Netos Completes Orbit Startups KSA1 in Saudi Arabia backed by Sanabil

February 25, 2025

Richard Foster

Netos Completes Orbit KSA1 in Saudi by Sanabil

We’re proud to announce that Netos has successfully raised VC investment and completed the Orbit Startups KSA1 acceleration program, culminating in a Demo Day hosted in Riyadh and backed by Sanabil Investments, a $640 billion private equity fund owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia.

Global Accelerator & Investors

Orbit Startups is a global accelerator that supports high-growth, scalable tech companies with the potential to reshape industries. The program brings together strategic capital, deep operational support, and access to regional networks.

Saudi Go-to-Market

Over the past several months, the Netos team has worked closely with Orbit’s global mentors and partners to refine our go-to-market strategy, strengthen our enterprise offering, and prepare for international scale. With a focus on Saudi Arabia, in addition to the US and UK.

Vision 2030

This milestone marks not just an endorsement of our product, but also a broader opportunity. With Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 driving digital transformation across government and enterprise sectors, there’s growing demand for platforms like Netos that provide strategic insight into IT infrastructure, costs, and lifecycle planning.

We believe our focus on network operations, asset intelligence, and FinOps makes us uniquely positioned to contribute to the Kingdom’s vision of modern, data-driven IT.

Highlights

Netos founder Richard Foster, with Orbit Startups General Partner, and SOSV Venture Partner, William Bao Bean.

Business Case Development

Modelling End of Life Strategies with Netos and a 32% CAPEX Reduction

Network refreshes are among the largest drivers of hardware spend. IT teams face constant pressure to track End-of-Life (EoL) milestones across fragmented, multi-vendor environments, all while staying compliant and evaluating upgrade options. In this case study, we discuss how a Netos customer faced significant technical debt, creating both operational risk and compliance challenges.

Richard Foster 2025-07-21

Business Case Development

Modeling Network TCO: UK Bank Demonstrates 58% OPEX Reduction

Network TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) is a growing concern—but how do you accurately measure what your network really costs to run Once your data center is built, the campus network and WiFi is deployed, the real question is: What will it cost to operate and maintain over the next five years?

Richard Foster 2025-07-16

Announcements

Netos Achieves SOC 2 Accreditation

We’re pleased to announce that Netos is now SOC 2 certified, following a successful independent audit of our systems and security controls. This certification underscores our commitment to protecting customer data and maintaining the highest standards of trust and reliability.

Don Begley 2025-07-08

Network Strategy

Netos Packet Pushers Podcast – From CLI to CFO

In this episode, Netos founder Richard Foster speaks with hosts Johna Till Johnson and John Burke about how enterprises struggle to bridge the gap between technical network data and the strategic, financial insights that leadership teams need.

Richard Foster 2025-04-01

Announcements

Netos Completes Orbit Startups KSA1 in Saudi Arabia backed by Sanabil

We’re proud to announce that Netos has successfully raised VC investment and completed the Orbit Startups KSA1 acceleration program, culminating in a Demo Day hosted in Riyadh and backed by Sanabil Investments, a $640 billion private equity fund owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia.

Richard Foster 2025-02-25

Technology Business Management

How IT Networks Can Benefit from Technology Business Management

Imagine an enterprise network with (tens of) thousands of devices, all with different roles, across different business units. How could we properly categorize these devices so we could easily report to the IT, Business, and Finance? The TBM framework provides a comprehensive methodology for managing the business of IT. It offers a structured approach to understanding and optimizing the costs, performance, and value of technology investments.

Don Begley 2024-11-09

Network Automation

Using Apache Airflow for Scalable Network Discovery with NetBox & Ansible

Orchestrate network discovery from within NetBox using Apache Airflow for scheduling, Ansible for discovery, and Elastic as a data warehouse.

Richard Foster 2024-10-13

Open Source

Netos Open Sourcing Strategy

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve open sourced Netos NetOps. Our first solution allows you to manage NetBox from within Ansible Semaphore.

Richard Foster 2024-10-10

Netos Completes Orbit Startups KSA1 in Saudi Arabia backed by Sanabil