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About Fikra Ventures

Investor type

Startup studio

First check

$250k to $2M

Themes

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