Venture capital, venture debt and fund placement for startups and the venture ecosystem.
Image · Innovation EconomyMatchpoint serves the innovation economy — high-growth startups and the funds that back them. We arrange venture capital and venture debt for founders, and place venture and growth funds with institutional investors, connecting the ecosystem’s companies and capital.
Matchpoint Partners advises innovation economy clients across the UAE, wider GCC, India and the United Kingdom, as part of $2+ billion of transactions led personally by our partners, from first call to close.
A real Matchpoint mandate. The client identity is redacted and disclosed only under a signed NDA.
The situation. An early-stage venture manager was raising its first institutional fund and needed to reach limited partners willing to back a Fund I — among the hardest mandates in fund placement.
What we did. Matchpoint acted as placement adviser, positioning the manager and the strategy and introducing the fund to institutional investors suited to early-stage venture risk.
The outcome. The manager advanced its Fund I raise with an institutional-grade placement process behind it.
Genuinely executed Matchpoint mandates. Client identities are redacted and disclosed only under a signed NDA.
Fund I placement for an early-stage venture manager.
Venture debt for a revenue-positive digital-banking SaaS platform.
Growth financing for a UAE technology venture.
High-growth startups seeking venture capital or venture debt, and venture and growth-equity funds seeking institutional placement — the companies and the capital of the venture ecosystem.
Yes. Matchpoint has placed early-stage venture funds, including Fund I mandates, alongside later-vintage growth funds.
Twenty-two sectors across five groups: real estate, infrastructure and data centres; oil and gas, power and utilities, renewable energy, metals and mining and chemicals; industrials, business services, transportation and maritime; consumer and retail, food and beverage, healthcare and sports; and technology, media and telecom, the innovation economy, financial institutions, financial sponsors and the public sector.
Many sector pages carry a genuinely executed Matchpoint transaction, with client identities redacted and disclosed only under NDA. Where we are building named coverage, the page sets out our senior sector credentials and transferable capability honestly, rather than overstating a track record.
Practice areas describe what we do — equity, debt, M&A, alternatives and execution. Industries describe who we serve. Most mandates combine both: a sector view and the right capital product.
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 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.
