Saudi Private Markets Drew $5.3bn From 148 Investors

RIYADH – In the early years of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 reform program, the pitch to international investors was mostly theoretical: a young population, a government willing to spend, and a plan to diversify the economy away from oil. In 2025, 148 international investors put money in.

Saudi Venture Capital Co. on Tuesday released its annual private markets report, showing that foreign investors committed roughly $5.3 billion, or SR20 billion, into the Kingdom’s private capital markets last year. That figure represented nearly 60…