Falak Ventures

The investment arm of Falak Investment Hub (Falak Holding) — a micro VC, angel network and investment-backed accelerator, plus a landing programme run with the Ministry of Investment. 3,000+ companies enabled across MENA, 170+ international startups landed in Saudi Arabia, and 72 companies invested in. Publishes the sector and investor research this navigator is built on.

CROSS-CUTTINGSCOPE

2018SINCE

INVESTMENT THESIS

Falak Investment Hub operates across four pillars — Falak Angels, Falak Programs, Falak Spaces and Falak Products — backing companies earlier than a conventional seed fund reaches. More than 3,000 companies enabled across MENA, 170+ international startups landed into Saudi Arabia through a programme run with the Ministry of Investment, and 72 companies invested in directly. Companies that have come through the hub have raised more than USD 107m in aggregate.

FINTECH RECORD

Publishes the sector research this navigator is built on — “Decoding FinTech” (12 sectors, 96 subsectors) and “The Saudi FinTech Investors Landscape”72 direct investments, 3,000+ companies enabled across MENA, and 170+ international startups landed into SaudiThe landing programme runs in partnership with the Ministry of Investment (MISA)

PORTFOLIO SAMPLE

Stake · INVESTEDMADAK · INVESTEDEstaie · INVESTEDBlomal · INVESTEDAjeerPay · INVESTEDTuwaiq Fintech · ENABLEDNqoodlet · ENABLEDAliph Pay · ENABLEDAwqef Capital · ENABLEDBinaX Procurements · ENABLEDMohssilh · ENABLEDYeseir · ENABLEDNitaj Capital · ENABLEDMABIEN · ENABLEDHoloul · ENABLEDRaqban · ENABLEDSahim (Treasury) · ENABLEDRUSHD · ENABLEDSentry · ENABLEDVast Group · ENABLEDFOZ · ENABLED

The earliest door on this page — micro VC, angel capital and an accelerator, reaching companies while they are still deciding which licence to go after. Breadth is the distinguishing feature: 3,000+ enabled and 170+ landed into Saudi is a pipeline no fund on the tiers above operates. Direct fintech holdings are named below where we can source them; the wider enabled cohort is marked as enabled, not invested.

WHAT IT DOES

Micro VCAngel networkInvestment-backed acceleratorLanding programme with MISA

ACTIVITIES CLEARED FOR

WHY THERE IS NO ACTIVITY LIST

Investors are not licensed against the regulated-activity list — the licence sits with the companies they back, not with the fund. What this firm actually finances is in the record above.

HOW TO ENGAGE

1 ROUTE

Warm introductions materially outperform cold outreach here. The local ecosystem is small enough that a referral is almost always available.

FUNDING

Investment conversation

Equity or growth capital. Fintech took 29% of all Saudi startup funding in 2025, so the category has attention — but regulatory readiness is diligenced hard.

WHAT YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR

Licence status stated plainly, including what you do not hold
Unit economics with the cost of compliance in them
A regulatory timeline the fund can underwrite

VIA A WARM INTRODUCTION WHERE POSSIBLE · TYPICAL TIMEFRAME 2–6 MONTHS TO CLOSE