Ecosystem Deployment
Current FDI Initiative: GCC Operations Plan
Mobilizing to deploy our VC ecosystem in the GCC region, with a shared support unit at our Silicon Valley facilities, operating a one-stop-shop for training and backing men and women entrepreneurs in building STEM-driven companies - forging GCC-US venture community collaborations.
Opportunity & Challenges
Advocating Venture Investing in a Rentier-Capitalism Public
Over 2 decades and $100M in having primed the market:
∎ 1997-2015 – Our VC Industry Initiative & Literacy Campaign:
Surmounting challenges, we advocated and fostered a regionwide appreciation of Silicon Valley’s VC industry & STEM entrepreneurship model for emulation; and how VC will transform their oil-based rentier-economy into a KBE model for their socioeconomic strides.
∎ 2003-2009 – Our IPI Bahrain Regional Office:
The first Silicon Valley VC firm presence in the region, striving to initiate a CA-backed VC industry & startup community in the region; whilst crafting our 7-part industry & regulatory infrastructure thereof.
∎ 2016-2022 – Platform & Deployment Preps:
From skepticism in 1997 to now 20+local VCs, CVCs & SMB enablers in the region, we have prevailed over the challenges that we set out to face in fostering VC acceptance; and have set up our US subsidiary-platforms for deployment, ready to collaborate in executing the region's $2.8T SOM opportunities.
Today, we are uniquely positioned to operate our full-scale VC-E&ED industry & regulatory programs in complementing the region’s early stage, enabling to train and back innovators in building companies that reshape our world and support the GCC Vision 2030 goals.
Market Metrics
> $3.65T
Combined GDP, 6 GCC member states
55M
Population, 2/3rd youth-skewed (18-34-year)
> $400B/A
VC-PE sovereign capital deployment
3 in 7
Youth pursue entrepreneurship.
> $1T
GCC Family Housing Demand 1.7M units
Innoventure Community
SVE Regional Headquarters
Developing a purpose-built, innovation and startup hub of full-scale venture funding, building and delivery ecosystem, where all our platforms and portfolio companies will operate; along with other VCs, PEs, entrepreneurs, academia/STEM, and service-providers expectedly joining this integrated, self-sufficient marketplace of deals and angels – a community of knowledge and capital, backing changemakers in building gamechangers.
Our Silicon Valley associates plan to join, ramping up our capability to team up with the GCC financial and development-mission community in building a multi-sector and industry, multi-value chain FDI portfolio of productive and consumer-technology companies – spearheading growth and transformation.
GCC Portfolio
Initial FDI Projects, Applications of Proprietary Technologies:
INNOVENTURE COMMUNITY:
A Silicon Valley-linked startup hub, comprising our VC-IB-MB platforms and portfolio company-projects in the following space:
∎ Non-intrusive, wireless endoscope capsule.
∎ Assisted-living community of disruptive healthcare technology.
∎ Biotech-based, agrichemical-free, micro-irrigation farming nutrient that invigorates the growth of any crop, anywhere, under any soil and climatic condition.
∎ Nanofiber-membranes for pharmaceutical-grade wastewater purification.
∎ Advanced-oxidation plant for purifying contaminated water, using a nature-based solution of proprietary formulation.
∎ Clean-power co-generation plant, harnessing low-grade waste-heat.
∎ Fire and waterproof, earthquake-resistant thermal energy-efficient bricks.
∎ Radio-TV edtech media of commercial format, broadcasting VC-E&ED education, information, and business opportunity programing.
∎ Building and sale-financing affordable family homes, offering proptech and custom MB solutions.