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Tamara, The Saudi Buy Now Pay Later Startup Closes $6M in Seed Funding led by Impact46
Riyadh, KSA – 20 January 2021: Tamara, the Saudi-based Buy-Now-Pay-Later pioneer, announced the closing of a $6M (SAR 22.5M) Seed round investment led by Impact46. The round is considered the largest Seed in Saudi Arabia and involved leading local and regional investors including Vision Ventures, Wealth Well, Seedra, Khwarizmi, Hala, and Nama, in addition to multiple family offices. This funding round aims to back Tamara’s growth and operations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Tamara has been rapidly growing since joining SAMA’s Fintech Sandbox and operating officially in the Kingdom. The fintech startup was granted a sandbox licence of BNPL (Buy-Now-Pay-Later) as the first of its kind in the Saudi market.
As a young startup, Tamara prospered in collaborating with leading merchants in the region and earned their trust in a relatively short period of time. Leading regional brands (such as Namshi, Whites, Floward, Saif Gallery, Toys R us in addition to the biggest E-commerce enablers: Salla and Zid) have successfully incorporated Tamara’s creative solution.
Since its founding by serial entrepreneur Abdulmajeed Alsukhan and his partners Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Albabtain, who came with valuable experience at leading global companies, Tamara established itself as the next big player in the region. The three founders fueled the company’s growth by expanding across borders (establishing offices in Germany, UAE, and Vietnam) and by maintaining a diverse business culture in its headquarters located in the Kingdom.
“We enable merchants to grow their sales and entice their customers with our Buy-Now-Pay-Later and installment services that do not include any fees the customer has to pay. We strongly believe Tamara will be a game-changer for both merchants and customers. It will positively re-shape the purchasing power in the market”, said Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, Tamara’s Co-founder & CEO.
Abdulaziz Alomran, CEO of Impact46, Added: “The Fintech market is expected to reach $33B in transaction value by 2023. We believe that Buy Now Pay Later is an untapped area in this huge market, and we are proud to support the Saudi pioneers leading Tamara who will surely play a major role in the transformation and future of financial services in KSA & GCC.”
About Tamara:
Tamara is ِthe first Buy Now Pay Later startup in Saudi Arabia. The company was founded in early 2020 and was the first to acquire a license by SAMA in it’s category at the time. Tamara now operates in both KSA and UAE with two main products: “Pay in 30 days” and “Pay in 3 installments”. Tamara has four offices in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Vietnam and Germany.
About Impact46:
Impact46 is a CMA authorized assets management and advisory focused on alternative investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia. The fund focuses on supporting local disruptive technologies across sectors and seeks to play the role of a catalyst to help prepare them for the next stage. With a team of diverse expertise in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, from angel investing, working with incubators, accelerators, and being entrepreneurs themselves, the team believes in a value add approach to their investments.
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