various supply chain players. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools that allow users to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, ship products, and build customer relationships. It also provides analytics and reporting features, facilitating data-driven decision-making, and offers access to financing options. Zid's mission is to simplify the entry of retailers into electronic commerce, making it accessible and professional for businesses in the region.

Tabby

Series A in 2020
Tabby offers flexible payment solutions for online shopping. Based in the United Arab Emirates, it enables users to pay for purchases in deferred single payments or installments.

Lean Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Lean Technologies Limited is a FinTech startup founded in 2019 and based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company specializes in developing an application programming interface (API) platform that facilitates access to consumer financial data. Its API suite addresses the complexities of fragmented financial infrastructure, allowing businesses to easily access their customers' financial information and execute instant bank transfers. Lean Technologies aims to improve the accessibility, transparency, and functionality of financial data and payment systems, contributing to a more inclusive and interconnected financial ecosystem for both consumers and businesses.

Kitopi

Series B in 2019
Kitopi is a cloud kitchen platform that enables restaurants to operate delivery-only locations with minimal capital expenditure. Founded in 2018, it manages over 60 kitchens across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

MUNCH:ON

Series A in 2019
MUNCH:ON is a food tech startup that has cracked the subscription space in the UAE & KSA, focusing on offering meals from the best restaurants at a significant discount and with free delivery. The company has invested heavily in its scheduling, bundling and order prediction software which has enabled it to achieve massive cost savings for its restaurant partners that they then pass on to their users, often offering up to a 55% discount vs. restaurants' regular price. Whether it's employees ordering from their company's curated menu or users ordering for their families at home, the platform takes the usual hassle and cost out of food delivery in a financially (and environmentally) sustainable manner for all stakeholders
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