Byanat
ActiveUnified AI platform for telecom/data-centre digital-infrastructure optimisation -- network monitoring, predictive maintenance, capacity planning, outage detection
Muscat-founded (April 2022) AI infrastructure-analytics company, co-founded by Ahmed Alghadani (CEO) and Dr. Ahmed Albadi (CTO/Chief AI Officer). Incubated at Omantel Innovation Labs. Raised seed (2023) and bridge (2025) rounds from regional VCs and telecom-linked investors, expanded to Riyadh and Doha.
Founders
Funding Rounds
Lead: Golden Gate Ventures
Investors: Golden Gate Ventures, Qatar Development Bank, Omantel Innovation Labs, Salcia Oryx Fund, Waad Investment, PlusVC, angel investors
Labelled 'pre-Series A' by the company; recorded as seed for lack of a pre_series_a type. Amount undisclosed. QDB's participation counts as a government fund investment. Also: https://en.arageek.com/omani-startup-bayanat-secures-major-investment-to-drive-ai-powered-expansion Confidence: confirmed (round 13, byanat (company blog)).
Lead: Startup Qatar Investment Program
Investors: Startup Qatar Investment Program (Invest Qatar / QDB)
Startup Qatar Investment Program first cohort; per-company amount not stated. HQ not stated in source; believed Muscat, Oman. Date is the article date. Confidence: confirmed (round 13, The Peninsula Qatar).
Investors: 500 Global (Sanabil 500 MENA), Sanabil Investments, Omantel, Al Jabr MENA, Yaser Alghamdi, angel investors
Amount undisclosed. Company was incubated at Omantel Innovation Labs and accepted into the 500 Global/Sanabil accelerator; Omantel confirms its cheque is part of this seed, not separate. No lead named by the company. Also: https://www.omantel.om/en/about-us/media-center/news-omantel-byanat-investment https://www.wamda.com/2023/06/oman-byanat-secures-seed-round https://www.aljabrmena.com/projects-1/al-jabr-invests-in-byanat's-seed-funding-round-%F0%9F%8C%B1 Confidence: confirmed (round 13, byanat (company blog)).
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