ITQAN Investment Fund
Capital for thenext generation ofstrategic technology.
Capital for high-conviction companies across the United States and the GCC — in artificial intelligence, defence and dual-use technology, energy, space and select healthcare.
Mastery · Precision · Excellence
At a glance
The fund at a glance
Stated targets, not commitments.
$100M
Target fund size
$500K–$5M
Target check size
20–30
Target portfolio companies
5–7 yr
Fund horizon
The Fund
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Technical depth on one side. Market access on the other.
ITQAN’s mandate is to invest across the United States and the GCC in companies building strategic technology — artificial intelligence, defence and dual-use systems, energy, space, and select healthcare. We look for commercial evidence, not only technical promise.
Itqan (إتقان) — mastery, precision and excellence. It is the standard we hold ourselves to as investors, and the standard we look for in the companies we back — in the engineering, the operating discipline, and the execution.
Where We Invest
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Five areas. One standard.
- 01AI & Machine LearningApplied intelligenceApplied intelligence over general-purpose models: industrial autonomy, inspection, logistics and decision systems grounded in hard domain data.
- 02Defence & Dual-UseCommercial and defenceTechnologies with both commercial and defence applications — cybersecurity, robotics, sensing, autonomy and secure communications — serving buyers in both markets.
- 03EnergyThe physical layerGrid intelligence, storage, cooling and the physical systems behind regional growth. The Gulf and the American Southwest are rebuilding this layer at the same time.
- 04Space TechnologyOrbit and downstreamEarth observation, satellite communications, launch-adjacent systems and the downstream data businesses both regions are actively funding.
- 05Select HealthcareSelective, not thematicA narrow band of healthcare where the advantage is technical rather than clinical-commercial: devices, diagnostics and the infrastructure underneath care delivery.
The Corridor
US innovation and Gulf capital rarely meet on their own.
United States
GCC
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Westward: capital into US technology
Gulf investors want exposure to American deep technology, and want it through a manager who can diligence the engineering rather than only the model. ITQAN operates on both sides of that trade.
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Eastward: companies into the Gulf
For a US company, the GCC is a customer, a manufacturing base and a licensing route — not just a source of cheques. The fund is built to help portfolio companies enter and expand across the region.
Beyond Capital
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Capital + Capability.
A cheque is the easy part. ITQAN can introduce a portfolio company to operating partners where a specific gap is identified — so teams extend runway and execute faster than the raise alone would allow.
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Product & engineering
Delivery capacity when hiring would be slower than shipping.
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Talent
Recruiting into two markets, on two sets of expectations.
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Design
Brand and product surfaces that survive enterprise procurement.
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Legal & structuring
Entity, licensing and cross-border documentation.
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Go-to-market
First enterprise motions in an unfamiliar region.
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Regional setup
Landing in the Gulf without learning it the expensive way.
Founders
Building something that belongs in both markets?
Send us the company. The application takes a few minutes and goes straight to the investment team.