Strategic Development Fund

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent EDGE GroupHQ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Strategic Development Fund is the corporate venture arm of EDGE Group, an aerospace and defense company. It is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It invests from seed to Series B. Sectors it names: mobility and automotive, space and defense, climate and energy, industrial technology and robotics.

Commitment by parentS1: USD 150M

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series B

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Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Series B
Sectors	Mobility and automotive, Space and defense, Climate and energy, Industrial technology and robotics
Geography	North America, Middle East and Africa
Offices	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Sources: S1 SDF: Investment avenues.

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	USD 150M	Commitment by parent	Stated by the firm or its parent	S1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	3	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S2

Sources: S1 SDF: Investment avenues; S2 SDF: Initial agreement with REGENT.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Offices: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Investment regionsS1

LeadersS2

Abdulla Al JaabariManaging Director and CEO, SDFFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Strategic Development Fund on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	EDGE Group	Single source	S2
Parent industry	Aerospace and defense	Single source	S2
Headquarters	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S2
Headline size	USD 150M (Commitment by parent)	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B	S1
Check size	USD 10M to USD 35M	S1

History

2021Allocated USD 150 million to local and international VC investments (Wamda, 2021-11)S3
2023Invested in REGENT Craft, raised stake in 2024S2
2025Signed initial agreement with REGENT Craft for a UAE seaglider joint venture (2025-02-26)S2

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 3 companies.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

2 companies on the Strategic Development Fund portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Lockheed Martin Ventures	2	Machina Labs, REGENT
GS Futures	1	Machina Labs
NVentures	1	Machina Labs
Woven Capital	1	Machina Labs
AEI HorizonX	1	REGENT
Kuroneko Innovation Fund	1	REGENT

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Strategic Development Fund list

3 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.

Machina Labs
QuantCube Technology
REGENT

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website sdf.ae/

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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