CarMa Intelligence invests at the earliest stage of AI companies building at the intersection of science, real-world application, and global deployability.
We look for two things above all others — the pedigree of the founder and the provocacy of the idea. Science-backed AI that doesn't just work in a lab, but changes how the world operates. Companies that can be deployed globally, with a particular eye toward MENA and APAC markets where AI adoption is accelerating fastest.
"Most AI funds chase the technology. We chase the application — the moment where intelligence meets the real world and changes something fundamental about the human experience."
The person behind the idea matters as much as the idea itself — their background, their domain depth, their reason for building this and no other thing
Revolutionary potential for the human experience — not incremental improvement. We back the ideas that make people uncomfortable before they make them believers
Built for the world — with MENA and APAC as a primary lens. AI that can only operate in one market is not the AI we back
Most investments begin from within the CarMa network — a founder we back, a partner we trust, or a relationship that surfaces something we need to see.
Some begin when a company's work stops us in a room. We attend a small number of events each year. When we find something real — we follow up.
One conversation. If the founder is extraordinary and the idea is real — we move. We invest at pre-seed and seed, before the world is ready to name the category.
We back it at the earliest moment — before the world is ready to name the category.
Investments are considered through referral and conference introduction only.