Buyout PE
Gulf Capital
Gulf Capital acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Dubai, UAE. It states a focus on financial services, healthcare & life sciences, business & professional services and consumer & retail.
Stated investment criteria
What Gulf Capital says it buys
Read from Gulf Capital’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.
A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by Gulf Capital to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.
Regulatory record
How Gulf Capital is registered
From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.
| Adviser status | Exempt reporting adviser |
| Regulatory assets under management | Not reported by an ERA |
| Private funds advised | 2 · $815m gross |
| SEC adviser number | CRD 334869 |
An exempt reporting adviser is not required to report regulatory assets under management, so the blank above means the question was not asked rather than that the answer is unknown. Where a figure exists it is the gross asset value of the private funds the firm advises, which is a different and usually larger measure.
Portfolio
Disclosed holdings
Companies Gulf Capital lists on its own website. 15 carry a stated investment year.
| Company | Invested | Years held | Recorded transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metito Holdings | 2006 | 20 | — |
| Gulf Marine Services | 2008 | 18 | — |
| Metamed | 2009 | 17 | — |
| Chef Middle East | 2013 | 13 | — |
| Kuiper | 2013 | 13 | — |
| Middle East Glass | 2014 | 12 | — |
| Sporter.com | 2016 | 10 | — |
| Accumed | 2018 | 8 | — |
| Geidea | 2019 | 7 | — |
| Medica | 2019 | 7 | — |
| ART Fertility | 2020 | 6 | — |
| Cedar White Bradley | 2020 | 6 | — |
| Eclat | 2020 | 6 | — |
| Hansei | 2020 | 6 | — |
| Vezeeta | 2020 | 6 | — |
| Adesgroup | — | — | — |
| Amanahealthcare | — | — | — |
| Amiral | — | — | — |
| Antaraliving | — | — | — |
| Classicfashionapparel | — | — | — |
| Cwbip | — | — | — |
| Destinations of the World | — | — | — |
| Eclathealth | — | — | — |
| Evolvence | — | — | — |
| Gmsplc | — | — | — |
| Group Cho | — | — | — |
| Hanseisolutions | — | — | — |
| Isonbpo | — | — | — |
| Ivivf | — | — | — |
| Kuiper Group | — | — | — |
| Limited Partners | — | — | — |
| Medicagroup | — | — | — |
| Meg | — | — | — |
| Metamedco | — | — | — |
| Metito | — | — | — |
| Olivegroup | — | — | — |
| Santechture | — | — | — |
| Sesrent | — | — | — |
| Sporter | — | — | — |
| Thegalleria | — | — | — |
| Turk | — | — | — |
| Waternet | — | — | — |
Compiled from Gulf Capital’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.
Recorded transactions
Buying and selling
Deals in which Gulf Capital is named as buyer or seller in the transaction archive. 1 recorded exit, most recently in 2018.
| Company | Side | Counterparty | Year | Consideration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destinations Of The World (DOTW) | Sold | Webjet | 2018 | $173m |
Compiled from a transaction archive of 10,204 recorded deals. Most private transactions are never disclosed, so this is a sample of a firm’s activity rather than a complete record of it.
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