Cross-border growth capital, M&A and private credit linking India with the GCC and UK.
Matchpoint advises Indian businesses, promoters and funds on cross-border capital raising, M&A and private credit — connecting them to GCC, UK and global investors and lenders.
We also help international investors access Indian growth opportunities, with a partner leading each mandate end to end.
The India–Gulf corridor runs in both directions. Indian corporates and promoters increasingly look to the UAE and the wider GCC for growth capital, acquisition finance and long-term institutional partners, while Gulf sovereign investors, family groups and private capital allocators seek considered exposure to Indian growth. Matchpoint works that corridor from its Dubai base, running partner-led corporate finance mandates that connect Indian businesses with Gulf balance sheets — typically equity raises of USD 5m–300m — and that bring GCC investors to credible, well-prepared Indian counterparties.
Cross-border structuring into and out of India must respect Indian exchange-control rules, including the frameworks that govern foreign investment and external commercial borrowings. Matchpoint does not give legal or tax advice; we work alongside the client’s own counsel so that the commercial structure — onshore equity, offshore holding-company financing or structured private credit of USD 10m–500m+ — is designed around those constraints from the outset rather than retro-fitted after terms are agreed. Promoter and holdco-level financing is a particular focus of the practice, examined in our research note on promoter & holdco financing.
For Indian fund managers, the Gulf has become one of the most consequential LP markets anywhere. Sovereign wealth funds, family offices and institutional allocators across the UAE and Saudi Arabia are building long-term India programmes, and a credible local introduction matters as much as the track record itself. Our fund placement practice supports India-focused PE and VC managers raising USD 50m–1bn+ from Gulf LPs — positioning, pre-marketing and a disciplined process. Our UAE private capital handbook sets out how this investor base is organised.
Exits complete the picture. Indian promoters weighing a full or partial sale — to a strategic acquirer, a private equity buyer or a Gulf investor seeking control or significant minority positions — benefit from a competitive, well-sequenced process run across both markets at once. Our M&A practice manages that process end to end, from valuation and positioning through diligence to completion, with transactions typically closing in 4–9 months. A partner leads every mandate personally, on both the Indian and the Gulf side of the table.
What we do for India
Yes — cross-border capital raising and M&A between India, the UAE, KSA and the UK is core to our practice.
Yes — connecting Indian businesses with Gulf equity and credit investors is core to our practice. Structures must respect Indian exchange-control rules, so we work alongside your counsel to design a route — onshore or via an offshore holding company — that investors can execute cleanly.
Yes. We arrange financing at the promoter and holding-company level — structured credit, mezzanine and minority equity solutions — where group-level liquidity is needed without diluting the operating business. Each structure is designed with the client’s legal and tax advisers from the outset.
Yes — we place India-focused PE and VC funds, typically USD 50m–1bn+, with sovereign wealth funds, family offices and institutional allocators across the UAE and wider GCC, managing positioning, pre-marketing and the process through to close.
Most capital-raising mandates reach a first term sheet within 30–90 days, depending on diligence readiness and the complexity of the cross-border structure. M&A transactions typically take 4–9 months from engagement to completion.
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 30–90 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.
