DAAL

DAAL is a venture capital firm based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, that focuses on growth capital and investments in emerging technologies. Established in 2017 as an offshoot of Sumou Holdings, DAAL aims to connect promising information technology opportunities globally with accomplished investors in the GCC region. The firm specializes in sectors such as Software as a Service (SaaS), Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), fintech, big data, and various marketplace innovations. DAAL seeks to foster investment opportunities by providing mentorship and business development insights, particularly to companies looking to enter the Middle Eastern market. The experienced team at DAAL is dedicated to nurturing the growth of these emerging companies, facilitating their expansion into the Saudi market, and enabling investors to engage in high-growth IT opportunities.

Lewa Abukhait

CIO

Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani

Chief Executive Officer

Past deals in Gulf Cooperation Council

Ogram

Series A in 2022
Ogram is a Dubai-based company that offers a human-cloud platform for on-demand temporary staffing solutions. The platform connects clients with freelance workers across various sectors, including food and beverage, hospitality, retail, e-commerce, and logistics. By addressing common staffing challenges such as limited access to reliable personnel, lengthy onboarding processes, and the need for immediate staffing, Ogram facilitates a more efficient and flexible workforce solution. This innovative approach enables businesses to quickly book staff and service providers as needed, streamlining the hiring process and enhancing operational efficiency.

Eventtus

Venture Round in 2020
Eventtus, founded in 2011 and based in Cairo, Egypt, operates a social network and an engagement platform for events, catering to both organizers and attendees. The platform allows event organizers to efficiently manage their events by providing tools to create event webpages, sell tickets, and develop mobile apps featuring schedules, speaker bios, and live announcements. For attendees, Eventtus serves as a comprehensive mobile app that consolidates event information, enabling users to interact with sessions and speakers, participate in polls, and network with other attendees. Additionally, the platform enhances user experience through features such as real-time insights, Q&A monitoring, and social feeds, all aimed at maximizing networking opportunities and improving event planning effectiveness.

Caramella

Seed Round in 2019
Caramella is a Saudi Arabian startup that has developed an online platform designed for publishing social media content. The platform offers a modern and user-friendly blogging experience, enabling users to create visually appealing articles and posts quickly. With over 80 customizable templates available, Caramella allows users to tailor their content to suit various styles and topics, enhancing the overall blogging experience.

Caramella

Convertible Note in 2019
Caramella is a Saudi Arabian startup that has developed an online platform designed for publishing social media content. The platform offers a modern and user-friendly blogging experience, enabling users to create visually appealing articles and posts quickly. With over 80 customizable templates available, Caramella allows users to tailor their content to suit various styles and topics, enhancing the overall blogging experience.

Paym.es

Seed Round in 2019
Paymes is a fintech startup providing payment solutions for social commerce with a mission to help sellers to enter e-commerce faster, easier, and safer. We are one of the fastest-growing startups in the region with operations in Turkey, Azerbaijan, and now spreading in the GCC market. We are providing easy payment solutions and features under the 3 categories. Pay with Messenger Apps. Facebook Messenger Payment Bot: Providing the ability for the merchants to accept payments in the Facebook Messenger app without downloading any extra application. WhatsApp Payment Bot: Providing the ability for the merchants to accept payments in WhatsApp without downloading any extra application. Web.Paym.es Payment Bot: Providing the ability for the merchants to accept payments on the browser without downloading any extra application. Payment Collection Solutions Corporate Collection Panel: Platform creates a fast and easy solution for the collection of payments. You can create a payment profile and share it with your customer via SMS, eMail, or get a payment link and share it via different communication channels. QR Code Payment: Allows merchants to accept payments via QR code with dynamic and static pricing. Face to Face Payments: Turns your mobile phone into the POS machine in seconds. ECommerce Solutions Open API: For the eCommerce solutions and Startups. Ready Plugins: Ready to use plugins for opensource eCommerce solutions like Opencart, woo-commerce, and more. Paymes Online Store: Allows users to list their products and sell them smoothly with payment ready integration. Shortly Paymes is a frontier payment solution of social commerce. It's smart (Using AI to assist), channel-independent, accepts global payments, as simple as chatting with a friend, and while doing all of these you don’t need to download an extra app, it's already on your phone.

Paym.es

Seed Round in 2018
Paymes is a fintech startup providing payment solutions for social commerce with a mission to help sellers to enter e-commerce faster, easier, and safer. We are one of the fastest-growing startups in the region with operations in Turkey, Azerbaijan, and now spreading in the GCC market. We are providing easy payment solutions and features under the 3 categories. Pay with Messenger Apps. Facebook Messenger Payment Bot: Providing the ability for the merchants to accept payments in the Facebook Messenger app without downloading any extra application. WhatsApp Payment Bot: Providing the ability for the merchants to accept payments in WhatsApp without downloading any extra application. Web.Paym.es Payment Bot: Providing the ability for the merchants to accept payments on the browser without downloading any extra application. Payment Collection Solutions Corporate Collection Panel: Platform creates a fast and easy solution for the collection of payments. You can create a payment profile and share it with your customer via SMS, eMail, or get a payment link and share it via different communication channels. QR Code Payment: Allows merchants to accept payments via QR code with dynamic and static pricing. Face to Face Payments: Turns your mobile phone into the POS machine in seconds. ECommerce Solutions Open API: For the eCommerce solutions and Startups. Ready Plugins: Ready to use plugins for opensource eCommerce solutions like Opencart, woo-commerce, and more. Paymes Online Store: Allows users to list their products and sell them smoothly with payment ready integration. Shortly Paymes is a frontier payment solution of social commerce. It's smart (Using AI to assist), channel-independent, accepts global payments, as simple as chatting with a friend, and while doing all of these you don’t need to download an extra app, it's already on your phone.