{"id":56353,"date":"2026-01-20T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=56353"},"modified":"2026-01-20T19:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:10:23","slug":"gbt-closes-sar-5-million-pre-seed-round-with-participation-from-al-zamil-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2026\/01\/gbt-closes-sar-5-million-pre-seed-round-with-participation-from-al-zamil-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"GBT Closes SAR 5 Million Pre-Seed Round with Participation from Al-Zamil Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Gulf Business Technologies (GBT) Announces Closing of SAR 5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Round<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The round saw participation fromAl-Zamil Group and a group of angel investors, supporting GBT\u2019s expansion plans in the telecommunications and information technology sector across Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">GulfBoost Technology (GBT) has announced the closing of its Pre-Seed investment round, raising SAR 5 million.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The round attracted strategic investors, led by Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Zamil &amp; Sons Investment Company, along with several angel investors and investment companies.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The round was managed by SHORE Advisory Services.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">GBT leads transformation in the geospatial data (GIS) sector through its subsidiaries, Penta-KSA and Penta-Labs. Penta-KSA provides No-Code software suites designed to make spatial data accessible to non-specialists, empowering decision-makers to break down data silos and maximize ROI.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Meanwhile, Penta-Labs serves as the deep-tech innovation arm, developing specialized solutions powered by GeoAI and Digital Twins for smart cities.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Commenting on the round, Yousef AlNafjan, Founder and President of GBT, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;We are proud of our partners&#8217; trust, This round accelerates our growth trajectory&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">He add:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Our mission is transforming complex spatial data into smart, user-friendly solutions that support decision-makers in national digital transformation projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Walid Nassar, Managing Director of SHORE Advisory Services, added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Our bet on GBT stems from its robust business model and its ability to fill a real gap in the Deep Tech and spatial data market, a vital sector for the Kingdom&#8217;s digital economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The company plans to utilize the proceeds to strengthen its infrastructure and expand its team, with a primary focus on launching a new generation of GeoAI products through its innovation arm, Penta-Labs, to deliver proactive solutions that meet the evolving needs of the Saudi market.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Saudi Arabia&#8217;s geospatial analytics market is experiencing rapid growth, valued at approximately $1.5 billion in 2025 and projected to reach $2.5 billion by 2030, reflecting a CAGR exceeding 10%.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">This expansion is driven by Vision 2030 initiatives, smart city programs, and government-led digital transformation, alongside giga-projects such as NEOM, Qiddiya, and the Red Sea Development that demand advanced spatial analytics and digital twin solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GulfBoost Technology (GBT) has announced the closing of its Pre-Seed investment round, raising SAR 5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":56351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8850],"tags":[11154,11152,11156,11155,11153],"class_list":["post-56353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venture","tag-abdulaziz-bin-abdullah-al-zamil-sons-investment","tag-gulfboost-technology-gbt","tag-ousef-alnafjan","tag-shore-advisory-services","tag-walid-nassar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56353","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56355,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56353\/revisions\/56355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}