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The Taken Seat
The Taken Seat is a Kuwait-based venture builder that conceives, launches, and scales disruptive ventures in the Middle East. It leverages an internal...
The Taken Seat
The Taken Seat is a Kuwait-based venture builder that conceives, launches, and scales disruptive ventures in the Middle East. It leverages an internal complementary ecosystem of talent, proprietary knowledge, infrastructure and other critical resources to build new ventures from the ground up. The firm partners with exceptional co-founders and entrepreneurs, provides seed capital, facilitates institutional funding, and helps ventures grow toward independence and exits.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2019
Location
Region
Middle East
Country
Kuwait
City
Kuwait City
Corporate office
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Principals
Musab Jihad Almutawa
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Abdullah Jihad Almutawa
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Aziz Albahar
Chief Operating Officer
Mishari Alnahedh
Chief Financial Officer
Tiago Ferreira
Chief Technology Officer
João Bhaloo
Head of Growth
Abdulaziz Al Bahar
Chief Operating Officer
Mishari Abdulaziz Al Nahedh
Chief Financial Officer
Frequently asked questions
What investment stages does The Taken Seat target?
Altss research categorizes the firm's strategy across early-stage seed, start-up, and growth rounds. The lack of public portfolio disclosures makes it difficult to confirm any pattern in where it participates within a company's lifecycle or whether it leads rounds.
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