THE MIDDLE EAST’S
33. Beehive
Description: SME-focused digital finance solutions provider
Headquarters: UAE
Date of Establishment: 2014
Founder: Craig Moore
The SME funding platform operates across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. As of April 2026, it had more than 20,000 registered users and had served over 3,000 SMEs, disbursing more than $1.4 billion in financing. In June 2026, it acquired a majority stake in Saudi debt-crowdfunding platform Themar to expand into Saudi Arabia. In 2025, it secured $136 million in SME lending funding from Goldman Sachs and Magellan Capital and was appointed to manage the Future Fund Oman SME funding portfolio. e& enterprise, which acquired a 63.3% stake in Beehive in 2023, remains its majority shareholder. Founder Craig Moore stepped down as CEO in 2025 and was succeeded by Peter Tavener.