Oryx Ventures

Oryx Ventures

Co-founded by Managing Partner Abdulaziz Shikh Al Sagha and AGI principals Mohamed and Mazen Abu Ghazaleh, Oryx Ventures is a Dubai-headquartered venture capital firm that invests family capital from the Abu Ghazaleh Investments family office. Mohamed Abu Ghazaleh has served as Managing Director of AGI since 2002, while Mazen Abu Ghazaleh joined AGI's executive team in 2010. The firm's mandate centers on identifying US-based technology companies across early and later-stage rounds. Oryx Ventures invests primarily in growth-stage venture financings, with a stated interest in Enterprise Software, IT Infrastructure, and Life Sciences, underpinned by a strong thematic focus on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The firm does not publicly disclose a dedicated fund structure and appears to deploy capital directly from the AGI balance sheet rather than through third-party limited-partner vehicles. Sector interests also extend to the Internet of Things. The firm's portfolio targets US-domiciled companies exclusively, with no disclosed investments outside that geography. No team-size or aggregate-deployment figures are published. The firm operates from The Onyx Tower 1 in Dubai and lists three named investment professionals on its website: Abdulaziz Shikh Al Sagha (previously at Investbridge Capital in Dubai and Capital Trust Group in London), Mohamed Abu Ghazaleh, and Mazen Abu Ghazaleh. No separate philanthropic entity or adjacent operating business is disclosed beyond the AGI family office itself. No verifiable operational events from the last 24 months are publicly available. Oryx Ventures' structural differentiator is its integration with a longstanding family office, AGI, eliminating the fundraising cycle and allowing the principals to write equity checks from committed family capital. This architecture means the firm functions as a captive venture group within a multi-generational family enterprise rather than a general-partner-led fund manager soliciting limited partners.