Building the Future
AAF Management Ltd is an early stage venture capital firm focused on Seed/Series A investment opportunities with companies that have international expansion potential. Our goal as a strategic investment firm is to provide unprecedented access to brilliant entrepreneurs seeking to enter the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), larger Middle East & North Africa (MENA), and Western Asia markets.
“There is roughly a trillion dollars in wealth succession occurring in the GCC in the next 7-8 years and a new generation of family office leaders interested in diversification into the venture asset class”
Investments
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Synthego raises $100 million for AI-driven gene editing
“Synthego, which is developing a machine learning-based approach to engineering genomes, today closed a $100 million funding round. The startup says the funding will be put toward expanding the capabilities of its platforms designed to produce reagents and cells supporting basic research and clinical trials.
New investor Wellington Management led the series D, which was coled by RA Capital Management and 8VC, with participation from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, and Intel Capital. This new round brings Synthego’s total raised to more than $250 million, following a $110 million series C in October 2018.”
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Our founders are regularly covered by world renown publications across various sectors. Some of our founders are even contributors and thought leaders on behalf of many of these publications
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