Arāya Sessions: AI & Fundraising
Arāya Ventures × Plug and Play
Arāya Ventures is teaming up with Plug and Play for a one-day AI & Fundraising session.
The day is split into four focused segments and groups, each pairing active investors and operators with founders for candid, practical conversations you won't get from a generic keynote. Expect small-room energy, sharp questions, and takeaways you can use Monday morning - but on the Plug & Play lawn.
What Investors Really Care About in 2026: How Seed/Series A fundraising, metrics, and investment themes have evolved in the AI era.
Designing a Company That Can Scale: Lessons from founders who've scaled from Seed to $100M+ ARR - first execs, culture, and engineering growth.
The AI Distribution Playbook: Winning distribution through platforms, partnerships, community, and SEO before your competitors do.
Designing Defensibility: Where lasting moats come from beyond foundation models - data, workflows, network effects, and enterprise lock-in.
About Arāya Ventures
Arāya Ventures is an award-winning early-stage venture capital firm investing across AI, Health, FinTech, Future of Work, and Commerce, with over 70% of its portfolio focused on AI application companies. Its debut fund was the $26.3m Super Angel Fund, backed by the British Business Bank, with 29 investments to date. Arāya Ventures also manages a dedicated $30m Global Fund focused on investments across the GCC, Europe, and Asia, supporting high-potential founders at the earliest stages of growth.
In addition to investing, we are home to the House of Arāya - a global community of Angel investors. Through membership, our community have access to high quality, vetted deal flow, are able co-invest alongside the Arāya Ventures funds, connect with an international community of angels and operators, and access an investor education platform focused on developing the next generation of angel investors with practical tools, real-world insights, and disciplined decision-making frameworks. Operating across London, Dubai, Riyadh, and beyond, Arāya Ventures is known for its clarity, integrity, and no-hype approach to early-stage investing, and remain at the forefront of innovation.