London, UK – Channel Digital and its regulated manager Channel Capital Advisors, has announced numerous significant initiatives relating to its business in the Gulf (GCC) region, including the completion of several capital raises and deployments to companies in the UAE linked to the innovation economy and specialty finance.
GCC firms are facing a $250 billion funding gap (A.T. Kearney) today with bank balance sheet commitments often less than 10pct to support local businesses.
Channel has supported innovation economy firms in the GCC since 2017 and has deployed cumulative funding of more than $1 billion to high growth companies and fintechs. During the pandemic period, we also announced the completion of several new products including Sharia-complaint structures for our clients. In late 2024 and into this year, we have continued with the previously announced Corniche strategy to support entrepreneurial firms in the technology, gig and green economies. We have also signed and are developing other GCC specific mandates to deliver capital to these sectors focused exclusively on the GCC region. Our international investors welcome well-structured investments within their portfolio designed to increase diversification and reduce correlation to other fixed income assets.
Our deployment in the GCC has focused so far on the innovation economy including firms specifically operating in the technology space including AI solutions, global brand management, distribution and fintech. We announced last year our involvement in supporting FlapKap, an exciting ADGM based fintech, funding UAE SMEs with revenue based capital and open banking analytics. We have also signed other innovation economy and specialty finance mandates in the region so far this year.
Channel’s team including Walt Gontarek (CEO) and Bilal Ahmed (Investor Relations) are visiting our stakeholders in the region over the coming weeks, including the ADGM/DealCatalyst Global Private Credit Conference (ADGM Authorities Building, Abu Dhabi), FT Future of Asset Management Event (Ritz Carlton – Grand Canal Abu Dhabi) and the IFN Redmoney Investor Event at Sky View, Dubai. Please reach out to arrange a meeting with us!
Channel is making waves in the Gulf!
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