{"id":45920,"date":"2025-05-19T21:14:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=45920"},"modified":"2025-05-19T21:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:36:24","slug":"waed-ventures-and-tali-ventures-co-lead-19m-investment-in-graphiant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2025\/05\/waed-ventures-and-tali-ventures-co-lead-19m-investment-in-graphiant\/","title":{"rendered":"Wa\u2019ed Ventures and Tali Ventures Co-Lead $19M Investment in Graphiant"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"486\"><strong data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"282\">Graphiant<\/strong>, a U.S.-based NaaS (Network-as-a-Service) company, has raised <strong data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"360\">$19 million<\/strong> in a Series B round co-led by <strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"409\">Wa\u2019ed Ventures<\/strong> (Aramco\u2019s investment arm) and <strong data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"457\">Tali Ventures<\/strong> (the VC arm of stc Group).<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"486\">As part of the deal, Graphiant will <strong data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"574\">establish its regional headquarters in Riyadh<\/strong>, supporting Saudi Arabia\u2019s strategic goal to localize cutting-edge technologies.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"657\">\n<p data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"657\">The company offers patented network solutions trusted by global enterprises like <strong data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"758\">Sony Pictures<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"774\">Valmont<\/strong>, with over <strong data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"808\">13 granted patents<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"1226\"><strong data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"864\">Graphiant<\/strong>, a next-generation provider of enterprise <strong data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"938\">network-as-a-service (NaaS)<\/strong> infrastructure, has announced the successful closure of a <strong data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1023\">$19 million investment<\/strong> as part of its larger <strong data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1077\">$102 million Series B round<\/strong>. The round was co-led by <strong data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1121\">Wa\u2019ed Ventures<\/strong>, the venture capital arm of <strong data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1160\">Aramco<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1183\">Tali Ventures<\/strong>, the investment division of <strong data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1225\">stc Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1369\">Prominent global investors also participated in the round, including <strong data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1316\">Sequoia Capital<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1318\" data-end=\"1338\">Two Bear Capital<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1368\">IAG Capital Partners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1420\">Expanding into the Middle East with Riyadh HQ<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1422\" data-end=\"1703\">As part of this strategic funding agreement, Graphiant will establish its <strong data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1531\">regional headquarters in Riyadh<\/strong>, signaling a major move to bring cutting-edge network technology to the region and further Saudi Arabia\u2019s role as a hub for advanced digital infrastructure and innovation.<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1705\" data-end=\"1999\">\n<p data-start=\"1707\" data-end=\"1999\">A spokesperson from Wa\u2019ed Ventures commented:<br data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1755\" \/>\u201cOur investment in Graphiant aligns with our mission to bring globally impactful deep-tech to the Kingdom. Establishing a regional base in Riyadh reinforces our commitment to localizing critical infrastructure technologies under Vision 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2001\" data-end=\"2039\">Redefining Enterprise Connectivity<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2041\" data-end=\"2397\">Founded in <strong data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2060\">2020<\/strong> by <strong data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2079\">Khalid Raza<\/strong>, a pioneer in modern networking, Graphiant offers a high-performance, secure, and scalable <strong data-start=\"2171\" data-end=\"2195\">network-as-a-service<\/strong> platform that eliminates the complexity of traditional SD-WAN and VPN setups. With <strong data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2298\">over 13 patents<\/strong>, the company enables private, programmable connections across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2570\">Enterprises such as <strong data-start=\"2419\" data-end=\"2436\">Sony Pictures<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2441\" data-end=\"2452\">Valmont<\/strong> currently use Graphiant\u2019s solution to optimize their network architecture and secure mission-critical communications.<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2572\" data-end=\"2872\">\n<p data-start=\"2574\" data-end=\"2872\">\u201cWe are thrilled to partner with strategic investors like Wa\u2019ed Ventures and Tali Ventures,\u201d said <strong data-start=\"2672\" data-end=\"2687\">Khalid Raza<\/strong>, Founder and CEO of Graphiant.<br data-start=\"2718\" data-end=\"2721\" \/>\u201cThe Middle East represents a major opportunity, and this partnership allows us to bring transformative networking technology to new global markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2874\" data-end=\"2909\">Meeting Demand in a $92B Market<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2911\" data-end=\"3110\">The global market for <strong data-start=\"2933\" data-end=\"2957\">network-as-a-service<\/strong> is projected to exceed <strong data-start=\"2981\" data-end=\"3004\">$92 billion by 2030<\/strong>, fueled by the growing need for agile, AI-ready, and cloud-native networking solutions across industries.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"3112\" data-end=\"3295\">With its expansion into Saudi Arabia, Graphiant plans to engage local enterprise customers, grow its engineering and operations teams, and collaborate with partners across the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphiant, a U.S.-based NaaS (Network-as-a-Service) company, has raised $19 million in a Series B round co-led by Wa\u2019ed Ventures (Aramco\u2019s investment arm) and Tali Ventures (the VC arm of stc Group). As part of the deal, Graphiant will establish its regional headquarters in Riyadh, supporting Saudi Arabia\u2019s strategic goal to localize cutting-edge technologies. The company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":45918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1810],"tags":[8364,3512,5131],"class_list":["post-45920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fintech","tag-graphiant-en","tag-tali-ventures-2","tag-waed-ventures-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}