Overview
If you run an SME anywhere in the GCC, here’s what Beehive spent Q2 doing for businesses like yours. We are regulated in KSA now, backed more SMEs than ever, and kept building the kind of company SME community actually want to work with. Here’s what that looked like, in numbers and milestones.
More SMEs funded
We continued to expand our support for SMEs across the region:
0+ SMEs
funded to date
in total funding facilitated
Behind every one of those numbers is a real business: one that hired someone, opened a new branch, or shipped a bigger order, because the funding came through when it needed to.
*These numbers are cumulative for the Beehive group since inception.
Expanding our regional presence
Strengthening our position in Saudi Arabia
This quarter, we completed a majority acquisition of Themar, Saudi Arabia’s SAMA-regulated debt crowdfunding platform. That makes Beehive the first digital SME financing platform regulated across the UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. It’s a real step toward Vision 2030’s SME goals, and toward funding businesses in the Kingdom faster.
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Building the future of private credit
We also announced a partnership with ZIGChain to explore on-chain infrastructure for private credit. It’s early-stage work aimed at making private credit markets more transparent and easier to access.
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Engaging with Oman’s SME community
Our Oman team participated in the Dealmakers and Partnerships Forum, an event that brought together investors, entrepreneurs and SMEs to explore strategic opportunities that support sustainable economic growth and align with Oman Vision 2040.
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Investing in tomorrow’s talent
Our HR team headed to the University of Birmingham careers fair this quarter, meeting students who’ll shape the region’s next businesses and telling them what it’s actually like to work at Beehive.
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On air: talking SME funding with Peter Tavener
CEO and Co-founder Peter Tavener joined Starting Up with Virtuzone on Dubai Eye 103.8 FM this quarter, talking SME funding, private credit, and what it actually takes to build a business that lasts in the Gulf.
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Speaking at ZIGChain Summit 2026
Our CEO and Co-Founder, Peter Tavener, is taking the stage at ZIGChain Summit 2026, building on the partnership we announced this quarter. Over 11 years, we've funded AED 5.43 billion for SMEs across the Gulf. Real numbers, from real businesses.
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Engaging with Oman’s SME community
Our Oman team participated in the Dealmakers and Partnerships Forum, an event that brought together investors, entrepreneurs and SMEs to explore strategic opportunities that support sustainable economic growth and align with Oman Vision 2040.
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Technology is driving faster, smarter funding
During Q1 2026, we focused on enhancing execution across the financing lifecycle, emphasising speed, reliability, and control.
Key developments included:
Strengthening integrations with AECB and Emirates NBD, improving data accuracy and decisioning efficiency
Expanding automation across credit assessment, qualification, and financing workflows, reducing manual intervention and improving turnaround times
Enhancing reporting capabilities to improve visibility, consistency, and decision support across operations
Reinforcing governance, access controls, and compliance frameworks to ensure strong oversight and operational discipline
These improvements reinforce our ability to support SMEs consistently, in a structured, controlled manner.
Industry presence & thought leadership
We continued to engage actively with SMEs and institutional stakeholders across key regional forums.
Forbes Middle East Top Advisors & Investors Summit
Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival
Samail Economic Forum III
These engagements continue to reinforce our commitment to staying closely connected to the needs of SMEs across the region.
Continuity, Resilience, and Support for SME Growth
Beehive remains committed to supporting SMEs with consistency, resilience, and responsible execution across all areas of financing. Our focus continues to be on ensuring reliability, trust, and operational strength in every interaction with the businesses we serve.
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In the UAE, Beehive P2P Limited, an e& enterprise company, is regulated by the DFSA. In Oman, Beehive Financial Technology SPC is regulated by the FSA. Beehive in KSA is registered as ‘Beehive Saudi for Technology & Information Systems’
