Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures

Type

CVC

Status

Active

Location

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Total investments

74

Average round size

24M

Portfolio companies

49

Rounds per year

6.17

Lead investments

24

Follow on index

0.34

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareInformation TechnologyMessagingManufacturingInternet of ThingsEnergyRenewable EnergyChemicalIndustrialOil and Gas

Summary

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2012. The main department of described VC is located in the Dhahran. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The high activity for fund was in 2016. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 52 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 participants. Despite the Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, startups are often financed by Kleiner Perkins, ARCH Venture Partners, GE Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Chevron Technology Ventures, Schlumberger, Intel Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Saudi Aramco, Future Fund, Schlumberger.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Oil and Gas, Internet of Things. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Desktop Metal, ConXtech, 908 Devices.

The overall number of key employees were 10.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
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Geo focus
Generalist

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
74
Lead investments
24
Exits
3
Rounds per year
6.17
Follow on index
0.34
Investments by industry
  • Software (22)
  • Energy (20)
  • Oil and Gas (16)
  • Industrial (13)
  • Internet of Things (12)
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Investments by region
  • United States (45)
  • United Kingdom (7)
  • Switzerland (5)
  • China (1)
  • Germany (4)
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Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
62M
Group Appearance index
0.74
Avg. company exit year
13

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Dragos 08 Dec 2020 Cyber Security, Network Security, Security Late Stage Venture 110M United States, Maryland
Noon Energy 14 Dec 2022 Energy, Renewable Energy Early Stage Venture 28M United States, California, Palo Alto

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