The Lab Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.0M Checks)
The Lab Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Dubai, UAE investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 8 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- AUM
- $2B
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate, Healthcare, Enterprise
- HQ
- Dubai, UAE
Last verified: 2026-10-30
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.0M
$2.0B
8+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Operational venture firm backing pre-seed and seed startups digitizing underserved B2B industries across MENA and Europe, including AI-enabled professional services.
How The Lab Ventures invests
The Lab Ventures is a vc firm based in Dubai, UAE. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate, Healthcare, Enterprise.
The Lab Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $2B in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
The Lab Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including SmartBarrel, Wolly, FindNido.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Lab Ventures III
Lab Ventures II
Lab Ventures I
Recent Activity
Raised Lab Ventures III ($200M)
2017 · fund records
Raised Lab Ventures II ($150M)
2010 · fund records
Raised Lab Ventures I ($100M)
2006 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (8)
Other
SmartBarrel
Time-tracking and workforce management software for construction and field teams.
Wolly
Platform for home services and repairs.
FindNido
Rental and housing-related proptech platform.
Fyxt
Cloud-based operations platform for commercial real estate.
HelixINTEL
Equipment, parts, and supplies tracking platform.
Rabbu
Airbnb revenue calculator and short-term rental analytics tool.
Bricksave
Fractional real estate investment platform.
Beycome
Home buying and renting platform intended to reduce commissions.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jon De Lera, Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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