SAUDI-ARABIA CROWDFUNDING

SAUDI-ARABIA CROWDFUNDING SAUDI CROWDLENDING PLATFORM SITE FOR BUSINESS

Im Saudi Arabia, crowdfunding is an option provided by saudi and international crowdlending platforms who bring together saudi investors and saudi or foreign borrowers who are looking for cash to establish their own business.

In Saudi Arabia, crowdfunding is becoming the right funding solution to allow Saudis to invest their funds and other Saudis or foreigners to have access to cash without using the classic bank services but by exploiting independant crowdlending platforms.

In Saudi very often young saudi business people face obstacles when applying for a start-up loan at saudi banks as latter do not always understand creative nor innovative business models which are presented to them through young saudi entrepreneurs.

A saudi crowdfunding plateform or crowdlending site brings together saudi equity injectors who are keen to invest in young projects on one side, and on the other side, young borrower who needs funds to implement their new business often because in the absence of own capital.

Saudi crowdfunding plateforms offer several options as to the form of lending which can be a pure loan but also a participation within the shares of a saudi startup leading to interference of the new investors in the management of the company.

Crowdfunding im Saudi Arabia is regulated by the saudi arabian financial regulator who applies Islamic Finance which reflects the principle of the Sharia in this country where conventional financing is banned because of the use of interests (Riba).