Aramco Ventures is the strategic venturing arm of Aramco, the global energy and chemicals company.
Investment Philosophy: The mission is to invest globally into start-up and high-growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Aramco, accelerating their development and deployment within Aramco’s operations. This includes dedicated sustainability and industrial funds.
Prosperity7 Program: This initiative seeks to invest in highly scalable ventures with disruptive technologies and business models, led by world-class teams, operating outside the traditional energy sector.
Value-Added Approach: Aramco Ventures aims to be a strategic, value-adding investor. It leverages an in-house business development team and Aramco’s extensive network to actively support portfolio companies. This support includes facilitating business with Aramco, accessing the Saudi Arabian and broader MENA market, enabling technical collaboration, piloting projects, and providing operational expertise and access to capital.
Investment Stages: The firm invests across the capital stack, from early-stage to growth-stage companies. It also selectively makes seed investments and partners with third-party fund managers and other corporates in sectors and geographies of interest.
