Aramco Ventures
Overview
Aramco Ventures is the corporate venturing arm of Aramco, a world leading integrated energy and chemicals company. It manages multiple venture capital programs with a total AUM of $7 billion. The mission of its strategic venturing program – its sustainability and industrial funds – is to invest globally into start-up and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Aramco, to accelerate their development and deployment in Aramco's operations. Its Prosperity7 program seeks to invest in highly scalable ventures, led by world-class management teams, with disruptive technologies and business models, outside of the energy sector. It aims to be a value-adding strategic investor.
Investments
| Company | Date | Stage | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| NeuBird | Apr 2026 | Early Funding | Co-investor |
| Via Separations | Apr 2026 | Early Funding | Lead |
| EnerVenue | Mar 2026 | Series B Extension | Co-investor |
| Xage Security | Mar 2026 | Seed Round | Co-investor |
| PASQAL | Mar 2026 | SPAC Merger | Co-investor |
Key People
MAHDI ALADEL
CEO, Aramco Ventures (Venture Capital)
Thomas Rilus
MD Senior Partner
Simone Less
Investment Principal
Abdullah Albesher
Investment Manager
Ghaith Alghamdi
Investment Manager
Kaivan Forouzesh
Investment Manager
Lisa Schneider
Investment Manager
MSc Yara AlTamimi
Investment Manager, Diversified Growth Investments
Waleed Snobar
Senior Investment Manager
Dee-Dee Huang
Investor
Kip Daujotas
Investor
Lovely Sharma
Investor
Summer Hua
Investor
Dimitris Triantafyllidis
Corporate Venture Capital
Michael Hill
Corporate Venture Capital
Richard Riggs
Corporate Venture Capital
Sector & Stage Mix
Industry, funding stage, and valuation band breakdowns.
