Capital raising, debt, real estate finance and M&A for Dubai's businesses, developers and investors.
Matchpoint Partners provides capital raising services in Dubai — arranging equity, debt, mezzanine and structured capital for businesses, developers and funds, with a partner in the room from origination to close.
Dubai is core to our coverage: we connect local sponsors and founders to a global base of 5,000+ investors and lenders, finance real estate and data-centre projects, execute M&A, and bring international capital into UAE opportunities.
Recent mandates. Partner-led transactions include a USD 400m Shariah-compliant private equity fund placement, a €220m European real-estate fund, a USD 50m healthcare Series-D growth raise and a USD 320m development project financing. See the case studies →
Development finance in Dubai is shaped by the off-plan sales model and the escrow regime that sits behind it. Buyer collections are held in project escrow accounts and released against construction progress, so a developer’s funding plan has to reconcile three moving parts: equity at the land stage, debt or mezzanine through construction, and pre-sales receipts that arrive on the escrow’s timetable rather than the contractor’s. We structure development finance around those realities — sizing facilities against the cash genuinely available to build, not headline sales figures.
Land is where most Dubai capital structures begin, and where the equity burden is heaviest. We arrange land acquisition finance and pre-development bridge capital for developers buying plots from master-developers or in private transactions, and we help established developers monetise existing landbanks — releasing equity from unencumbered plots to fund the next phase rather than letting it sit idle. Our guide to land acquisition finance in Dubai sets out the structures, security packages and sponsor contributions lenders typically expect at this stage.
Between launch and handover, unsold stock and contracted receivables are working assets, not idle ones. Bulk inventory sales convert blocks of completed or near-complete units into institutional liquidity in a single negotiated transaction, while receivables & PDC-backed financing brings forward collections already contracted from buyers. Dubai is also the natural base for regional capital raising: many of our cross-border mandates — into Saudi Arabia, India and beyond — are originated, structured and placed from here.
What we do in Dubai
Direct answers for Dubai founders, developers, boards and family businesses facing a specific capital or transaction constraint.
A corporate-finance adviser can diagnose why the request was declined, repair the information pack and compare bank debt, private credit, asset-backed finance, structured capital or equity. The next route should follow the company's cash flow, security, leverage and use of funds.
Prepare: The bank's feedback, current facilities, security schedule, financial model, use of funds and outstanding diligence items.
Define the transaction and screen investors using sector, stage, geography, cheque size, instrument, governance appetite, portfolio evidence and relationship route. Prepare source-linked materials and approve the target universe and communications before outreach.
Prepare: Mandate brief, investor criteria, financial model, investor presentation, diligence index and target-selection evidence.
Reconcile land ownership, approvals, development budget, programme, sales and collections, escrow position, sponsor equity, remaining cost, facility need, security and repayment route. Present the information through one model and one source-linked underwriting pack.
Prepare: Title and corporate documents, approvals, cost report, programme, valuation, sales schedule, escrow statements and monthly cash flow.
A blended capital stack can be assessed where senior debt alone does not meet the requirement. Compare total cost, cash interest, security, covenants, intercreditor terms, dilution, governance, distribution priority and exit under consistent downside cases.
Prepare: Senior debt terms, funding gap, security availability, cap table, forecast, downside sensitivities and shareholder control limits.
Define the percentage, valuation expectations, governance, future funding, management role, reserved matters, liquidity objective and buyer or investor criteria. Prepare the financial evidence, commercial narrative and diligence materials before confidential outreach.
Prepare: Normalised financials, cap table, valuation analysis, shareholder objectives, management plan, contracts and data-room index.
Matchpoint supports eligible Dubai and cross-border M&A mandates through transaction preparation, valuation analysis, buyer or target mapping, controlled outreach, diligence coordination, bid or term comparison and negotiation support, subject to mandate fit and written engagement.
Prepare: Transaction perimeter, shareholder or board objective, financials, valuation context, timetable and known counterparties.
Matchpoint arranges equity, debt, mezzanine and structured capital for Dubai businesses, developers and funds — from growth and project financing to real estate finance and fund placement — connecting clients to a curated base of 5,000+ investors and lenders, partner-led from origination to close.
Matchpoint provides investment banking advisory in Dubai — capital raising, M&A and debt advisory — as a partner-led boutique advisory firm, not a licensed or deposit-taking bank. See our investment banking advisory in Dubai page.
Yes — land acquisition finance, project finance, mezzanine, bulk-inventory sales and JV structuring for Dubai developers and master-developers.
Matchpoint is licensed in the UAE with active coverage in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and cross-border deal activity across KSA, India, the UK and the US.
Off-plan collections sit in project escrow accounts and are released against construction progress, so pre-sales cannot simply substitute for funding. Lenders size facilities around the escrow release profile, and a well-structured capital stack bridges the gap between sales momentum and the cash actually available to build.
Yes — bulk inventory sales place blocks of completed or near-complete units with institutional buyers in a single negotiated transaction, and receivables financing advances cash against contracted post-dated-cheque collections. Both convert balance-sheet assets into liquidity for land, construction or deleveraging without discounting the retail sales channel.
Matchpoint undertakes real-estate finance mandates from USD 5m upwards, spanning land acquisition, construction facilities, mezzanine, bulk inventory sales, receivables financing and refinancing, subject to structure, evidence and sponsor commitment.
Engagements ordinarily combine a retainer with a success fee. Terms are agreed in writing before work begins and calibrated to the mandate’s size, scope and complexity.
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.
Tell us what you're trying to finance. A partner will respond personally — typically within one business day.
Select transactions across sectors, geographies and capital structures.
Deal Region UAE
Deal Size $320m
Deal Region UAE
Deal Size $200m
Deal Region Dubai
Deal Size $300m
Deal Region Dubai
Deal Size $190m
