{"id":101649,"date":"2025-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/10\/21\/ib-ventures-launches-usd-50-mn-biotech-fund\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:00:00","slug":"ib-ventures-launches-usd-50-mn-biotech-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/10\/21\/ib-ventures-launches-usd-50-mn-biotech-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"IB Ventures launches USD 50 mn biotech fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">!_ImageURLWeb_! https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/1\/1271.jpg<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> <\/strong><strong>Riyadh-based<\/strong> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ib-ventures\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">IB Ventures<\/a><\/strong><strong> launched a USD 50 mn investment platform<\/strong><strong> focused on <\/strong><strong>advancing biotechnology innovation<\/strong> and localizing key technologies in the Kingdom, according to a company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/ib-ventures_%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A9-50-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1-activity-7385566207971676160-DSug?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABZYz7IB-tUUZq55rsfnnFKCaVfhEg-JGuM\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The initiative, billed as a first for the region, seeks to attract high-potential international biotech firms, support technology transfer, and nurture Saudi startups across therapeutics, diagnostics, digital biology, and bio-manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The program integrates venture funding with incubation and acceleration support<\/strong>, while fostering collaboration with global research partners in the US and Switzerland where IB Ventures is expanding internationally with new offices, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bridgemena.com\/17397\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridge Middle East<\/a> reports. The move aligns with Saudi Arabia\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vision2030.gov.sa\/en\/explore\/explore-more\/national-biotechnology-strategy\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">National Biotechnology Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What they said:<\/strong> \"The initiative establishes an integrated investment path that links financing, expansion and exit, ensuring the sustainability of returns and attracting strategic investors to the vital sector,\u201d General Partner at IB Ventures Mohammed Alangari (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mohammed-alangari-77849775\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program integrates venture funding with incubation and acceleration support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2556],"tags":[10,4574,179],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-101649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-startup-watch","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-ib-ventures","tag-startup-watch","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"dc91ee3c-1df3-4bb9-a43c-435efc9646e2","order":"10","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"IB Ventures launches USD 50 mn biotech fund","related_issue":[101632],"teaser":"The program integrates venture funding with incubation and acceleration support","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/10\/.49d9cf3f-730e-4e36-b76c-a5de910dbb62.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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