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Rasmal Ventures

Geography: Qatar
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $100M
Focus: AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Mobility & Transport and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Rasmal Ventures

Rasmal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Qatar, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Mobility Transport, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionQatar

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Climate & Sustainability

Mobility & Transport

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Infrastructure founders solving global scale + GCC localization

deep tech

fintech infrastructure

GCC expansion

AI + hardware

logistics + supply chain

China-Gulf trade bridge

Bullish Signals

Co-invested with Qatar Development Bankexternal

Active deep-tech deal in building energyexternal

Doha-based, Qatar ecosystem playexternal

Qatar positioned as global deep-tech launchpadlinkedin

EnergyX: AI + cloud + hardware envelopelinkedin

More acquisitions imminent — pipeline activelinkedin

Gulf Times coverage boosts visibilitylinkedin

GCC + Europe dual-market deployment fundedlinkedin

Engineering + manufacturing capacity expansion fundedlinkedin

Korea-founded portfolio — global founder opennesslinkedin

Active community engagement, strong Qatar tieslinkedin

Backed by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)external

Yuno $45M Series B: Andreessen + Tiger Globalexternal

Portfolio company hit $5B recovered transactionsexternal

Saudi Central Bank certified, Tap Payments partnerexternal

McDonald's, NetEase, GoFundMe as customersexternal

Qatar emerging as GCC payments infrastructure hubexternal

Real-time payments market fastest-growing globallyexternal

Roamless portfolio: 2M+ users, 200+ destinationslinkedin

AI-embedded workflows reduce headcount, boost leveragelinkedin

Majority code written + reviewed with AIlinkedin

Portfolio founders scaling with AI-first operationslinkedin

WareOne portfolio: China-GCC trade logistics bridgeexternal

State-of-art Qatar logistics capacity seeking operatorsexternal

Belt and Road MOU: NEXX + Oscar Hui partnershipexternal

Qatar as BRI operational base for foreign entryexternal

Contrarian Signals

GCC-specific deal flow may limit scaleexternal

Heavy reliance on QDB co-investmentexternal

Founder Do's

Have integrated software + hardware platform

Show real-world deployment traction

Target GCC and Europe markets

Come with acquisition growth strategy

Build genuinely local global infrastructure

Embed AI for operational efficiency + speed

Bridge China-GCC commercial access gaps

Founder Don'ts

Pure software-only plays without hardware angle

No global ambition beyond local market

Skip technical diligence preparation

Sacrifice agility for process layers

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$100M

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Website

People

Key People

Alexander Wiedmer, Soumaya Ben Beya Dridje

Soumaya Ben Beya DridjePartner

Omar Al SharifPartner/Investor

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