Biotech startup TurtleTree Labs announces pre-seed round with leading VCs

The pre-seed round was led by Lever VC with K2 Global and KBW Ventures joining the round and backing TurtleTree Labs’ first raise TurtleTree is the world’s first company using technology to create real milk from animal cells, with no animal required The raise will be used to onboard more scientists to the TurtleTree team […]

Casper files for IPO in New York

Online sleep company Casper has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. Valued at $1.1 billion at its most recent fundraising round in 2019, New York-based Casper has a full portfolio of 27 engineered sleep products, including mattresses, pillows and bedding, all of which are developed in-house by the company’s […]

Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed takes part in Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2019

HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KBW Ventures, recently spoke one of the Middle East’s most prominent events for startups, the 2019 Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF). Staged at the Expo Center Sharjah, the annual event involves two full days of talks, workshops, pitches and exhibits, and […]

KBW Ventures participates in the 2019 Reducetarian Summit

KBW Ventures team members accompanied founder and Chief Executive Officer, Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, to the 2019 Reducetarian Summit. The annual event, staged at The Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC, took place from September 27th – 29th, 2019, and featured celebrated American novelist Jonathan Safran Foer as the keynote speaker. The Summit, now in its […]

Misk and 500 Startups celebrate their first Demo Day

Photos: Misk and 500 Startups Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud attends the first Demo Day staged by Misk and 500 Startups   Misk and 500 Startups celebrate the Demo Day of the first batch of the joint Misk 500 Startups MENA Accelerator on May 13, 2019, featuring 19 innovative companies spanning a […]

Plant-based investing takes center stage at sf citi’s Future of Food

Images: sf citi, Daniel Bahmani and Hannah Kaminsky Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed discusses food tech and venture capital at the San Francisco event Celebrating the recent surge of innovation in plant-based food technology, sf.citi partnered with Facebook and WeWork to host The Future of Food 2.0: Plant-Based Investing. The event included a Meatless Marketplace, showcasing plant-based […]

Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed to participate in Bloomberg Live’s Venture Forward

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KBW Ventures, Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, will participate in Bloomberg Live’s upcoming event dedicated to venture capital on August 1, 2019, in San Francisco, California. Staged under the theme of “The Shift in Global Capital Flows & High Tech”, the event’s subject matter promises a […]

Zipline named to influential CNBC annual Disruptor 50 list of companies poised to change the world

Zipline, operators of the world’s only drone delivery system at national scale to send urgent medicines and biological materials needed for medical facilities including blood and vaccines, was featured in the prestigious CNBC annual 2019 “Disruptor 50″ list. In addition, the company just announced US$190 Million in funding “to wildly accelerate our progress toward providing […]