Applied AI
Not models for their own sake — AI wired into a workflow someone already pays to fix.
Abu Dhabi · Early-stage capital
We fund the futurebefore it's obvious.
Falak backs regional founders at the moment the idea is still fragile — the first cheque, the hard hire, the second product. Then we stay in orbit for the decade that matters.
AED 1.5BAssets under management
64Companies backed
9Exits & IPOs
2016Investing since
Everything we back turns on one axis
Falak means orbit. Our portfolio is a system — founders, sectors and capital circling a single conviction: build for the region, sell to the world.
The thesis, in one breath
The next decade of this region will be written by founders who ship before the market is ready. We write the first cheque, take the first risk, and hold the line while the story is still unpopular.
Four convictions we invest behind
We are not sector tourists. We go deep where we can add more than money.
Fintech & Islamic finance
Payments, lending and Shariah-native products built for how the region actually moves money.
Climate & energy
Grid, water, cooling and carbon — hard-tech for a part of the world that runs hot.
Frontier & deep-tech
Space, robotics and the odd bet that looks ten years early — until it isn’t.
What founders say when we’re not in the room
Falak wired the seed before the term sheet ink dried, then spent the next year in the trenches with us. They act like it’s their company.
Layla Farouk
Founder & CEO · Markab AI
Every VC says they’re founder-friendly. Falak proved it the week we nearly ran out of runway and they picked up on the first ring.
Omar Haddad
Co-founder · Suhail Pay
They led our pre-seed when the deck was a Notion doc. Three years later they led the Series A too. That’s conviction, not tourism.
Noor Al-Rashid
Founder · Nawah Bio
Sixty-plus companies in orbit
A slice of the portfolio — from first cheque to public markets.
Applied AISeries A
FintechSeries A
HealthSeed
ClimateSeed
FintechExit
ClimatePre-seed
CommerceSeries A
FintechSeed
FrontierSeed
Applied AIPre-seed
CommerceIPO
FrontierSeries A
Building something early?
We read every deck ourselves. Send it while it’s still rough — that’s exactly when we like it.