Investor profile

Nama Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2018 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nama Ventures - A technology focused venture capital fund

30 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $109M invested · 44 investments · Investor rank #15,216 · Last investment 7/2025

Portfolio companies 30 ↑ 480% 5y

Decacorns 0

Thoroughbreds 1

Power Law #22Investor Ranking · MENA · 2026 · Top 1%

01 · Biggest holdings

Nama Ventures’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Nama Ventures still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead.

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1 TamaraUnicorn · Fintech · Saudi Arabia — $1.0B —
2 SallaUnicorn · Marketing · Saudi Arabia — $1.0B —
3 CaloFood · Saudi Arabia — $250M —

Estimated value = Nama Ventures’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Portfolio analysis

Where Nama Ventures’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 30 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount

Saudi Arabia13
UAE6
Egypt5
USA4
Pakistan3
Jordan2
Nigeria2
UK2
Canada1
India1

By sectorCount

Food7
Transportation6
Fintech5
Enterprise Software4
Marketing3
Education2
Home Living2
Jobs Recruitment2
Fashion1
Health1
Media1
Real Estate1

By stage enteredCount

Seed27
Series A2

By growth stageCount

Early Growth22
Breakout Stage14
Late Growth4

03 · Portfolio market map

Inside Nama Ventures’s portfolio.

The 39 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 30 tracked.

Calo

Food

$250M

Rize

Real Estate

$112M

Tajir

Food

$68M

Aumet

Health

$28M

GrocerApp

Food

$21M

Floranow

Travel

$12M

Palmhr

Jobs Recruitment

$20M

Duplo

Fintech

$17M

Termii

Marketing

$15M

JobPixel

Jobs Recruitment

$13M

Nowlun

Transportation

$8.5M

Basket

Jordan

$4.0M

ShipBlu

Transportation

$9.6M

PIESHIP

Transportation

$8.4M

iStoria

Education

$5.2M

Trteeb

Fashion

$600K

Finbar

Fintech

$500K

Agentnoon

Enterprise Software

$500K

Kuzlo

Food

$400K

Messenger

Nigeria

$200K

FACEKI

Security

$150K

Faheem

Education

$2K

Muqbis

Home Living

Joud Invest

Fintech

Cargoz

Transportation

AgriDunya Technologies

Food

Remmsh

Food

EZhire

Transportation

Punt Partners

Marketing

ORO

Transportation

Jaafar Shop

Home Living

Hekouky

Egypt

Brev.dev

Enterprise Software

Happy Samples

Wellness Beauty

Wafeer

Fintech

Starzly

Sports

Grabbd

Food

04 · Portfolio founders

Where Nama Ventures’s portfolio founders come from.

70 founders across the 40 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

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