Investor profile

Raed Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2015 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Raed Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders building transformative companies in MENA

57 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $1.1B invested · 89 investments · Investor rank #2,662 · Last investment 7/2026

Portfolio companies 57 ↑ 78% 5y

Decacorns 0

Thoroughbreds 4

Power Law #2Investor Ranking · MENA · 2026 · Top 1%

Featured in

News Noon Academy acquires Almakhfi Jul 7, 2026

Portfolio analysis

Where Raed Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 57 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount

Saudi Arabia32
UAE11
Egypt6
USA2
Bahrain1
Jordan1
Pakistan1
Qatar1
UK1

By sectorCount

Fintech16
Enterprise Software12
Transportation8
Marketing7
Food5
Real Estate4
Education3
Fashion2
Jobs Recruitment2
Kids2
Event Tech1
Gaming1

By stage enteredCount

Seed32
Series A23
Series B+2

By growth stageCount

Breakout Stage25
Early Growth19
Late Growth13

Portfolio market map

Inside Raed Ventures’ portfolio.

The 56 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 57 tracked.

Portfolio founders

Where Raed Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

113 founders across the 57 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.

LocationCount

Saudi Arabia48
United Arab Emirates24
Egypt20
United States10
India5
Jordan1
Kuwait1
Netherlands1
Pakistan1
Qatar1

UniversityCount

The American University in Cairo9
King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals6
King Saud University5
Stanford University5
Ain Shams University4
Harvard Business School4
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
Stanford University Graduate School of Business4
Harvard University3

Previous companyCount

Careem4
King Saud University4
McKinsey & Company4
Uber4
Vodafone4
Alphabet | Google3
Elm3
Microsoft3
Saudi Information Technology Company3
Snap3

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Key people

Key people at Raed Ventures.

Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.

Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.