Recently Funded Seed Startups in Saudi Arabia
Updated Aug 2026
Funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia number 83 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Seed startup funding landscape in Saudi Arabia, along with the 83 most recently funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia.
Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Riyadh and Jeddah hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Seed startups in Saudi Arabia closed 53 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 26 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $150M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $2.6M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.0M and $4.6M.
Activity centers on Riyadh. While Jeddah and Dammam provide secondary anchors, the geographic weight remains heavily skewed toward the capital. This concentration makes the segment a localized target. AI and Information Technology firms cluster in these urban centers, meaning outreach remains focused on a few specific cities rather than a broad national spread.
Seed funded startup statistics in Saudi Arabia
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026.
83 most recently funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia
83 shownOrdered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
Seed startup funding trends in Saudi Arabia
Funding activity
Seed startups in Saudi Arabia closed 53 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 26 of them in the last 12, adding up to $150M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $2.6M, with the middle half running from $2.0M to $4.6M. 42 of 53 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 10. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia
Sector counts across all 83 tracked companies in Saudi Arabia. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Seed startups located in Saudi Arabia?
Where funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia are based, by the city on the company record.
About the FundedIQ Seed startup funding data in Saudi Arabia
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 83 funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (11 of 53 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia is dated Aug 2026.
The table above shows the 83 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded Seed startups are there in Saudi Arabia?
FundedIQ tracks 83 funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia. This page lists the 83 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have Seed startups in Saudi Arabia raised?
Seed startups in Saudi Arabia tracked by FundedIQ have raised $150M in disclosed capital across 53 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 26 rounds in the last 12 months. 42 of those 53 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 10 companies, followed by Information Technology (9), Commerce and Shopping (8) and Financial Services (7). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh leads with 65 companies, then Jeddah (10), Al Khobar (2) and Dammam (2).
What is a typical funding round size for Seed startups in Saudi Arabia?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $2.6M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.0M and $4.6M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Seed startup funding data in Saudi Arabia updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Seed startups in Saudi Arabia is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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