What Enabling Future does

Enabling Future is a privately held, family office backed investment firm incorporated in Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) as Enabling Future SPV Ltd. (License No. 000002397), with Hubertus Thonhauser listed as Director. The firm provides early-stage capital and active support to entrepreneurs building companies in sectors it describes as game-changing — web3, climate tech, and healthy foods — alongside a broader thematic footprint in gaming, big data, blockchain, fintech, and consumer goods.

Its portfolio of more than 20 entities and fund investments spans at least eight jurisdictions (UAE, Switzerland, China, UK, US, Singapore, Turkey, Pakistan) and includes direct holdings such as Tezos, Babil Games, 21 Shares, KOMAINU, Pipe Technologies, Finalis, Trifacta, Inveniam, Synova Power, Alesca Life, Better Tomorrow, NERRĀ, Qbist, Volt Lines, WiseAlpha, and WBYD Digital, as well as fund positions in MEVP, Ghaf Capital Partners, and Zayn Capital. Several portfolio companies are marked as realized exits, including Babil Games (acquired by Stillfront Group in 2018), Thrive Market, Trifacta, Volt Lines, and Zayn Capital.

The firm is led by two Founding Partners: Hubertus Thonhauser, with operating roots in the Swiss regulated-casino industry and in Babil Games, and Saad Umerani, who leads ValuStrat's M&A practice and has founded CPG brands and two fintech software companies. A third managing partner, Yusuf Bashir, supports leadership. Total headcount is reported at 1–10. The firm does not publish financial data; economics presumably flow to the underlying family-office vehicle via management activity, portfolio realizations, and fund distributions rather than through any disclosed fee schedule or revenue line at the SPV.

Name

Enabling Future

Legal name

Enabling Future SPV Ltd.

Website

https://enablingfuture.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Enabling Future is a privately held, family office backed early-stage investment firm founded 2016 and domiciled in Abu Dhabi Global Markets, deploying capital across web3, climate tech, healthy foods, gaming, fintech, and consumer brands in at least eight countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital Investment

NAICS

Miscellaneous Intermediation (523910), Other Financial Vehicles (52599)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Emerging Manager / Seeding Platforms (Multi-Manager) (FSANAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emerging Managers / Seeding Platforms (FSAHAKAI), Private Sector & Blended Finance Arms (IFC-type) (BPADACAJ)

Keywords

• Venture capital funding
• Early-stage investment
• Family office capital
• Portfolio incubation
• Transformative sector investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Core offering

Enabling Future is a family-office-backed venture capital firm that provides entrepreneurs with early-stage capital and active strategic support. The firm deploys investment capital into portfolio entities and fund-investments across game-changing trend sectors including web3, climate tech, and healthy foods, diversified across multiple industries and geographies. Its services include capital deployment, board-level governance support, and cross-border investment guidance delivered through a small partner-led team.

Product overview

Enabling Future is a family office backed investment firm that provides venture capital and investment services across game-changing trend sectors including web3, climate tech, and healthy foods. The company does not offer a unified product platform or software services; instead, it operates as an investment vehicle managing a diversified portfolio of portfolio entities and fund-investments. The portfolio includes companies across blockchain/crypto (21 Shares, Biconomy, Tezos, KOMAINU), gaming (Babil Games), data/analytics (Trifacta, Inveniam), fintech (Finalis, Pipe Technologies, Qbist), climate/waste-to-energy (Synova Power, Alesca Life), consumer goods (Better Tomorrow, Thrive Market, NERRĀ), mobility (Volt Lines), and venture capital funds (MEVP, Ghaf Capital Partners, Zayn Capital).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early-stage venture capital investment Capital deployment and active strategic support for entrepreneurs building companies in web3, climate tech, healthy foods, consumer goods, gaming, fintech, big data, and blockchain sectors, targeting early-stage founders across Switzerland, China, UAE, UK, US, Singapore, Turkey, and Pakistan.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Shorooq Partners: UAE-based early-stage venture capital firm investing across MENA in fintech, digital assets, and consumer tech. Directly comparable to Enabling Future in geography, stage focus, and thematic overlap in web3 and consumer technology.
• B&Y Venture Partners: MENA-focused early-stage VC with regional mandate spanning UAE, Saudi, Egypt and Pakistan. Comparable to Enabling Future in geographic spread, early-stage cheque sizes, and portfolio breadth across consumer and tech.
• Maison Capital: Dubai-based early-stage VC focused on MENA tech startups. Comparable scale, geography, and stage as Enabling Future with overlapping interest in consumer and fintech themes across the Gulf.
• Wamda Capital: MENA-focused venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled companies across the region. Directly comparable in regional mandate, stage focus, and diversified portfolio approach.
• MEVP (Middle East Venture Partners): UAE-based VC fund manager focused on MENA tech. While a portfolio company of Enabling Future, it operates as a directly comparable peer in the regional early-stage VC landscape with similar cheque sizes and themes.

Broad incumbents

• Mubadala Capital Ventures: Abu Dhabi sovereign-backed investment arm with global venture and growth allocations. Larger and broader than Enabling Future, but a comparable UAE-domiciled capital allocator with overlapping themes in climate and digital assets.
• 500 Global: Global early-stage VC with strong MENA presence and emerging-markets focus. Comparable in seed-stage cheque discipline, portfolio breadth, and thematics around consumer, fintech, and digital infrastructure.
• Antler: Global early-stage VC with day-zero investing across multiple geographies including MENA. Comparable in deploying founder-led, thematic seed capital into emerging-technology and consumer verticals.
• Global Founders Capital: Global early-stage VC investing across geographies and verticals. Comparable in broad portfolio diversification and founder-led deal sourcing across emerging markets and developed economies.

Regional players

• Flat6Labs: MENA early-stage VC and accelerator with operations across the Arab world. Comparable in stage focus and regional concentration, with overlapping interest in consumer, fintech, and emerging-tech themes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/enabling-future

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments25 records

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