New Delhi, July 2 -- 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 percent of all private investment into Saudi Arabia during 2025, according to SVC, the state-backed vehicle established in 2018 to develop the country's startup and private equity ecosystem. By comparison, the domestic share of private market investment has steadily declined as a proportion of the total, not because Saudi ...