We build businesses they can't afford to ignore.
We guide founders, owners, and operators in building companies that counterparties compete for. Not through luck. Not through timing. Through a framework built for this region.
- 85% of MENA exits are acquisitions, not IPOs
- 50+ regional deals analyzed
- 6 stages, one framework
Why this exists
It started with a founder sitting across from me.
He was struggling to raise his next round. Money was drying up. So we shifted the conversation: instead of investors, what about buyers?
We pulled up a due diligence checklist. And that is when the problems surfaced. Financial management? Messy. Audits? Incomplete. Burn rate? Too high. Tech infrastructure? Fragile. The gaps were everywhere.
Here is what kept me up that night: these gaps do not appear overnight. They accumulate over years. And by the time a founder realizes they need options, there is no runway left to build them.
Most founders think about their options when they are desperate. By then, it is too late. But the founders who built readiness early, even from year three? They had options. They had leverage. They had buyers competing for them.
Nobody was teaching this. Not in one place. Not for emerging markets. So we built it.
The team
20 years across nine ventures in emerging markets. Georgetown University faculty.
Runs the finance-as-a-service function end to end, from Foundation to Strategic.
Board-level finance leadership for growth-stage and pre-transaction clients.
CFO strategy, board packs, and investor and DD advisory for Growth and Strategic tier clients.
Exited entrepreneurs and M&A professionals who validated the framework and continue to challenge it.
Practitioners who deliver the workshop and cohort programs to founders across the region.
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