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About Fikra Ventures

Investor type

Startup studio

First check

$250k to $2M

Themes

B2B2C
enterprise
ML
small and medium businesses
gov tech
healthcare
last-mile
wealthtech
neural network
machine vision
infra
business to business
finserv
b to b
supply chain
wellbeing
agents
financial services
digital-health
govtech
finance
data science
AI
ehealth
artificial intelligence
3d printing
smart manufacturing
healthtech manufacturing
industrial revolution
wellness fintech
prosumer
supply-chain
business-to-business
machine learning
sales
industrial IoT
sales tech
health
fin-tech
b-to-b
e-health
lending
smbs
additive manufacturing
health-tech
mental health
longevity
industry 4
small and medium business
bank
banking
tech-enabled health
civic tech
connected-health
robotics genAI
computer vision
deep learning
salestech
regulatory
SMB
logistics regtech
regulation
telehealth
CRM
3d-printing
public policy
industry 4.0
infrastructure
LLM
IIoT
fintechs
paytech
generative AI
B2G
civictech
delivery
payment
connected health
last mile
big data
healthier living
industrial
advanced manufacturing
well-being
smart factory
compliance
B2B
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Funding Stages

1. Idea or Patent2. Prototype3. Early Revenue

Countries of investment

Flag of UAE UAEFlag of Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaFlag of Egypt Egypt

Who we are

Fikra Ventures is a UAE-based AI venture studio and commercialization partner. We help global AI companies expand into MENA (UAE/KSA/GCC) via local partnerships, pilots, and enterprise/B2G go-to-market, and selectively co-build new AI ventures.

Funding Requirements

Fikra Ventures is a UAE-based AI venture studio and commercialization partner. We do two things:

1. 0→1 Venture Building: We partner with exceptional founders to ideate, validate, and build AI-native companies from zero to one (Build → Pilot → First revenue → Scale), providing hands-on product, engineering, and go-to-market support.

2. MENA Expansion / Soft Landing: We partner with high-quality AI companies outside MENA that want a local operating partner to enter and scale in the GCC (UAE/KSA) through design partners, pilots, enterprise/B2G sales, procurement navigation, and strategic partnerships.

We focus on AI-native B2B and B2G in regulated and mission-critical environments across: GovTech & Public Safety, Financial Services/RegTech, Logistics & Industrial Infrastructure, and Healthcare.

Keywords for discovery: AI venture studio, venture builder, co-build, zero to one, 0→1, MVP, pilots, design partners, enterprise AI, B2B AI, B2G, GovTech, public safety, RegTech, FinTech infrastructure, KYC/AML, fraud, risk, logistics AI, supply chain resilience, industrial AI, critical infrastructure, healthcare AI, GCC expansion, MENA market entry, UAE go-to-market, Saudi go-to-market, soft landing, regional partner, procurement.

Value add

MENA market entry: UAE/KSA playbook, positioning, pricing, localization where needed
Commercialization: design partners → pilots → enterprise/government contracts
Partnerships: introductions to strategic buyers, corporates, and government stakeholders
Procurement navigation: regulated sales cycles, security/data requirements, contracting workflow
Execution support: product/GTM support to accelerate time-to-revenue in-region
Regional scale: expand from UAE to KSA/GCC once early traction is proven

Locations

Level 15, WeWork Hub71, Al Khatem Tower, Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates HQ

Fikra Ventures Team

Bilal Helmy

Bilal Helmy

Analyst

"I invest in early-stage AI startups across fintech, logistics, GovTech, and healthcare, with a focus on applied AI."

Wael Aburida

Wael Aburida

Partner

"I invest in deeptech"

Basma Aburida

Basma Aburida

Partner

David Herbada

David Herbada

Partner

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