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Buildnow: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.

buildnow.sa LinkedIn Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11-50 employees
Business Development Credit Lending B2B
Total raised
$16.5M
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
Feb 2025

Buildnow has raised $16.5M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $10.0M announced in Feb 2025.

That round is below the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Buildnow Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$16.5M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$10.0M in Feb 2025
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Latest funding round on record: Feb 2025.

Buildnow Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$10.0M
Undisclosed round
$6.5M

Buildnow raised $6.5M in an undisclosed round announced in Mar 2024.

11 months later, an undisclosed round of $10.0M was announced in Feb 2025.

Buildnow Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Hisham Alsaleh
Founder
Locked
Rahat Dewan
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Buildnow team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Buildnow Funding Compared to Other Financial Services Startups

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Median round

Buildnow's latest round of $10.0M is below the median round in Financial Services. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Buildnow Funding FAQs

What does Buildnow do?

BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.

How much funding has Buildnow raised?

Buildnow has raised $16.5M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $10.0M announced in Feb 2025.

When did Buildnow last raise funding?

Buildnow's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $10.0M, announced in Feb 2025.

Who founded Buildnow?

FundedIQ lists Hisham Alsaleh (Founder), Rahat Dewan (Founder) at Buildnow.

Where is Buildnow headquartered?

Buildnow is based in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

How many employees does Buildnow have?

Buildnow is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Buildnow's funding compare to other Financial Services startups?

Buildnow's latest round of $10.0M is below the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies on FundedIQ across 5,745 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Buildnow Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Buildnow is left off this page rather than filled in.

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