Corporate finance advisory, end to end

To raise USD 10 million in Dubai, approach boutique corporate finance advisers such as Matchpoint Partners, private-credit funds, GCC family offices and growth-equity investors; bulge-bracket banks rarely lead raises of this size. The right mix depends on your profile: a cash-generative company can screen UAE banks, private-credit funds and family offices for secured or structured debt, while a growth company screens growth equity, sector-focused private equity, strategic investors and family offices. Prepare a three-statement model, use-of-funds schedule, valuation, investor deck and data room first. Matchpoint runs Dubai raises of USD 5m to 100m from 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, typically reaching a first term sheet in about 30 days, subject to mandate fit, diligence, applicable regulation and a formal engagement.

Raise debt if your business is cash-generative or asset-backed and you want to avoid dilution; raise equity if you are early-stage, high-growth or need patient capital and partners rather than repayments. Most mid-market raises end up blending the two. The decision turns on cash flow, the security you can offer, appetite for dilution and the use of funds. Matchpoint Partners models both routes against your numbers and recommends the mix before you approach the market, advising on equity from USD 5m to 300m and debt from USD 10m to 500m and above, subject to mandate fit, diligence, applicable regulation and a formal engagement.

For a mid-market UAE raise or sale, a partner-led boutique with genuine investor access usually serves better than a bulge-bracket bank, whose economics favour billion-dollar deals, or a broker who only makes introductions. Look for a firm that scopes the right capital route, builds institutional-grade materials, runs a real process and has a partner in the room throughout. Matchpoint Partners is a Business Bay boutique whose partners have originated and led over USD 2 billion of transactions across eight sectors, with 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, subject to mandate fit, diligence, applicable regulation and a formal engagement.

It covers raising and structuring capital (equity and debt), buying or selling businesses (M&A), and placing funds with investors. Matchpoint advises on all of these as an independent, partner-led firm.

CEOs, CFOs and founders, real estate developers, family offices, private credit and PE funds, and institutional investors across the UAE, KSA, India and the UK.

A boutique gives you partner attention rather than a junior team: the senior banker who wins the mandate runs it to close. Matchpoint is independent — no lending book or products to push — so advice is shaped only by what gets your transaction done well.

Equity raises typically run USD 5m–300m, debt USD 10m–500m+, and M&A transactions USD 25m–500m+. Across these, Matchpoint partners have originated and led $2+ billion of transactions, with a live pipeline of $5.0 billion in active mandates.

Yes — cross-border work is core to the firm. Matchpoint connects businesses and investors across the UAE, KSA, India and the UK, drawing on 5,000+ investor and lender relationships to move capital between the GCC, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Primarily a success fee with a modest retainer, agreed in writing up front and scaled to the size and complexity of the transaction — with no hidden costs.

Most mandates reach a first term sheet within 30 days (M&A typically 4–9 months to close), depending on diligence readiness and structure.

A short, confidential scoping call and NDA; we structure the requirement, prepare materials, run a competitive process across our 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, and negotiate to close — with a partner leading throughout.