RIYADH, 16 February 2026: Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC) has announced the launch of Aian, a proprietary intelligence platform designed to strengthen its role as a market maker within Saudi Arabia’s private capital ecosystem. The platform represents a strategic step toward enhancing transparency, data integrity, and informed decision-making as the Kingdom’s private capital market continues to expand.
Aian is an internally developed AI-driven market intelligence capability built using Saudi national expertise. The platform transforms SVC’s extensive private market data and institutional knowledge into structured insights on market dynamics, sector development, and capital formation trends. By consolidating historical knowledge with real-time market signals, Aian enables decision-making that reflects both current conditions and long-term market evolution.
Nora Alsarhan, Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer at SVC, said the initiative reflects the growing importance of data-driven clarity in scaling private capital markets. She noted that as Saudi Arabia’s investment ecosystem matures, reliable insight becomes as critical as access to capital itself. According to Alsarhan, Aian strengthens institutional confidence by enabling evidence-based investment decisions and supporting sustainable market growth aligned with the objectives of Vision 2030.
She added that market making extends beyond capital deployment to shaping efficient capital flows through intelligence-led decision frameworks. Aian is positioned as a foundational data capability that allows SVC to better understand market activity, respond with precision, and guide capital formation through validated insights rather than assumptions.
Athary Almubarak, Chief Strategy Officer at SVC, highlighted that access to reliable information has become a defining challenge in private capital markets, particularly in emerging and rapidly scaling economies where transaction reporting remains fragmented. He noted that inconsistent data limits allocation efficiency and can constrain the ability of Development Finance Institutions to mobilize private investment at scale.
By integrating proprietary portfolio data with selected external market sources, Aian continuously consolidates and validates market activity. The platform creates an evolving representation of private capital deployment, offering a more accurate view of market behavior over time and reinforcing SVC’s mandate to address structural market inefficiencies while supporting long-term ecosystem development.
Aian marks a significant step in strengthening Saudi Arabia’s private capital infrastructure, positioning intelligence and data transparency as central pillars in the next phase of market growth.
