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STV

Venture Capital · Founded 2018 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Largest technology VC fund in MENA established with $500m from the Saudi Telecom Company

36 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $2.1B invested · 59 investments · Investor rank #1,435 · Last investment 5/2026
Portfolio companies 36 ↑ 61% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 4
Power Law #15Investor Ranking · MENA · 2026 · Top 1%
Featured in
News Jordan's ISSF backs STV's $100M AI fund with $5M Jul 12, 2026
Estimated holdings

STV’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of STV’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 1 companies where STV is a named shareholder, worth about $518M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 tabbyFintech · Unicorn 11.5% $4.5B $518M

Estimated value = STV’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 →

Portfolio analysis

Where STV’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 36 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Saudi Arabia25
  2. UAE8
  3. UK2
  4. Egypt1
  5. Italy1
  6. Jordan1
  7. USA1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech9
  2. Transportation7
  3. Food5
  4. Marketing5
  5. Enterprise Software4
  6. Education2
  7. Health2
  8. Real Estate2
  9. Energy1
  10. Fashion1
  11. Gaming1
  12. Home Living1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A16
  2. Seed12
  3. Series B+9
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage19
  2. Late Growth11
  3. Early Growth9
Portfolio market map

Inside STV’s portfolio.

The 39 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 36 tracked.

Careem
Transportation · Unicorn
$3.1B
tabby
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
TruKKer
Transportation
$400M
Nana
Food
$532M
Foodics
Food
$680M
Floward
Fashion
$624M
Unifonic
Marketing
$500M
Salla
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.0B
Sary
Marketing
$375M
SILQ
Enterprise Software
$440M
Calo
Food
$250M
Gathern
Travel
$266M
Qlub
Fintech
$120M
Vezeeta
Health
$160M
Stake
Fintech
$124M
Noon Academy
Education
$150M
Opontia
Marketing
$84M
Homzmart
Home Living
$92M
MANAFA Capital
Fintech
$112M
invygo
Transportation
$12M
spiderSilk
Security
$36M
Morni
Transportation
$24M
Intelmatix
Enterprise Software
$80M
RedBox
Transportation
$12M
Abyan Capital
Fintech
$72M
Signit
Legal
$60M
Aajil
Fintech
$33M
Zenda
Fintech
$38M
Stream
Fintech
$21M
Telfaz11
Media
$36M
deltaDNA
Gaming
$12M
Sabbar
Jobs Recruitment
$16M
Microchannel devices
Energy
$6.6M
Wajeez
Jordan
$12M
Proof Technologies LLC
Marketing
$8.4M
Sawt
Enterprise Software
$4.0M
Tweeq
Fintech
$2.1M
Oir Soap
Health
Mrsool
Food
Portfolio founders

Where STV’s portfolio founders come from.

80 founders across the 39 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
  1. Saudi Arabia43
  2. United Arab Emirates14
  3. United States7
  4. India4
  5. United Kingdom3
  6. Egypt2
  7. Netherlands2
  8. Bahrain1
  9. Italy1
  10. Jordan1
UniversityCount
  1. King Saud University10
  2. King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals6
  3. King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals5
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  5. MIT Sloan School of Management4
  6. Ain Shams University3
  7. University of Pennsylvania3
  8. Harvard Business School2
  9. Harvard University2
  10. IE Business School2
Previous companyCount
  1. McKinsey & Company5
  2. solutions3
  3. STV3
  4. TAQNIA3
  5. Al-Rajhi Bank2
  6. Boston Consulting Group2
  7. Careem2
  8. Elm2
  9. Futureware2
  10. HSBC2
How STV stacks up

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Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

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Endeavor Catalyst
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#156 rank 325 companies $185B portfolio
500 Global
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#430 rank 2,321 companies $289B portfolio
Key people

Key people at STV.

Luca Barbi
Luca Barbi
COO
 Christopher Schroeder
Christopher Schroeder
Partner
 Abdulrahman Tarabzouni
Abdulrahman Tarabzouni
CEO
 Ahmad AlNaimi
Ahmad AlNaimi
Partner
 Ihsan Jawad
Ihsan Jawad
General Partner
 Mazin Alzaidi
Mazin Alzaidi
General Partner
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.