Inspire Ventures

Inspire Ventures (IVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The firm was founded by a group of diversified Saudi entrepreneurial pioneers with extensive investment backgrounds and a focus on innovation, technology, and building solid businesses. Inspire Ventures aims to be a value-added strategic investor that actively engages with portfolio companies, providing guidance, support, and access to networks across the GCC region. The firm leads select rounds and invests primarily at the seed stage in early-growth startups across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Thailand, with checks in the $500,000 to $3 million range. Investment sectors span software, technology, e-commerce, logistics, transportation, food and beverage, retail, and construction technology. The portfolio spans approximately 6 companies. Gathern, a booking platform for private villas, chalets, camps, resorts, and farms, received a seed round led by Inspire Ventures alongside Aquilaria Capital Management with participation from Vision Ventures. WakeCap Technologies develops construction IoT wearables for workforce productivity tracking. Salla is an e-commerce platform, and Deliveree operates in logistics. Inspire Ventures is listed on MAGNiTT, Arabnet, and other MENA-focused venture databases. The firm's engagement model centers on strategic value creation beyond capital, with an emphasis on helping founders build durable businesses within the regulatory and commercial context of Saudi Arabia and the broader GCC market. With Saudi Arabia's startup ecosystem expanding under Vision 2030 initiatives, Inspire Ventures occupies a position as one of the early institutional seed investors in the kingdom.