MEASA Partners

What MEASA Partners does

MEASA Partners is a sovereign-backed, founder-led investment firm headquartered in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), United Arab Emirates, authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) under FSP number 240086. The firm was established to develop institutional-quality investment access strategies for the Middle East-Africa-Southern Asia (MEASA) region, serving international institutional investors seeking exposure to frontier and emerging markets with proper governance standards.

The firm's core offerings include the MEASA Equity Fund — an institutional access strategy to regional frontier and emerging public equity markets, co-launched with the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation and McKinley Capital Management — which ranks in the top quartile for 1-year performance and top-decile over 3-year, 5-year, and since-inception periods among Emerging Markets funds as of 2024. Additional initiatives include the Transition Investment Lab (a sustainable-investment research partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi and Mubadala) and Aurem (a savings and investments platform for expatriates, co-founded with Further Ventures). The firm generates revenue through investment management fees on its MEASA Equity Fund and related strategies, using a partnership-based go-to-market in which it creates vehicles alongside institutional anchor investors and asset class experts, targeting enterprise clients via direct institutional sales.

In February 2026, MEASA Partners announced a merger with Inveniam Capital Partners to form Inveniam Capital — a combined platform targeting the tokenized real-world asset market (real estate, infrastructure, private credit) and backed by Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners and G42. Post-merger, the combined entity will leverage Inveniam's patented Smart Provenance™ decentralized data architecture alongside MEASA's institutional investment and advisory expertise to enable continuous pricing, systematic trading, and scalable access to private real-world assets.

Name

MEASA Partners

Legal name

MEASA Partners Ltd

Website

https://measa.partners

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MEASA Partners is a sovereign-backed Abu Dhabi-based investment firm that creates institutional-quality access strategies to Middle East-Africa-Southern Asia (MEASA) public equities and real-world assets for international institutional investors. Its flagship MEASA Equity Fund ranks top quartile among EM funds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Institutional Asset Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Open-End Investment Funds (525910)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

SDG / Thematic Sustainable Investment Funds (FSANAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Account / SMA Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAL), Corporate Strategic Real Assets & Infrastructure Venture Investing (FSANAHAN)

Keywords

• Institutional asset management
• Emerging market equities
• Sustainable investment research
• Tokenized real-world assets
• Sovereign-backed investment

Headquarters

HQ city

Abu Dhabi

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Investment Management Fees: MEASA Partners generates revenue through investment management fees from its MEASA Equity Fund and other investment strategies. The firm creates vehicles with institutional anchor investors and asset class experts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MEASA Partners is a sovereign-backed, founder-led investment firm that creates institutional quality investment vehicles providing international institutional investors with access strategies to the Middle East-Africa-Southern Asia (MEASA) region. Its core offerings include the MEASA Equity Fund (institutional access to regional frontier and emerging public equities), the Transition Investment Lab (sustainable investment research in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi and Mubadala), and Aurem (a savings and investments platform for expatriates co-founded with Further Ventures). Following the February 2026 merger with Inveniam Capital Partners, the combined entity will leverage Smart Provenance™ to enable tokenized real-world asset investment.

Product overview

MEASA Partners is a sovereign-backed investment firm offering multiple investment products and initiatives. The core offerings include the MEASA Equity Fund (institutional access to MEASA region equities), Transition Investment Lab (sustainable investment research in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi and Mubadala), and Aurem (savings platform for expatriates co-founded with Further Ventures). In February 2026, MEASA Partners merged with Inveniam Capital Partners to form Inveniam Capital, a combined platform leveraging decentralized data architecture for tokenized real-world assets including real estate, infrastructure, and private credit, backed by Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners and G42.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MEASA Equity Fund: Co-launched institutional access strategy to regional frontier and emerging public equity markets in the MEASA region, with backing from Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation and McKinley Capital Management.
• Transition Investment Lab
• Aurem

Products and services

• MEASA Equity Fund An institutional access strategy to regional frontier and emerging public equity markets in the MEASA region, co-launched with backing from Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation and McKinley Capital Management. The fund ranks in the top quartile for 1-year performance and top-decile over 3-year, 5-year, and since inception.
• Transition Investment Lab A sustainable investment research initiative co-launched in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi and Mubadala, aimed at developing academic-standard research on sustainable investments in the MEASA region.
• Aurem A savings and investments platform co-founded with Further Ventures, designed to enable expatriates living and working in the region to increase financial wellbeing through an integrated savings and benefits plan for employers and employees.

Quantifiable outcome

• Top quartile 1-year performance and Sharpe ratio among Emerging Markets funds
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Inveniam Capital PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026Inveniam Capital Partners and MEASA Partners announced a merger agreement to create a combined platform targeting the growing global market for tokenized real-world assets. The merger brings together Inveniam's patented Smart Provenance™ decentralized data architecture with MEASA's institutional investment and advisory expertise.
• Further VenturescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023MEASA Partners co-founded Aurem with Further Ventures, an Abu Dhabi-based venture building and investment firm backed by ADQ, to enable expatriates to increase financial wellbeing through an investments and savings platform.
• NYU Abu DhabicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021MEASA Partners formed partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi and Mubadala Investment Company to launch the Transition Investment Lab with the aspiration to develop highest academic standard research on sustainable investments in the MEASA region.
• Mubadala Investment CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi and Mubadala to launch Transition Investment Lab for sustainable investment research in MEASA region. MEASA Partners also has broader relationship with Mubadala Capital through Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mubadala Capital: Abu Dhabi sovereign-backed asset manager with multi-strategy PE, VC, and public equity capabilities across MEASA and global markets. Directly comparable as a sovereign-anchored regional institutional investor and as MEASA's own strategic investor through ADCP.
• Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA): Sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi with global EM and frontier exposure. Comparable as the largest regional allocator in MEASA institutional capital pools that MEASA's funds ultimately serve.
• Investcorp: Bahrain-headquartered alternative asset manager with MENA institutional client base and global PE/credit/real estate strategies. Comparable as a MENA institutional asset manager serving global institutional capital seeking regional exposure.

Direct peers

• Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners: Abu Dhabi-based investment platform (Mubadala Capital + Alpha Wave Global JV) and direct strategic investor in MEASA Partners. Comparable as a sovereign-backed JV/CVC platform targeting MEASA and global institutional investors.
• Gulf Investment Corporation: GCC-based investment institution (former employer of MEASA Co-Founder Peter Lejre). Comparable as a regional investment institution pursuing institutional asset allocation across MENA markets.
• Further Ventures: Abu Dhabi-based venture building and investment firm backed by ADQ, and co-founder of MEASA's Aurem platform. Comparable as a sovereign-backed Abu Dhabi investment and venture-building platform partnering with MEASA.

Emerging players

• Lunate: Abu Dhabi-based independent asset manager spun out of ADQ, offering multi-strategy institutional and private wealth solutions. Comparable as an emerging Abu Dhabi-headquartered institutional asset manager with sovereign ties.
• Chimera Capital: Abu Dhabi-based asset manager offering EM equity and alternative strategies. Comparable as an emerging regional EM/MEASA-focused institutional asset manager with sovereign-linked distribution.

Regional players

• Shuaa Capital: Dubai-based regional asset manager and investment bank with institutional and private client offerings across MENA. Comparable as a regional asset manager targeting institutional capital in the MEASA region.

Others

• 10X Capital: US-based alternative investment firm where MEASA CIO Dr. Russell Read previously served as CIO. Comparable as a prior institutional platform of MEASA's CIO with overlapping network in pension and sovereign capital.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A1 record

Investments

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