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Saudi Startups Seek Debt
Saudi Arabia’s venture capital market is slowing: funding fell 29% in the first nine months of 2026 to $1 billion, while in the UAE it rose 20% to more than $1.6 billion. As equity funding declines and investors grow more cautious, more startups are turning to debt financing to support expansion and avoid diluting founders’ stakes, using it as a complement to equity. Stride Ventures has committed around $90 million to deals in Saudi Arabia since entering the market a year ago, and plans to deploy more than twice that amount in its first two years.
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