SkillBridge Arabia — Investor Overview

$32.56B

Saudi F&B market 2026

850K

F&B expat workers in KSA

$67M

Serviceable market

Month 4/10

Break-even (cash/loaded)

The Problem

A broken system that costs everyone
SAR 1,500 at a time

Employers

Unprepared workers from Day 1

2 to 4 weeks remedial onboarding per hire
Language barrier with every Saudi customer
40% turnover within 90 days for untrained staff
No way to verify skills before the worker arrives

SAR 1,500+ onboarding cost per hire

Workers

No preparation, no leverage, no path

Arrive with no formal café or hospitality skills
Cannot speak Arabic or understand Saudi culture
No certification means lower starting wage
No career path without recognised credentials

Earn 50 to 100% less than certified peers

Agencies

Failed placements destroy margins

Worker fails — agency pays to recruit again
No training product to differentiate on quality
Client complaints persist with every cohort
No quality assurance before submission

SAR 1,500 to 3,000 per failed placement

Financial Projections

Honest, dual-view financials.
Positive in both scenarios.

Year 1 — Cash Basis (Founders Deferred)

Metric	Value
Revenue	SAR 825,000
Direct OpEx	SAR 124,000
Founder salaries	SAR 0 (deferred)
EBITDA	SAR 701,000
EBITDA margin	85%
Break-even	Month 4

Year 1 — Fully Loaded (Market Rate Salaries)

Metric	Value
Revenue	SAR 825,000
Direct OpEx	SAR 124,000
Founder salaries	SAR 450,000 (market)
EBITDA	SAR 251,000
EBITDA margin	30%
Break-even	Month 10

Note: Most seed-stage SaaS companies show negative EBITDA when fully loaded. Positive SAR 251,000 at market rates demonstrates genuine unit economics — a Low-CAC channel distribution model that works. Founder salaries will be drawn from Year 2 revenue as B2B contracts scale.

Three-Year Projection

Metric	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Workers trained	1,000	5,000	15,000
B2B clients	30 (~1% KSA cafés)	100	300 (~7% KSA cafés)
Revenue (SAR)	825,000	3,750,000	11,250,000
EBITDA margin	85%	78%	72%
Pilot-to-contract rate	60% (min 50 workers/yr)	65%	70%

The Key Insight

Churn becomes revenue.
The Succession Training model.

The subscription is paid per position, not per person. Saudi F&B turnover is 40% per quarter. Every time a worker leaves, the café needs a new certified replacement. High workforce turnover is not a churn risk — it is the engine of perpetual recurring revenue.

Unfair Advantages

Three moats.
Hard to replicate.

🇸🇦

Regulatory Lock-in

Saudi Arabia is moving toward mandatory hospitality certifications for all frontline F&B staff by 2027 under the Quality of Life Program. When compliance becomes mandatory, we stop being a nice-to-have and become a necessity.

HRDF · TVTC · MHRSD aligned

🌏

Origin Country Network

Exclusive agency partnerships in Dhaka, Mumbai and Kathmandu take years of trust to build. Once agencies standardise on SkillBridge, switching costs are high. 500K+ workers departing to GCC annually through our network.

BD · IN · NP agency network confirmed

🏆

Content Certification

SCA-aligned curriculum, SFDA compliance, MHRSD recognition — certification relationships take 6 to 12 months minimum. We are building them now. A competitor starts 12 months behind.

SCA · SFDA · QR-verified credentials

Traction

Built and launching.
Not a concept.

✅

Live platform — app.skillbridgearabia.com — 4 certified tracks, AI coach, QR certificates

Live

✅

AI video presenter — bilingual English and Arabic — 12-lesson barista track in production

Building

✅

Agencies from Bangladesh, India and Nepal physically confirmed — pilot active

Active

✅

Tech co-founder joining — product build underway

Active

✅

TalentLMS platform subscribed and configured

Live

🔄

TVTC approval — Saudi government certification pathway initiated

In progress

🔄

HRDF eligibility — government funding pathway identified

In progress

The Investment

SAR 375,000.
15% equity.

40%

SAR 150,000 — Content production and AI video

All 12 lessons across 4 tracks, HeyGen Creator, Vimeo, training manager

25%

SAR 94,000 — Marketing and agency acquisition

LinkedIn outreach, agency pilot incentives, Gulfood presence, referral programme

20%

SAR 75,000 — Platform and technology

TalentLMS, employer dashboard API, certificate engine, mobile optimisation

15%

SAR 56,000 — Legal, operations, working capital

Lebanese entity operations, Saudi CR, TVTC application, corporate bank account

Month 4/10

Break-even (cash/loaded)

500

Workers Year 1

B2B clients first 6 months

8×–12×

Year 3 ROI for investor

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Building the GCC's most skilled
frontline workforce.

Investor Access

A broken system that costs everyone
SAR 1,500 at a time

Unprepared workers from Day 1

No preparation, no leverage, no path

Failed placements destroy margins

Honest, dual-view financials.
Positive in both scenarios.

Churn becomes revenue.
The Succession Training model.

Three moats.
Hard to replicate.

Built and launching.
Not a concept.

SAR 375,000.
15% equity.

Interested in investing?

Building the GCC's most skilledfrontline workforce.

Investor Access

A broken system that costs everyoneSAR 1,500 at a time

Unprepared workers from Day 1

No preparation, no leverage, no path

Failed placements destroy margins

Honest, dual-view financials.Positive in both scenarios.

Churn becomes revenue.The Succession Training model.

Three moats.Hard to replicate.

Built and launching.Not a concept.

SAR 375,000.15% equity.

Interested in investing?

Building the GCC's most skilled
frontline workforce.

A broken system that costs everyone
SAR 1,500 at a time

Honest, dual-view financials.
Positive in both scenarios.

Churn becomes revenue.
The Succession Training model.

Three moats.
Hard to replicate.

Built and launching.
Not a concept.

SAR 375,000.
15% equity.