Who We Are
Your finances matters, and that matters to us.
GCP Finance is a highly diversified investment management company. We are distinguished by our Kuwait -centric investment strategy, which is favorably leveraged by the local know how, experience and extensive business networks of our team.
GCP Finance follows a disciplined investment approach that hinges on defining strategic initiatives, sharp implementation of strategy, supporting talented management, and providing required growth capital to drive growth.
Our vision.
To become the local partner of choice for active investors in Kuwait. Both for management and shareholders
We “Seed and Lead”, with our strategic and financial partners, we grow the business and enhance the shareholding structure of our equity partners.
Combining both sell side and buy side experiences guarantees both deal sourcing, proper investment assessment, ability to raise co investments, as well as proper management of
exits.
We are not passive investors investing in undervalued opportunities .. WE UNLOCK THE VALUE AND CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
Insight
Investment overview.
GCP Finance focuses mainly on equity investing in different shapes including buyouts, leveraged acquisitions, and multiple forms of liquid and illiquid investments:
- PIPEs: Private Investments in Public Equities, where we seed and lead co-investments in decent minorities in listed companies as well as managing buyouts and turnarounds
- Private Equity: Depending on the cycle of the market Act will always seek to have investment opportunities among the public and the private markets. We invest in multiple sectors regardless of the stage and age of the company, with focus on scalability, high growth and relevant proxy to the economy
- Pre IPOs: As anchor investor and corner stone participant, GCP Finance, can start building PIPE positions before listing, and capitalizing on the team’s capital market’s experience, it helps in the completion of the successful listing process as well
Act is currently building also a debt Financing platform where it will be able not only to partner as equity holder with successful investments, but rather provide multiple creative, customized and engineered structures and solutions for companies in need of funding.
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Investment Management
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Placement Expertise
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Market Environment & Opportunity
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Focused on Absolute Return
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We Invest in Our Own Money
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Versatile Setup
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Team Harmony
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Advisory To Investment
The void of local investment managers that happened in the PE universe is currently replaced by the international players with generic experience across emerging markets in general. However, there is a clear vacuum of professionals who speak the language, know the business environment, and have spent long enough time in the local market with the right understanding of the culture and the system.
Values & Principles
Investment philosophy.
The void of local investment managers that happened in the PE universe is currently replaced by the international players with generic experience across emerging markets in general. However, there is a clear vacuum of professionals who speak the language, know the business environment, and have spent long enough time in the local market with the right understanding of the culture and the system.
Investment process.
Based on the team experience, and the scarcity of active money managers in Kuwait, GCP Finance has an unmatched access to deal flow in different sectors and investment types and shapes. Be it listed on the exchange or on the private universe.
Deal planning.
1. Screening
Through a complicated process and detailed screening and connections, Act would always be scanning different opportunities to promote it into a target transaction
2. Structuring
Once deal is shortlisted, as explained, we start our discussions with the investment structure making sure the structure creates an investable opportunity for us
3. Valuating
After Clearing the basic concept on the structure we started getting into the valuation discussion. Our buy-side experience secures the right value for the right investment.
4. Verifying
Then, a full due diligence takes place on the transaction that will include legal, financial, as well as technical due diligence in multiple cases. PIPE opportunities can be faster on this.
5. Planning
Before entry we keep a close eye on exit, defining the type of the transaction, the tenor of the investment, and the relevant ticket size
Brand DNA
Value unlocking.
EXIT
MANAGEMENT
Managing the exit through strategic sale or on the market is our competency making sure all the above is realized in the shortest possible time with the maximum IRR.
BOARD
REPRESENTATION
Getting on the board to start having the strategic revisions of the business direction to make sure full value is unlocked. We hire the right members.
EXPERT
TEAM
Sometimes, specially when expanding to new non-core business lines, we help in hiring the right expert management team through our connections.
INVESTMENT BANKING
RESTRUCTURE
The key value addition is not usually on the operational turnaround, but rather on our IB expertise, making sure the investment is perfectly shaped.
REPACKAGING
BUSINESS
This creates an updated equity story which is the most important aspect to attract the right investments.
COMMUNICATION AND IR
This will make sure that the equity story is properly communicated to new layers of investors similar to the IPO management experience.
EXIT
MANAGEMENT
Managing the exit through strategic sale or on the market is our competency making sure all the above is realized in the shortest possible time with the maximum IRR.