KSA-Based Nuxera AI Bags US$2.5 Million Pre-Seed From Sanabil Venture Studio

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech startup Nuxera AI has raised US$2.5 million in a pre-seed funding round from Riyadh-based Sanabil Venture Studio—a partnership between Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned entity of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), and US-based healthcare venture builder Redesign Health that was launched in 2025—to advance its Arabic-first artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for healthcare. 

Founded by Amin El Hemaily, Asad Khan, and Nada Hassan in Riyadh in early 2023, Nuxera develops AI-driven software that automates clinical documentation, enables real-time data analytics, and helps hospitals operate more efficiently through Arabic-language intelligence tools. Before launching Nuxera, El Hemaily and Hassan had co-founded the Cairo-based healthtech platform Estshara, giving them firsthand insight into the region’s healthcare challenges. 

In a conversation with Inc. Arabia, Nuxera’s co-founders traced the company’s journey and vision. El Hemaily, who is the CEO of Nuxera, said that the idea for the startup was born from a simple but persistent frustration witnessed across clinics. “Doctors were spending more time documenting than connecting with their patients,” he explained. “This sparked a mission—to use AI that truly serves healthcare professionals, not replaces them.” From that observation emerged Nuxera’s vision to become an AI hub for healthcare in Saudi Arabia. “When we say AI hub, we mean a unified ecosystem of healthcare intelligence—where every stakeholder in the system benefits smart, Arabic-first technology,” Hassan, CCO of Nuxera, explained.  

At the center of that ecosystem is SERA, Nuxera’s flagship product—an AI platform that captures doctor–patient conversations across 28 Arabic dialects. It automatically generates structured medical notes coded to international standardized health classification and terminology systems such as Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine—Clinical Terms (SNOMED), Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI), Saudi Billing System (SBS), and International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10), reducing paperwork time by more than 70 percent. Other components of the Nuxera ecosystem include “Talk to Your Data,” an Arabic-language analytics tool used “to gain instant, data-driven insights,” and its early disease detection solution, the chronic disease detection engine (CDDE). 

The latest funding round marks a key milestone for Nuxera, which has become the first company to emerge from Sanabil Venture Studio by Redesign Health, a partnership that El Hemaily described as both strategic and symbolic. “We’re deeply proud to be the first venture launched from Sanabil Venture Studio by Redesign Health. Their support extends far beyond funding,” he said. “Sanabil provides deep strategic alignment with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, while Redesign Health brings world-class expertise in healthcare innovation and venture building. Together, they’ve given Nuxera a foundation of trust, operational excellence, and global perspective, enabling us to move quickly while staying grounded in Saudi healthcare realities.” 

With Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation accelerating, Hassan sees the next three to five years as a defining period for Arabic-first healthtech. “Saudi Arabia is building one of the most advanced digital health ecosystems globally, and AI will be at its core—from clinical documentation automation to predictive analytics, and preventive care," she said. "At Nuxera, we see tremendous opportunities in Arabic natural language processing and in AI-driven population health management that reduces long-term costs and improves patient outcomes. Beyond Saudi Arabia, we are already exploring collaborations across the GCC to expand our Arabic AI models regionally.” 

Reflecting on Nuxera’s journey, Khan, the company's CTO, advised other founders looking to build an impactful healthtech solution that the real differentiator lies in empathy, not just engineering. “Start by listening—deeply," he said. "Healthcare innovation isn’t about coding faster; it’s about understanding pain points in real clinical settings. Build technology that fits into existing workflows, rather than expecting people to adapt to it. And most importantly, if you’re building for the Arab world, ensure your AI speaks the language, both linguistically and culturally. That’s where true impact begins.” 

Pictured in the lead image are Nuxera co-founders Asad Khan, Nada Hassan, and Amin El Hemaily. Image courtesy Nuxera.