Fueling Innovation Founders Growth
Suhail Ventures is a sector-agnostic early-stage Venture Capital Fund in Saudi Arabia, backing globally fast-growing technology startups with a focus on MENA. We are a team of entrepreneurs and investors supporting founders via capital investment, guidance and access to our growing network of business partners.
Fueling Innovation Founders Growth
At Suhail Ventures, our name embodies our mission and vision. Inspired by the Suhail star, the second brightest star in the sky, we are committed to identifying and nurturing the brightest talents in the startup universe, and guide founders through the complex journey of scaling their ventures.
Our philosophy centers on empowering visionary founders with the resources, mentorship, and capital they need to achieve transformative growth and create lasting impact.
Why Suhail?
Uncover how our distinct advantages drive startups to scale and achieve lasting success
Founder-Centric
We’re entrepreneurs too. We offer more than just capital—we understand what founders need to succeed.Business Partners Network Access
Suhail provides startups with unparalleled access to industry leaders, clients, and partners in the MENA region, speeding up market entry and growth.Mentorship and Growth
We help our portfolio companies through mentorship and guidance on developing their growth models based on historic unit-economic approach.Deep Regional Expertise
While we invest globally, we offer strategic access and support for startups aiming to expand into the Middle East.Founder-Centric
We’re entrepreneurs too. We offer more than just capital—we understand what founders need to succeed.
Business Partners Network Access
Suhail provides startups with unparalleled access to industry leaders, clients, and partners in the MENA region, speeding up market entry and growth.
Mentorship and Growth
We help our portfolio companies through mentorship and guidance on developing their growth models based on historic unit-economic approach.
Deep Regional Expertise
While we invest globally, we offer strategic access and support for startups aiming to expand into the Middle East.
Blog
Request for Startups: A Call to Visionary Founders
At Suhail Ventures, we draw inspiration from the Suhail star, a symbol of guidance, prosperity, and promise. Like Suhail, a
Meet our team
Our philosophy is simple — hire a team of diverse, passionate people and foster
a culture that empowers you to do you best work.
Elias Metwaly
Founder & CEO
Opendoor. Early staff at
Spotify and Clearbit.
Phoenix Baker
Engineering Manager
Figma, Pitch, and Protocol
Labs.
Lana Steiner
Product Manager
Former PM for Linear, Lambda School, and On Deck.
What we look for?
We are looking for the following criteria in Suhail Investments
Launched Product
A Minimal-Viable-Product with some traction is a must!
Strong Founder(s)
A full-time passionate founding team that is complement each other.
Innovation & Technology
We invest in technologically disruptive startups.
A Growing Market
We invest in large and growing market sectors that need to be re-shaped.
Global Impact
We prefer founders that aim to scale globally with a starting focus.
Business Model Scalability
Early indications of business model and sector fit to establish strong unit-economics.
Frequently asked questions
We invest in the pre-seed stage, seed stage, and Series A stage.
Although our focus is early stage, we have some allocation to pre-IPO opportunities through our other “Opportunity Fund I”.
Other than capital investment, we help founders by providing them access to our network of business partners and mentorship on growth modeling and unit-economics to support their goals – we’re your true VC partner.
We have a standard diligence process similar to all the other funds. The main focus is to get to know the founding team before proceeding with the other steps.
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