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Beehive P2P Limited

Fast, flexible, Sharia-compliant SME finance connecting GCC businesses with investors

Founded 2014SubsidiaryDIFC Innovation Hub, Level 1, Gate Avenue – South Zone, Dubai, UAE, Dubai51-200 employeesbeehive.ae
AcquiredProspect profileP2P lendingSME financeDFSA-regulatedfinteche& enterpriseSharia-compliant
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Overview

Beehive is a Dubai-based, DFSA-regulated digital peer-to-peer lending platform that connects SME borrowers across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman with individual and institutional investors, offering both conventional and Sharia-compliant financing. Launched in 2014, it was the first P2P lending platform in the MENA region authorised by the Dubai Financial Services Authority. In 2023 Abu Dhabi-headquartered e& enterprise (part of telecom group e&) acquired a 63.3% majority stake for roughly $23.6 million, and Beehive now operates as an e& enterprise company. As of mid-2025 the platform had cumulatively facilitated over USD 1 billion in SME funding.
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Operating Status
Acquired
Company Type
Subsidiary
Headquarters
DIFC Innovation Hub, Level 1, Gate Avenue – South Zone, Dubai, UAE
Founded
2014
Company Size
51-200 employees
Website
beehive.ae
Founders
Yousef H. Al Dabbagh

Products & Services

Business Funding (Term Finance)

SME term loan/business funding product for growth capital

Working Capital Finance

Short-term SME working capital financing

Capital Guarantee

Investor-facing capital guarantee/protection program

Islamic Finance (Sharia Compliant Investment)

Shariah-compliant SME financing option, certified by Shariah Review Bureau

Beehive Oman (CMA-regulated crowdfunding platform)

Oman market SME crowdfunding/lending platform launched Jan 2023

Themar (SAMA-regulated, Saudi Arabia)

Saudi debt crowdfunding platform, majority-acquired by Beehive in 2026 to serve the Saudi SME market

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Technology

Tech stack

Cloud-based digital lending platformDistributed Ledger Technology (DLT)Artificial Intelligence (AI) for fraud/risk detectionUAE Trade Connect (UTC) integration for real-time invoice fraud and duplicate-financing detection

Financials

Funding rounds

Projects

PartnershipAnnounced

Beehive, Future Fund Oman, and Sohar International Launch SME Lending Portfolio

Beehive partnered with Future Fund Oman and Sohar International Bank to launch a dedicated SME lending portfolio in Oman, having already deployed over OMR 7.1 million to Omani SMEs; offers funding decisions within two weeks.

Nov 10, 2025

Partnership/Merger agreementAnnounced

Beehive and Themar Join Forces to Transform SME Financing in Saudi Arabia

Beehive signed a non-binding offer letter with Themar, a SAMA-licensed crowdfunding platform, as a precursor to the later completed acquisition.

Sep 18, 2025

AcquisitionCompleted

e& enterprise acquires majority stake in Beehive

e& enterprise (Abu Dhabi) acquired a 61-69% majority stake in Beehive for a reported $35 million enterprise value, via cash injection and purchase of existing shares. Declared immaterial to e& group's consolidated results and not a related-party transaction; e& enterprise's second FinTech venture after UAE Trade Connect (2021).

$35M

May 4, 2023

AcquisitionCompleted

Beehive completes majority stake acquisition of Saudi debt crowdfunding platform Themar

Beehive Group Holdings completed acquisition of a majority stake in Themar Al Aamal (a SAMA-regulated Saudi debt crowdfunding platform), converting its existing Saudi presence (since 2020) into a fully regulated local platform. Deal value not disclosed. Follows a September 2025 non-binding offer letter.

Jul 1, 2026

Milestone/Project launchAnnounced

Beehive hits USD 1 Billion in SME funding, accelerating growth across the GCC

Beehive announced it had underwritten over $1 billion cumulative in SME funding across the GCC region since its 2014 founding.

$1.0B

May 29, 2025

PartnershipCompleted

Beehive joins UAE Trade Connect (UTC) for fraud detection

Beehive joined the UAE Trade Connect blockchain/DLT platform (also an e& enterprise FinTech venture) to enable real-time detection of fraudulent/suspicious invoices and mitigate duplicate-financing risk against bank invoices, as part of its broader tech platform upgrade covering cloud infrastructure, DLT, and AI.

Dec 7, 2023

PartnershipAnnounced

Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund for SMEs partners with Beehive

Dubai SME's Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund partnered with Beehive to support startup and SME financing, building on their earlier co-investment relationship dating to Beehive's 2017 Series A round.

Nov 9, 2022

Project LaunchCompleted

Beehive launches CMA-regulated crowdfunding platform in Oman

Beehive officially launched its Capital Market Authority (CMA)-regulated crowdfunding platform in Oman, expanding its regional footprint beyond the UAE.

Jan 17, 2023

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