Searching in MENA?

May 05, 2026

by Luke Tatone from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management in Portland, OR, USA

We're working hard to grow the Searchfunder community in MENA. Please take a moment to introduce yourself below. Some questions to consider answering: Where are you based? What is your background? What's your buy box? Have you acquired yet? Where do you need the most help right now? Where can you provide help to others? Anything else on your mind? We'll be able to have much deeper discussions if you can provide as much detail as possible. A paragraph or two is perfect. Be sure to tag (@) when replying to comments to make sure your sub-comments are read.

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in Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Hi Luke and all — im Based in the UAE, working on a U.S. service-business roll-up, acquiring from owners across Texas and Florida.
My team and I are currently looking for a us based operator/face of the conpany. Being based in MENA, the model only works with a serious U.S.-based co-founder who can be the named principal stateside. Also actively looking to connect with SBA-preferred lenders and brokers active in TX/FL service-business deals. Where I can provide help: happy to compare notes with anyone else in MENA running a remote U.S. strategy — the legal/structural side is something I've gone deep on and am glad to share thinking. DMs open.

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from Harvard University in Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Happy to jump in first! Adam Giansiracusa, based in Dubai here. Ex-consultant and Chief of Staff at a Saudi-owned investment group. I'm a traditional search fund, so looking for transactions in the $1M-$5M EBITDA range, sector agnostic. We haven't closed (though got very close a few months ago), so back to the hunt!

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