Capital Eye
THE MENA GATEWAY
Brief Presentation
Private & Confidential
www.capital-eye.com info@capital-eye.com
Table of Contents
MISSION, CONCEPT & PRINCIPLES 2-5
Our Service Offerings & Target Market 6-12
Capital Eye Kuwait Operations 13-21
CAPITAL EYE – MISSION
To provide Single-Window Facility to investors for
various investment opportunities and products.
To act as a Super-market for financial intermediation
An EYE to sophisticated investors on lucrative private equity
opportunities in MENA.
To become a private equity hunter arm for leading investment
companies and a MENA gateway.
Bringing regional investors together
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CAPITAL EYE – BUSINESS CONCEPT
Capital Eye, MENA Gateway is a new business concept
to bridge the perceived quality gap in the Middle East
North Africa (MENA) Region for top of the line
business, financial and investment advisory services.
Since its conceptualization in 2009, Capital Eye has
attracted professionals who share the core values and
vision with the right combination of ingenuity,
creativity, integrity and an entrepreneurial mindset.
The Capital Eye team brings a wealth of experience
drawn from international and regional markets with a
healthy past track record in investment banking,
financial advisory, investment advisory, private equity,
management consulting and business development
across various industry sectors.
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CAPITAL EYE – FOUNDING PILLARS
• Capital Eye’s founding principle is based on independence which helps us
provide services purely based on merits of a business case and leaves us free
Pillar I to keep our client’s interest first and foremost.
• The ability to tap our network of investors and investment companies across
the MENA region is our core strength.
Pillar II
• Each business has a very unique need depending on the industry, business
model, geographic region and customers it serve. We have an extensive team
of client relations to provide customized solutions tailored to client’s
Pillar III requirements.
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Mission, Concept & Principles 2-5
OUR SERVICE OFFERINGS & TARGET MARKET 6-12
Capital Eye Kuwait Operations 13-21
OUR SERVICE OFFERINGS
• Capital Sourcing
Investment Banking Services
• Strategic Financial Advice
• Sell Side Advisory Services
Investment Advisory Services
• Buy Side Advisory Services
• Business Valuations & Fairness Opinions
• M&A Advisory
Transaction Advisory Services
• IPO & Pre-IPO Offerings
• Due Diligence
• For New Businesses
Business Advisory Services • For Existing Business
• Restructuring & Workouts
Professional Training Services
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TARGET MARKET - Key Statistics Market
Nominal Per
Cap of
Indicators Area Population GDP Inflation Capita
Stock
Growth GDP
Exchanges
Average Average
Units Sq. KM. Millions 2000-08 2000-08 USD USD Billion
Algeria 2,381,741 34.37 15.2% 3.2% 4,959 0.09
Bahrain 750 0.78 13.4% 1.7% 28,240 16.31
Egypt 1,002,000 81.53 6.6% 8.1% 2,031 91.75
Palestinian Territories 6,220 3.88 NM NM NM 2.38
Iran 1,628,750 73.31 16.4% 15.1% 9,825 58.70
Iraq 438,317 30.10 4.4% 26.7% 788 2.77
Jordan 89,342 6.14 12.2% 4.8% 3,466 31.76
KSA 2,149,690 25.20 12.0% 2.0% 18,555 318.80
Kuwait 17,818 2.92 19.6% 2.1% 54,152 95.50
Lebanon 10,452 4.19 6.9% 3.3% 6,797 12.84
Libya 1,759,540 6.29 11.3% 6.4% 14,430 0.04
Morocco 446,550 31.61 11.2% 2.0% 2,740 67.84
Oman 309,500 2.79 13.2% 2.6% 18,879 23.71
Qatar 11,586 1.28 26.2% 7.4% 88,990 87.93
Sudan 2,505,813 41.35 23.3% 10.3% 1,700 5.00
Syria 185,180 21.23 13.6% 6.1% 2,572 1.58
Tunisia 163,610 10.17 9.2% 3.2% 3,876 9.36
UAE 83,600 4.49 19.2% 5.0% 63,966 138.11
Yemen 527,968 22.92 15.2% 12.1% 1,356 N/A
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Target Sectors
FOCUS OPPORTUNISTIC
• Non existent
Niche supply with Moderately • Growing supply
Sectors latent demand Growing with matching
Sector growth in demand
Early • Less supply with
Developing established Mature • Supply matches
demand Sectors demand
Sectors
Rapidly • Growing supply
with faster Declining • Supply exceeding
Growing demand
growing demand Sectors
Sector
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Target Sectors – Risk & Return Profile
Sectors Risk Return
Niche Medium High
Early Developing Low High
Rapidly Growing Medium High
Moderately Growing Low Medium
Mature Medium Medium
Declining High Low
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Targeted Investment Classes
Angel Investing • Investing in virtual assets – true form of venture capital
Greenfield Investing • Investing in start-ups of projects with real or financial assets
Brownfield Investing • Investing at early stage in post start up scenario
Growth Investing • Investing in growth of established business model
• Investing in stressed assets with discounted entry – true form of
Stressed Investing opportunity funding
Distressed Investing • Investing in turn around with stay or flipping strategy
Vulture Investing • Investing in failed assets with an objective of asset stripping
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Target Investment Classes – Risk & Return Profile
Investment Class Risk Return
Angel investing High High
Greenfield investing High Medium
Brownfield Investing Medium Medium
Growth Investing Low Medium
Stressed Investing Medium High
Distressed Investing High High
Vulture Investing High High
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Mission, Concept & Principles 2-5
Our Service Offerings & Target Market 6-12
CAPITAL EYE KUWAIT OPERATIONS 13-21
CAPITAL EYE KUWAIT
Capital Eye Kuwait was formed with a consortium
of more than 30 investors – individual and
corporate – investing from the region. Some of
the major investors are:-
Kuwaiti United investment Company –a subsidiary of
Kuwait Investment Authority.
Murabahat Investment Company.
Jawhara Investment.
Al Heba Holding Company.
Arabian Capital Investment & Finance Co.
Iktetab Holding Company.
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Operating Structure
Deal Sourcing Development
Feasibility Valuation
Study
Recommendation
Pool of Investors Capital- Eye
Investment
Specified Specified North Specified
Levant Africa GCC
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Activity Flow
Investors COMPANY Investors
Investor Services
Deal Sourcing Investor Services
Identify Opportunities:
Providing a ‘one stop shop’ for
Greenfield
investors’ desired investments
Brownfield
Distressed Assets within the MENA region supported
BMR by extensive experience and
DCM contacts
Services:
Feasibility Studies Strategies:
Strategies: Due Diligence Saving costs and providing
Identify Operating with
Fund Raising ‘know how’ of the particular
continuing cash flows while
Professional Training country and sectors.
minimizing risk
Risk Management Leverage experience and
Defined lucrative exits
M&A Advisory contacts to minimize start up time
for Private Equity
Issuance Management and costs
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Our Team Criteria
Group of professionals building over their cumulative
work experience.
Have been successfully involved in structuring lucrative
deals .
Have worked with blue-chip investment companies.
Have high net worth connections
Know-how of targeted markets.
Ambitious for profit sharing vs. salaries.
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Organisation Structure
Board of Directors
Sharia Advisor Internal Auditor
Advisory
Managing Director
Council
HR & Admin
Advisory Services Manager Client Relations Manager
Department
Associate Human
Resources
Administration
Sr. Analysts
PR, Media
IT Support
Junior Analysts Accounting
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Omar Samara is the founder shareholder and
managing director of Capital Eye. He has a:-
Omar Samara
Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
Chief Executive Officer
qualification since 2005
Bachelors in Economics, 1989
Omar has more than 20 years of extensive
experience in investment banking and management
advisory streams with international advisory houses
and premier investment companies in Kuwait,
Jordan, KSA and UAE. Out of his long career, Omar
served more than 10 years in business development
in MENA region. In late 2009, he along with other 30
individuals and corporate investors set up Capital Eye
to capitalize on the collective know-how and high
net worth connections in the target markets.
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Mansour Al-Ajmi Mansour heads the Client Relations team. He is a
Client Relations Manager
Master of Arts from St. Stephens University, USA.
He has served in the past as the Marketing Manager for
a US based base metal products company for 4 years
and moved to Kuwait to work for a large investment and
investment banking company serving in Marketing and
Business Development before joining Capital Eye. He
brings a very extensive knowledge of working with
clients in the MENA region.
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Seshadri Nathan Krishnan heads Capital Eye’s advisory and research
Seshadri Nathan Krishnan team from inception . He is a:-
FCA CFA CFA Charterholder since 2006 and a member of the Washington
DC and Kuwait Societies of CFA Institute
Manager – Advisory Services
Chartered Accountant since 1999 and a Fellow Member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelors of Commerce in 1997 from Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kerala, India
Seshadri has been involved in Corporate Finance and Investments
since 2000 with experience in India, Kuwait and North America.
Started his career in Corporate Finance with a private equity group
with investments in the technology sector in India. Later on, from
2002 he worked at the group’s global headquarters in Washington DC
as Corporate Finance Analyst.
Prior to joining Capital Eye, he handled various projects involving
Valuation, Private Placement Memorandums and other transaction
advisory services as Manager – Corporate Finance for a leading
international consulting firm in Kuwait and was AVP Corporate Finance
for a premier real estate company with presence in Kuwait, Qatar and
Oman handling investments and corporate finance activities for them.
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THANK YOU
For Further Information
CONTACT
Capital Eye for Business Consultancy KSCC
Floor 10 Al-Shorouq Tower II
Jaber Al Mubarak Street
Sharq Kuwait
Ph :+965 22 477 506
Fax :+965 22 477 509
Chief Executive Officer: Advisory Services:
Mr. Omar Samara Mr. Seshadri Krishnan
omar@capital-eye.com seshadri@capital-eye.com
