Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC) has deployed a total capital of SAR 2.6 billion since its inception in 2018, reinforcing Saudi Arabia’s leading position across the region in VC funding.
In its latest ‘Impact on the Private Capital Ecosystem in Saudi Arabia’ report, SVC revealed that it has invested in 65 funds since 2018, and its total committed capital reached SAR 4.5 billion (approximately $1.2 billion).
According to the report, SVC concluded 2,028 deals, including 758 Saudi transactions, and invested in 1,007 companies, 297 of which are based in the Kingdom. These deals created over 48,000 job opportunities.
The investments span several key sectors, such as e-commerce and retail, transport and logistics, food and beverage, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare, edtech, esports, energy, and more.
The report further showed that the total amount of VC funding in Saudi Arabia soared to SAR 6.4 billion in 2025 from SAR 240 million in 2018, achieving a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 59%. Similarly, the number of VC deals jumped to 257 last year from 54 deals in 2018, registering a CAGR of 25%.
SVC’s CEO, Nabeel Koshak, said: “In 2025, Saudi Arabia further strengthened its position as the leading venture capital market in the Middle East and North Africa, recording 257 venture capital transactions totaling $1.7 billion. This achievement gains greater significance when viewed against the sector's broader trajectory: venture capital investment in the Kingdom increased by approximately 27x between 2018 and 2025, signaling a clear structural transition from market formation to maturity and sustained impact. SVC has played a pivotal role in this transformation by acting as a market catalyst and market maker-expanding the fund manager base, supporting investments across growth stages, and strengthening international investor participation.”
These figures underscore SVC’s pivotal role in stimulating the Saudi private capital ecosystem, encouraging the establishment of new VC firms, and motivating regional and global venture and private debt funds to support Saudi startups and SMEs.
