The Investors Arena at the Biban Forum 2025, hosted by the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority of Saudi Arabia (Monsha’at), was vibrant with 37 investment interest proposals registered.
These proposals amounted to SAR7.4 million ($1.97 million) and were channeled to 13 fintech startups.
The interest in the investment was the result of a number of live presentations made by the companies to a panel of investors and experts, which highlights the dynamism of the Kingdom’s investment environment and the maturity of the participating business models.
One of the major events of Biban was the Investors Arena, which is an interactive area to unite entrepreneurs and investors.
It also allows facilitating on-the-spot meetings with funding opportunities and strategic partnerships, allowing companies to demonstrate innovative solutions, learn market trends, and improve their expansion strategies.
On the second day of the Biban Forum 2025, which took place under the theme of “Global Destination for Opportunities,” 21 agreements and memoranda of understanding were signed, and five supporting and enabling initiatives were launched.
These strong collaborations are indicative of the belief held by different entities in empowering the SMEs and promoting entrepreneurship, and this is in line with the Saudi Vision 2030 goals of diversifying the economy by increasing innovation and sustainable growth.
The contracts also highlight the fact that Monsha’at’s determination to give a holistic and enabling atmosphere to entrepreneurship.
These initiatives enable the Kingdom to emerge as an international entrepreneurship and investment destination due to the diversification of its national economy and promotion of innovation.
Today, the second day of the Biban Forum 2025 featured a dialogue session addressing the topic “Manufacturing the Future: How Industrial Development Fuels Vision 2030.”
The session brought attention to the significance of industrial development to enhance economic growth and the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 through facilitating sustainable investments and innovative financing solutions that can help to create a diversified and sustainable economy.
In the session, the Supervisor General of Industrial Transformation at the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Sultan M Almusallam, shed light on the fertile environment that Saudi Arabia has, which increases the chances of investing in industrial enterprises because of the high levels of services and modern technological advancements that foster industrial transformation.
He also highlighted that Saudi Arabia places much emphasis on the support of industrial entrepreneurs through encouraging them with an attractive and stimulating environment, with reference to training programs aimed at empowering and equipping them to be able to lead their projects successfully, as envisioned by Saudi Vision 2030.
According to international entrepreneurs who attended the Biban Forum 2025, the event has become a hub of innovators and startups globally as a result of an integrated ecosystem that combines investment opportunities, supportive regulations, and a favorable environment to grow and expand.
They have observed that the entrepreneurship environment in the Kingdom is undergoing a qualitative shift due to the influence of the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monsha’at), which is establishing the startup environment and allowing businesses to gain access to regional and global markets with specific programs and initiatives.
