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Investor

Arbor Ventures

Fund · backs 2 companies

Companies

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FM30 Saudi ArabiaFintech

Lean Technologies

Lean Technologies builds MENA open banking and payments APIs, licensed by SAMA and ADGM, and raised $67.5 million in Series B led by General Catalyst.

$371mValuation
165Headcount
28.9%Growth
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FM30 UAEAI

AppliedAI

AppliedAI builds Opus, an agentic AI workflow platform for regulated industries, headquartered in Abu Dhabi and backed by G42 and Mubadala.

$355mValuation
144Headcount
44%Growth
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