{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"a16z-first-gcc-bet-stitch-2026","event_date":"2026-05-16","published":"2026-10-03","category":"startups","importance":1,"title":{"en":"a16z leads $25m Series A in Saudi fintech Stitch, reportedly its first Gulf bet","ar":"«أندريسن هورويتز» تقود جولة بـ25 مليون دولار في «ستيتش» السعودية في أول استثمار لها بالخليج بحسب تقارير"},"summary":{"en":"Andreessen Horowitz led a $25 million Series A in Stitch, a cloud-native operating system for financial institutions, in what Arab News described as the firm's first Gulf investment. The round came in a week when five Saudi firms raised funds. Others included Aumet ($12 million Series A, health tech, led by Emkan Capital) and Stream (a $5.2 million seed extension involving BECO Capital).","ar":"قادت «أندريسن هورويتز» جولة من الفئة A بقيمة 25 مليون دولار في «ستيتش»، وهي نظام تشغيل سحابي للمؤسسات المالية، فيما وصفته «عرب نيوز» بأنه أول استثمار خليجي للشركة. وجاءت الجولة في أسبوع جمعت فيه خمس شركات سعودية تمويلاً. ومن بين الجولات الأخرى «أوميت» (12 مليون دولار من الفئة A في التقنية الصحية بقيادة «إمكان كابيتال») و«ستريم» (5.2 مليون دولار في تمديد لجولة التأسيس بمشاركة «بيكو كابيتال»)."},"entities":["Andreessen Horowitz","Stitch","Aumet","Stream"],"figures":[{"label":"round size","label_ar":"حجم الجولة","value":25,"unit":"USD m"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643776/amp","publisher":"Arab News","title":"Startup Wrap: Saudi startups dominate MENA funding week as a16z makes first GCC bet","published":"2026-05-16"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/a16z-first-gcc-bet-stitch-2026","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/a16z-first-gcc-bet-stitch-2026","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/a16z-first-gcc-bet-stitch-2026.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/a16z-first-gcc-bet-stitch-2026.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/a16z-first-gcc-bet-stitch-2026.jpg"}}