Bruce Niven joined Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures at its start, built its first $500M fund into a multi-fund platform, and also helped establish OGCI Climate Investments, a $1B fund backed by 12 major oil and gas companies. Before moving into venture investing, he founded his own startup, Telepathix, has lived in nine countries across four continents, and was named to Global Corporate Venturing's PowerList 100 in 2013.
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Energy, Climate, AI, Deeptech / Hardware, Cybersecurity
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Seed - Series B+
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Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures backs technologies of strategic importance to Aramco, using Aramco's assets, engineers, procurement, and market access to help portfolio companies develop and deploy their technology in Saudi Arabia, with typical holding periods of 6-7 years to match the slower pace of energy-industry adoption. Its investments span areas like drilling decision support, devices that stop unwanted gas or water during production, converting captured CO2 into products like plastics, and digital tools for trading and operations, reflecting a broad focus across upstream, downstream, renewables, and industrial technology rather than a narrow slice of energy tech.
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