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15 - 16 September 2026
St. Regis, Downtown Dubai

The Premier Gathering for International Private Capital in the Middle East

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For Allocators and Managers who Invest in Local and International Alternatives

Strategic capital deployment in the Middle East requires deep regional intelligence and a foundation of trust. ALTInvest provides the private setting for the quality conversations and qualified connections that informed investment requires.

We bring together 200+ leading family offices, institutional allocators, and alternative investment managers who are deploying capital across private markets, both regionally and internationally.

Built around a series of private boardrooms, educational masterclasses and one-to-one meetings, alongside a main stage of investment experts, ALTInvest allows allocators and managers to address the complexities of putting capital to work, understand where the real opportunities lie across private markets today, and build the relationships required to act on them.

Our 2026 Speakers Included: 

  • Abdullah Shahin

    Founding Partner, Olive Rock Partners 

  • Dr. Ahmed Mansour

    Chief Executive Officer, Private Department of H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalid Al Nahyan 

  • Yazan Abdeen

    Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management, Al Ramz PJSC 

  • Sohail Lalani

    Managing Director, GP Strategic Capital, Blue Owl Capital 

  • Sara Al-Ateeqi

    CEO, Al Mal Investment Company & Founder, The Wealth Edit 

  • Lucy Gazmararian

    Founder & Managing Partner, Token Bay Capital 

  • Hazem Abu Khalaf

    Managing Director, Private Equity & Growth Investments, Gulf Capital

  • Tammer Qaddumi

    Co-Founder and General Partner, VentureSouq 

  • Marc Hambach

    Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, Investbridge Capital 

  • Nicholas Paillart

    Managing Partner and CEO, Liberte Capital 

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  • "A beautifully curated event addressing the pertinent topics of the time across a panel of relevant and interesting stakeholders. A professional and well organized event evenly distributed between content and networking - a rare and precious combination."

    Liberte Capital

  • "A platform that I see adds a lot value to investors in the region. The event stands apart with the quality of participation and organization, personal and impactful, time well utilised."

    Nisus Finance

  • "Excellent curation, high-quality capital, and genuinely thoughtful conversations. A strong start to what is clearly becoming a serious investment ecosystem. Looking forward to what’s next."

    Onix Investment Management

  • "FutureFunds stands out for its substance. The discussions were highly curated, commercially relevant, and grounded in how capital is actually raised and governed in the Middle East. A valuable forum for anyone focused on building institutional-grade investment platforms in the region."

    Own Gold

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  • "Keep up the good work. The quality of attendees was top notch and the time allocated to the event was just about right."

    Sidra Capital

  • "Loved the event given it gave us an opportunity to widen our network."

    Pool Investments

  • "One of the best LP - GP conferences I have attended in UAE. Meticulously planned - flowing insightful conversations - curated participant - that’s perfect receptive for success."

    Agna Capital

  • "The quality of the curation, the pace of the agenda, and the intention behind each session made the experience both efficient and genuinely valuable."

    GSA Ventures

  • "The experience was great from the beginning. Very good speakers, great attendees and a perfect atmosphere to enjoy."

    Quantmatic Capital

The FutureFunds Difference

The Only Private Markets Forum Dedicated to Fund Excellence

FutureFunds is the only private markets forum in the GCC dedicated exclusively to fund managers. The practitioners building, structuring and scaling the investment vehicles that are reshaping regional capital. Every session, every introduction and every conversation is designed around one question: what does it actually take to build an institutional-grade fund in this market?

An Agenda Built by the Network, for the Network

Before we write a single session, we conduct in-depth research interviews across the ME-IN community. The agenda you experience on the day reflects what the GCC's most active managers are actually grappling with. You also select your own boardrooms, masterclasses and one-to-one meetings in advance so the day you have is the day you planned, not the one that was handed to you.

World-Class Insights from Global and Regional Experts

Every session at FutureFunds is designed to move from observation to application. Main stage debates, private boardrooms and LP-only masterclasses are led by the allocators and managers making the decisions being discussed, not commentators on them. You leave with specific, applicable intelligence on the asset classes, geographies and deployment questions that are most relevant to your firm.

Future Funds 27 In Numbers

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Who’s in the room 

The people driving the GCC’s fund industry. 

 
 

Fund managers

CIOs, CFOs, COOs, heads of investor relations and partners from private equity, venture, credit, real assets and hedge funds. 

Allocators

Family offices, sovereign wealth funds and institutions looking to work with the region’s fund managers. 

Regulators and financial centres

The authorities shaping how funds are structured, licensed and run across the GCC and internationally. 

Specialist partners

Fund administrators, law firms, technology and data providers who support the fund lifecycle. 

A Snapshot of Who Joined Us in 2026:

BlackRock Tikehau Capital G42 Al Fardan Corporation National Bonds Corporation Hanwha Life Insurance First Abu Dhabi Bank Al-Fozan Holding Gulf Islamic Investments International Venture Investments Holding The Family Office Company OIKOS Wazir Holdings JMH International Al Muhaidib BlackRock Tikehau Capital G42 Al Fardan Corporation National Bonds Corporation Hanwha Life Insurance First Abu Dhabi Bank Al-Fozan Holding Gulf Islamic Investments International Venture Investments Holding The Family Office Company OIKOS Wazir Holdings JMH International Al Muhaidib
Al Serkal Group DUTCO Adams Street Partners Sidra Capital Fiera Capital Aras Partners Silver Peak Capital Halkin Investments Bouaziz SFO Addepar RPD Fund Management Ocean Park Investments Redwood Heritage Al Nahdha Investment Al Serkal Group DUTCO Adams Street Partners Sidra Capital Fiera Capital Aras Partners Silver Peak Capital Halkin Investments Bouaziz SFO Addepar RPD Fund Management Ocean Park Investments Redwood Heritage Al Nahdha Investment

Thank You To The ALTInvest 26 Partners
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Sponsor ALTInvest 27

What we’ll cover at Future Funds 2027 

    • What Gulf sovereigns, institutions and family offices want from managers in 2027 

    • Securing anchor investors, and the terms they press hardest on 

    • Standing out against global names through co-investment, SMAs and pipeline access 

    • Finding the right allocators for your strategy, and the intermediaries worth working with 

    • Domestic fund structures and semi liquid products for private wealth 

    • NAV loans, GP facilities and fund financing 

    • Shari’a compliant vehicles that open new pools of Gulf wealth 

    • GP stakes: pricing, partners and the right moment to sell 

    • Returning capital when IPO windows disappoint 

    • GP and LP led secondaries and continuation vehicles 

    • Strategic buyers and the region’s evolving exit routes 

    • How a year of geopolitical turbulence has reshaped LP allocation 

    • Operating across ADGM, DIFC, QFC and Saudi Arabia: licensing, cost and duplication 

    • ADGM and DIFC reforms and what they mean for existing structures 

    • Marketing across the GCC without a passporting regime 

    • Operational resilience and cyber security under rising regulatory scrutiny 

    • Build, buy or outsource: what belongs in house 

    • The institutional tech stack allocators expect to see 

    • AI in practice across fundraising, investor relations and reporting 

    • Building lean, high performing operations teams 

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Introducing the Future Funds
Innovation Day. 

An afternoon for LPs and GPs to discover, compare and evaluate the technology shaping how funds operate. 

The right technology is fast becoming a fund’s competitive edge. Choosing which providers to work with, what to keep in house, what to outsource and how to put AI to work are now some of the most important decisions a manager makes. 

Our Future Funds Innovation Day brings 50 LPs and GPs together to benchmark the latest technology funds are using across private markets, and to meet and evaluate the most forward thinking fund innovations side by side, in small peer groups. 

  • Discover the fund technology and services shaping private markets. 

  • Benchmark your stack against your peers. 

  • Evaluate providers side by side in small LP and GP groups. 

The afternoon closes with the Future Funds Sunset Social, open to all attendees. 

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Future Funds Passes

  • Allocator Pass

    Complimentary, subject to approval 

    Single and multi family offices, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, endowments, fund of funds and corporate investors. 

    Apply

  • Fund Manager Pass

    Complimentary, subject to approval 

    GPs, asset managers, hedge funds, venture capital and private capital funds. 

    Apply

  • Service Provider Pass

    US$1,499 Early Bird Rate $999 until December 4th  

    Fund administrators, law firms, banks and custodians, prime brokers, technology providers, accountants and advisers. 

    Purchase

2026 Video Recap

Meet the funds while they are making the decisions.

Future Funds puts your team in front of the CFOs, COOs and partners who choose administrators, auditors, legal counsel, technology and data providers. We work with a small number of partners each year, so your presence is felt rather than diluted. Every partnership is built around your commercial goals, with a real role on the agenda or at Innovation Day, and extends across the wider ME-IN network through 2027. 

Establish Brand Authority

Influence the conversation

Meet the right people

Build lasting relationships

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