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Jadwa Investment wants to raise an additional USD 120 mn for its flagship private credit fund by late 2026, having already secured USD 80 mn, Fidaa Haddad, the firm’s managing director and head of private credit, told Bloomberg. The local asset manager, which holds USD 30 bn in assets under management (AUM), is looking to tap the coffers of sovereign wealth and pension funds for the raise.
IN CONTEXT- Domestic bank liquidity is being absorbed by Vision 2030-linked developments, pushing borrowers toward alternative financing. With regulatory changes around digitization and non-bank lending having eased execution for private credit transactions, according to Haddad, private credit is increasingly becoming a less niche financing option.
SOUND SMART- A blind-pool private credit fund is set up so that investors commit capital upfront and the general partner (GP) decides later which plays to put the money into within an agreed mandate.
!_Subhed_! Two plays in the 1H pipeline
The vehicle, which has already deployed capital into Saudi fintech startups Lendo and JeelPay, plans to close two additional investments in 1H 2026, Haddad said without specifying the targets of the investments. “We did a few [transactions] to test the waters, get to know the asset class and now investors want more exposure,” Haddad told the business information service.
What’s in scope: Jadwa sees its clearest private credit windows in financing acquisitions by UAE-based companies looking to support investments in the Kingdom, Haddad said. The firm is not targeting specific sectors and is pursuing transactions across the GCC.
Jadwa has been keeping busy: The firm closed its first regional blind-pool private equity fund in 2024, the Jadwa GCC Private Equity Fund I, backed by Saudi Venture Capital, with a target of SAR 1.5 bn and a hard cap of SAR 2 bn. In September of last year, Jadwa secured further institutional backing for its regional private equity platform, with SIDF Investment pledging capital to its GCC Diversified Private Equity Fund, another blind-pool vehicle targeting SAR 1.5 bn.
