a Saudi-based technology company that provides
personalised invitations and event-management tools for consumers and
businesses, has raised US$300,000 in pre-seed funding from Outliers Venture Capital
INVE will use the investment to
bring its business platform, launched in August 2026, to more companies, and to
grow its consumer product, proven with weddings, into the go-to for every
occasion.
For business hosts, guest
information is often scattered between spreadsheets, inboxes, and WhatsApp
conversations, so details gathered for one event may get lost when preparations
begin for the next gathering.
INVE keeps a living profile for every guest that
enriches automatically as they engage, holding whatever a host cares to know,
from dietary preferences and interests to their full attendance history, ready
for every future event.
Hosts use that information to
personalise invitations sent from their own email addresses and company
WhatsAppnumbers without rebuilding guest lists or repeatedly requesting the
same information.
RSVP pages, registration pages and digital entry passes also
carry the host’s branding, keeping their identity visible throughout the guest
experience.
INVE’s business platform is built for companies that treat their
events as part of their brand, from technology companies, venture firms and
financial services businesses to the agencies that host on their behalf.
Founder Abdulrahman
Alabdulkarim, now 23, built the first version of INVE in 2024 to simplify
invitations and RSVP management for his sister’s wedding.
The solution grew
into a consumer product that has supported 250 events in over 60 cities
and towns in Saudi Arabia and the GCC, sending more than 35,000 invitations
with an 88% RSVP response rate.
With both products live, INVE will invest in
its team, brand and channels to scale them, from weddings and birthdays to
business dinners and summits.
Abdulrahman Alabdulkarim, founder and CEO, INVE, said:
“The guest experience doesn’t start when someone
walks through the door, and it doesn’t end when they leave. From the first
invitation to the next time you host, every interaction matters. But creating
that experience often means juggling spreadsheets, messages, and different
tools, with valuable guest information fragmented across them.
We’re building
INVE to bring the entire hosting experience together, making it easier to host
at any scale while building on the relationships that matter. Our vision is for
INVE to become the infrastructure behind how people and businesses host across
the Gulf. With Outliers behind us, we’re bringing that vision to more hosts
across the region.”
Outliers, an operator-led
venture capital firm backing early-stage founders, became INVE’s first paid
business design partner before investing.
The firm has been using the platform
to manage invitations and guest communications under its own brand, including
for its forthcoming Builder Summit.
Sarah AlSaleh, General Partner
at Outliers VC, said:
“Working with INVE as a design partner before investing
gave us conviction in both the product and Abdulrahman’s ability to execute. He
combines deep technical expertise with an instinctive understanding of
hospitality in the region, turning something deeply personal into technology
that can scale without losing its human touch.
INVE brings that same philosophy
to both consumer and business engagement, making every interaction more
intentional and every relationship more valuable. We’re proud to back
Abdulrahman and the team as they redefine how people and businesses connect .”
INVE’s self-service product is
accessible internationally, while its immediate customer acquisition priorities
are Saudi Arabia and the GCC.
Longer-term ambitions include developing its
business customer base in North Africa, other African markets and Europe.
A software engineer by
background, Alabdulkarim previously worked on backend and infrastructure
systems at Lean Technologies.
He graduated from King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals, where he was the university’s second recipient of the
President’s Medal for Entrepreneurship for INVE.
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