Intella

Active

Arabic-first AI speech and transcription platform (intellaVX speech-to-text, intellaCX call-center analytics, intellaMX media transcription) plus the Ziila conversational voice agent, claiming 95.73% transcription accuracy across 25+ Arabic dialects.

Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFounded 2021

AI & Machine Learning

Series A

Website

Intella is a Riyadh-headquartered deep-tech startup building enterprise-grade Arabic AI speech, transcription, and customer-engagement tools. Co-founded in 2021 in Cairo, Egypt by Nour AlTaher and Omar Mansour, the company relocated its headquarters to Saudi Arabia and has raised $16.9 million to date, serving enterprise clients that need dialect-accurate Arabic voice AI.

Founders

Nour AlTaher

Co-Founder

Omar Mansour

Co-Founder

Funding Rounds

Series ASep 2025

$12.5M

Lead: Prosus

Investors: Prosus, 500 Global, Wa'ed Ventures, Hala Ventures, Idrisi Ventures, HearstLab

Investors: Prosus, 500 Global, Wa'ed Ventures, Hala Ventures, Idrisi Ventures, HearstLab.

SeedOct 2023

$3.4M

Lead: Hala Ventures

Investors: Hala Ventures, Wa'ed Ventures, Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator, INSEAD alumni angel network

Company labels it 'pre-Series A'; co-led by Hala Ventures and Wa'ed Ventures. Wamda states cumulative $4.4M after this round. Tracxn lists this round as $3.1M led by Sanabil (see conflicts). Also: https://www.wamda.com/2023/10/intella-secures-3-4-million-pre-series-round-led-hala-ventures-waed https://www.linkedin.com/posts/intellaworld_intella-secures-34m-in-pre-series-a-funding-activity-7114902710767775744-dvIy Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Business Wire (company press release)).

SeedMar 2022

$1M

Lead: Hala Ventures

Investors: Hala Ventures, Falak Startups, Beyond Capital

Angel investors also participated. Company was Cairo-based at the time (moved HQ to Riyadh in 2023). Falak Startups is backed by Egypt Ventures. Also: https://www.wamda.com/2022/03/market-research-startup-intella-raises-1-million-seed-round https://enterprise.press/stories/2022/03/31/intella-closes-usd-1-mn-seed-round-online-grocer-on-market-raises-usd-215k-68060/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Zawya (company press release)).

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