Mediterranean Corporate Finance

What Mediterranean Corporate Finance does

Mediterranean Corporate Finance (MCF) is an independent corporate finance and investment advisory firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tunis, Tunisia, with additional offices in Casablanca, Morocco and Dubai, UAE. The firm operates a 9-person senior-led team advising private groups, institutions, and investment funds on complex cross-border transactions across the Middle East and Africa region. Its core offering is financial advisory, structured into five service modules: fund raising, mergers and acquisitions, strategic and financial advisory, valuation advisory, and corporate restructuring. MCF has executed disclosed mandates including a TND 72m capital raise for Enda Tamweel, a TND 53m fundraising for Sotipapier's acquisition by SPE Capital Partners, the sale of a 55% stake in Cassiopae MEA to Sopra Banking Software, and advisory to Honoris United Universities on the integration of ESPRIT Group.

MCF's second business line is principal investing through two proprietary vehicles initiated in 2017: INMA Holding (launched June 2018, TND 50m envelope, equity and quasi-equity investments in Tunisian SMEs) and INMA Finance (launched late 2020, initial TND 35m envelope targeting TND 150m, private debt for Tunisian MSMEs). Both vehicles are backed by institutional co-investors including BIAT, the Tunisian American Enterprise Fund (TAEF), and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC). The firm's revenue model is professional services — advisory fees negotiated on a transaction-value basis, supplemented by potential management and performance fees from the PE vehicles. Distribution is direct, enterprise field-sales driven by senior partners, with cross-border deal flow supported by MCF's partnership in the Globalscope international advisory network.

Name

Mediterranean Corporate Finance

Legal name

Mediterranean Corporate Finance

Website

https://med-cf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mediterranean Corporate Finance is an independent Tunis-based corporate finance and investment advisory boutique serving private groups, institutions, and investment funds across the Middle East and Africa region, with offices in Tunis, Casablanca, and Dubai, and two proprietary investment vehicles (INMA Holding and INMA Finance) backing SMEs and MSMEs in Tunisia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Finance Advisory

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Vehicles (525990)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Finance & Capital Advisory (BPAHADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Finance Advisory (Strategic Finance, Capital Structure & Recaps) (FSAEAGAE), Debt Advisory & Financing Advisory (FSAEAGAD), Specialty Finance / Structured Credit (FSANADAE)

Keywords

• Corporate finance advisory
• Mergers acquisitions advisory
• Fundraising advisory
• Private equity investment
• Valuation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tunis

HQ country

Tunisia

HQ region

Africa

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Financial Advisory Services: Professional advisory fees earned from providing financial advisory services to clients including fundraising, M&A, strategic advisory, valuation, and corporate restructuring engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mediterranean Corporate Finance (MCF) is an independent corporate finance and investment advisory firm that delivers professional advisory services on fund raising, mergers and acquisitions, strategic and financial advisory, valuation, and corporate restructuring to private groups, institutions, and investment funds in the Middle East and Africa region. In parallel, MCF runs a private equity practice built around investment vehicles (INMA Holding for SME equity and INMA Finance for MSME private debt) that deploy capital into Tunisian SMEs and MSMEs.

Product overview

Mediterranean Corporate Finance (MCF) is an independent corporate finance and investment advisory firm offering a unified suite of professional advisory services. Its core offerings consist of Financial Advisory services (including fund raising, mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory, valuation advisory, and corporate restructuring) and Private Equity services. Under Private Equity, the firm manages two named investment vehicles: INMA Holding (launched June 2018) for SME equity investments, and INMA Finance (launched late 2020) for MSME private debt financing. The Financial Advisory practice serves as the primary revenue-generating service while the Private Equity vehicles represent MCF-initiated investment initiatives in the MEA region.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Financial Advisory MCF's core business line delivering professional and independent advisory on strategic and financial subjects including fund raising, mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory, valuation advisory, and corporate restructuring for private groups, institutions, and investment funds in the MEA region.
• Private Equity Private equity practice providing investment advisory and direct investment vehicles for private equity transactions across the MEA region, including named vehicles INMA Holding and INMA Finance.
• Fund Raising Advisory Provides clients with direct access to institutional and private funders operating in the MEA region to finance their projects, including debt raising and equity placements for companies and groups.
• Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory Full-service M&A advisory including identification, evaluation and structuring of investment or divestment projects, target/acquirer search, due diligence coordination, and negotiation assistance for private groups, institutions, and investment funds.
• Strategic and Financial Advisory Ongoing strategic and financial advisory for companies and groups covering growth plans, financial structure optimization, and financial restructuring support.
• Valuation Advisory Business valuation and fairness opinion services based on solid research, financial analysis, modern financial theories and techniques, and proven methodologies for companies, institutions, and investors in the MEA region.
• Corporate Restructuring Advisory Assists clients in implementing viable and sustainable restructuring solutions, including cash flow advisory, independent business reviews, and debt/financial restructuring mandates.
• INMA Holding An investment vehicle dedicated to SMEs in Tunisia with a 50 million TND envelope that invests in equity and quasi-equity instruments with minimum ticket sizes of 5 million TND.
• INMA Finance A private debt vehicle dedicated to MSMEs in Tunisia, with an initial 35 million TND envelope targeting 150 million TND, offering debt and quasi-debt instruments as alternative financing products.

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• ESPRIT GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020MCF advised Honoris United Universities on the long-term strategic partnership and integration of ESPRIT Group into its pan-African education platform.
• GlobalscopecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014International network of financial advisory firms that provides MCF with unique access to cross-border deals and global deal flow across the M&A advisory industry.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Swicorp: Saudi-headquartered corporate finance and investment advisory firm focused on the MEA region — directly comparable to MCF given overlapping MEA advisory offering, shared institutional history (both Sethom and Ayad were senior Swicorp MDs/Directors before founding/joining MCF), and similar focus on private groups and investment funds.
• Africinvest: Tunis-headquartered investment platform combining PE fund management and corporate finance advisory across North and Sub-Saharan Africa — directly comparable to MCF as a Tunis-rooted, MEA-focused advisory + PE firm with similar client mix of family-owned groups and institutional investors.

Broad incumbents

• EFG Hermes (now EFG Finance): Egypt-based regional investment bank with MENA-wide M&A advisory, brokerage, asset management and PE — a broader incumbent offering in the same MEA advisory market where MCF competes, though at a far larger scale.
• Lazard: Global independent M&A and strategic advisory firm — comparable to MCF as a peer advisor where several MCF senior bankers (notably VP Mariem Msadek) built their careers, and where Lazard competes directly in cross-border MEA mandates.
• Rothschild & Co: Global independent financial advisory firm with deep M&A and restructuring practice — directly competes with MCF on larger MEA mandates where clients seek a global brand with local execution.
• BNP Paribas Corporate Finance (CIB): Global corporate and investment bank where MCF's founder Mehdi Sethom (10+ years) and MD-Morocco Younes Molato (10+ years heading Africa coverage) previously worked — represents MCF's most relevant bulge-bracket competitor in MEA M&A and ECM/DCM advisory.
• PwC Deals (Transaction Services): Big-4 transaction services and M&A advisory practice — competes with MCF on valuation, financial due diligence and corporate finance mandates across North Africa; Senior Associate Yasmine Bziouech built her career at PwC Transactions Services.
• EY-Parthenon (Strategy & Transactions): Big-4 strategy and transactions advisory arm — competes for valuation, due diligence and corporate finance mandates across Tunisia and broader MEA, and the destination of choice for MCF's recent analyst hires.
• KPMG Corporate Finance: Big-4 corporate finance and deal advisory practice with significant MEA footprint — directly competes with MCF for valuation, restructuring and mid-market M&A mandates across North Africa.
• Standard Chartered: Emerging-markets-focused international bank with a long-standing MEA corporate finance and advisory franchise — directly competes with MCF on regional M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory, particularly in GCC and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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