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SaaS Financing Portfolio

MRR/ARR-based financing across GCC and Global SaaS companies Β·

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10 Portfolio Companies Β· SAR 230M Total Deployed
5 companies Β· SAR 88M deployed
Portfolio ARR
SAR 376M

Annual Recurring Revenue

since last month

Avg Net Revenue Retention
120%

Expansion-led growth

since last month

Avg Rule of 40
67

Portfolio health: Strong

since last month

Avg Monthly Churn
2.20%

Portfolio avg monthly churn rate

since last month

ARR Portfolio Trend

GCCGlobal

8-quarter cumulative ARR growth (SAR M) β€” both regions always shown for comparison

ARR by Company

GCC Region

Annual Recurring Revenue per portfolio company (SAR M), sorted descending

Capital Deployed by Financing Instrument

IOTA capital deployed (SAR M) per instrument type β€” filtered by selected region

Company Phase Distribution

Portfolio companies by SaaS growth phase β€” filtered by selected region

Phase 1

Pre-Launch

0 cos.

SAR 0M ARR

Phase 2

Early Growth

1 cos.

SAR 31M ARR

Phase 3

Scale-up

3 cos.

SAR 180M ARR

Phase 4

Mature

1 cos.

SAR 165M ARR


Phase 1: Pre-launch Β |Β Phase 2: Early growth (seeking PMF) Β |Β Phase 3: Scale-up Β |Β Phase 4: Mature / expansion-stage

Portfolio Detail

5 companies Β· SAR 88M deployed
CompanyCountrySectorStageARR (SAR M)MoM GrowthChurn / moNRRLTV:CACRule of 40FinancingDeployed (M)Status

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦ Salla

Saudi Arabia

eCommerce SaaS

Series B

45

+8.2%

2.1%

118%

4.2x

68Equity (VC)

12

Active

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦ Foodics

Saudi Arabia

Restaurant Tech SaaS

Series C

82

+6.4%

1.8%

124%

3.9x

71Revenue-Based

18

Active

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦ Tamara

Saudi Arabia

BNPL & Payments SaaS

Series C

165

+4.1%

3.2%

112%

3.1x

55Venture Debt

35

Active

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦ Lean Technologies

Saudi Arabia

Open Banking API

Series A

31

+14.3%

1.4%

132%

5.1x

82Equity (VC)

8

Active

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ Paymob

UAE

Payment Infrastructure

Series B

53

+9.1%

2.5%

115%

3.6x

61Growth Capital

15

Active

ARR for Global companies converted to SAR at 1 USD = 3.75 SAR. All figures are illustrative portfolio placeholders pending live system integration.

SaaS Financing Metrics Reference

Key KPIs used by lenders and investors to evaluate SaaS financing eligibility and portfolio health

Rule of 40

Revenue growth rate + profit margin. A score β‰₯40 signals a healthy SaaS business balancing growth and efficiency.

β‰₯ 60

Exceptional

40–59

Adequate

< 40

Needs attention

Net Revenue Retention (NRR)

Revenue retained from existing customers after churn, contraction, and expansion. Above 100% means existing customers are growing.

β‰₯ 130%

Exceptional expansion

110–129%

Strong retention

100–109%

Adequate

< 100%

Net contraction

LTV : CAC Ratio

Customer Lifetime Value divided by Customer Acquisition Cost. Measures the efficiency and sustainability of the growth model.

β‰₯ 5x

Excellent unit economics

3–4.9x

Healthy

2–2.9x

Borderline

< 2x

Unsustainable

Monthly Churn Rate

Percentage of MRR lost from existing customers each month. Even small improvements compound significantly over time.

≀ 1% / mo

Best-in-class

1–2.5% / mo

Acceptable

> 2.5% / mo

High risk

ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue)

The normalised annual value of all active subscriptions. Primary sizing metric for SaaS financing eligibility and multiples.

> SAR 150M

Scale-up ready

30–150M

Growth stage

< 30M

Early growth

MoM MRR Growth

Month-over-month percentage increase in Monthly Recurring Revenue. A leading indicator of ARR trajectory.

> 10% / mo

Hypergrowth (T2D3 pace)

5–10% / mo

Strong growth

< 5% / mo

Steady / maturing

Forward ARR Projections

Current ARR vs Q4'26 projected β€” quarterly compound growth from MoM MRR rate Β· GCC Region

CompanyCurrent ARRQ1 '26Q2 '26Q3 '26Q4 '26YoY Growth

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦

Salla

45M57M72M91M115M+156%

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦

Foodics

82M99M119M143M172M+110%

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦

Tamara

165M186M210M237M267M+62%

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦

Lean Technologies

31M45M65M94M136M+339%

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ

Paymob

53M69M90M117M152M+187%

Projections derived from compound MoM MRR growth, capped at 45% quarterly. Figures are model-based estimates. ARR in SAR M.

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