Empowering ventures ahead of the curve
About Us
Sukna ventures is a Saudi-based venture studio and fund. We invest by partnering with entrepreneurs and seasoned experts to build and back high-growth start-ups in tomorrow’s most promising industries.
OUR APPROACH
Building from the ground-up.
Focusing on the earliest stages of venture creation, we spark ideas in-house and test them to reach concepts with real market appeal. This way, we make sure our founders are focused and targeted.
Funding all the way to take-off.
By writing meaningful investment checks, we make sure that cash runways are long enough to support founders while they work on their core agenda, from developing the product to meeting customer needs - Building a business.
Setting up ventures for continuous growth.
We believe that creating impactful businesses that scale requires focus and disciplined execution. We empower our founders to lead with agility while we make sure the appropriate support functions, infrastructure, mentoring and coaching are consistently available.
VENTURES
We build, partner and invest in ventures with meaningful impact. We focus on the Sports & Entertainment and Health & Wellness sectors. We also invest in enabling technologies (AI/ML, FinTech, etc.) that drive the performance of our ventures and develop the ecosystem.
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Adventure Entertainment and Events Platform
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Hydroponics and Vertical Farming
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Farm-to-table Food Retailer
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Urban Farming & Sustainable Solutions
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Tech enabled adventure destination
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Online Adventure Experience Marketplace
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Speciality Oncology Imaging Material Producer
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The future of Tech learning and recruitment
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Social Collaboration Community & Platform
TEAM
Founded by a team of serial entrepreneurs, investment professionals and corporate executives, we bring a pragmatic approach to venture building with data-driven decision making.
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Fares Bardeesi
Managing Partner
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Asher Siddiqui
Partner & Board Member
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Hattan Tashkandi
Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer – Mishkat
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Ahmed Kamran
Partner
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Amr Bardeesi
Partner, Chief Executive Officer – Pheel
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Danish Zafar
Chief Financial Officer
Sukna Ventures
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Tameemul Hassan
Senior Associate
Sukna Ventures
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Felwa Halal
Associate
Sukna Ventures
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Ammar Tayeb
Administration Manager
Sukna Ventures
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Jim Barger
Chief Executive Officer
Grease Monkey
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Tarek Bushnak
Vice President
Mishkat
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Fadi Ghalayini
Vice President of Business Development
Mishkat
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Ahmed Bafageeh
Project Manager
Mishkat
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Mohammed Junaid
Greenhouse Engineer
Mishkat
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Tarig El Sheikh
MENA General Manager
Jigsaw Group Global
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Tarek Hosny
Business Development Director
Egypt Kuwait Holding
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Sigurd Meiche
Managing Director, Mieche
Sports & Adventure
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Ralph Scherzer
Senior Consultant, Swiss Global Partner AG
Sports & Adventure
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Dr. Ryan Lefers
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Red Sea Farms
AgTech