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At a glance
Aramco Ventures appears in 4 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2026, leading 2. Its most frequent sector in these rounds is AI & Infrastructure, and its most recent tracked deal was Hang Ten Systems' $53M Seed round (Sep 16, 2026). It co-invests most often with General Catalyst and Nvidia.
Strategy
Stages
SeedEarly-stageGrowth
Sectors
SustainabilityLower-Carbon FuelsDigital TechnologiesIndustrial Technologies
Geographies
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Recent changes
- Sep 16, 2026Sep 16, 2026Invested in Hang Ten Systems (Seed, $53M) TechCrunch
- Sep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026Sectors updated: Sustainability, Lower-Carbon Fuels, Digital Technologies, Industrial Technologies aramcoventures.com
- Sep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026Stages updated: Seed, Early-stage, Growth aramcoventures.com
- Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 2026Invested in Emerald AI (Series A, $150M) Emerald AI
- Aug 20, 2026Aug 20, 2026Invested in Twin1 AI (Seed, $20M) SiliconANGLE
Earlier changes (1)
- Jul 1, 2026Jul 1, 2026Invested in Together AI (Series C, $800M) BusinessWire
Portfolio
5 totalRecent Investment Activity
4Track record: led 2 and participated in 2 of 4 tracked venture rounds · 4 in the last 12 months · led 1 Seed, 1 Series C
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Hang Ten Systems | Seed | Participated | $53M | $10 billion | TechCrunch | |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Emerald AI | Series A | Participated | $150M | $1.05 billion | Pulse story | |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Twin1 AI | Seed | Led | $20M | — | Bessemer Venture PartnersLeadTribeca Venture PartnersLeadAramco VenturesLeadEJF VenturesTin Alley VenturesF-Prime CapitalLakestarNotion CapitalAGI House VenturesNeo | SiliconANGLE |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Together AI | Series C | Led | $800M | $8.3B | Aramco VenturesLeadunverifiedVista Equity PartnersunverifiedGeneral CatalystunverifiedEmergence CapitalunverifiedNvidiaunverifiedMarch Capitalunverified | Pulse story |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
3 · 60%
Energy
1 · 20%
Enterprise SaaS
1 · 20%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Seed
2 · 50%
Series A
1 · 25%
Series C
1 · 25%
Co-Investors
12Energy Impact Partners · 2 sharedGE Vernova · 2 sharedGeneral Catalyst · 2 sharedNvidia · 2 sharedSalesforce Ventures · 2 sharedBessemer Venture Partners · 1 sharedBlindspot Ventures · 1 sharedBreakthrough Energy Ventures · 1 sharedDustin Moskovitz · 1 sharedNGP · 1 sharedRWE · 1 sharedThe Engine · 1 shared
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Latest Pulse
- Sep 16, 2026Vishal Sikka's Hang Ten Adds $53M, $85M Total In 4 MonthsVishal Sikka's four-month-old enterprise AI startup Hang Ten Systems has raised $85 million total after a $53 million extension led by Temasek's Xora.→
- Aug 28, 2026Emerald AI Hits $1.05B Making Data Centers Grid-FlexibleEmerald AI raised an oversubscribed $150 million Series A at a $1.05 billion valuation co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC for software that throttles data center power in response to grid conditions.→
- Aug 25, 2026Emerald AI Raises $150M Series A at $1.05B ValuationEmerald AI raised a $150 million Series A at a $1.05 billion valuation to scale its Conductor platform, which makes AI data centers responsive to electric-grid conditions, as it moves from pilots into commercial deployment.→
- Aug 20, 2026Twin1 AI Exits Stealth With $20M for Digital TwinsTwin1 AI raised a $20M seed co-led by Bessemer, Tribeca Venture Partners and Aramco Ventures to build AI digital twins that preserve a professional's judgment and context across an organization.→
- Jul 13, 2026Open-Source AI Infrastructure's Funding RenaissanceOllama's $65 million Series B is the latest sign that open-source AI tooling -- once seen as a commodity layer -- is commanding real institutional capital alongside the neoclouds and frontier labs.→
- Jul 5, 2026Why the Same Five Neoclouds Keep Landing MegaroundsBaseten, Together AI and Crusoe have each raised nine- or ten-figure rounds within the past year, showing AI infrastructure capital increasingly recycling into a small, familiar set of 'neocloud' names rather than funding new entrants.→
- Jul 2, 2026OpenAI Floats Giving the Trump Administration a 5% Stake to Defuse Washington PressureOpenAI has proposed handing the US government a 5% equity stake worth roughly $42.6 billion at its $852 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times, as Sam Altman looks to defuse mounting political pressure over AI's cybersecurity risks and competition from cheaper Chinese open-source models. The plan envisions other major labs — Anthropic, Google and Meta — ceding similar stakes into a sovereign vehicle modeled on Alaska's oil-revenue Permanent Fund, which pays residents an annual dividend.→
- Jul 2, 2026Crunchbase: The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, Led by Joulent's $1.75B Energy RaiseCrunchbase News' roundup of the week's 10 biggest funding rounds (June 27-July 2) was led by Houston-based energy infrastructure provider Joulent's $1.75 billion raise from National Grid Ventures, aimed squarely at AI and compute-intensive industries' power needs. Together AI's $800M Series C and Venice AI's $65M unicorn round both placed inside the top 10, alongside biotech, legal-tech, sports and video-AI rounds spanning a genuinely broad set of categories beyond pure frontier-model AI.→
- Jul 1, 2026Together AI Raises $800M at $8.3B Valuation as Open-Source Inference Demand TriplesTogether AI closed an $800 million Series C on July 1 at an $8.3 billion post-money valuation, more than doubling its prior mark. The round was led by Aramco Ventures with Vista Equity Partners, General Catalyst, Emergence Capital, Nvidia, March Capital and others participating, as annual bookings crossed $1.15 billion on the back of open-source model usage tripling industry-wide in twelve months.→
- Jun 24, 2026Ex-Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka Launches Hang Ten Systems With $32M to Aim AI at IT ServicesVishal Sikka, the former Infosys CEO, has emerged with a new startup, Hang Ten Systems, backed by a $32 million seed round led by Mayfield with Aramco Ventures participating. The company uses agentic AI and reusable 'skills' to build, modify and operate enterprise software -- a direct bet that AI can replace, not just assist, the traditional IT-services workforce.→
Aramco Ventures FAQ
What companies has Aramco Ventures invested in?
Aramco Ventures' portfolio includes Emerald AI, Hang Ten Systems, Twin1 AI, Form Energy, Together AI.
Who does Aramco Ventures co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, Aramco Ventures most often invests alongside Energy Impact Partners (2 shared deals), GE Vernova (2 shared deals), General Catalyst (2 shared deals), Nvidia (2 shared deals), Salesforce Ventures (2 shared deals).
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- BusinessWireprimary source1 fact
- Emerald AIprimary source1 fact
- SiliconANGLEmajor outlet1 fact
- TechCrunchmajor outlet1 fact
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