Backing
Stellar Founders
from day one.

Backing
Stellar Founders
from day one.

We invest in early-stage startups, with a strong bias toward founders with unusual clarity, resilience, and ambition.
UAE
UK
US

Great companies rarely look fully formed at the start. Markets shift. Products evolve. Timing changes.

Great companies rarely look fully formed at the start. Markets shift. Products evolve. Timing changes.

What matters early is the founder: how clearly they see the problem, how quickly they learn, how well they execute, and how they hold conviction under uncertainty.
Namar Partners was built on the belief that early-stage investing starts with people. We partner with founders early, back them with conviction, and stay close as they build.
PORTFOLIO

UK

UAE

US

Our approach

Founder-first

We spend real time understanding the founder, not just the market slide. At the earliest stage, judgment, energy, and depth of insight matter more than polish.

Long-term by nature

We aim to build enduring relationships with the founders we back. We are not interested in being passive capital.

Cross-market perspective

Our lens is shaped by the UAE, London, and the US, markets connected by talent, ambition, and the opportunity to build globally relevant companies.

Stages

What we value

※Founder-market insight
※Clear thinking
※Strong execution
※Product instinct
※Resilience
※Long-term ambition

We are most drawn to founders who:

We are most drawn to founders who:

Are deeply committed to the problem they are solving

Combine ambition with discipline

Move with speed but think with depth

Attract trust from customers, talent, and partners

Are building something meaningful, not just fashionable

Founder & Managing Partner

Lulwa Al-Zayani

Founder & Managing Partner

Lulwa Al-Zayani

Principal

Ola George

Principal

Ola George

Senior Advisor

Faris Al-Rashid

Senior Advisor

Faris Al-Rashid

Early-Stage
Investing Begins
With Conviction.

We back founders with the ambition to build enduring companies and the discipline to make that ambition real.

We back founders with the ambition to build enduring companies and the discipline to make that ambition real.

At the earliest stage, the founder matters most.That is where we do our best work.

At the earliest stage, the founder matters most.That is where we do our best work.

Contacts

Conrad, Business Tower -
19th Floor, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Trade Center First, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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