Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: Jadwa Investment, a leading investment management and advisory firm in the Middle East, launched its flagship private credit fund, Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Credit Fund, with a target size of up to SAR 750 million.

The fund completed its first close at over SAR 300 million and deployed capital into its first two investments, in partnerships with Lendo and JeelPay, the company revealed in a press release today.

The fund plans to close two other investments during the first half of 2026.

The launch of the Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Credit Fund reflects Jadwa’s commitment to providing innovative investment solutions for institutional and private wealth clients.

Commenting on this milestone, Tariq Al-Sudairy, Managing Director and CEO of Jadwa Investment, said: "This fund reflects Jadwa’s ability to originate and execute attractive private credit opportunities, and our conviction in the asset class in light of Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC’s economic momentum and growing demand for credit."

In turn, Fidaa Haddad, Managing Director and Head of Private Credit at Jadwa Investment, stated: "Our private credit platform is designed to support high-quality companies across multiple transactions, offering investors access to the growing private credit market in Saudi Arabia and across the GCC.”

Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Credit Fund marks Jadwa’s first blind-pool regional private credit vehicle, offering institutional and private wealth investors access to high-quality opportunities in the GCC’s fast-growing private credit market.