KADIR: How a Halal bakery raised tens of thousands of euros a week with Eyevestor
When Kadir Ahmed wanted to start his own bakery, he soon ran into a problem: traditional financing did not fit his vision. Kadir wanted to do everything according to the principles of Islamic Finance, so without interest. What he needed was a platform that enables equity-based financing.
From dream to bakery
Kadir’s specialises in Halal snacks, from sausage rolls to bapao. But before anything could be baked, construction had to begin. Literally.
Kadir used Eyevestor to shape his campaign and to involve his community in the process.
Every week, he shared vlogs from the floor. How the bakery was built from scratch. Who was working on it. What was happening. That transparency created trust, and that trust led to funding.
"For us, it was a win-win situation. Thanks to the videos, we saw funding coming in. At one point, we were bringing in tens of thousands of euros per week from LinkedIn posts alone." - Kadir Ahmed, founder of Kadir’s
Funding is a sport
"As an entrepreneur, you are sometimes naive about everything involved, but raising funding is truly a high-performance sport."
Fortunately, Kadir was not alone. From the first contact to the closing of the campaign, the Eyevestor team was involved. Kadir describes the personal contact and the guidance as essential for the success.
The campaign was more than just raising money. It became a marketing machine and a community builder at the same time.
The bank of the future
"If you have a healthy dose of common sense, a vision, willpower, and a great platform like Eyevestor, then you can take over the role of a bank."
Kadir’s bakery is now up and running. With people, machines, production, and customers.
Concrete proof of how entrepreneurs can chart their own course through sharefunding. Without traditional banks and while maintaining their principles.
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