Qarah Secures Million-Riyal Investment to Transform Saudi Water Services

Editorial Team

Last updated 25-01-2026

3 min

Saudi startup Qarah quietly secured a million‑riyal angel investment round focused on water services.

Founded in 2025, it runs a smart platform for filters, misting systems and maintenance.

The app aims to “standardise pricing” and improve service quality across a fragmented market.

It also creates steady income for technicians through direct access to customers nationwide.

Founders see this as “just the beginning” of a broader growth journey.

A young Saudi startup called Qarah has quietly closed a million-riyal investment round, led by a group of angel investors, signalling growing confidence in a sector most people rarely chat about at demo days: water filtration and misting systems. Yet, believe it or not, this space is becoming a hotbed for innovation inside the Kingdom.

Qarah was founded in early 2025 by Mansour bin Mohammed Al‑Shahrani, and officially launched a few months later in June. The idea is pretty spot on. The app focuses on buying and maintaining water desalination filters, alongside spray and fog systems, all through a smart digital platform. Instead of chasing technicians or juggling prices, customers can connect directly with approved service providers across Saudi Arabia, which cuts out a lot of the usual faff.

From what’s been shared publicly, the platform aims to standardise pricing, speed up service requests and, crucially, lift service quality in a market that’s both essential and fragmented. On the flip side, it also opens up steady income opportunities for technicians and service providers, an angle that tends to be overlooked but really matters. I’ve seen similar marketplace models struggle when they ignore the supply side, so this detail jumped out at me.

Al‑Shahrani has said the fresh capital will support Qarah’s next growth phase, helping the team roll out strategic plans and expand operations. As he put it, the water and misting services sector deserves a specialised platform that reflects the scale of demand and offers a modern experience suited to the Saudi market. He described the round as just the beginning of a bigger growth journey.

That said, I reckon the real test will be execution. Marketplaces live or die by trust, and in home services, one bad experience can undo months of hard graft. Still, this is exactly the kind of practical, unflashy startup that often ends up punching above its weight. I remember chatting with founders at a Riyadh meetup, under a misting system no less, complaining about how inconsistent maintenance services can be, so the pain point is definately real… well, I mean, if Qarah can crack that, many users will be chuffed to bits.

All this fits neatly with the wider digital transformation happening in Saudi Arabia and the increasing attention on service-based tech startups. Readers at Arageek have seen this pattern before: niche problem, clear demand, and a focused tech solution. It’s not glamorous, but it’s grounded. And sometimes, that’s exactly what investors are after.

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