سدو
Riyadh-based venture capital firm licensed by Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority that invests in pre-seed to Series A startups, with a focus on B2B companies, through a 27 million dollar fund founded in 2021.
Industry: Venture capital | Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Founded: 2021
About سدو
Sadu Capital is a venture capital firm based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that describes itself as a multi-stage, multi-region fund investing from pre-seed to Series A. Its website says it backs founders from the Middle East and North Africa region and beyond and aims to be their first institutional investor. It targets early-stage startups in Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East, especially those selling to businesses. The firm is a Saudi closed joint stock company that its website says is licensed by the Capital Market Authority under licence number 21226-02.
Qusai AlSaif is the firm's chief executive and founded it in 2021, according to Wamda in March 2022. Salem Washeely was named as managing director in a September 2024 Wamda article.
Wamda reported in March 2022 that Saudi Venture Capital had invested in Sadu Capital's 27 million dollar fund, which targets business-to-business startups in Saudi Arabia and the wider region. In August 2023 Jordan's Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund committed 1.5 million dollars to the fund, which was to invest in Jordanian startups, with Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt named as target markets.
Wamda's coverage records Sadu Capital as lead investor in the 3 million dollar seed round of the productivity platform DataLexing in November 2022, the 2.5 million dollar seed round of the automotive platform Autobia in June 2023 and the 3 million dollar seed round of the automation provider Reachware in September 2024. It co-led the 2.25 million dollar pre-seed round of the UAE company OCTA with Quona Capital in October 2024 and led the seed round of the Saudi fintech LDUN in September 2025. Its website features Octa, Rewaa and Proteinea among its portfolio companies.
In October 2026 TechScoop described Sadu as the lead investor of Autobia's 2023 seed round in its report on Autobia's 12 million dollar Series A led by Artal.
Leadership
- Qusai AlSaif, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
- Salem Washeely, Managing Director
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