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  • Business loan from
    AED 50K - AED 500k
  • Decisions typically in
    72 hrs
  • Borrow over
    3 mths – 2 yrs

Grow your busines, fast.

Take your company to the next level with finance that arrives in days.

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Turn Capital Into Your Competitive Edge
  • Quick and Easy
    Apply in minutes and get approved in 72 hours.
  • Transparent Pricing
    Clear and transparent pricing without hidden fees.
  • No Prepayment Fees
    Repay your loan early with no extra cost.
  • World Class Service
    Outstanding customer service.
Quick and easy process
  • Apply online
    Submit an online application in 5 minutes.
  • Get approved
    After assessing a successful application, we will send you an offer within 72 hours.
  • Receive Funds
    Once you accept our offer, we will launch a fundraising campaign. You will get the funds within 24 hrs of completion.
  • Repayments
    Pay monthly, or settle your obligations early with no extra fees.
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How it works
Funding Souq is a crowdfunding platform that connects established businesses with SMEs that are looking to borrow. FAQs
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Shariah Compliance
At Funding Souq, our core values revolve around offering investment and borrowing opportunities that align with Shariah principles. These opportunities are arranged through a Murabaha structure, which is widely recognized as the industry standard for Islamic business finance. We have obtained our Shariah compliance certificate from Dar Al Sharia, a subsidiary of Dubai Islamic Bank. To ensure our commitment to these principles, our in-house Sharia Supervisory Board diligently evaluates each investment opportunity, conducting regular reviews of our processes. For more details, you can access our certificate by clicking here.
Supporting SMEs
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Working in the diesel trading industry requires continuous maintenance of our premises to ensure safety of our operations. In the pandemic our cashflows got affected and we reached out to Funding Souq. The team was very quick and transparent in responding to our needs.

Arbab Kamal Ahmad,CEO

Shining Star Diesel
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Our vision is to expand and provide logistic services all around the world. For our UAE operations, Funding Souq has been a reliable funding partner as they quickly acted on our finance need. I look forward to working with Funding Souq in the future again.

Tinil Mukkalitharayil Markose,CEO

Freight Move Logistics
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This is the third time we borrow from Funding Souq and overall the experience has been positive. The funds helped us secure a large project that really moved the needle for our company.

Mohammed Nazim Shaikh,CEO

Pansoft Technologies
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The global Islamic finance services industry’s value hit $2.19tn in 2018, according to the Islamic Financial Services Board. But growth was slower than the previous year, at a rate of 6.9 per cent rather than 8.5 per cent. The board said geopolitical and economic trends were partially behind the slower pace of expansion.
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Saudi Crowdfunding Platform Funding Souq Raises $2.5M In Seed Capital
Saudi-based crowdfunding platform Funding Souq said that it has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round, bringing its total funding so far to $2.82 million.The latest funding round was led by angel investors, including the Partner at 500 Global Amal Dokhan, Omar Aljeraisi, Christian Kunz, and existing investors Partner at STV Mazin Alzaidi, Musaab Hakami, and IslamicFinanceGuru.
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Shams and Funding Souq collaborate
In keeping with their strategic alliance, Funding Souq (FS) and Sharjah Media City (Shams) have raised approximately Dh10 million through a special programme intended to lend to approved small- and medium-sized entrepreneurs and projects associated with Shams. To further support the expanding business community, the initiative is anticipated to reach Dh35 million in the near future. The programme’s 100th loan was distributed this year.
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Saudi-based Funding Souq raises $2.5 million Seed
Founded in 2020 by Martin Jaouni, Funding Souq connects investors with SMEs looking to raise funding with ticket sizes ranging between $20,00-150,000, enabling investors to get more exposure to SME lending and realise an internal rate of return (IRR) of 20 per cent. he funding will go towards developing more synergies between the company's network of debt investors and family offices and banks to launch new Shariah-compliant fintech products, with plans to expand its regional presence.
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Risk Disclosure

Business financing exposes your capital to risks, particularly in case of early-stage businesses. The risk of default can result in the loss of all or part of your investment, incur costs or delays in being paid. Each financing facility will have a finance contract, entered into between the business, the investor and Funding Souq, acting as investors’ Investment Agent. Funding Souq does not provide transfer of loan facility and businesses are not allowed to seek financing on other crowdfunding platforms during the commitment period.

Funding Souq will have no financial interest in any of the prospects and it will not advertise businesses outside its platform. The use of credit cards is not allowed for Retail investors and all investors should generally be aware that the use of borrowed capital poses an even greater risk. The risk and credit assessment provided by Funding Souq is only a guideline and you will need to evaluate the creditworthiness of the underlying business. As compared to Retail clients, Professional Clients (categorised as such, under the DFSA Rules) will qualify for preferential pro-rata investing allocation through auto investing facility. For additional information on risks and credit assessment, please click here.

Funding Souq Ltd. is regulated by the DFSA under license number F005822 and operates an Islamic Window. Details of its Shariah Supervisory Board (SSB) are available on its web-site and details of frequency and manner of Shariah Reviews are available on request. Funding Souq maintains a segregated client money account with Emirates NBD in Dubai. All client money and funds from Islamic Window operations are kept in this non-interest bearing account.

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