Willem-Jeroen Stevens and Johan Haasjes attending Global Family Office Investment Summit in Dubai.
Last week, Willem-Jeroen Stevens and Johan Haasjes attended the 10th edition of the Global Family Office Investment Summit in Dubai - a platform that continues to bring together investors, family offices and high-potential companies at scale.
The signal from the region is clear - capital is available, selectivity is increasing:
- Real estate remains active, yet investor appetite is broadening decisively into clean tech, renewables and scalable infrastructure.
- New family offices are emerging rapidly, with significant dry powder.
- Investors are exploring cross-border opportunities in clean tech and energy transition assets.
- Multiple sizable projects are seeking serious, well-structured funding solutions.
During the “Spotlight on Co-Investment Opportunities” session, moderated by Cal Evans, a broad panel including Rachit Goel, Pedro Guerra Alves, Mehsan Arshad, Ayaz Salman, Vishal Arora, Michael Loehr, Gregory Merran, and Clear's Willem-Jeroen Stevens discussed what enables companies and projects to break through. Three themes stood out:
1. Strong, execution-capable teams remain the primary investment filter.
2. Co-investment has become a core de-risking mechanism.
3. Bankability is engineered through structure, governance and clarity of capital strategy.
The atmosphere throughout the summit was notably open and solution-driven. Investors were not only looking for allocation, they were looking for collaboration. Introductions were made, challenges were matched with expertise, and in-depth follow-ups are already underway.
Our main takeaway is consistent with what we observe globally: the capital stack is evolving, blended structures are becoming standard, institutional readiness determines access. The Middle East is positioning itself not only as a capital provider, but as a strategic co-investment hub - and we're here for it!
Credit to Anthony Ritossa and Dušan Grujić and the entire Global Family Office Investment Summit for building a summit that has sustained relevance and quality for over a decade.
And it was a great pleasure meeting and having inspiring and insightful conversations Sheikha Jawaher Bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, Khalid Al Zayani, Anmol Goel, Ali Altamimi, VIKTORIIA VASYLCHENKO, Seyed Ansar Moulana, Siddharth Shankar, Timur Kudratov, Trish Kane, MBA, Marko Lukic, MD PhD FEBO FASRS, Ronald Eckert, Sanjay Srivastava, Florian Bollen, Ben Owen, Maurits W. Geerlings, Dr.Ahmed Talib.
