Sukna Ventures

Sukna Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2012 and headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The firm focuses on investing in high-growth start-ups by collaborating with entrepreneurs and experienced professionals. Through these partnerships, Sukna Ventures aims to foster innovation and support the development of promising business ventures, contributing to the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.

Ahmed Bafaqeeh

COO

Fares Bardeesi

Co-Founder, General Partner and Managing Partner

Amr Bardeesi

Partner

Ahmed Kamran

Partner

Hattan Tashkandi

Co-Founder and Partner

45 past transactions

InfiniLink

Seed Round in 2025
InfiniLink operates as a semiconductor startup, focus on high-speed connectivity, developing SerDes and optical transceivers.

OCTA

Pre Seed Round in 2024
OCTA is a platform designed to assist businesses in optimizing their cash flow and simplifying payment processes. By providing a one-click automated system for collecting invoices, OCTA ensures that business-to-business firms receive timely payments. The platform offers features such as real-time insights, seamless integrations, and accessible financing options, enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to manage invoices and follow up on payments with ease. This allows businesses to focus on their growth while OCTA acts as a comprehensive command center for B2B payments and finance.

Quantum Platform

Seed Round in 2024
Quantum Platform is a business-to-business product platform for sampling solutions using data-driven processes and models. The company offers targeted sampling solutions through its intelligent e-process integration. Its e-process satisfactory targets active online shoppers based on clearly defined criteria to drive real conversion rates. Quantum also creates a collaborative integration with global FMCG's and a wide range of exclusive online businesses for samples to be delivered to the target audience's doorstep. The company also offers specialized targeted sampling campaigns/online sampling using the help of data-driven models and e-process.

Hefring Marine

Venture Round in 2024
Hefring Marine is an Icelandic startup based in Reykjavík that specializes in advanced marine technology. The company offers the Intelligent Marine Assistance System (IMAS), an AI-driven software solution designed to enhance safety and efficiency for both manned and unmanned vessels. IMAS utilizes artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to provide real-time navigation guidance, helping operators minimize risks associated with inexperience and improving situational awareness. The system significantly reduces fuel consumption and carbon emissions, with potential savings of up to 25%, and mitigates wave slamming impacts by as much as 70%. This approach not only protects crew and passengers but also minimizes damage to vessels and equipment, ensuring a safer and more comfortable marine experience.

MoneyHash

Seed Round in 2024
MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.

Elevatix

Venture Round in 2024
Elevatix is a machine learning based system for developing mobile games and IAP monetization.

Marn.io

Funding Round in 2023
Marn is an hourly work solutions platform connecting Saudi businesses with thousands of Saudi job seekers in Retail, hospitality, F&B, and Hajj industries. As one of the first Saudi on-demand hourly staffing platform, Marn has had the trust of hundreds of well-known brands and hundred thousands of job seekers. Marn enables businesses to hire hourly staff to manage customers during peak hours and high seasons. All employees are fully vetted through interviews and tests that are prerequisites for joining the platform. Brands using Marn for recruiting save time and effort by letting our technology manage interviews, training, placement, shift scheduling, worker payments, performance reports, and task evaluation. Marn offers other services such as mystery shopper for hotels and retail, and sports events management. Learn more at Marn.io

Birthday App

Venture Round in 2023
Birthday App is a reminder platform that simplifies the process of keeping track of friends' and family members' birthdays. Utilizing artificial intelligence, the app automatically identifies and syncs with a user's contact list to create a personalized birthday calendar. It provides timely notifications and updates on upcoming birthdays, allowing users to prepare and celebrate these special occasions effortlessly. By streamlining birthday reminders, Birthday App aims to enhance the user experience, making it easier to acknowledge and commemorate important milestones in their loved ones' lives.

Revly

Seed Round in 2023
Revly is an online platform integrating advertisements and data insights on delivery apps.

Anecdote

Seed Round in 2023
Anecdote helps companies make better product decisions by listening to their customers. We structure the unstructured text & voice feedback and marry it with the user engagement data and business metrics. Our solution is based on large language models that are changing the world. We see this as an opportunity to build specific use cases on top of them. Our team has a solid track record in delivering such AI-driven products.

Subsbase

Venture Round in 2023
SubsBase is a cloud-based platform that specializes in subscription and billing management for businesses operating on a recurring revenue model. It offers a comprehensive suite of operational, analytics, and billing tools designed to simplify the management of subscriber lifecycles. By automating tasks related to payment processing, subscription management, and invoicing, SubsBase enables businesses to tailor their offerings, including plans and pricing, to meet specific customer needs. This user-friendly platform enhances operational efficiency, allowing companies to focus on their core products and services while effectively managing their subscriber base.

Firestorm

Venture Round in 2023
Firestorm is focused on developing modular open-source architecture tailored to meet the needs of the Department of Defense, emphasizing affordability and mass production. The company specializes in the manufacturing of loitering munitions and mission-adaptable systems designed to enhance aerial weaponry. Its products offer significant modularity and precision in payload delivery, equipping paratroopers with advanced aircraft suitable for modern combat scenarios. By prioritizing low-cost solutions, Firestorm aims to contribute to the evolving demands of the hyper-enabled battlefield.

HELLO INSIDE

Seed Round in 2023
HELLO INSIDE is a scientific self-care company focused on empowering individuals to engage in data-driven conversations about their health. The company offers a health monitoring application that integrates with a medical-grade continuous glucose monitoring device, enabling real-time measurement of blood sugar levels. This technology syncs with a mobile application, providing users with insights into their glucose levels, trends, and patterns. By offering personalized coaching and educational content, HELLO INSIDE helps users make informed decisions to enhance their metabolic health, optimize fitness, and promote longevity. The company's mission is to foster a new self-care movement that is truly personalized, rooted in science, and dedicated to creating a healthier future for individuals and communities.

Earn Alliance

Seed Round in 2022
Earn Alliance is a developer of a metaverse and gaming platform that aims to empower gamers to unlock their full potential in the realm of web3. The company focuses on building communities and providing tools that inspire and facilitate the exploration of blockchain technology within video games. By merging these two dynamic sectors, Earn Alliance seeks to cultivate an environment where gamers can discover new opportunities, forge connections, and enhance their gaming experiences. As the web3 gaming movement continues to evolve, Earn Alliance is dedicated to shaping the future of gaming by supporting players and fostering innovative gaming communities.

Anari AI

Venture Round in 2022
Anari AI develops tools for data analysis and decision-making. The tools enable users to process and interpret data. They provide insights that assist in various operational tasks. Anari AI serves sectors such as finance, healthcare, and logistics.

Streamline

Seed Round in 2022
Streamline is a global provider of supply chain planning and predictive analytics solutions, utilizing proprietary technology to enhance demand and inventory planning processes. The company offers an integrated business planning platform that combines demand planning, supply planning, and sales and operations planning. Streamline's platform leverages artificial intelligence for forecasting, dynamic simulation, and quick implementation, allowing businesses to improve operational efficiency and maximize their capital investments. With a focus on transparency across the supply chain, Streamline aims to optimize the planning and execution of supply chain strategies for its clients.

Proteinea

Seed Round in 2022
Proteinea is a biotechnology company that specializes in developing biotherapeutics by utilizing advanced protein engineering techniques. The company has created a platform that employs proprietary artificial intelligence models and computational tools to design next-generation antibodies with enhanced efficacy, safety, and convenience. By integrating novel deep-learning models with smart experimental throughput, Proteinea aims to streamline the process of biologics design for antibody medicines. This innovative approach allows clients to evaluate the efficacy, yield, safety, and pharmacological properties of their products more effectively, ultimately leading to smarter and faster development of therapeutic solutions.

Competera

Seed Round in 2022
Competera Limited is an AI-driven price optimization company that offers cloud-based software solutions for both online and brick-and-mortar retailers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with additional offices in London, Singapore, and an R&D facility in Kyiv, Ukraine, Competera's platform enables retailers to set and maintain optimal prices using advanced deep learning algorithms. By analyzing billions of price combinations and integrating over 20 pricing and non-pricing factors along with real-time competitive data, the platform minimizes financial losses and can rebound an average of 6% of gross margin. Competera differentiates itself by providing efficient and fast pricing management at the category level, eliminating the need for manual analysis and allowing for rapid repricing with minimal user input. The solution is designed for quick onboarding, making it accessible even for users without specific expertise, and supports various pricing scenarios with simple operational commands.

Mozn

Series A in 2022
Mozn is a leading provider of customized artificial intelligence solutions in the region, specializing in the development of Arabic natural language processing (NLP) data products on a global scale. The company has created an enterprise AI platform that enables businesses to develop advanced AI applications aimed at enhancing decision-making processes. This platform utilizes advanced text intelligence and AI algorithms to assist financial institutions in screening and monitoring customers, thereby offering essential tools to protect against anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud risks. Through its innovative offerings, Mozn empowers enterprises to safeguard their operations while leveraging AI technology for improved efficiency and security.

DAWUL

Seed Round in 2022
Dawul is an online community-based social trading platform that facilitates the sharing of financial portfolio information among investors. It is designed to assist beginner investors by providing automated tools for executing trades and following the investment strategies of professional traders. The platform enables users to access and analyze data related to various investment funds, enhancing their ability to make informed decisions about their own portfolios. By fostering a collaborative investment environment, Dawul aims to empower users to improve their trading strategies and overall financial literacy.

Conterra

Seed Round in 2022
Conterra provides individual and private security services for business clients.

FanVestor

Venture Round in 2022
FanVestor operates an equity crowdfunding platform that facilitates crowdsourced fundraising in the sports, entertainment, and media sectors. The platform allows fans to invest in fractional ownership, enabling them to become equity partners in the careers and businesses of celebrities, musicians, and athletes. Through this innovative approach, FanVestor enhances fan engagement by offering a range of virtual and physical packages, perks, products, and experiences. Additionally, the platform supports creator-driven NFTs, securities, charities, and commerce, creating a comprehensive ecosystem for both fans and creators.

Pollen VC

Venture Round in 2022
Pollen VC is a financial services company that offers credit facilities specifically designed for app and game developers. It provides non-dilutive working capital to assist application publishers in accelerating their unpaid revenues and mitigating payment delays. By leveraging accounts receivable and the anticipated value of live marketing cohorts, Pollen VC grants revolving credit lines that enable startups to access flexible financing. This support facilitates efficient mobile growth, allowing developers to manage their cash flow effectively while focusing on their business objectives.

Thrive Protocol

Seed Round in 2022
Thrive is the top protocol for powering ROI-positive decentralized grant-making across crypto ecosystems.

Wolf3D

Series A in 2021
Wolf3D specializes in creating realistic 3D avatars and models for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications, as well as for gaming. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, with an office in Los Angeles, the company employs advanced 3D scanning technology to generate detailed avatars from smartphone captures. Their platform enables the 3D printing of human sculptures and the creation of anatomical models for surgical planning, thereby enhancing the capabilities of developers in integrating 3D content into games and VR environments. Wolf3D has also operated its scanning technology in various public venues, including airports and museums, expanding its reach across multiple industries.

Paradigm

Series A in 2021
Paradigm Connect, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in creating an institutional-grade communications platform for over-the-counter (OTC) digital asset traders. The platform automates price negotiation and settlement workflows, addressing inefficiencies in traditional OTC trading processes. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Paradigm enhances the trading experience for professional traders and institutions, offering a zero-fee liquidity network that integrates both centralized and decentralized finance. This approach allows clients to access multi-asset, multi-protocol liquidity while significantly reducing trading costs through the elimination of fees. The company is supported by notable investors in the OTC market, reflecting its innovative vision to transform institutional trading practices.

RoyalePlay Games

Seed Round in 2021
RoyalePlay Games is a gaming platform dedicated to designing and developing interactive mobile gaming applications. The company focuses on creating vibrant and engaging game projects that encompass a variety of genres, ensuring a fun and enjoyable experience for players. With an emphasis on user-friendly mechanics and a lively visual style, RoyalePlay Games aims to capture the interest of millions of gamers worldwide, fostering social interaction through its offerings.

FlexxPay

Venture Round in 2021
FlexxPay offers an online platform to employers whose employees can access their earned salaries & commissions instantly, before the regular payday.​ We provide an instant pay platform allowing employees to access a portion of already earned salaries whenever needed, thus ending financial stress.

DigiPlay Gaming

Pre Seed Round in 2021
DigiPlay is a free to play, browser-based gaming service that allows anyone to access console games on low end PC's, right through the web.

Betterment

Series F in 2021
Betterment LLC is an online financial advisory service based in New York, offering a range of investment solutions for individuals and businesses. Founded in 2007, the company specializes in managing diversified portfolios through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and provides various account types, including traditional and Roth IRAs, SEP IRAs, and trust accounts. Betterment's services include financial and retirement planning, tax loss harvesting, and an advanced cash management tool known as Two-Way Sweep. The platform allows users to manage their investments efficiently, with a management fee of 0.25%, while also providing features for tracking portfolio activities and achieving long-term financial goals. Betterment serves consumers directly, as well as businesses and financial advisors, emphasizing a goal-based investing framework to optimize returns.

SimpliFi

Seed Round in 2021
SimpliFi is a company focused on democratizing payments through its Cards as a Service (CaaS) platform, primarily serving clients in the MENA region and Pakistan. The platform streamlines the entire card issuance process, including partner management with banks, payment schemes, processors, and identity verification, along with fulfillment and delivery. By providing a comprehensive technology stack, SimpliFi facilitates card operations and compliance functions, allowing clients to concentrate on their core business activities. This approach positions SimpliFi as a key player in enhancing accessibility and efficiency in the payments landscape.

Loco

Seed Round in 2021
Loco is an Indian game streaming platform that focuses on creating multiplayer social communities for gamers. It allows users to connect with the public through live streams and arcade games, providing a space for players to showcase their skills. The platform is designed to enhance the gaming experience by enabling interaction with audiences and offering gameplay rewards, thereby maximizing engagement within the global gaming industry.

Marn.io

Seed Round in 2021
Marn is an hourly work solutions platform connecting Saudi businesses with thousands of Saudi job seekers in Retail, hospitality, F&B, and Hajj industries. As one of the first Saudi on-demand hourly staffing platform, Marn has had the trust of hundreds of well-known brands and hundred thousands of job seekers. Marn enables businesses to hire hourly staff to manage customers during peak hours and high seasons. All employees are fully vetted through interviews and tests that are prerequisites for joining the platform. Brands using Marn for recruiting save time and effort by letting our technology manage interviews, training, placement, shift scheduling, worker payments, performance reports, and task evaluation. Marn offers other services such as mystery shopper for hotels and retail, and sports events management. Learn more at Marn.io

Marn

Seed Round in 2021
Marn provides easy-to-use cloud POS solutions to clients who manage SMEs to get you all they want, to manage their store, and more.

FlexxPay

Seed Round in 2021
FlexxPay offers an online platform to employers whose employees can access their earned salaries & commissions instantly, before the regular payday.​ We provide an instant pay platform allowing employees to access a portion of already earned salaries whenever needed, thus ending financial stress.

Tradespace

Seed Round in 2021
Tradespace Inc. operates a platform designed for the buying, selling, and licensing of intellectual property (IP). Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, the company leverages an AI-driven approach to enhance the value of IP and facilitate new commercialization opportunities. Its software utilizes predictive analytics to connect IP creators with potential partners seeking innovative technologies, streamlining the decision-making process for companies regarding their IP strategies. This approach allows businesses to navigate the intellectual property market more effectively, reducing reliance on costly consultants, brokers, and legal advisors.

AKA Virtual

Seed Round in 2021
AKA is a Virtual First Talent Agency. Founded in Tokyo, our team of veteran creators specialize in managing, mentoring and producing virtual artists that express themselves through real-time media. Today's audiences are looking for entertainers that cross mediums effortlessly whether it's VTubing Live on Twitch, tweeting with fans on Twitter or invading the latest social media #FYPツ. Join us and enjoy a new generation of Virtual Stars with AKA!

Docket

Seed Round in 2021
Docket is a centralized platform for legal teams that highlights the value of legal to the enterprise. Teams can deliver on priorities and prevent tasks from falling through the cracks thanks to Docket's dashboards, which display the status of all work in real time. It enables the user to handle ad hoc requests, automate matter intake, create and assign tasks for easy collaboration, and use Advanced search for comprehensive matter visibility.

Qwasar Silicon valley

Seed Round in 2020
Qwasar Silicon Valley operates as a prominent software engineering school and apprenticeship provider in the United States, specializing in backend software engineering, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The company employs a proprietary experiential learning platform that integrates automation and data analytics, serving over 6,000 users and experiencing consistent growth. Qwasar's training programs are designed to cultivate technical skills and foster a learning community, thereby empowering individuals to advance in their professional careers. Additionally, the company has formed strategic partnerships with leading technology firms to enhance workforce diversity within the tech industry.

Insured Nomads

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Insured Nomads is an insurtech company that provides tailored insurance and employee benefits for modern organizations, particularly those with international operations and remote teams. The company offers a comprehensive platform that integrates health, medical, safety, security, and wellbeing services, enabling clients to navigate their global workforce safely and efficiently. Key features include health and travel insurance, trip cancellation plans, and a range of support services designed to enhance the experience of distributed teams. Insured Nomads leverages advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and GPS to deliver seamless integration and instant assistance, ensuring a simplified customer journey. The company operates as a remote and agile enterprise with strategic partnerships worldwide, and it is committed to social impact initiatives, particularly in supporting vulnerable populations affected by human trafficking.
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