Investment banking.
Instinct. Insight. Precision.

At critical moments, decisions are rarely just financial.

They are directional.

Founders & Company is a MENA-focused investment bank specializing in M&A, Capital Raising, and Strategic Transactions. We are built on a simple belief: great strategic advice requires more than technical expertise; it requires judgment earned from both sides of the table.

The team behind F&Co combines entrepreneurial instinct with institutional rigor, shaped by experience building companies and executing complex transactions across the region.

A proven process.

A privileged perspective.

Partner-led,
end-to-end

Our partners remain directly involved throughout every engagement, from the initial conversation through to closing. This continuity ensures accountability, alignment, and execution at every stage, supported by experience advising on transactions exceeding $500 million.

Experience that spans the full deal spectrum

Our leadership team has been in the room as founders who built and exited businesses, as investors who evaluated hundreds of companies, and as bankers who structured complex transactions. This brings perspectives that most advisors can only approximate.

Tailored structuring, not templated solution

Each mandate is structured around the specific situation: capital structure, investor narrative, and stakeholder alignment are worked through from first principles, not applied from a template.

Aligned with outcomes, not activity


We take on mandates where we see a credible path to a successful outcome, and manage due diligence, positioning, and execution accordingly.

Advisory services

Founders & Company provides a wide range of strategic and financial advisory services based on years of entrepreneurial, investment and advisory experience.

Rooted in MENA.
Focused on what comes next.

We work with companies at defining moments, when growth, transition, or transformation demands both courage and clarity.

Because beyond closing transactions, we believe in contributing to something larger:
stronger companies, more resilient institutions, and a more dynamic economic future for the region.

Selected transactions

Nafith

Management-led buyout

Management-ledbuyout (MBO), maximizing shareholder value and positioning the company foraccelerated expansion

Siniora

Inaugural bond issuance

$80 minaugural bond issuance to fund expansion in Saudi Arabia and supportsubsidiary growth

ZenHR

Series B funding round

Advised onraising Series B Growth Capital to support company’s expansion across the GCCin general and KSA specifically

Ula.me

Series B funding round

Advised onraising Series B growth round to expedite growth plans and fuel expansion inthe Saudi market.

Pharmaceutical deal (confidential)

Sell-side M&A Advisory

Advised on selling a minority stake and a capital raise with a total consideration north of US$ 60 million.