Sanabil

Sanabil Investments is a Saudi Arabian investment firm established in 2008. It operates as a sovereign wealth fund, focusing on direct investments and fund of funds strategies. The firm diversifies its portfolio across multiple asset classes, including private equity, real assets, and venture capital. Sanabil aims to enhance the economic landscape by investing both domestically and internationally, seeking opportunities that align with its strategic objectives. Through its investments, the firm contributes to the development of innovative sectors and fosters growth in various markets.

Ibrahim Al-Romaih

Chief Executive Officer

Ibrahim Alsuhaibani

Investment Associate, Direct Investments

John B. Breen

Global Head of Private Equity Investments

Hani Enaya

Head of Venture Capital

Hani Halawani

Chief Investment Officer

Sohaib Musalli

Investment Associate

Past deals in Gulf Cooperation Council

Siolla.

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Siolla. develops an online platform that offers micro-investing from spare changes. It allows users to manage and budget their finances. Siolla. is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Countd

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Countd operates an online platform that creates and delivers personalized meal plans. It provides details of calorie content for every meal and allows users to choose what food best suits their diet. Countd is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Drahim

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Drahim develops a digital platform on recommended investing plans after analyzing one's financial usage. It serves as a personal budget app that tracks financial transactions. Drahim is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Yanzo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
With the current busy lifestyle, you end up choosing between errands, work, health and a zillion other things. Yanzo came to eliminate this painful process and make you focus on what matters, whether it's being more productive at work or having a movie night with your friends. You will be able to enjoy life again by outsourcing all the tedious tasks and errands to Yanzo. Simply by sending a WhatsApp message to +971-56-6143243. Take control of your life.

Foodics

Series C in 2022
Foodics is a company that provides a cloud-based restaurant management system utilizing iPad technology, designed specifically for the food service industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia, Foodics offers a comprehensive suite of tools including a point-of-sale system, inventory management, employee scheduling, and customer loyalty programs. The platform supports both English and Arabic, catering to a diverse clientele in the Middle East, which includes restaurants, food trucks, cafes, and fast-food chains. With a focus on enhancing operational efficiency, Foodics enables its clients to manage transactions and analyze performance through its management dashboard and various add-on applications. The company has established five locations across the region and serves over a thousand customers, facilitating the processing of more than a billion orders.

Sweater

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sweater provides include mats covering, sweater tissue, sweater freshner, covid wash, and sweater wash plus. It is a car wash outlet company. For inquiries, their email address and contact form are available on their website.

Playbook

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Playbook is an edutainment platform that activates the power of storytelling and shared experiences to prepare women to tackle their pain points to growth through masterclasses broken down into lessons in English & Arabic led by inspirationally influential women who shattered the glass ceiling. The platform enables users to setup custom profiles, identify their skills & career goals, engage with 1000+ classes on diverse categories of interest (especially emerging professions), network with a community to crowdsource solutions to further address their pain points, immerse themselves in a gamified experience with learning goals & progress trackers. All of this is further enabled through engaged digital learning tools.

Sary

Series C in 2021
Sary operates a digital business-to-business marketplace that links small businesses with suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in Saudi Arabia. Established in 2018 and headquartered in Riyadh, the platform facilitates seamless transactions through its mobile and web applications. Sary's offerings include a wide range of FMCG products such as milk, tea, coffee, water, soft drinks, juices, oils, and chocolates. The company primarily serves small and medium-sized enterprises, mini-market chains, hotels, restaurants, and convenience shops in key cities like Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam. Sary aims to improve supply chain efficiency within the wholesale industry, enabling customers to place orders ranging from small boxes to large truckloads with just a few clicks, often with delivery in as little as three hours. Since its inception, Sary has served over 20,000 customers, completed more than 50,000 shipments, and partnered with over 100 brands and wholesalers to facilitate significant sourcing volumes.

Unifonic

Series B in 2021
Unifonic Inc. specializes in cloud communication solutions, offering a range of services including SMS, voice, phone number verification, and real-time roaming detection. Founded in 2006 and based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the company aims to make cloud communications more accessible and cost-efficient. Unifonic simplifies the integration of powerful messaging and voice capabilities by providing single APIs that connect clients directly to their cloud platform, eliminating the need for hardware or network operators. The company has partnered with notable clients such as Haier, Aramex, Easy Taxi, Careem, Medgulf, and Arabia Insurance. Additionally, Unifonic has collaborated with Facebook to support the WhatsApp Business API for enterprises, enhancing its offerings in the communication sector.

Uniphore

Series D in 2021
Uniphore is a global technology company that specializes in multilingual speech recognition software for speech analytics, virtual assistance, and voice biometrics. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Chennai, India, with additional offices in the U.S., Philippines, UAE, and Singapore, Uniphore aims to enhance customer service through its integrated suite of software products. Its offerings include auMina, which provides conversational analytics to transform customer interactions; akeira, an AI-enabled conversational assistant designed to improve customer engagement; and amVoice, a solution focused on preventing fraud and identity theft. Uniphore serves various sectors, including banking, insurance, retail, healthcare, and education, helping businesses leverage AI and automation technologies to improve customer engagement, build loyalty, and achieve operational efficiencies.

Foodics

Series B in 2021
Foodics is a company that provides a cloud-based restaurant management system utilizing iPad technology, designed specifically for the food service industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia, Foodics offers a comprehensive suite of tools including a point-of-sale system, inventory management, employee scheduling, and customer loyalty programs. The platform supports both English and Arabic, catering to a diverse clientele in the Middle East, which includes restaurants, food trucks, cafes, and fast-food chains. With a focus on enhancing operational efficiency, Foodics enables its clients to manage transactions and analyze performance through its management dashboard and various add-on applications. The company has established five locations across the region and serves over a thousand customers, facilitating the processing of more than a billion orders.

SellAnyCar.com

Venture Round in 2020
SellAnyCar.com FZE operates an online site for selling and buying new and used cars in the United Arab Emirates. It offers instant online car valuations and evaluations, car inspections, instant payments, and paperwork related services, as well as provides car deregistration, part-exchanges, and settlements of bank loans and mortgages. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates with branches in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Amman, and other regional locations.