KAUST Innovation Fund

KAUST Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm that aims to grow an innovation and technology investment community and to attract investors and venture capital firms to the emerging Saudi technology ecosystem. The firm makes venture capital investments in high-tech startups from seed to early-stage and becomes a long-term strategic partner of these ventures. It specializes in the solar and alternative energy, water, information and communications, material and chemical sciences, electrical and electronics, biological and life sciences sectors, ICT. Additionally, the ecosystem provides mentorship and acceleration to the startups through the Entrepreneurship Center. and chemical sciences, electrical and electronics, biological and life sciences sectors, ICT.

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Industries:

Agriculture

AgTech

Farming

Intelligent Systems

Food and Beverage

Health Care

Organic Food

Computer Vision

Product Research

Analytics

Waste Management

Advanced Materials

Blockchain

Cloud Storage

Database

Information Technology

Nanotechnology

Software

Biotechnology

Environmental Consulting

Industrial Automation

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Robotics

Investor Types:

Venture Capital

University Program

Investment Stages:

Seed

Late Stage Venture

Early Stage Venture

Location: Saudi Arabia