Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: Uvera, a deep-tech Saudi startup developing shelf-life extension and supply chain intelligence solutions for the fresh food industry, successfully closed its seed funding round, with participation from LAB7, the venture-building arm of Aramco, Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures, Core Vision, and several angel investors.
Uvera will use the funding to advance its technology platform and scale commercial deployments of deep-tech food preservation and traceability solutions across the fresh-food supply chain, the company stated in a press release yesterday.
Uvera’s technology platform combines proprietary shelf-life extension technology with blockchain-backed traceability and IoT-powered analytics.
Asrar Damdam, Founder and CEO of Uvera, said: “This milestone reflects our efforts to address food waste at scale, and the confidence our investors have in Uvera’s ability to help deliver measurable impact. We are building the infrastructure for a more resilient and efficient food system, and this investment allows us to bring our technology to more partners across the value chain.”
Along with the investment, LAB7will partner with Uvera to strengthen the technical robustness, scalability, and data integrity of its platform, supporting the continued development of its traceability, analytics, and supply chain intelligence solutions.
Uvera solutions aim to help producers, distributors, and retailers preserve food longer, reduce waste, and operate more efficiently across the supply chain.
