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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...

Overview

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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