“Can a Shariah-compliant digital investing platform evolve into a global Islamic financial services ecosystem spanning investing, real estate, and banking?”
Founded 2015 as a Shariah-compliant robo-adviser for retail Muslim investors, Wahed has expanded from automated portfolios into halal ETFs (HLAL, UMMA, KWIN), pensions, ventures/crowdfunding, and US fractional real estate. Public statements indicate ambitions toward digital Islamic banking, though core product remains regulated investment management with WealthKernel as UK custodian.
Wahed Invest discloses WealthKernel (UK custodian) as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Wahed Invest does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through WealthKernel (UK custodian).
Wahed Invest moves money over ACH.
Wahed Invest's lending and capital products are provided by Wahed Invest LLC (in-house).
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Wahed Invest's stack: Money movement (ACH); Banking / BaaS (WealthKernel (UK custodian)); Lending (Wahed Invest LLC (in-house) and Internal facility agreement to Wahed Real Estate Series 1 LLC (intercompany financing for real estate fund)).
Wahed Invest was founded by Junaid Wahedna and is founded in 2015, headquartered in New York, NY, United States.
Wahed Invest has raised $115M in total (latest round: Series B (led by Saudi Aramco's Wa'ed Ventures, $25M)).
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