Sirdab raises $10M Series A co-led by Elm and BECO to expand across the GCC
The profitable YC W23 logistics platform takes SAR 37.5M from a listed PIF digital champion and a regional VC, with Y Combinator, COTU and D Global in the round.
RIYADH By Hannaan Kirmani
SAR 37.5M
Sirdab
Saudi Arabia Logistics
Co-leads Elm, BECO Capital
Also Y Combinator, COTU Ventures, D Global Ventures
A profitable Saudi logistics-infrastructure company taking a strategic from Elm, a listed PIF digital champion, plus regional VC plus a YC halo. That is the template for a 2026 Saudi round.
Source: Wamda ↗
RIYADH — Sirdab has raised a $10M (SAR 37.5M) Series A co-led by Elm, the PIF-backed listed digital company, and BECO Capital, with Y Combinator, COTU Ventures and D Global Ventures participating. Wamda reports the warehousing-and-transport orchestration platform, founded in 2022 by Naif Alzahri and Abdulrahman Alnamlah, serves more than 850 business customers and is already profitable.
A profitable Series A is rare anywhere. A profitable Saudi logistics-infrastructure company taking a strategic cheque from a listed PIF champion, alongside regional venture money and a YC halo, is the template for what a 2026 Saudi round looks like.
What it prices in: Elm is buying a position in the software layer of the Kingdom’s supply chain, and BECO is buying a company that does not need the next round to survive. Logistics was MENA’s second-largest sector by funding in the first half of 2026; this is the kind of company that made it so.
Will it work? Expansion across the GCC is the stated use of funds. The test is whether a Saudi-built orchestration layer wins in the UAE against incumbents with their own warehouses. Profitability at home gives Sirdab the luxury of finding out slowly.
Source: Wamda
Source: Wamda ↗
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