TurtleTree Labs raises $3.2 million seed round as it accelerates cell-based milk development

Singapore-based biotech company TurtleTree Labs today announced the completion of a fresh round of funding from global investors TurtleTree Labs is the world’s first-cell based biotechnology company creating real milk from mammalian cells without the need for animals. As a platform, the company’s focus is on high value human breast milk followed by cow milk. […]

Taibah Valley brings together Madinah’s startups and entrepreneurial ecosystem figures to kick off accelerator program

Fireside chat between Dr. Abdulrahman Al Olayan and Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed touches on funding, startups, and managing expectations Taibah Valley’s senior leadership team, headed by Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdulrahman Al Olayan, staged an evening event dedicated to the Madinah entrepreneurial ecosystem on December 2, 2019. Staged in the presence of Chairman of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Beyond Meat teams up with Carl’s Jr. to launch the Beyond Famous Star burger

Beyond Meat announced the launch of the Beyond Famous Star burger at Carl’s Jr., the company’s biggest US-based restaurant partnership to date. Announced on January 2, 2019, the Beyond Famous Star is a plant-based take on the fast food chain’s most touted product, the Famous Star, its signature burger. According to a news post by […]

CEO magazine: “Meet Saudi Arabia’s Tech Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal”

“Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal is using canny investments in a wide range of Silicon Valley tech firms to help the planet, bring global know-how to the Middle East and boost his bottom line.” Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, founding Chief Executive Officer of KBW Ventures, is featured in an exclusive interview with CEO magazine […]

In Pictures: Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed accepts Technology Investor of the Year award

HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal, founder and Chief Executive Officer of KBW Ventures and founder and Chairman of KBW Investments, attended the 2018 CEO Middle East Awards as the evening’s Guest of Honor. Prince Khaled was accompanied by senior executives from across the KBW Group of portfolio companies, and addressed his team members […]