06 / SECTOR

Fintech

Payments, embedded finance and infrastructure for regulated financial products.

Licences and rails compound. The group builds infrastructure that other regulated businesses rent rather than consumer apps that need constant acquisition spend.

Companies: 3
Countries: 2
Combined headcount: 109

Companies in Fintech

Dirham RailsReady to MarketPayment infrastructure for regulated lenders in the Gulf.
Noor PaymentsOperating CompaniesCard acquiring and settlement for 2,300 merchants in the UAE.
TabarakInvestmentsEmbedded insurance for e-commerce checkouts in Egypt and the Levant.

What we look for in Fintech

01
Licence or sponsored access in at least one GCC market
02
Settlement volumes the group's own companies can add to
03
Unit economics that survive interchange compression