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Invest and Grow

Achieve up to 15% Yearly Income through Sharia-Compliant Small Business Finance.

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How it works
  • Choose your Investment Settings
    Select an Auto-investing strategy or choose to invest manually.
  • Deposit & Invest
    Deposit funds and start investing.
  • Re-invest your repayments
    To maximize your returns, activate Auto-investing.
Auto-investing
Balanced Auto-investing
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13%-15% p.a.
Finance a range of creditworthy businesses to build a balanced portfolio. Our system will limit your investment per business to just 10% of your total portfolio.
Balanced Auto-investing is designed for investors who aim to achieve the highest possible returns from the available opportunities.
Receive and reinvest your monthly repayments to boost your returns up to 15% per year.
Conservative Auto-investing
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10% p.a.
Our system will limit your investment per business to just 5% of your total portfolio. This would decrease the probability of loss but also decrease your potential return as the investing process will take longer.
Conservative Auto-investing is designed for investors whose priority is capital preservation as opposed to making the most of all available opportunities.
Receive and reinvest your monthly repayments to boost your returns up to 10% per year.
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Invested Funds
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Investment Period
Years
Balanced Auto-investing
Conservative Auto-investing
Invested Amount
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Annual Net Yield
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Total Return
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Total Cash Return
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Real Estate
Stock Market
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High Yield Sukuk or Bonds
Target Net Returns 15% p.a 8% p.a 9.4% p.a 6% p.a
Time to Double Your Investment 4.8 Years 9 Years 7.7 Years 12 Years
Regular Monthly Income
Low Correlation to Other Asset Classes
Who Can Invest in Funding Souq?
Individual Investor
Individuals can invest up to AED 180,000 per calendar year and AED 18,000 in any one business. These limits are set by our regulator.
Professional Investor
Professional investors have no cap as to what they can invest. To be classified as a professional investor you need to prove that your net worth exceeds $1m.
Corporate Investor
Companies that register as investors are classified as Corporate Investors. These investors can be classified as Retail or Professional Clients depending on their financial situation.
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Shariah Compliance
At Funding Souq, our core values revolve around offering investment and borrowing opportunities that align with the principles of Shariah. We attained our certification from Dar Al Sharia which is 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 Local 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.

Freight Move Logistics,CEO

Tinil Mukkalitharayil Markose
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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.

Pansoft Technologies,CEO

Mohammed Nazim Shaikh
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Frequently Asked Questions

Funding Souq is a crowdfunding platform that connects established businesses with investors. The platform uses technology to connect both parties through the principle of crowdfunding, - i.e. raising small amounts of funds from many individuals.

Yes, Funding Souq is committed to offering investment and borrowing opportunities that align with the principles of Shariah. We are certified by Dar Al Sharia, a subsidiary of Dubai Islamic Bank. To view our Sharia certificated you can click here.

Step into a world where profits, security, and SME growth go hand in hand. Our platform provides data-backed investments, diverse opportunities, and a nurturing environment for small and medium enterprises.

Empowering Investors with Intelligent Solutions!

1. Monthly Passive Income: Discover smart investing with monthly repayments, offering you a steady passive income. with options for automated investment, helping to maximize your returns. 

2.  Investing For All: making it easy, accessible, and exciting fo everyone!

3. Diverse Opportunities: Gain exclusive access to attractive markets in the UAE, KSA. Our platform connects you to a variety of diverse investment opportunities.

4. Data-Driven Decisions: Make smarter investment choices with our data-driven approach to assessing SME lending risks and enhancing credit model performance.

Supporting SMEs Towards Unprecedented Growth!

1.  Quick Funding Approval: With our 3-day funding approval process, take your first step towards securing your business growth.

2. Affordable, Customized Rates: We offer competitive, customized rates tailored to your needs, supporting your business's growth with affordable financial solutions. 

3. Hassle-free Approach: No need to open a bank account. 
Choose Funding Souq for smart investment and empowered growth.

Funding Souq has the best in breed security features such as encryption, identity and access management, and network security. These features are applied across the whole platform from the holding of data, application access, web communications, and back office operations. We are committed to implement and continuously improve security-aware software development, operational management, and threat-mitigation practices that are essential to the strong protection of services and data.

The platform acts as a marketplace for investors looking to invest their money and businesses seeking funding. Investors can register on the website and if approved they will be allowed to deposit funds onto the platform or invest in businesses directly. As the businesses repay, the investor can choose whether to re-invest or withdraw their funds. Businesses seeking to borrow funds can go through the registration process and, if successful, will be asked to provide supporting documents. Once received, Funding Souq will conduct extensive due diligence on the underlying business and in turn either approve or reject the financing request. If approved, a fundraising campaign will be launched, and approved investors will have the option to finance the request. Conditional to the finance request being fully funded, the funds will be released and sent to the business. Funding Souq will manage the repayment process and facilitate installments made by the borrowers to the corresponding investors.

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