Enabling entrepreneurs to build companies of the future.
We are a family office backed investment firm diversified over game-changing trend sectors including web3, climate tech and healthy foods. Enabling Future is diversified over different industries and geographies, thereby hedging sector specific and regional risks. All our portfolio entities and fund-investments share one common goal, which is to render the world we live in more livable, transparent and efficient.
Portfolio
Our Team
Hubertus Thonhauser
Hubertus has over 20 years of experience in starting up and growing companies in various C-level and board functions and as an angel investor active in Europe, the US, and the GCC. He was the co-founder of Babil Games, a leading mobile-games company in MENA, which led to a successful exit in 2016. He has been an earlier backer of several projects in the blockchain space, including layer one protocols, derivative products and custodian solutions. Hubertus is former Chair of the Tezos Foundation Council.
Focus: Blockchain Gaming
Saad Umerani
Saad has previously worked in investment banking, management consulting & technology sectors. Saad is also the founder of multiple F&B companies and previously founded two fintech softwares, for credit ratings and valuations. The softwares are now owned by ValuStrat Group and used by major banks in the UAE.
Focus: Consumer Goods Consumer Technology
Yusuf Bashir
Yusuf is an entrepreneurial product, sales, and corporate development executive with 20+ years of experience implementing, developing, managing, and operating in fast-paced, highly competitive environments. At Enabling Future, Yusuf focuses on investments across enterprise software, infrastructure, and AI/ML. Yusuf is a FINRA-registered Investment Banking Representative with Palladium Capital and holds Series 79 and 63 licenses. Previously, Yusuf was the Managing Director of the $500M Infosys Innovation Fund, leading a global team that completed over 30 investments in early-stage software companies. Yusuf holds an SM & MBA in Management Science from MIT and graduated as a Sloan Fellow.
Focus: Big Data AI Enterprise Software
Gaurav Dhar
Gaurav is the CEO of the oldest Payments Solution Provider in the UAE, Marshal Equipment, and is a board member of the MENA Fintech Association. He is an active angel investor and holds an LP in 5 international venture funds.
Focus: Fintech