Corporates taking minority stakes, JVs or platform investments for commercial advantage.
Image · Strategic & Corporate InvestorsStrategic and corporate investors take equity for commercial as well as financial reasons — market access, technology, supply chain or platform building. Matchpoint identifies and approaches strategic investors who add value beyond capital.
As part of our Equity practice, Matchpoint Partners has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions across four continents — and every equity mandate is led by a partner, from first call to close.
Strategic investors are corporates that take equity stakes for commercial as well as financial reasons — market access, technology, supply-chain control or platform building. The right strategic partner brings distribution, credibility and capability alongside capital, and can accelerate a company's entry into new markets.
Matchpoint Partners identifies and approaches strategic investors whose objectives align with yours, structuring minority stakes, joint ventures and platform investments that protect your optionality while unlocking commercial value.
Representative equity mandates led by Matchpoint partners.
Project capital raise — equity & debt for a named UAE project.
Equity raise across six projects; private credit in parallel.
Series-D raise for a tertiary healthcare hospital group.
Growth financing for a battery-technology venture.
Growth financing for a UAE technology venture.
Growth financing for a UAE retail business.
Original, data-driven research from our team, relevant to this area.
It can bring distribution, technology, credibility and market access alongside capital.
Often yes; we structure terms that protect your optionality.
Strategic investors value a business on what it is worth to them — including synergies, market access and technology — rather than on stand-alone financial returns alone. This can support a higher price than purely financial investors will offer, but it also ties value to the commercial relationship that follows.
The main risks of strategic investment are loss of optionality and information leakage: a corporate shareholder may deter rival partners or acquirers, and gains insight into your business. These risks are managed through carefully negotiated information rights, non-compete boundaries and provisions that preserve a competitive future sale process.
Before accepting a corporate investor, negotiate the scope of information rights, board representation, any commercial agreements attached to the investment, rights of first refusal and what happens on exit. The aim is to capture the commercial upside of the partnership without ceding control of your strategic options or eventual sale.
Matchpoint prepares your equity story and investor materials, maps your raise against a curated base of PE funds, family offices, SWFs, VCs and strategic investors, and runs the process to close. Typical equity tickets range from USD 5m to USD 300m.
Venture capital funds early-stage, high-growth companies (seed to Series C) for minority equity, while private equity backs more established businesses via growth equity, buy-outs or minority stakes. We raise both, matching the investor to your stage and sector.
Yes. We support founders from MVP traction through growth rounds — building the pitch, model and go-to-market narrative, then introducing the company to seed and growth-stage investors across MENA and India.
Matchpoint works primarily on a success fee, with a modest retainer to cover execution. Fees are 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, depending on diligence readiness and structure; closing follows once terms are agreed.
A short, confidential scoping call and NDA; we structure the requirement and prepare materials, then run a competitive process across our 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, and negotiate to close — with a partner leading at every step.
Matchpoint Partners is based in the UAE and runs cross-border mandates across the UAE, KSA, India and the UK, with active deal activity in wider Europe, Singapore and the United States.
Matchpoint has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions, with equity tickets typically USD 5m–300m, debt USD 10m–500m+, real estate finance USD 20m–500m+, and fund placements for funds of USD 50m–1bn+.
Use the enquiry form, email ck.adya@matchpoint-partners.com, or call/WhatsApp +971 52 345 1119. Every mandate is led by a partner from the very first conversation.
Yes. Matchpoint runs discreet, confidential processes and discloses client identities only under a signed non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
Tell us your requirement and a partner will respond personally.
