Industries · Commercial Enterprises
Commercial enterprises: retail, trading and operating companies
We invest in and manage commercial ventures, retail operations and business establishments in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, under licensed activity 6499001 (Commercial Enterprises Investment, Institution and Management).
Licensed activity
Licensed to invest in, establish and manage commercial enterprises.
- Licensed activity
- Commercial Enterprises Investment, Institution and Management
- Activity code
- 6499001
- Scope
- Investment and management of commercial ventures, retail operations and business establishments.
- Licence
- Commercial licence CN-3806906, Abu Dhabi Registration Authority
What it covers
Businesses that sell, trade and serve.
- Retail & trading
- Shops, trading businesses and the systems behind them.
- Operating companies
- Established businesses that need capital, structure or stronger management.
- New ventures
- New commercial businesses, developed with founders or on our own account. New ventures
- Multi-site expansion
- Taking a business that works at one site to a second and a third.
Questions we ask
What we look at before we invest or take on management.
- Who the customer is, and why they buy
- Whether one site makes money before a second opens
- Margins, costs and cash, month by month
- The team, and its willingness to report and be held to account
- What the capital or the management would change
How we can help
Capital, management or both.
- Capital
- Investment for growth, alone or with partners. Growth capital · Co-investment
- Turnaround
- A defined plan for an underperforming business. Performance turnaround
- Management
- Corporate management on the owners’ behalf. Company management
Raising money? Read how to raise investment for your business.
Questions
Questions we get asked
What counts as a commercial enterprise?
Under our licence, commercial enterprises covers investment in and management of commercial ventures, retail operations and business establishments: for example, trading businesses, shops and operating companies.
Do you invest in businesses you do not manage?
We prefer to stay involved in what we back. Whether we invest, manage or both is agreed for each opportunity. See Invest.
Have a commercial business or opportunity?
Tell us what it does, how it performs and what it needs.