Introductions to All Active Institutional and Family Office LPs in the Middle East
In cooperation with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the International Trade Administration, the U.S. Embassies in Riyadh, Kuwait City, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat, the Gracia Group led seven Private Equity, Venture Capital and Real Estate certified trade missions to the Middle East from 2013 to 2019.
Personal introductions to leading MENA investors
For those contemplating an outreach effort in the Middle East, the Virtual Missions provide an opportunity to be in touch with the same Middle Eastern LPs (more than 100) who have joined our past trade missions, but via a private, customized approach. This product is priced competitively with an un-screened database of leads, but includes an introduction to active LP allocators in the GCC with whom we've worked for years.
Our in person trade missions put GPs directly in touch with LPs in Saudi Arabia and throughout the region. Click to see more photos.
To whom will you be introduced?
During previous missions we met senior representatives from ten of the twelve largest sovereign funds (excluding Qatar and Bahrain, where we did not stop), all of the active large pension funds and institutions, and dozens of family offices, including those representing senior royal family members. The virtual mission introduces you to them all.
Our contacts are the product of nearly 20 years work in the region as an advisor to ultra high net worth families, to the Saudi Royal Court, and to regional ambassadors and government officials. We also analyzed available databases and other public sources, and over the course of several years of research, meetings, and calls, identified additional active allocators to private equity, venture capital and real estate funds. Our LPs also reflect the new landscape in Saudi Arabia and the region after recent major changes.
With the help of U.S. embassies, we assembled over seven years what we believe to be the most up-to-date list of active Middle Eastern allocators to private equity, venture capital and real estate anywhere.
Each year we select a maximum of ten GPs. If you've been approved, you can reserve below now. If you have any questions, please send an email to: cgracia@graciagroup.com
If you’re looking to begin or build upon your network of LPs in the Middle East, the virtual road show provides an ideal way to do so during the age of coronavirus. Includes three months of strategy and support.
Led by Chad Gracia and based upon years of formal PE and VC trade missions, we introduce managers virtually to the same screened LPs we have met at the homes of US ambassadors and ballrooms throughout the region since 2013. Photos, testimonials and more are at our website.
Ten managers will be selected to be included in our briefing book to more than 100 active LPs in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE and Oman. The program is open to all managers globally.
You will have access to an updated database of all the active allocators we have introduced you to, including updated emails and phone numbers. (There has been at least a 25% staff turnover since the last mission in 2019.)
A GCC LP Backgrounder with information on each LP (with their permission), sharing investing goals, ticket sizes, and more.
A 1-hour online seminar with our legal team King & Spalding about navigating the cultural and other nuances of capital raising in the GCC.
A pre and post strategy call with Chad Gracia about which LPs to approach, how to conduct follow up and information about arranging both virtual and in person meetings.
Most important, by joining the mission you will have one year of updates and email support where we will answer any questions and provide important information about the region and particular allocators that will help you in your marketing efforts.
If you’d like to be introduced to active LP allocators throughout the Middle East to build your regional investor base, this program may be for you. Despite global uncertainties and the pandemic, many of our LPs — from whom we’ve raised more than $1Bn for our clients — are still allocating. We’d love to have you as part of the delegation.